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

[topcat]

The button is already depressed

 

[Red Rick]

The riders have petitioned to delete your button.

First the come for my button.

Then they come for my pitchfork and torch

 

[titan31]

Hours before the start and already excitement. Will we get a proper mountain stage or not? The Giro always delivers.

If Amazon delivered like this Giro, they'd be out if business in a week.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Adam Hansen hasn‘t tweeted yet, so I‘m reluctant to believe the stories.

 

[AlfaLum]

Worst grand Tour in the history of cycling. They should just cancel the whole thing really.

 

[DNP-Old]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1659468110561247232

View: https://twitter.com/SportsOrla/status/1659468110561247232


Hahahahahaha.

 

[ice&fire]

I checked the webcam and the weather looks fine on top of CdC. Road is clean.

The start of the descent might be wet with the melting snow.

 

[Red Rick]

The start of the descent might be wet with the melting snow.

Nibali to unretire and bunny hop over the wet patches?

 

[dobrien]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1659468110561247232

View: https://twitter.com/SportsOrla/status/1659468110561247232


Hahahahahaha.

Andy Hampsten: "Hold my beer"

 

[Samu Cuenca]

They should just finish at the top of CdC instead.

 

[Tour de Berghem]

From RAI: ongoing discussions between organizers and teams to do the Gran San Bernardo with bus then start to the stage in Switzerland (I hope with the croix de coeur....)

 

[Valv.Piti]

What the frick are they complaining about??????????? YOU FREAKING KNOW THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE GONNA GET, ITS THE DAMN GIRO, MOUNTAINS IN MAY CAN BE DIFFICULT.

Its time in these that Mauro Vegni needs to show to the world that he's not a complete spineless imbecile. The route was released in november - simply don't attend then, but don't come crying on the same damn day!

Gosh I hate modern cycling, and yes, gosh I hate the Giro d' Italia for even making this an opportunity to happen.

You're the leader, and these *** twats are only complaining this much about this and that because you have shown that you're spineless and the crybabies that we call bike riders can abuse that.

 

[RedheadDane]

Given the news that broke this morning, I kinda hope Eolo gets (another) win.

 

[staubsauger]

Andy Hampsten: "Hold my beer"

Rematch between Hampsten & Breukink sounds more interesting than the current Giro d'Italia field somehow!

 

[Eclipse]

My Giro love has been actively tainted in recent years by the number of stage issues there are

 

[Lui98]

From RAI: ongoing discussions between organizers and teams to do the Gran San Bernardo with bus then start to the stage in Switzerland (I hope with the croix de coeur....)

I struggle to understand what are the riders complaining about

 

[DNP-Old]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1659475295374835713

View: https://twitter.com/SportsOrla/status/1659475295374835713


This is the worst race of all time, I love it.

 

[staubsauger]

From RAI: ongoing discussions between organizers and teams to do the Gran San Bernardo with bus then start to the stage in Switzerland (I hope with the croix de coeur....)

That makes even less sense than doing San Bernardo + Crans Montana only!

 

[SafeBet]

I struggle to understand what the riders are complaining about

I think they're simply tired of many consecutive wet days and using any possible excuse.

 

[Valv.Piti]

My Giro love has been actively tainted in recent years by the number of stage issues there are

Yes, and its mainly cause of Mauro Vegni listening to these idiots and not taking a firm stance. This is the route. Deal with it.

Prudhomme would tell them to go *** themselves and DNF if you don't like what you see. Well, at least I hope that.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I think they're simply tired of many consecutive wet days and using any possible excuse.

Exactly.

What do you do about that as a race organizer? Tell them to take the earliest flight to Alicante and get out of my damn face, thats what you do, but Mauro Vegni is clueless.

 

[Red Rick]

I think they're simply tired of many consecutive wet days and using any possible excuse.

This is what Vegni unleashed upon us by shortening that glorious 260 km flat stage.

First thing I'd do if I were race director is put in like 3 consectuive 250km+ flat stages just to *** with the riders and hope it rains.

 

[Tour de Berghem]

Yes, and its mainly cause of Mauro Vegni listening to these idiots and not taking a firm stance. This is the route. Deal with it.

Prudhomme would tell them to go *** themselves and DNF if you don't like what you see. Well, at least I hope that.

I think that Vegni is worried that then top rider will not to Giro anymore...not to justify him...

I am also, as italian, worried that after the weather of this Giro all top riders won't be at Giro 2024

 

[Red Rick]

I think that Vegni is worried that then top rider will not to Giro anymore...not to justify him...

A Giro win will always be bigger than 3rd at the Tour.

 

[SafeBet]

Time to start the annual "move the Giro to late May early June" discussion.
Would it really change anything?