2019 Giro d'Italia Stage 20: Feltre - Monte Avena 194 km

[Pantani_lives]

Bora is working to defend Majka and Formolo's top 10 spot against Zakarin.

 

[Rollthedice]

It's good that others want to work on Manghen.

 

[HelloDolly]

Astana need to try to attack ...that is what Nibali's needs
And maybe MS too

 

[dacooley]

seemingly this time foretaste of big attacks incoming will turn out much more interesting than bike racing itself.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Re:

"He doesn't want to attack 100k out then explode at the end, that's not going to impress anyone, there's no point attacking on this climb and losing everything, he could win the stage today"

Well it would impress me

Who cares who won 2015 Gent-Wevelgem (it was Paolini btw)? That was the day everybody realised Jürgen Roelandts is the greatest. I think he finished 7th, but his ride was an all-timer.

 

[sir fly]

How high will Masnada get?

 

[Salvarani]

Hope a team hits the front when it gets more steep

 

[Salvarani]

That storm last year really killed everything

 

[rick james]

Jesus Christ, what's hit that place, a bloody hurricane

 

[sir fly]

There's something depressing in this timber landscape.

 

[Rollthedice]

Re:

There's something depressing in this timber landscape.

Similar to the procession led by Movistar.

 

[rick james]

movistarBorgs, killing the race

 

[sir fly]

Re: Re:

There's something depressing in this timber landscape.

Similar to the procession led by Movistar.

Mourning peloton...

 

[Salvarani]

Senechal crash and abandon

 

[Climbing]

Good night, see you later.

 

[Red Rick]

Pace is way too low

 

[TomLPC]

Re: Re:

"He doesn't want to attack 100k out then explode at the end, that's not going to impress anyone, there's no point attacking on this climb and losing everything, he could win the stage today"

Well it would impress me

Who cares who won 2015 Gent-Wevelgem (it was Paolini btw)? That was the day everybody realised Jürgen Roelandts is the greatest. I think he finished 7th, but his ride was an all-timer.

Pantani's attack tdf stage 16(?) 2000 made me a cycling fan.

Still love that kind of spiteful, angry cycling. I can't even recall off the top of my head who won, and at 8 years old I didn't realise that he never really stood a chance that day, but Armstrong cracking at the end, then launching a prolonged invective at the man with the bald head and big ears is all I really remember from that years race.

 

[RattaKuningas]

Re:

movistarBorgs, killing the race

I don't think so. Every team can go to the front and do something if they wish to do so at the moment. The pace is not that high.

 

[dacooley]

we just got too much obsessed about long-range attacks. in reality they happen quite rarely...

 

[rick james]

Re: Re:

movistarBorgs, killing the race

I don't think so. Every team can go to the front and do something if they wish to do so at the moment. The pace is not that high.

nope, not buying it, Movistar borgs with numbers killing the race...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Re:

movistarBorgs, killing the race

The thing with "Skyborgs" is the rhyme. Can't think of a good similar word for the Abarcá train with the current sponsorship (though "Abarcáborgs" works); I think "Movichines" might be the best I can manage on short notice, since Farah has already patented "Mobot"?

 

[Climbing]

Ok game on, Astana up front.

 

[Salvarani]

Astana, lets go

 

[dacooley]

Re: Re:

movistarBorgs, killing the race

I don't think so. Every team can go to the front and do something if they wish to do so at the moment. The pace is not that high.

nope, not buying it, Movistar borgs with numbers killing the race...

 

[Ciddaman]

Astana start!