Giro d'Italia 2018 STAGE 4: Catania – Caltagirone 198 km

[hfer07]

last 50K

what a gorgeous scenery :surprised:

 

[ferryman]

BMC not great at poker. Plenty of teams in with a shout today. Back off and see what happens in the chase.

 

[hfer07]

I guess the question is: Will BMC slave themselves to save the Maglia Rosa by catching the breakaway?

 

[RedheadDane]

Re:

GOAT soigneur

https://twitter.com/Eurosport_UK/status/993844968849641473/video/1

It's all about planning. Make sure the riders are evenly distributed throughout the pack, rather than having them all together.

 

[Laplaz]

Henao and Brambilla with a mechanical.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Henao mechnical
left alone . . .

Update
He and g.l.brambilla
both got back in

 

[whittashau]

Does anyone have a english stream?

 

[ferryman]

Re:

I guess the question is: Will BMC slave themselves to save the Maglia Rosa by catching the breakaway?

The break will be caught. BMC obviously have the greatest interest but no need to waste everyone today given the finish and the other teams who have a chance today. They will chase for that. A wee bluff by BMC would have been nice. Expect to see Sky blasting it in about 5 kliks...

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Re:

Does anyone have a english stream?

http://tiz-cycling.stream/
First video on the page
(carlton kirby though)

 

[Frankschleck]

Lutsenko has this.

 

[HelloDolly]

Why did they practically stop on that road with the tri colour

 

[HelloDolly]

Gosh Katusha having a nightmare

 

[Zoophonic]

Re:

Gosh Katusha having a nightmare

Shocking not to have the spare bike set up correctly. Poor Goncalves

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Tony Martin is waiting for GONÇALVES.

 

[Climbing]

Oh wow, so many at the finish!
Nice!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

More boring than I expected. But what could you really expect? Just a sort of fleche wallone type stage

 

[Squire]

Apparently, with Conti 20 m off the front, the hopes of the other riders in the peloton for a stage win is crumbling. According to Kirby, of course.

 

[Red Rick]

Re:

More boring than I expected. But what could you really expect? Just a sort of fleche wallone type stage

It's very hilly, very twisty, but all the inclines are shallow.

 

[Velolover2]

Almost full peloton? Viviani was there until 10k before the finish.

 

[Laplaz]

Conti in pink would be great.

 

[HelloDolly]

BMC calling bluff now as Conti just needs 21 secs if he wins and Dennis not in top 3

 

[Breh]

Hansen pulling the pack

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Wellens ready to pounce?

Edit:
Crash at the back
-6.8km

 

[Climbing]

Disaster!

 

[DFA123]

why did the road suddenly get really narrow there? Seems a bit unnecessary to close off the other side of the junction.