Giro d'Italia 2018 stage 9: Pesco Sannita–Gran Sasso 225 km

[Laplaz]

Mareczko abandons.

 

[Salvarani]

Marezcko abandon


What a joke...

 

[Eyeballs Out]

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Interesting to see that Pozzo has 2 guys in the break. Maybe trying something already on the Calascio climb?

I doubt it.

I doubt it a lot.

Yeah, me too. But still strange. They would be much more useful with him in the bunch if he doesn't try something.

Visconti will be riding for the stage win / KOM

 

[May0maniac]

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Mareczko abandons.

Maybe he's not feeling well, but the guy already refused to finish the Giro last year when the team wanted him to finish the Gir as a learning experience, so I have my doubts.

 

[Sestriere]

Masnada EARNED that

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Re: Re:

Interesting to see that Pozzo has 2 guys in the break. Maybe trying something already on the Calascio climb?

I doubt it.

I doubt it a lot.

Yeah, me too. But still strange. They would be much more useful with him in the bunch if he doesn't try something.

Visconti will be riding for the stage win / KOM

Scrub the KOM then :redface:

 

[Pantani_lives]

I think Mitchelton will ride to keep it under six minutes. Yates is a young rider in his first pink jersey, so they will want to keep it as long as possible. However the stage win could very well go to the break.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

UCI Regulations

2.3.012
All riders may render each other such minor services as lending or exchanging food, drink, spanners or accessories.
The lending or exchanging of tubular tyres or bicycles and waiting for a rider who has been dropped or involved in an accident shall be permitted only amongst riders of the same team. The pushing of one rider by another shall in all cases be forbidden, on pain of disqualification.

If the commissaires are not applying the rules of cycling, exactly what criteria are they applying?

 

[Laplaz]

Crosswinds!

 

[Baldinger]

that was the most lazy echelons ever.

astana with zero interest in the stage? makes little sense.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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that was the most lazy echelons ever.

astana with zero interest in the stage? makes little sense.

Well their faith in Lopez seems to have faded a little at the moment

 

[SafeBet]

Re:

UCI Regulations

2.3.012
All riders may render each other such minor services as lending or exchanging food, drink, spanners or accessories.
The lending or exchanging of tubular tyres or bicycles and waiting for a rider who has been dropped or involved in an accident shall be permitted only amongst riders of the same team. The pushing of one rider by another shall in all cases be forbidden, on pain of disqualification.

If the commissaires are not applying the rules of cycling, exactly what criteria are they applying?

Masnada has been relegated.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

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that was the most lazy echelons ever.

astana with zero interest in the stage? makes little sense.

Well their faith in Lopez seems to have faded a little at the moment

On paper, this stage doesn't really suit him

 

[Merckx index]

A bike race is like an NBA game. Most of the time you can skip the first 80-90% of the event, and you haven't missed much excitement.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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that was the most lazy echelons ever.

astana with zero interest in the stage? makes little sense.

Well their faith in Lopez seems to have faded a little at the moment

On paper, this stage doesn't really suit him

I think it suits him ok actually, though he would of course prefer a more regular and steep climb. But it’s a very long climb and it goes up very high which should be good for him.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Re: Re:

UCI Regulations

2.3.012
All riders may render each other such minor services as lending or exchanging food, drink, spanners or accessories.
The lending or exchanging of tubular tyres or bicycles and waiting for a rider who has been dropped or involved in an accident shall be permitted only amongst riders of the same team. The pushing of one rider by another shall in all cases be forbidden, on pain of disqualification.

If the commissaires are not applying the rules of cycling, exactly what criteria are they applying?

Masnada has been relegated.

But the rules of the sport allow only one sanction: disqualification.

When rules are devised, the authorities can either leave punishment to the discretion of referees on the ground, or dictate automatic penalties. In this case they have done the latter. So the commissaires either don't know the rules, or they have just given a big middle finger to the authorities. It must be incredibly frustrating to be involved in a sport where you don't know whether the rules will be applied or not.

 

[staubsauger]

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that was the most lazy echelons ever.

astana with zero interest in the stage? makes little sense.

Well their faith in Lopez seems to have faded a little at the moment

The could've placed Hirt in the breakaway. But Hirt struggles for the whole week already.

 

[SafeBet]

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On a side note: how beautiful is Abruzzo? Probably the most underrated italian region.

 

[Rollthedice]

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On a side note: how beautiful is Abruzzo? Probably the most underrated italian region.

Yes. Actually this stage made me research the net about these places. On another note, no hope here for Aru?

 

[Salvarani]

Please set high pace on the first climb

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

If people are going to wait for the final climb and not at least put up a strong pace to Calascio, Brambilla is going to be in pink at the end of the day........

 

[Red Rick]

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If people are going to wait for the final climb and not at least put up a strong pace to Calascio, Brambilla is going to be in pink at the end of the day........

No way.

 

[Laplaz]

Aaaand here comes Astana

 

[DNP-Old]

Here we go.

 

[Salvarani]

Yes, Astana on the front