2019 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1: Bologna - San Luca ITT 8km

[Rollthedice]

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Karsten Kroon giving too much information as always

He confessed again?

 

[Salvarani]

Ciccone rode the ascent faster than Roglic

 

[Rollthedice]

Another Japanese zigzagging.

 

[Rollthedice]

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Ciccone rode the ascent faster than Roglic

With a purpose and a road bike.

 

[Salvarani]

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Ciccone rode the ascent faster than Roglic

With a purpose and a road bike.

Okay. Who cares. I just mentioned it. He was successful with it then.

 

[tobydawq]

For all the bad TTs Sosa has put in, he is actually looking quite decent on the flat right now.

 

[tobydawq]

Ooh, I think Hatsuyama will also OTL.

Time limit is 16:47.

 

[Salvarani]

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Ooh, I think Hatsuyama will also OTL.

Time limit is 16:47.

900 meters and he has 3min 47seconds left. Should make it.

 

[tobydawq]

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Ooh, I think Hatsuyama will also OTL.

Time limit is 16:47.

900 meters left and he has 3min 47seconds left. Should make it.

It gets a little flatter in the end, that could save him.

Okay, he makes it quite handily.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Karsten Kroon giving too much information as always

He confessed again?

No.

But now I do know his daughter would only eat banana's and rice on holiday and what the result of that was

 

[Rollthedice]

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Ooh, I think Hatsuyama will also OTL.

Time limit is 16:47.

Sho made it. Meanwhile Roglic is fighting a strong urge to sleep.

 

[Red Rick]

Any word on weather changes?

 

[sir fly]

Does sitting in the hot seat makes him burnt?

 

[tobydawq]

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For all the bad TTs Sosa has put in, he is actually looking quite decent on the flat right now.

I retract my statement. That was horrible.

 

[Red Rick]

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For all the bad TTs Sosa has put in, he is actually looking quite decent on the flat right now.

Loses almost 2 minutes.

Still bad for a climber on this route.

Edit, didn't see the retraction

 

[Robert5091]

Roglic looking crazy strong and when did Superman become a TT-er? Yates has it all to do. (Tommy D looks really skinny)
Looking at the webcams in Bologna they'll miss the rain it seems.

 

[postmanhat]

Is there any benefit to Roglic keeping hold of the Maliga Rosa? All the post-race time wasted as leader probably didn't help Yates last year

 

[luckyboy]

Sosa only 7:06 on the climb. Never mind eh

 

[Red Rick]

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Is there any benefit to Roglic keeping hold of the Maliga Rosa? All the post-race time wasted as leader probably didn't help Yates last year

I'm not even sure he'll get a decent chance to give it away.

 

[SafeBet]

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Is there any benefit to Roglic keeping hold of the Maliga Rosa? All the post-race time wasted as leader probably didn't help Yates last year

First time as a captain in a GT and he gets the jersey straight away. I think he'll be eager to keep it.

 

[RedheadDane]

Bit of a weird question:
I assume the riders are eating dinner individually - for maximum recovery - and that makes me wonder; could Roglic actually eat dinner at the Hot Seat?

 

[Carols]

Re: Re:

Is there any benefit to Roglic keeping hold of the Maliga Rosa? All the post-race time wasted as leader probably didn't help Yates last year

First time as a captain in a GT and he gets the jersey straight away. I think he'll be eager to keep it.

He has already said if he got it on stage 1 they would fight to keep it! But hey when you have the legs use them. But he may need to learn energy management. Maybe Yates will save him from himself.

 

[sir fly]

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Bit of a weird question:
I assume the riders are eating dinner individually - for maximum recovery - and that makes me wonder; could Roglic actually eat dinner at the Hot Seat?

He can certainly reheat it.

 

[luckyboy]

Jeremy Whittle on Twitter. Bizarre...

"Be a shame if it rained and cost Yates significant time, over a mere 8k TT in a three and a half thousand kilometre Grand Tour. Organisers bend over backwards to create a cliffhanger finale yet are quite happy for the weather to skew things. Don't really understand."

 

[Carols]

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Jeremy Whittle on Twitter. Bizarre...

"Be a shame if it rained and cost Yates significant time, over a mere 8k TT in a three and a half thousand kilometre Grand Tour. Organisers bend over backwards to create a cliffhanger finale yet are quite happy for the weather to skew things. Don't really understand."

The organizers are supposed to control the weather? SMH