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

[BlueRoads]

How stupid does this guy think we are?

Please explain how a breakaway extends it lead to 12 minutes if everyone in the peloton rides to his maximum.

We are over-estimating their capabilities. I am inviting them to my sofa, will get them tea and cookies. No money for them to be made from that, unfortunately.

 

[Red Rick]

How stupid does this guy think we are?

Please explain how a breakaway extends it lead to 12 minutes if everyone in the peloton rides to his maximum.

It reads more like a **** you than an attempt at explanation

 

[killswitch]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1319710361658994693

"Vegani"
Hansen makes childish dig at Vegni and RCS, I was a fan of him once.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

How stupid does this guy think we are?

Please explain how a breakaway extends it lead to 12 minutes if everyone in the peloton rides to his maximum.

Utterly shameless. If he doesn't want to race he should move forward his retirement. Don't even know what purpose he serves in the race with no team leader and (correct me if I'm wrong) not entering breakaways.

 

[Leinster]

It's pretty extreme that Démare can win the points classification with only four top 40 placings. Sure, they were all wins, but still.

Doesn't that go back to everybody being unhappy that the Tour green jersey kept getting won by guys who didn't win any stages? They went from 25 points for a win, to 50 with a big drop-off.

 

[Leinster]

Following tweets above, caught this from Dowsett down below;

https://twitter.com/x/status/1319333057225162755

View: https://twitter.com/alexdowsett/status/1319333057225162755


You can understand why the grupetto wouldn't fancy 260kms today.

But I can definitely picture some on here subscribing to his newsletter about the ITT...

 

[zlev11]

lol, Dowsett should've went home then. one of the most boring riders in the peloton, nobody would've missed him.

 

[gregrowlerson]

That Hansen...

He's so cold right now.

 

[fbjim]

all Anglophones should be forced to ride gas pipe rod-brake bikes with Sturmey-Archer gears from now on imo

 

[gregrowlerson]

This is what happens when Tony Martin leaves the bike race.

 

[Extinction]

La Gazzetta dello Sport absolutely scandalized by the comportment of the "pedallers", for "cyclists" is too noble an identity, recalling Charlie Gaul's frozen jersey triumph on the Bondone in 1958 and Hinault's frigid ride to victory in Liege. "These guys, yes, were noblemen on bicycles!", not the shameful petit bourgeois pedallers we have today. "The Giro has been stabbed in the back!", writes Pier Bergonzi, who further reminds us of the heroic and legendary snow-ridden Gavia stage of 1988. "We who have an infinite esteem for athletes who are (usually) among the most stoic and heroic of figures, did not recognize them yesterday. We only saw the frightened shadow of those past champions, cowardly racers, hidden one behind the other to not feel chilly and shrink away from kilometers of fatigue". And what a shameful sight to see riders, writes Luca Gialanella, "hugging eachother, because one doesn't race in the rain and since the course has been halved". Christian Salvato, president of Italian riders, continues Gialanella, confirmed that "we did not ask for the extreme weather protocol to be applied". And well then, the motive? "Tired riders, too long transfers, early alarm clocks, long stages, the cold". You see, even the riders don't know why they did it, concludes Gialanella. Marc Madiot, DS of Demare's Groupama team, commented: "If you don't want to suffer in the third week then change jobs. One isn't required to be a professional cyclist". Bergonzi: "The truth is that the riders have made fools of themselves". O tempora, o mores!

 

[macbindle]

Yesterday's pointless stage will hopefully lead to something special today.

I'm still living off the memories of the Stelvio descent. Utter beauty.

 

[MellowJohnny]

Zlev11 : Only the Anglophones changing the sport, hmmmmm. Go back into the history books to see the last GT Winner from a 'Traditional' Cycling Nation.

And no Slovenia nor Colombia are Traditional.


What a Dinosaur you are !