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Isn't it your personal crusade now to accelerate global warming?
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My 11.00 digital meeting has been canceled.
If only I had something to do now
Yes. I never rated polar bears anywayIsn't it your personal crusade now to accelerate global warming?
The new profile doesn't look all bad, with that climb just after the start being perfect sending helpers on the road, and more chances of all-or-nothing attacks on the Giau...?
It actually seems perfect to drop Ganna very early in the stage. But ofcourse no one is going to test Ineos (I fear)...
Or because you know... all the finish infrastructure is already set up there?
Because his actions are nonsensical as they don't actually remove all the 'dangerous' descents, so the safety argument is moot, and go against the wishes of the majority of the riders, let alone those of sponsors and fans.Because he went against the wishes of the majority of the riders, and shortened the stage?
I'm waiting for the day that they goI'm still staring at the quote "the weather can change in the mountains".
End of discussion I guess.
Tour handled a more abrupt reroute 2 years ago just fine.
Yes. I never rated polar bears anyway
That stage didn't have a finish.
I'm waiting for the day that they go
"I know we scheduled a meh short mountain stage, but the weather is great let's do a 5000m altitude gain Tappone"
If that association is as inept as the CPA, and would happily stitch things up with Vegni against the wishes of the majority of its members like appears to have happened today, no thanks.And this is why I stopped taking part in Roubaix's rain dances.
Riders have their CPA. I think it's time for the fans, viewers and spectators to have their own association.
What? The original finish in Tignes also probably had all the infrastructure already set up.
If that association is as inept as the CPA, and would happily stitch things up with Vegni against the wishes of the majority of its members like appears to have happened today, no thanks.
Usually it's the WT teams who don't have a rider who is up there on the gc..."I think it’s the best decision. The riders want to race the stage and put on a show but the stage was going to go over 2000m three times. We hoped for an improvement in the weather and tried to do the whole stage but looking at the forecasts for the high mountains they could get worse.
"We didn’t want to expose the riders to risks in the high mountains and I want to thank RCS Sport for taking the best decision possible. The Passo Giau is still set to be raced in the hope the weather improves during the day.
"The riders will race hard and put on a show."
This is very clear: Some riders requested it, don't know how many, the CPA went with them. They are blaming the weather, saying the riders would want to, but, unfortunately, absolutely not possible. Essentially they aren't saying they wanted the stage to go ahead with this weather, but they would have like it in better conditions.
Sorry, Redhead, yes, at least some riders are whiny. I know it's a tough stage, but if you don't want things like this you can do track. Rain and descents and cold and high mountains are part of GT road cycling. It's not only a pity for us viewers but even more so for the riders who would have liked to do the stage in full.