Giro d'Italia Stage 2: Amsterdam-Utrecht (209km)

[Francois the Postman]

Just a few people that have come out to watch it then.

 

[Potomac]

Vino to launch solo attack at 12km

 

[Cobblestones]

Flens caught

 

[Kender]

Vino to launch solo attack at 12km

doubtful. would be a waste of energy with the sprinter teams... vino is looking for GC

 

[Jamsque]

doubtful. would be a waste of energy with the sprinter teams... vino is looking for GC

Thanks for clearing that up, Captain Obvious.

 

[Jamsque]

I think Sky has made a mistake by bringing the break back so far from the line. They now have to try to run their sprint train from 20km out, or at least until Columbia decide to pounce.

 

[Moondance]

Ouch.... A long line at the back of the peleton.... Looked they they were at a breaking point.

 

[Mellow Velo]

This is getting a bit hairy, a bit early..........

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

flens is having a good season.
Nice show at front by him.

 

[Francois the Postman]

Norwegian commentator, former pro atle pedersen just said that as a tourist, holland is a wonderful country for cycling, but racing, he hated it. And after all, there are more everyday cyclists than pros.

I can't think of a single country that puts more effort into making cycling as safe and pleasurable as possible. If there is a choice to be made, it's the cars which are inconvenienced. bike lanes are kept away from the main road as much as possible, and if you are directed onto a road, the cars are funnelled so that danger points for bikes are made safe at the cost of car comfort.

So racing is less safe, as they are on the roads, not on the bike lanes. All the crashes you see is because we take the speed out of the roads, for the benefit of cyclists.

You haven't even seen the dedicated cycling routes through nature, or the best scenic bike route system signalling in the world. Frequently cycled 150 scenic km along back roads with about 15 numbers written on my wrist. Never needed to look at a route map, navigating a maze of roads.

 

[Kender]

wow those roads are narrow for so many riders

 

[Eyjafjallajokull]

I think Sky has made a mistake by bringing the break back so far from the line. They now have to try to run their sprint train from 20km out, or at least until Columbia decide to pounce.

Yeah I think they have done too much work after their crash. They're bound to blow. Columbia are the masters at sitting and waiting.

Having said that, Columbia haven't had the pink jersy to protect so the sprint was always likely to be in their favour.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Lampre off the back. Who's missing?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Lampre off the back. Who's missing?

Cunego of course.

 

[Eyjafjallajokull]

Cunego off the back. Drafting the car like crazy.

 

[Publicus]

Well it's a good thing Cunego wasn't contending for the overall, otherwise he would be really disappointed about his current situation.

 

[issoisso]

Who cares, it's not like he has any chance for the GC or is even thinking of it.

 

[Potomac]

good grief what a mess

 

[Eyjafjallajokull]

Huge crash!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

A fall without any road furniture in the neighbourhood

So riders just suck

 

[trompe le monde]

terrible time to have such a mass crash

 

[zapata]

No street furniture to blame this time.

 

[Publicus]

Jesus H. Christmas!

 

[Kender]

carnage 8(

 

[Jamsque]

Pozzato is not going to make it back on before the finish.