Giro d'Italia 2017 STAGE 20: Pordenone – Asiago 190 km

[Breh]

Zakarin?!

 

[bob.a.feet]

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Pinot easily the most handsome gc boyo in our era. No contest at all.

I think the ladies should decide these things .

Contador = Most Handsome
Nibali = Sexiest
Pinot = Kind of cute
Chavez = cutie pie
BM Tom = attractive except for that chin!
Narito = no appeal
Bala = 2nd sexiest
Froome = not at all attractive

Any GC types I'm, missing?

EDIT: Landa = Very Attractive!

Back to racing.......

Quintana is just balanced on the pH scale

 

[Rollthedice]

Quintana's voice though is awesome.

 

[Inquitus]

Chavez is the man, he easily beats off the competition of Nibali. Quintana comes last, he looks like an old Peruvian woman who's spent 90 years on the sunblasted windswept hills of Machu Picchu.

 

[LPP68!]

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What I find annoying is this endless podium ceremony when our coverage was supposed to have started over 15 minutes ago.

Yeah, but if a bike race is just a few minutes over it's time it's "We gotta hurry to the next thing!", sometimes not even leaving time for the top-10 to be shown on screen...

Not much happening in the race yet.

I do like motorsports, and when it is performed on the Nuernburgring it is awesome almost by definition. Anyway, Eurosport is not just a broadcaster of this championship, they are founders, and possibly still promoters, so they may give it a higher priority than the magnitude of the event would suggest.

 

[Carols]

I forgot Aru! Makes Froome look almost okay LOL!

 

[Alexandre B.]

PIPPO IS DROPPED !

The race is on.

 

[gregrowlerson]

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Chavez is the man, he easily beats off the competition of Nibali. Quintana comes last, he looks like an old Pervian woman who's spent 90 years on the sunblasted windswept hills of Machu Picchu.

This really made me laugh out loud!!!

How about Sir Bradley Wiggins?

Good looking rooster....heard he is being cast for the next James Bond

 

[luckyboy]

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PIPPO IS DROPPED !

The race is on.

Just waiting for Nibali to bridge of course!

 

[huangho]

Bahrain in front, c'on!

 

[HelloDolly]

Re: Re:

Pinot easily the most handsome gc boyo in our era. No contest at all.

I think the ladies should decide these things .

Contador = Most Handsome
Nibali = Sexiest
Pinot = Kind of cute
Chavez = cutie pie
BM Tom = attractive except for that chin!
Narito = no appeal
Bala = 2nd sexiest
Froome = not at all attractive

Any GC types I'm, missing?

Back to racing.......

Lil Richie.

Not a GC contender-never even podiumed anywhere. But he is not Attractive

Jaasus talk about hitting Richie on all fronts :lol: :lol:

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re: Re:

Pinot easily the most handsome gc boyo in our era. No contest at all.

I think the ladies should decide these things .

Contador = Most Handsome
Nibali = Sexiest
Pinot = Kind of cute
Chavez = cutie pie
BM Tom = attractive except for that chin!
Narito = no appeal
Bala = 2nd sexiest
Froome = not at all attractive

Any GC types I'm, missing?

Back to racing.......

Lil Richie.

Not a GC contender-never even podiumed anywhere. But he is not Attractive

Jaasus talk about hitting Richie on all fronts :lol: :lol:

Lmao, not a Richie fan!

 

[sir fly]

There are some expectations related to the descent.
Not sure the opinions are uniform regarding it's difficulty.

 

[portugal11]

The sexiest guy must be daniel martin

 

[huangho]

No gps references for Pippo yet, movi still solid at front

 

[luckyboy]

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There are some expectations related to the descent.
Not sure the opinions are uniform regarding it's difficulty.

Less technical, less steep than the descent Nibali won from in 2010, at least

 

[TommyGun]

Zaka preparing something... great !!

 

[BullsFan22]

Dumoulin!!! MASSIVE, MASSIVE attack at the lower slopes of the Grappa!! INSANE riding from Major Tom!!!

 

[Velolover2]

Re: Re:

Pinot easily the most handsome gc boyo in our era. No contest at all.

I think the ladies should decide these things .

