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Comon guys. Just go to Asti and do a mock sprint because the memes are better than the Giro anyway.Talk of 180 km with start in Como.
Some pathetic quotes in here. Some of you should try riding 6 hours a day and have hours in the bus on each side of it.
Fry meme.Some pathetic quotes in here. Some of you should try riding 6 hours a day and have hours in the bus on each side of it.
Some pathetic quotes in here. Some of you should try riding 6 hours a day and have hours in the bus on each side of it.
Some pathetic quotes in here. Some of you should try riding 6 hours a day and have hours in the bus on each side of it.
Sure, pay me as much as those guys I'll do it.Some pathetic quotes in here. Some of you should try riding 6 hours a day and have hours in the bus on each side of it.
Where do they draw the line though, because any amount of racing will have some effect on their immune system.It seems that the riders are scared of their health, of course related to Covid. Riding for 6(+) hours in the rain will weaken their immune system they stated. This leads to a higher chance of getting the virus and testing positive on the last couple of days.
Sure, pay me as much as some of those guys today are earning and I'll give it a shot.
They're shooting themselves and cycling in the foot imo with all this stuff. Do you think the sponsors want to be associated with rider protests?
Ah yes, while the doping scandals over the years didn't end the sport, shortening one pan flat 260km sprint stage where nothing will happen for 95% of the day will definitely drive all the sponsors away.
I agree. Also because it may decide the Giro in the end. A "rest day" today will be of huge benefit for Kelderman, as tomorrow's stage is likely to be too easy for attacks to work out without tired legsI don't like these "pussy" comments (apart from the fact that I don't know why that is a bad thing) either. I am usually in favor of protecting their health. Just because someone gets payed a lot, doesn't mean he should not care about his health or life. But the way this is done it looks like some who know they have nothing to gain with a long stage anymore, because they are at the end of their powers, protest, and change the rules for the others who might profit from the circumstances. Rain and long transfers were to be expected. They really could have complained before.
Sponsors pulling out ofver 100km cut to a stage is real spurious stuffIt clearly did impact the sport in lots of countries at the professional level though. It won't end in Belgium or anything but look at US involvement from the early 00s (even outside of Lance) to what it is now in the Peleton. Germany went into a decline after the TMobile stuff. Talent out of Spain has dropped off sharply.
We're now going into another recession and sponsors are already pulling out due to that and plenty of guys will likely be out of work or earning less than they would next year.
You want to give the sponsors as little of a reason to pull out as you can imo, and protesting for inane reason like the race is too long like today is a big minus point imo.