Giro d'Italia 2020, stage 19: Morbegno › Asti (258k)

[Zoophonic]

Why did Bora give up? Sagan's chance of the jersey up in smoke?

 

[glassmoon]

This is not a bike race should look like

 

[Billie]

Why did Bora give up? Sagan's chance of the jersey up in smoke?

As long as the break was staying together they were not catching them. It was pointless.

 

[tobydawq]

If I was Sagan I would abandon right now. No need to be there two more days. Time to go visit his son.

Lol.

 

[Leinster]

How does a gunboat charge down a street?

Do they still do those Viking Boat Tours in Dublin?

 

[Zoophonic]

As long as the break was staying together they were not catching them. It was pointless.

Only 1 40 down? Really?

 

[Breezy1985]

I believe this is a reference to the Easter Rising in Dublin, where the Post Office was seized and the British bombarded the street from the Liffey.

I know but gunboats can't charge down streets.

And I do hope TomPLC is Irish because an English man laughing about gunboats killing Irish civilians is a bit like Germans laughing about bombing London

 

[Breezy1985]

Do they still do those Viking Boat Tours in Dublin?

Ha yes pre-covid they did anyway

 

[Faserr]

Only 1 40 down? Really?

Yes they went all in with 4 guys againstc12 at the front. Bora was dead.

 

[King Boonen]

I know but gunboats can't charge down streets.

And I do hope TomPLC is Irish because an English man laughing about gunboats killing Irish civilians is a bit like Germans laughing about bombing London

I'm not hugely up on the media of the time, but it sounds like it's possibly a quote from a paper? Edited to fit of course.

 

[TomLPC]

I know but gunboats can't charge down streets

And I do hope TomPLC is Irish because an English man laughing about gunboats killing Irish civilians is a bit like Germans laughing about bombing London

Scottish living in England, nor was I laughing

 

[wheresmybrakes]

As soon as Bora dropped off, INEOS should have shot off the front and done a 60k TTT. Sunweb would have $hat themselves.

 

[Billie]

Only 1 40 down? Really?

They had 4 guys who had been working already since the start. no one was helping them. these 4 guys were not going to bring the bigger group back..

 

[RedheadDane]

Honestly, this is perfect. I can concentrate on the Vuelta, while keeping half-an-eye on the Giro.

 

[46&twoWheels]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1319613106486714373

#HideYourHusbands

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

The psychology of a team having a good GT is fascinating. FDJ would have a better than 80% chance of a stage win if they had worked with Bora yet they don’t value it enough any more to bother.

 

[broppo]

Hart trying to intimidate Kelderman by being nice, what a sneaky bastard!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Tao joking with yesterday's wheel s_cker

 

[Eclipse]

Honestly, this is perfect. I can concentrate on the Vuelta, while keeping half-an-eye on the Giro.

Is there anything to concentrate on at the Vuelta?

 

[Faserr]

No

 

[Netserk]

I know but gunboats can't charge down streets.

And I do hope TomPLC is Irish because an English man laughing about gunboats killing Irish civilians is a bit like Germans laughing about bombing London

Lol. What's next, a Frenchman making a joke about Napoleon ... Triggered!

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Tao joking with yesterday's wheel s_cker

Tao "so what do you think of my ass? you spent enough time looking at it yesterday"

 

[Gigs_98]

i'll be very happy when Adam Hansen retires. it's always the anglophone riders and writers trying to change this sport. they need to learn that this is not their sport, it belongs to Europe, the Italians and Belgians and French. they're very welcome to participate and make a living but they need to f*ck off trying to change traditions. Lance is on his dumb podcast trying to get grand tours changed to two weeks. Adam Hansen doesn't want to ride 260k, a bunch of British and American journalists write articles about wanting to change the whole calendar around every other week. this sport is meant to be a little bit inhumane, grand tours are absolutely supposed to be inhumane. that's what makes it special. otherwise i could just go down and watch the local group ride do their 50 miles every saturday and sprint for stop signs.

I actually agree with some points here but blaming it all on the anglophones is scapegoating at its absolute worst. What you claim is wrong, the agenda to change cycling exists in many countries and is definitely not an anglophone one and broader thinking what you wrote there shows a mindset that only leads a society one way

 

[Leinster]

Is there anything to concentrate on at the Vuelta?

Bora and Quickstep keeping the break under 2 minutes for Bennett ad Ackermann.


Lots of open plains in Spain, but no actual rain.

 

[Breezy1985]

Tao joking with yesterday's wheel s_cker

Didn't they both suck mountain goat Dennis wheel for most of the race