Contador = Most Handsome
Nibali = Sexiest
Pinot = Kind of cute
Chavez = cutie pie
BM Tom = attractive except for that chin!
Narito = no appeal
Bala = 2nd sexiest
Froome = not at all attractive

Any GC types I'm, missing?

EDIT: Landa = Very Attractive!

Back to racing.......

Pozzovivo: Cute as in "what a cute little kid"

 

[SeriousSam]

Lil Richie has the unique ability to make extraordinarily low bodyfat look chubby, with his extremely short, thick arms.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Re: Re:

Pinot easily the most handsome gc boyo in our era. No contest at all.

I think the ladies should decide these things .

Contador = Most Handsome
Nibali = Sexiest
Pinot = Kind of cute
Chavez = cutie pie
BM Tom = attractive except for that chin!
Narito = no appeal
Bala = 2nd sexiest
Froome = not at all attractive

Any GC types I'm, missing?

Back to racing.......

Lil Richie.

Not a GC contender-never even podiumed anywhere. But he is not Attractive

Jaasus talk about hitting Richie on all fronts :lol: :lol:

Well at least she didn't call him Little :lol:

 

[Kokoso]

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Hirt is having a good Giro, but I dont think he has added much to the race. He indeed was in a few breaks but he basically didnt contribute one bit in those breaks (Landa/Kruijswijk etc were all mad at him), he just was there for a few ride and to get higher up the GC. Its his first Giro and he has the right to do so but his place in the GC doesnt justify their wildcard imo. Besides that Hirt seems to be really a guy who can climb very well (and have good recuperation) but he is weak on the flat, the itt and the not very hard hills, so it doesnt come as a surprise he gets caught out in the echolons, isnt very strong on the (firsty) not very hard mountain stage etc. Androni on the other hand would have really animated the race, they would not care about a 14th place in GC (and not be in that position as they would not have tried to go for GC), they could have made the race and have an influence on GC + stage victories.
Not saying that CCC is the least deserving wildcard team (as I think bardiani/wilier/gazprom didnt add much either and have probably been weaker then CCC), but just saying it is ridicilous that Androni was not invited and in my opinion they would have done more for the race than all 4 WC teams have done.

You are right - he is poor rouleur and in hilly stages, albeit I believe he didn't go time trial full gas. But then again - do you expect him pulling peloton for dozens of kilometres on the flat, or what? Nobody in his position is doing that. He was in two breaks, that on its own is more than most of the peloton did. Admittedly he wasn't contributing downhill but uphill he certainly was. Landa and Kruijswijk) complaining is more than unfortunate because of that and because they couldn't expect him to contribute. And I think Landa and Kruijswijk are lucky that didn't contribute downhill otherwise they would be looking for the way out of the woods until now

Hirt mentioned in one interview that WT riders aren't exactly considering CCC riders equal. They make you fell that you aren't WT rider at front. I believe that contributed to his losses on the flat in first week plus team didn't take care of him, compared to other leaders. Then it's really hard to hold position up front to avoid being caught in echelon. Also he was ill at the beginning which explains his subpar performance on Etna and Blockhaus (otherwise especially Blockhaus would suit him well ). Also for most of the race team didn't want him to take part in breaks. Yesterday he was chasing Quintana uphill. Altogether it's enough to say he left mark.

 

[Netserk]

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There are some expectations related to the descent.
Not sure the opinions are uniform regarding it's difficulty.

Less technical, less steep than the descent Nibali won from in 2010, at least

Same descent, different ascent.

 

[sir fly]

Re: Re:

There are some expectations related to the descent.
Not sure the opinions are uniform regarding it's difficulty.

Less technical, less steep than the descent Nibali won from in 2010, at least

Just took a look...
I think is good. It has everything.
Being this deep in the race makes it even more risky.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Chavez is the man, he easily beats off the competition of Nibali. Quintana comes last, he looks like an old Peruvian woman who's spent 90 years on the sunblasted windswept hills of Machu Picchu.

Chavito is adorable, but not very sexy or handsome IMO. He looks 12 years old
Froome Richie are not attractive! Neither is Quintana. Tom looks good but his jaw is huge. Nibali is good-looking. Tibo is very cute. Berto wins in prettiest eyes competition and has a cute smile.