Dukerojo said:Everyone is saying that Nairo should had attack, but if I am Nairo and I could make 2 minutes without killing myself I will do it and save energy for the next stages. He still need like 2 more minutes plus he also wants to save for the TDF
GraftPunk said:For the love of Pete, can we just get past the waiting crap? If you (as a rider in the race) feel some personal obligation to wait for some idiot who can't shift, has to drop a deuce, can't stay vertical, whatever, then by all means wait. But IT'S A BIKE RACE. Get over it. It's not like Movistar upped the pace, it was pretty apparent they actually lowered it until Nib's attacked. Tom D just wasn't going to hitch back on due to fatigue or possibly GI illness.
That must've been hilarious and tragic at the same time.ferryman said:Yes I remember! Surrounded by his teammates who were 'washing him down' with their bidons!Carols said:Doesn't anyone but me remember LeMond having a bad stomach and riding over the mountains with it literally running down his legs and stinking to high heaven? He won that TdF!!!
Dukerojo said:Everyone is saying that Nairo should had attack, but if I am Nairo and I could make 2 minutes without killing myself I will do it and save energy for the next stages. He still need like 2 more minutes plus he also wants to save for the TDF
This.GraftPunk said:For the love of Pete, can we just get past the waiting crap? If you (as a rider in the race) feel some personal obligation to wait for some idiot who can't shift, has to drop a deuce, can't stay vertical, whatever, then by all means wait. But IT'S A BIKE RACE. Get over it. It's not like Movistar upped the pace, it was pretty apparent they actually lowered it until Nib's attacked. Tom D just wasn't going to hitch back on due to fatigue or possibly GI illness.
I doubt he knew Tom would stop for a poo break before Umbrailpass while he was still climbing the StelvioDukerojo said:Everyone is saying that Nairo should had attack, but if I am Nairo and I could make 2 minutes without killing myself I will do it and save energy for the next stages. He still need like 2 more minutes plus he also wants to save for the TDF
ferryman said:Yes I remember! Surrounded by his teammates who were 'washing him down' with their bidons!Carols said:Doesn't anyone but me remember LeMond having a bad stomach and riding over the mountains with it literally running down his legs and stinking to high heaven? He won that TdF!!!
Thank god Dumoulin didn't do that. On HD.Carols said:Yep and he Never stopped! Eventually he just rode away from his helpers. Even with the @@its he just kept going!
Botero told a similar story about Jan Ulrich and how several teammates had to flush it with water.Carols said:Doesn't anyone but me remember LeMond having a bad stomach and riding over the mountains with it literally running down his legs and stinking to high heaven? He won that TdF!!!
Forever The Best said:Why don't you write it here?LaFlorecita said:pmSafeBet said:LaFlorecita said:I wanted Nibali to win because of Scarponi and because we hadn't had an Italian winner yet. And because I severely dislike Landa, as a person. What I've found about him isn't pretty.![]()
He comes across as a really nice guy.
I had huge expectations for this stage. Sad it needed Major Tom **** to ignite things.
Giro is wide open.![]()
LaFlorecita said:I think you'll find it was Sky that pushed on after Valverde's crash in 2012, however Valverde was quick to blame Contador, of course.Mr.White said:LaFlorecita said:Yes, many times. Do some research. chaingate is actually the only time EVER he didn't wait, yet he still gets attacked because of it. How different it is for Movistar.Mr.White said:Or better, did Contador waited EVER?
Really, what about Valverde crash in 2012 Vuelta, Landa in Giro 2015...?
Landa was payback. Lovely, juicy payback.
Yeah, German ESP commentators recalled Jens Heppner telling that story, too.Escarabajo said:Botero told a similar story about Jan Ulrich and how several teammates had to flush it with water.Carols said:Doesn't anyone but me remember LeMond having a bad stomach and riding over the mountains with it literally running down his legs and stinking to high heaven? He won that TdF!!!
spalco said:Dukerojo said:Everyone is saying that Nairo should had attack, but if I am Nairo and I could make 2 minutes without killing myself I will do it and save energy for the next stages. He still need like 2 more minutes plus he also wants to save for the TDF
After the "incident" Quintana played it right, but the criticism against him from a racing point of view was before that.
He's saying there were groups of fans getting in the way on the descent. Not clear whether he means standing on the road, but it kind of implies fans were already riding back down the mountain at the same time the later groups were still descending. Not happy with the organisers.deValtos said:What's Rojas on about here?
https://twitter.com/jjrojillas/status/867060843212668935
Can't understand it from google translate.
Nutcase stalker. Unlikeable. Right!Jolene said:Flora is just taking the words of a nutcase stalker as truth. Landa is a nice guy, the woman in question is the one that is unlikable
"I had never before in my whole life had to overtake fan groupettos while climbing down a mountain in-competitiondeValtos said:What's Rojas on about here?
https://twitter.com/jjrojillas/status/867060843212668935
Can't understand it from google translate.
Wasn't that on the day Virenque dropped him on the Col du Hundsrück and Bölts yelled at Ulle: “Rack ya, ***!“ !?kingjr said:Yeah, German ESP commentators recalled Jens Heppner telling that story, too.Escarabajo said:Botero told a similar story about Jan Ulrich and how several teammates had to flush it with water.Carols said:Doesn't anyone but me remember LeMond having a bad stomach and riding over the mountains with it literally running down his legs and stinking to high heaven? He won that TdF!!!
Sounds like there were amateur riders on the climb whilst the race was still on...deValtos said:What's Rojas on about here?
https://twitter.com/jjrojillas/status/867060843212668935
Can't understand it from google translate.
Don't know.staubsauger said:Wasn't that on the day Virenque dropped him on the Col du Hundsrück and Bölts yelled at Ulle: “Rack ya, ***!“ !?kingjr said:Yeah, German ESP commentators recalled Jens Heppner telling that story, too.Escarabajo said:Botero told a similar story about Jan Ulrich and how several teammates had to flush it with water.Carols said:Doesn't anyone but me remember LeMond having a bad stomach and riding over the mountains with it literally running down his legs and stinking to high heaven? He won that TdF!!!