2019 Giro d'Italia, stage 6: Cassino - San Giovanni R. 238km

[DanielSong39]

Not a good last couple of days for racing.

- Bogus ruling in the Tour of California
- Pack sits up and waits for the leader in the Giro

Look, I like good racing as much as the next person which is why stuff like this makes races less entertaining to watch.
Maybe I should stick to the Classics races from now on, not nearly as much shenanigans.

 

[Amazinmets87]

Hasn't waiting for a fallen leader been tradition in GTs for eons?

 

[del1962]

Why would the pack not sit up today with over 200k to go and GC racing not on?

 

[johnymax]

Re: Re:

All this voodoo talk from Nibali fans actually makes me want Nibali to fail

He fell three times already in crucial races.

2013 - Florence Worlds
2016 - Rio Olympics
2018 - Tour de France (though this was 100% not his fault)

Voodoo is so strong he can't control it.

 

[RedheadDane]

Yeah. Nothing wrong with waiting to allow everyone a chance to rejoin this far from the finish.

BTW; thanks for the Italian lesson, guys.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

The delicate operation after the fall

 

[DenisMenchov]

Re: Re:

All this voodoo talk from Nibali fans actually makes me want Nibali to fail

He fell three times already in crucial races.

2013 - Florence Worlds
2016 - Rio Olympics
2018 - Tour de France (though this was 100% not his fault)

Voodoo is so strong he can't control it.

He races to the edge, sometimes he ends up on the wrong side of it. But hey, it's what racing should be about. Going for it all the time.

I remember last year Nibali was is really shitty form, yet he was the one who started the winning attack in De Ronde. Terpstra just blew him on the flat, but won the race because of that move.

 

[spalco]

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Update:

San Giovanni Rotondo was founded in 1095 on the ruins of a pre-existing village of the 4th century BC; of this village some visible signs remain, like some tombs and a circular baptistery (the epithet "Rotondo" derives from this)

Btw. one of the strangest places in Italy I've seen (years ago), that whole Padre Pio thing is deeply weird.

 

[DanielSong39]

Re:

Hasn't waiting for a fallen leader been tradition in GTs for eons?

You're correct, it makes GTs less entertaining though.

 

[SafeBet]

Conti is the closest rider in GC (if I'm not mistaken): 27th at 1'59".
Would be great for him to wear the rosa.

 

[Oude Geuze]

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Ouch!

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That would make for a good poster if you were a teenage woman.

And is there a reason a teenage boy can’t enjoy that picture :surprised:

Quite a few come to mind!

 

[Cinemaniak]

The way I see Jumbo-Visma right now....

 

[Robert5091]

6 minutes now for the break - come on Madouas!

 

[Lequack]

Can Valerio Conti win this Giro?

 

[johnymax]

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Can Valerio Conti win this Giro?

No, but he can win today's stage and take the maglia rosa. Hopefully he does.

 

[Carols]

Re: Re:

Hasn't waiting for a fallen leader been tradition in GTs for eons?

You're correct, it makes GTs less entertaining though.

With 150km to go how boring does it make it to wait? If it was Race On with 30km to go there'd be no waiting!

 

[Red Rick]

Oh god no.

Kirby just picked Nibali to win the Giro.

The hype train just crashed

 

[Carols]

Re:

Oh god no.

Kirby just picked Nibali to win the Giro.

The hype train just crashed

:sad:

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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Oh god no.

Kirby just picked Nibali to win the Giro.

The hype train just crashed

the healing powers of Padre Pio can fix that.

 

[King Boonen]

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Oh god no.

Kirby just picked Nibali to win the Giro.

The hype train just crashed

Damn it!!

 

[Robert5091]

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Oh god no.

Kirby just picked Nibali to win the Giro.

The hype train just crashed

Does he mean Antonio?

 

[Rollthedice]

Re:

Oh god no.

Kirby just picked Nibali to win the Giro.

The hype train just crashed

What I'm watching is Rob Hatch, sure it was Kirby?

 

[Mayomaniac]

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Can Valerio Conti win this Giro?

No, but he can win today's stage and take the maglia rosa. Hopefully he does.

He could hold the jersey until the big mountains start, last year he finished 12th in the Dauphine after ridong a decent Giro and while working as a domestique for Dan Martin. In 2017 he also finished 12th in a rather hard TdS after riding a good Giro.

 

[King Boonen]

De Gendt thinks it could be a sprint stage.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Re:

Hasn't waiting for a fallen leader been tradition in GTs for eons?

Yes but it's also tradition for the GT leader to attend the post race Press Conference
and Roglic hasn't respected that tradition for the last 2 days.