Giro d'Italia 2020, stage 12: Cesenatico - Cesenatico 204 km

[Climbing]

Covering positives and sending home Kru, Yates and Matthews, sure buddy...

 

[BeagRigh]

Interesting. Boaro and Campenaerts up the road bodes will for some GC action...

 

[Breh]

Covering positives and sending home Kru, Yates and Matthews, sure buddy...

And Matthews might even be negative after all

 

[SafeBet]

That's not very nuanced. Riders are under contract, they cannot "just go home" if they want. De Gendt said that there were several riders coughing yesterday, and that the Tour was organized much better regarding rider safety.

They are never very specific about this though. Perhaps they felt much safer because the second wave had yet to pick up?
Riders can cough for a number of ailments. It's much colder now than during the Tour for instance.

 

[Eclipse]

Interesting. Boaro and Campenaerts up the road bodes will for some GC action...

Or they're so sure nothing will happen that they've been allowed to do their own thing

I do think there's a chance of GC stuff today. Birdsong needs time back and if it ends after Sunday he needs it now.

 

[Billie]

They are never very specific about this though. Perhaps they felt much safer because the second wave had yet to pick up?
Riders can cough for a number of ailments.

Coughing is by many riders considered a sign of top form

 

[SarahtheDane]

And Matthews might even be negative after all

Matthews was a mistake, they only wanted to eliminate Nibali's competition.

 

[Jagartrott]

A lot of judging here, but have those people read the actual interview with De Gendt? He said that he doesn't think the organizers are telling the whole truth, with which he was specifically referring to the statement that all of the 17 policemen found positive were not helping in the Giro, but in the Giro-E. He didn't say they're hiding positive cases.

Thomas De Gendt voelt zich "onveilig" in de Giro: "Het gaat de slechte kant op"

Thomas De Gendt (33) is vandaag in Cesenatico van start gegaan voor de 12e rit van de Giro, maar dat was met frisse tegenzin. De renner gaf in een openhartig gesprek met onze reporter aan dat hij zich "onveilig" voelt. "Het gaat de verkeerde kant uit. Ik heb het gevoel dat de organisatie dingen...

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[tobydawq]

Very un-l'Aquila-like situation going on today.

 

[roundabout]

They are never very specific about this though. Perhaps they felt much safer because the second wave had yet to pick up?
Riders can cough for a number of ailments. It's much colder now than during the Tour for instance.

I checked what the 7 day moving average of new cases was in France on the second Wednesday of the Tour and it was higher than the 7 day moving average for Italy now even accounting for population (something like 7300 cases on average in France vs about 5500 in Italy).

Of course there is more to it than raw totals, but one can argue that the second wave had already started in France when the Tour was going on.

 

[Gigs_98]

A lot of judging here, but have those people read the actual interview with De Gendt? He said that he doesn't think the organizers are telling the whole truth, with which he was specifically referring to the statement that all of the 17 policemen found positive were not helping in the Giro, but in the Giro-E. He didn't say they're hiding positive cases.

Thomas De Gendt voelt zich "onveilig" in de Giro: "Het gaat de slechte kant op"

Thomas De Gendt (33) is vandaag in Cesenatico van start gegaan voor de 12e rit van de Giro, maar dat was met frisse tegenzin. De renner gaf in een openhartig gesprek met onze reporter aan dat hij zich "onveilig" voelt. "Het gaat de verkeerde kant uit. Ik heb het gevoel dat de organisatie dingen...

sporza.be

Ah yes, only reading the headlines. The objectively most stupid thing one can do except when I do it

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Top tip to Movistar: if you're going to do a 5 second Sticky Bottle on an uphill drag a) try to do it while the helicopter isn't right in front of you and b) at least have the rider take the bottle rather than chuck it back in the team car

 

[Eclipse]

Top tip to Movistar: if you're going to do a 5 second Sticky Bottle on an uphill drag a) try to do it while the helicopter isn't right in front of you and b) at least have the rider take the bottle rather than chuck it back in the team car

They'll get away with it because they will fail miserably later anyway and everyone will forget.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Covering positives and sending home Kru, Yates and Matthews, sure buddy...

This, I think it's easier to believe that some positives were covered up durning the Tour...

 

[46&twoWheels]

so, a guy "feels".. ...."suspects"........"has the impression"......"perceives"

I didn't read the article in dutch but:
Saying RCS doesn't have the Tour's resources is one thing.
Saying the RCS is hiding something is a completely different kind of statement/threat(accusation*).

 

[Jagartrott]

You haven't read the article, and you're commenting about "suspecting", "having the impression" etc. OK.

We're all not in this Giro, and De Gendt, from what I've heard in other interviews, is far from the only one commenting on safety standards etc.

Edit: Sunweb source saying those 17 policemen were in the same hotel as the team. So again, all those laughing away suspicions of riders without having any inside knowledge - perhaps some humility is warranted?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1316699533624082433

 

[sir fly]

A classic GT double-header today then.
Was a bit unrealistic to expect a replay of the day before yesterday... Intermediate way out of sprinters' reach.

 

[Climbing]

Not sure, NTT is working now... Pozzo master plan.

 

[Breezy1985]

Very un-l'Aquila-like situation going on today.

Antiquila

 

[Eclipse]

Didn't expect this from NTT but a pleasant surprise to be sure.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The well is living and lighting it up!

 

[Laplaz]

Grande Pozzo!

 

[Keram]

Pozzo with some attack plans in his mind

 

[broppo]

the break away is ***. pozzo might get 10 minutes here on almeida, he is on fire!!!!

 

[46&twoWheels]

You haven't read the article, and you're commenting about "suspecting", "having the impression" etc. OK.

We're all not in this Giro, and De Gendt, from what I've heard in other interviews, is far from the only one commenting on safety standards etc.

official statement:

Communication from the Polizia Stradale | Giro d'Italia 2021

www.giroditalia.it

Safety concerns are justified when supported by some substance, not "herd feelings", personal biased views etc... In any case, he can always stick to Ronde van Vlaanderen.

(Fuglsang has not been polite but he is at least objective lol)