Giro d'Italia Giro d’Italia 2024, Stage 18: Fiera di Primiero – Padua, 178.0k

[glassmoon]

meh

 

[pastronef]

Lidl-Trek DS Rasch speaks English with a slight Swiss-Italian accent

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Lidl-Trek DS Rasch speaks English with a slight Swiss-Italian accent

Almost like Gregory Rast is Swiss and is not Gabriel Rasch.

 

[pastronef]

Almost like Gregory Rast is Swiss and is not Gabriel Rasch.

yes sorry I meant Rast. listening to Meyer from Tudor and his English sounds more Swiss-German. Rast probably listens to the Italians at Trek and got some their accent

 

[Lequack]

Lidl has the best roadblocking team of this Giro. They'll have this under control in no time.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Lidl has the best roadblocking team of this Giro. They'll have this under control in no time.

Well, they first need to stop the people who are already on the attack and this isn‘t the least technical road.

 

[RedheadDane]

Bit of a split in the peloton.

 

[Brullnux]

That is way too much rain, surely have to neutralise?

 

[Lequack]

Lidl don't want Jumbo Visma in the break, just the 2nd tier teams. Ideally a single Polti rider.

 

[topcat]

@QueenStagiaire is MVP on the forum for giving us updates on the mind-numbingly boring flat stages as opposed to the mountain stages where Pog takes the piss and the others impersonate Roglic.

 

[Samamba]

I see Bora riders looking back and one dropping back. Martinez might be in 2nd peloton.

 

[Lequack]

This was nice

https://twitter.com/x/status/1793601778556211614

View: https://twitter.com/eurosport/status/1793601778556211614

 

[Brullnux]

Joking aside it is absolutely chucking it down, awful weather. One of those northern italian may days with genuinely torrential rain.

 

[RedheadDane]

This would be an absolutely amazing place to visit.
In better weather.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Jumbo Visma nailing it to try and make it hard to stuff up Pogacar's Tour prep, great tactics!!!

 

[Brullnux]

Lovely valley

 

[pastronef]

Joking aside it is absolutely chucking it down, awful weather. One of those northern italian may days with genuinely torrential rain.

I woke up this morning at 6 for the noise of the torrential rain outside. near Asti

 

[Brullnux]

Sprint day it is

 

[Potomac]

Honore to win from the break

 

[Brullnux]

Honore to win from the break

I don't think so, Alpecin need a stage win, Dainese is at home, and Lidl have a full contingent. No big rouleurs like Affini or Ganna in the break.

 

[search]

I don't think so, Alpecin need a stage win, Dainese is at home, and Lidl have a full contingent. No big rouleurs like Affini or Ganna in the break.

Gebreigzabhier must be pretty tired from yesterday, Tudor has only Stork and Kamp to help out, and Alpecin needs to save guys for the finish to have any chance at all.

So I wouldn't think there's too much manpower in the peloton, but to control this break, it'll probably be enough indeed. Sunday will be a different story.

 

[Lequack]

Should it be illegal to leave such a small gap to the break?

 

[Brullnux]

I woke up this morning at 6 for the noise of the torrential rain outside. near Asti

Do you remember that stage Cavendish won in 2013? That was wild.

 

[RedheadDane]

Should it be illegal to leave such a small gap to the break?

No.

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Ah, yes... Danish rider... "Frølich Honoré"

 

[pastronef]

Do you remember that stage Cavendish won in 2013? That was wild.

no I don't. what happened? (I became a Cav fan later, at Dimension Data)