Giro d'Italia 2016 stage 2 - Arnhem – Nijmegen 190 km

[More Strides than Rides]

On the circuit now.

 

[carolina]

kittel

 

[Singer01]

kittel looked proper strong there.

 

[Eclipse]

simply untouchable

 

[DFA123]

Etixx messed up their leadout a bit there. Credit to Kittel for realising though - very clear thinking. Abandoned his team-mate and joined the FDJ train instead!

 

[spalco]

Super strong by Kittel. His turn to look unbeatable for a while I guess.

 

[SlickMongoose]

I spent the entire last 3k feeling sorry for Viviani.

 

[More Strides than Rides]

Good sprint stage. I enjoyed that.

I'll enjoy Kittel wins less as this Giro goes on, and hopefully he will deteriorate, but I don't mind one big show of force by Etixx.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Greipel really badly positioned there. Kittel definitely himself again

 

[StryderHells]

Re:

Etixx messed up their leadout a bit there. Credit to Kittel for realising though - very clear thinking. Abandoned his team-mate and joined the FDJ train instead!

Yeah and Demare almost looked shocked when Kittel sprinted past

 

[rehy90]

When Kittel is in form, there is nobody in the peloton who could beat him right now...

 

[rehy90]

and I dont know what Demare was waiting for, last 50 metres?

 

[gunara]

Lol...that speed.... Some hopeless competitors there

 

[Gigs_98]

Wow that was impressive. I'm a bit disappointed it was that easy for Kittel

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Murilo Fisher brought back Demare to the sprint.. We Bra have to cheer for whatever possible..

 

[HelloDolly]

pity there were no crosswinds as that was a bore fest and I doubt attracted many new fans to the Giro

 

[Akuryo]

Wasn't even close in the end. But thanks for the leadout to Fisher, I guess

 

[Glocknerkoenig]

Kittel in beast mode. Not sure I've ever seen a less boring Giro stage - the most exciting bit was the KOM sprint.

 

[Alexandre B.]

I can't even say that Démare almost won.

 

[Guybrush]

Amazing Kittel

 

[StryderHells]

Re:

pity there were no crosswinds as that was a bore fest and I doubt attracted many new fans to the Giro

There are always stages like that in GT's so it's no big deal

 

[Samamba]

Re:

Greipel really badly positioned there.

Yeah what a surprise, he's becoming a pussy again.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

and Murilo have a nice diferent Bra helmet... he did good at 500mts thou

 

[More Strides than Rides]

Re:

pity there were no crosswinds as that was a bore fest and I doubt attracted many new fans to the Giro

This is a ridiculous opinion to have. For the casual fan, what was boring about it? It was simple: a slow crescendo to a brilliant climax. For the casual fan, a sprint finish is easy. You'd rather that they have to keep track of 5 groups on the road up a mountain, while maintaining knowledge of who is fighting for the stage and the overall? Watching as foreign names blend together, and the jumps between camera bikes force the loss of all hope of giving coherence to their positions on the road?

I'm an invested fan, and I enjoyed it. I can't tell you to stop being sour, but I can say that echoing the opinion of "sprint stages are useless and boring" is bad for the sport.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Re: Re:

Greipel really badly positioned there.

Yeah what a surprise, he's becoming a pussy again.

Must have seen that the 2kms to go banner was placed slightly in the road, so thought the sprint was going to be dangerous and held back a bit.