Giro d'Italia: Stage 2: Alba - Parma 244km

[joy118118]

@dnelissen Danny
Latest rumour in the #Giro. Mark Cavendish on his way to BMC and takes HTC with him!

 

[just some guy]

Seppel Lang does the longest TT of his life.

At least he is a very stylish cyclist to watch. Could be worse....

How ? ......

 

[Libertine Seguros]

OK, it's deadly dull, but Eurosport are taking my will to live.
7 ad breaks in the 50 minutes of live coverage.

ES always try and cram as many ads as they can into the start of coverage so that they can show the important bits uninterrupted.

 

[the delgados]

Anyone who lives in eastern Canada who relies on this site for race updates should turn on Sportsnet.

They're showing the race live.

 

[Bala Verde]

the belgians in the meanwhile are discussing peta todd...

 

[Publicus]

This is almost as boring as the Pacquiao fight last night. But at least this is free.

 

[Bala Verde]

maybe some word jokes to liven up the place here.

Sebastian is still a lang way from home...

 

[Ferminal]

This is almost as boring as the Pacquiao fight last night. But at least this is free.

Eh, I just downloaded it and was wondering if I should watch it instead of this

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Of course, I'm gonna get jumped on for saying it's boring, because some people like sprints and I shouldn't complain about them because some people like them.

But I'm sorry, this is really, really boring. I've seen more exciting stages in the Tour Down Under.

 

[spalco]

Eh, I just downloaded it and was wondering if I should watch it instead of this

Me too, and I did already.

At least the scenery is nice in the Giro though.

 

[dlwssonic]

The people who like sprints are mad, this is just like a tour stage.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Of course, I'm gonna get jumped on for saying it's boring, because some people like sprints and I shouldn't complain about them because some people like them.

But I'm sorry, this is really, really boring. I've seen more exciting stages in the Tour Down Under.

Do you have a S&M dungeon at home?

There's F1, cricket, football and plenty else on, but you sit down to something you know will bore you.

 

[UpTheRoad]

Eh, I just downloaded it and was wondering if I should watch it instead of this

It was a horrible fight.

 

[Sasquatch]

How long to go?

 

[palmerq]

Do you have a S&M dungeon at home?

There's F1, cricket, football and plenty else on, but you sit down to something you know will bore you.

4 days of dunkirk too... it's amazingly obvious what was going to happen in this stage of the giro, just tune in for the sprint.

 

[Gloin22]

39km - an hour of borefest to go

 

[Publicus]

Eh, I just downloaded it and was wondering if I should watch it instead of this

I think there were more high fives in the fight than punches landed.

 

[spalco]

How long to go?

An hour or so, 40km left.

 

[UpTheRoad]

How long to go?

40 km or so for Lang. The climb is coming up.

 

[Sasquatch]

Thanks. I'll put it on in 40 mins. Should time that to 10-15km to go.

 

[spalco]

@dnelissen Danny
Latest rumour in the #Giro. Mark Cavendish on his way to BMC and takes HTC with him!

Would be quite ballsy/stupid by Cavendish imo. He's got it totally made at HTC, who know how well BMC can work for him? And I suppose he could easily make up the difference in income in sponsorship money by winning a couple extra TDF stages, or not? BMC can't pay him that much more, can they? Maybe just negotiation stuff.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Do you have a S&M dungeon at home?

There's F1, cricket, football and plenty else on, but you sit down to something you know will bore you.

I already watched the F1, and footballers throwing themselves on the floor every handful of seconds doesn't float my boat.

It looked like a borefest before I went to watch the F1, and I came back from watching the F1 to find nothing had changed whatsoever in those 2 hours.

When you only have a third of your stages at weekends when you have the larger audience, this feels like a huge waste.

 

[spalco]

I already watched the F1, and footballers throwing themselves on the floor every handful of seconds doesn't float my boat.

It looked like a borefest before I went to watch the F1, and I came back from watching the F1 to find nothing had changed whatsoever in those 2 hours.

When you only have a third of your stages at weekends when you have the larger audience, this feels like a huge waste.

Doesn't seem to do the F1 much harm to be consistently mindnumbingly boring despite having their races on weekends.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Would be quite ballsy/stupid by Cavendish imo. He's got it totally made at HTC, who know how well BMC can work for him? And I suppose he could easily make up the difference in income in sponsorship money by winning a couple extra TDF stages, or not? BMC can't pay him that much more, can they? Maybe just negotiation stuff.

Well, the stage money is for the team not for the rider. And it isn't a lot either. So if he really get's decently paiyed better, he had a financial reason to change teams.
Still, the Idea seems to be stupid.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

I already watched the F1, and footballers throwing themselves on the floor every handful of seconds doesn't float my boat.

It looked like a borefest before I went to watch the F1, and I came back from watching the F1 to find nothing had changed whatsoever in those 2 hours.

When you only have a third of your stages at weekends when you have the larger audience, this feels like a huge waste.

Oh well, we discussed what a huge waste this route was when they announced it. It is what it is, it hasn't deviated from expectations.

Save your complaining for when they soft pedel the 37th mountain stage.