Giro d'Italia 2023 Giro d'Italia, Stage 13: Borgofranco d’Ivrea – Crans Montana, 199 km (Friday, May 19th)

[Tricycle Rider]

Pinot looking good, and here comes the descent

 

[titan31]

Any random customer on their couch claiming to pay Amazon’s employees wages is indeed being absurd, but at least the relationship between that customer and the employee is mediated only by two relatively simple commercial exchanges. The cycling fan claiming to pay cyclist’s wages and believing that consequently the rider owes them something is an outright fantasist.

Not really. It's just extra layers. We pay TV companies, sponsors are there cos we watch the races on TV and they then pay teams who pay riders.

Also, there's also a whole lot less of us than Amazon customers so each one of us has more of an impact if we don't watch.

 

[glassmoon]

so i guess no strade and cobbled classics next year? bummer.

 

[Lequack]

I wondered how much time will it take for Blythe will say "crikey". Not much.

 

[Red Rick]

They love slow motions of descents without anything happening just to troll us don't they

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Has Caruso dropped Pinot yet?

 

[Netserk]

They love slow motions of descents without anything happening just to troll us don't they

I think they wanted to show the dude skiing.

 

[DNP-Old]

VPP just closed a minute gap in about two minutes, all thanks to Pinot.

 

[Lequack]

I wondered how much time will it take for Blythe will say "crikey". Not much.

Three times in 5 minutes!

 

[Ricco']

Is Blythe pay indexed to the number of crikeys he says?

 

[King Boonen]

They love slow motions of descents without anything happening just to troll us don't they

and meaningless wheel slips being overdramatised.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Three times in 5 minutes!

Crikey.

 

[SafeBet]

VPP just closed a minute gap in about two minutes, all thanks to Pinot.

Pinot is waiting for Armirail.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Most riders descending cautiously in the rain and melting snow, hopefully no one crashes.

 

[Netserk]

When does the dangerous part of the descent come?

 

[Red Rick]

They should be over the problematic part of the descent in lik 2km

 

[King Boonen]

Is Blythe pay indexed to the number of crikeys he says?

His citizenship of the Peoples' Republic of Yorkshire gets removed if he doesn't say it enough.

 

[HelloDolly]

Beginning to hate the name Bruno Armirail

rob hatch milking it

 

[Tim Cahill]

VPP gunning the descent, no arm warmers? what a guy.

Tactically inept like but still fun to watch

Knows he isn't going to win so may aswell look stylish on the telly

 

[Lequack]

I wonder what Carlton Kirby would have to say about this Giro.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Losing the Giro to Pinot on a descent

 

[Izzyeviel]

so i guess no strade and cobbled classics next year? bummer.

On the brightside, San Remo will just be the last 40km.

 

[Red Rick]

Sean Kelly giving Blythe *** for being full of it is the highlight of the stage so far

 

[tobydawq]

This is the first time we get a fair chance to assess the looks of the riders' wives in this race.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I wonder what Carlton Kirby would have to say about this Giro.

He would have thrown a tantrum because he'd have had to pay for his own wine yesterday.