Giro d'Italia 2022 Giro d'Italia, Stage 18: Borgo Valsugana - Treviso 152 km (Thursday, May 26th)

[RedheadDane]

at the risk of a pointless debate there is a non-zero percentage of flat tires that are the riders fault.
And for crashes in the last 3 km - lots are the riders fault

So, now we shouldn't have the 3-K rule at all?

 

[saunaking]

So, now we shouldn't have the 3-K rule at all?

Yes we should have it. It protects riders against their own ***-ups and other bad luck

 

[RedheadDane]

Yes we should have it. It protects riders against their own ***-ups and other bad luck

So, we can agree that it makes perfect sense for the 3-K rule to apply today?

 

[saunaking]

So, we can agree that it makes perfect sense for the 3-K rule to apply today?

100%
never in question


except we dont know what really happened with Hindley

 

[Mayomaniac]

A bit sad for Affini, he gave so much so that the break could stay away and still almost had it in the end. But of course De Bondt didn't slack off, chapeau to him.

To me it seems that JV are wasting him a bit in the cladsics by having him do the donkeywork early on. From time to time you could try sending him up the road.

 

[DaLong]

I suspect a lead-out for De Bondt.

Well, I was partially correct anyways.

 

[RedheadDane]

To me it seems that JV are wasting him a bit in the cladsics by having him do the donkeywork early on. From time to time you could try sending him up the road.

I agree!

Especially because I had him on my team for the Classics CQ Game.

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

de Bondt will probably have a pineapple every day now

Easy to win when you are all juiced up then.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Congratulations to De Bondt. Dries De Bondt. For winning the stage.

 

[jmdirt]

I love it when the winner come from a break! Great work today guys! Congrats DdB!

 

[jmdirt]

Have to enjoy seeing 2 Wanty riders in the top 10 in the GC at this stage in the Giro.

Yeh, they are making it very clear that they belong in the top club!

 

[jmdirt]

at the risk of a pointless debate there is a non-zero percentage of flat tires that are the riders fault.
And for crashes in the last 3 km - lots are the riders fault

You might be able to blame the rider who crashes, but what about the riders that get taken out by the crash? "Non zero"?! That could be 1% or a 100%, right? I'm not sure how to pointlessly debate such a large range. Stuff on the road (tacks, gravel, goat heads...) could certainly cause flats and crashes.

 

[Red Rick]

Yesterday I read Affini did some interviews in Dutch, as apparently he's been learning cause he's with a Dutch girl.

What nobody told me his English now has a Dutch accent as well

 

[CyclistAbi]

Edoardo why on earth didn't you tell @Red Rick your English now has a Dutch accent!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Yesterday I read Affini did some interviews in Dutch, as apparently he's been learning cause he's with a Dutch girl.

What nobody told me his English now has a Dutch accent as well

so when will he rename to Eduard Affiniteit

 

[SafeBet]

Yesterday I read Affini did some interviews in Dutch, as apparently he's been learning cause he's with a Dutch girl.

What nobody told me his English now has a Dutch accent as well

So Dutch accent is simply putting yah every 5 words?

 

[Red Rick]

So Dutch accent is simply putting yah every 5 words?

Dunglish is an art that doesn't deserve to be simplified like that.

 

[Red Rick]

so when will he rename to Eduard Affiniteit

Right after they sign Bert Boekhouder as a DS.

 

[gregrowlerson]

So Dutch accent is simply putting yah every 5 words?

Australian accent is a slight variation on the Dutch.

It's the "yeah nah".