2019 Giro d'Italia, stage 5: Frascati - Terracina 140km

[DJ Sprtsch]

***. Not good for Nibali.

 

[Lequack]

Nice day this morning so far.

 

[rick james]

Re: Re:

You tell me, bro. It's been a month I haven't seen two consecutive sunny days and the wind is blowing strong. Feels like Flanders.

It won't get much better according to the forecasts.

If you really want to know:
https://twitter.com/ScottDuncanWX/status/1127989632409452544

Up here in Flanders, it has been rather cool but sunny for days, by the way.

Been lovely in Scotland too.

Not as lovely as this time last year....only last week I was coming home from work and the temperature was only 8 degrees, this week a nice 22 degrees.....when we we’re out at the weekend we could still see the snow on the top of Ben Lomond.

 

[Cinemaniak]

That Oltre XR4 is a pure beauty in this Giro. Rode it myself last summer and I remember this bikes makes you wanna go faster and faster.

 

[Robert5091]

Re:

I don't see any of the GC teams going hard. The climbs are about 300m or so of easy gradient, no where near enough to cause real damage, and then you have a huge amount of flat where any dangerous break will get reeled in. If Jumbo did try to do that I'd expect the other teams to either shut it down very easily or just let them sit in the wind for hours using up energy, then shut them down at the end of the stage.

My main worry is that circuit, there are some sharp turns outside the neutralised area and all the sprinters know this is likely the last sprint stage for a couple of days at least, possibly until stage 10. GC guys are going to be nervous about losing more time so they'll be pushing for position. Fingers crossed we don't get another crash.

That quick right , left turns with 5 km to go on the finishing circuit could well cause troubles. Let's hope the rain holds off.

 

[Robert5091]

https://twitter.com/TeamSunweb/status/1128589665001529344

After his crash yesterday, @tom_dumoulin will start stage 5 today. He has been cleared to race by the team's medical staff, but still suffering with his knee. He will give it his best shot and see what the day brings.

Sounds risky to me.

Edit - I suppose the team think he can do a "Froome" at last years Giro.

 

[MartinGT]

Dumo carrying on. Hopefully he gets through today and can push on.

 

[Lequack]

 

[Red Rick]

Luckily for Dumoulin tomorrow is not a 240km hilly stage.

 

[King Boonen]

Re: Re:

You tell me, bro. It's been a month I haven't seen two consecutive sunny days and the wind is blowing strong. Feels like Flanders.

It won't get much better according to the forecasts.

If you really want to know:
https://twitter.com/ScottDuncanWX/status/1127989632409452544

Up here in Flanders, it has been rather cool but sunny for days, by the way.

Been lovely in Scotland too.

Not as lovely as this time last year....only last week I was coming home from work and the temperature was only 8 degrees, this week a nice 22 degrees.....when we we’re out at the weekend we could still see the snow on the top of Ben Lomond.

Yeah, saw that from Top of the World. We did a Loch Katrine loop and then back via Arnprior. Hoping the current predicted weather for the weekend doesn't come until the week after, I fancy another long one on Sunday.

[quote="King Boonen":184o8ep8]I don't see any of the GC teams going hard. The climbs are about 300m or so of easy gradient, no where near enough to cause real damage, and then you have a huge amount of flat where any dangerous break will get reeled in. If Jumbo did try to do that I'd expect the other teams to either shut it down very easily or just let them sit in the wind for hours using up energy, then shut them down at the end of the stage.

My main worry is that circuit, there are some sharp turns outside the neutralised area and all the sprinters know this is likely the last sprint stage for a couple of days at least, possibly until stage 10. GC guys are going to be nervous about losing more time so they'll be pushing for position. Fingers crossed we don't get another crash.

That quick right , left turns with 5 km to go on the finishing circuit could well cause troubles. Let's hope the rain holds off.[/quote]

That and the left/right and possible chicane at ~10km to go. I don't know the roads at all, hoping there's no real furniture in that area and it's nice and wide, but it is the Giro...

 

[Eyeballs Out]

It seems to be commonplace these days to "neutralise" circuit finishes in the rain - time taken the first time they cross the finish line, leaving the sprint teams to race on their own

 

[King Boonen]

I just did a street view walk around. As long as they have barriers in place and they've repaired some of the roads since the images were taken that final circuit looks no more dangerous than any other (I still think that the GC contenders should have their time taken earlier and be allowed to get out of the way).

 

[MartinGT]

Interview with Dumo then. Very honest of him and he looked shot

 

[Red Rick]

It is *** pouring

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Re:

It is **** pouring

 

[King Boonen]

Re:

It seems to be commonplace these days to "neutralise" circuit finishes in the rain - time taken the first time they cross the finish line, leaving the sprint teams to race on their own

I'd like to see this as standard, even when it isn't raining.

 

[Laplaz]

Dumoulin DNF

 

[Stelvio]

Dumoulin abandon.

 

[Climbing]

At least good weather today.
The rain is falling straight down and kind of to the side like.
Too bad ain't Scotland.

 

[MartinGT]

Dumo abandoned

 

[King Boonen]

Big Tam's gone.

 

[King Boonen]

Re:

At least good weather today.
The rain is falling straight down and kind of to the side like.
Too bad ain't Scotland.

Blazin' sunshine on the West Coast today

 

[Carols]

Rest well Big Tom and prep for le Tour! We will miss you here.

 

[Amazinmets87]

Did Tom D start stage?

 

[Laplaz]

Break already gone:
Ciccone, Vervaeke, Santaromita, Barbin, Orsini, Florez Lopez.