Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2021 stage 16: Sacile - Cortina d'Ampezzo 212km

[Samu Cuenca]

The Pawn(ed) Stage

This could be the final nail in the coffin for the CPA, which might not be a bad thing in the long run.

 

[Climbing]

How many more fuckups do we have to endure before this tool gets fired?

 

[Valv.Piti]

And just to highlight: The Extreme Weather Protocol is not applicable. It is not dangerous to race as planned.

!!!!!!
There will always be whiny ass riders. ALWAYS.

So whats the job of the race organizer? To ignore these whiny dumbasses.

Vegni is an easy pushover. FIRE HIS *** ASS and move on.

 

[groogster]

They should start to make the high mountain stages in zwift !!

 

[Red Rick]

Ban CPA. If all they want is to race less, then just *** off

 

[luckyboy]

I still put the blame on riders. If basically every statement (by teams as well) indicates that it would not be dangerous, its just a convenience decision by some of the riders...

Multiple quotes from riders saying they wanted to ridee the stage as normal. Vegni said it was a decision not taken by the riders annd with no complaints from riders about the original stage.


"I still blame the riders" lol...

 

[Mayomaniac]

Gavia was scrapped in 2019 too, so second time actually. In any case, with a competent race director Dolomites stages would very rarely require alteration due to the weather.

On the Gavia you had the risks of avalances, so there was a legit safety reason.
What they did in 2013 was also reasonable, but this one just lacks common sense.

 

[Lequack]

I didn't see them cutting sprint stages in length because of extreme boredom protocol.

 

[PeterB]

Just for reference. Sometimes it's better to be wrongly wrong 100 times than rightly wrong once...
China ultramarathon: Severe weather kills 21 runners

 

[BlueRoads]

I didn't see them cutting sprint stages in length because of extreme boredom protocol.

I think last year's rainy flat stage shortened was partly that...

 

[Poursuivant]

What are the chances of any of the other stages being cut?

I know Bernal has been best so far, but you want to see him tested last week, we have seen the jersey change a lot in the last week on recent years.

 

[Rollthedice]

Next on the menu, we'll probably see lots of big pixels on the screen and many live images from the finish.

 

[Red Rick]

On the Gavia you had the risks of avalances, so there was a legit safety reason.
What they did in 2013 was also reasonable, but this one just lacks common sense.

Also, they just raced Val Martello in 2014. Yeah the descent was controversial, yadayadayada, but they raced the entire stage.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

On the Gavia you had the risks of avalances, so there was a legit safety reason.
What they did in 2013 was also reasonable, but this one just lacks common sense.

In the case of the Gavia, the issue was that Vegni had no proper plan B in place. So that's actually three years in a row where he's proven his uselessness, each time with worse consequences than the last. Prepare for multiple stages being gutted next year.

 

[Red Rick]

What are the chances of any of the other stages being cut?

I know Bernal has been best so far, but you want to see him tested last week, we have seen the jersey change a lot in the last week on recent years.

Only stage 20 goes briefly over 2000m.

 

[roundabout]

Multiple quotes from riders saying they wanted to ridee the stage as normal. Vegni said it was a decision not taken by the riders annd with no complaints from riders about the original stage.


"I still blame the riders" lol...

We’re all given up something and the riders have agreed to race the reduced stage.

Vegni

 

[Carols]

I haven't slept the whole night 'cause it's never sure I can wake up on time.

Yeah I slept from 1AM to 4AM......opened my eyes and went 'Queen Stage' and was up!

 

[Netserk]

Just for reference. Sometimes it's better to be wrongly wrong 100 times than rightly wrong once...
China ultramarathon: Severe weather kills 21 runners

BanProCycling

 

[Lui98]

This is a disaster. This reflects badly on the Giro, on RCS, Vegni and the CPA. The queen stage of the Giro destroyed because "reasons"

 

[ppanther92]

"I still blame the riders" lol...

Who else if even this CPA guy communicated it first, lol...

 

[Samamba]

Vanhoucke and Oldani gonna have some romatic dinners the upcoming evenings. De Gendt DNS so LTS with 2 riders left.

 

[hrotha]

Just for reference. Sometimes it's better to be wrongly wrong 100 times than rightly wrong once...
China ultramarathon: Severe weather kills 21 runners

Those ultramarathon runners unfortunately died in tragic circumstances but I'm sure they'd find some solace in the idea that at least their deaths can be exploited to destroy all sorts of extreme sports and even completely unrelated outdoors sports. Maybe Bernal can try his luck at Wii Sports bowling or something.

 

[Fantastico]

Just for reference. Sometimes it's better to be wrongly wrong 100 times than rightly wrong once...
China ultramarathon: Severe weather kills 21 runners

That's comparing apples and oranges. The Chinese runners were (at least partially) not properly dressed and equipped, the course was much less accessable to rescuers and there was no convoy of cars, which could have directly supported them.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Also, they just raced Val Martello in 2014. Yeah the descent was controversial, yadayadayada, but they raced the entire stage.

There was probably a lot of pressure to race it because they had already canceled the stage one year earlier.
I also get why ASO shortened the Tignes stage in 2019, when landslides and hailstorms happen during a race you have to react quickly.

 

[luckyboy]

We’re all given up something and the riders have agreed to race the reduced stage.
Vegni

Riders agreeing to what the organisers decide =/= riders have complained and made ethe organisers change the stage lol...