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Yes, I'm sure he's a huge talent, but he probably could have done with a few more weeks training after the track season. This is insane. Same goes for Cameron Meyer, BTW.Moondance said:Hmmm, Jack Bobridge in the final group again. He's currently lanterna rossa. Quite the opposite of winning the stage as some predicted...
That said I don't want to be harsh on the guy. He's obviously got a lot of talent, he's just totally out of form. Garmin probably brought him along for the prologue and TTT, but now that that's out of the way I think it would be best for Garmin to pull him. He's still only 20 years old, he shouldn't be expected to ride a race like the Giro. Given that he hadn't been impressive in Romandie either I'm surprised he was even picked. He's not going to get better struggling along every day. He's just going to get hurt every day, and struggle along. No kid should have to go through that, could be a major blow to his self confidence, plus it might wreck his constitution for months. Protect the kid JV, don't torture him for 2 more weeks.
kurtinsc said:Apparently Farrar took an intermediate sprint and has the points jersey. I completely missed that.
sublimit said:Bobridge finished in a group comprising Matt Goss, Ignatiev, Chris Sutton, Paul Voss, Adam Blythe, Arashiro so he's not doing too bad.
Clearly he is suffering like hell but that could help him in the future - so he should stick it out for the time being i reckon.
Moondance said:Well, the last group is the last group. He was in the last group yesterday too. On stage 3 he finished 3rd from last by himself. He was in the penultimate group on stage 2. It's not going well, and there is no reason for it to continue.
Let him suffer when he's 22 or 23.... He's barely out of his teens. You can't expect him to do probably the most taxing race of the year at 20. There is a difference between character building and beating a kid to a bloody pulp. And that's what's going to happen. Yes, every now and again there's a Peter Sagan who just kills it when he enters the peleton, but that is the exception and not the norm. Pulling him out doesn't make him pants or reduce his talent in any way. It's just an admission he isn't ready yet, which is perfectly fine for a 20 year old.
He spent much of the early season practicing for a 4km pursuit race on the track, and now you're asking him to ride 200km+ stages where teams of grizzled strong veterans a pulling on the peleton throughout the race. It's too much to ask. There's a reason why races for U-23s rarely go over the 150-160km mark; because its ridiculous to expect kids to play with the big boys. No matter how much talent he's got (and he's got a lot of talent) this is not going to do him any good. This isn't training, this is torture.
Francois the Postman said:Didn't he win the U23 in the NL last year? I've never really clocked him, and given that he was Freire's last minute replacement, he would be the one I was expecting to finish in the 2nd bunches. He hasn't, he has held more than his own so far.
What kinda rider is he?
dgodave said:142 MARTIN Daniel IRL GRM 4:35:50 11:30
152 SIMONI Gilberto ITA LAM 4:35:50 11:30
184 BRUSEGHIN Marzio ITA GCE 4:39:56 15:36
So what happened to these fellows?
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Weeman said:Hope its an appropriate question for this thread.Who was the old gentleman on the podium .I did hear the Eurosport commentator mention his name but I couldn't find the name I heard amongst the winners ???? just curious.Great to see if he was a past winner.
powderpuff said:I guess Rabo can be excused from missing the break, it seems Bertogliatti took off when the Maglia Rosa was stopped for a call of nature. Not the done thing normally.
The crash happened after 50 k, not with 50 k to go. Among the riders hitting the tarmac were Pozzovivo and Weening, who both finished in the front group. Don't think the time gaps result from that crash.powderpuff said:Cadel said there was a big crash with 50km to go which may be the reason so many people had big time losses at the end.
I guess Rabo can be excused from missing the break, it seems Bertogliatti took off when the Maglia Rosa was stopped for a call of nature. Not the done thing normally.
The last (and only) Sicilian rider to wear the pink jersey before Nibali was Visconti who wore pink in 2008 and currently rides for ISD. As for the elderly gentleman on the podium, I can't remember who that was. I'll check when the replay is shown this afternoon if nobody has answered that question yet.Winterfold said:He was the last Sicilian rider before Nibali to wear the pink jersey. At least that's what I heard on Eurosport UK. They were talking about him before the podium stuff, then he was there when they cut to podium. He ended up finishing 4th but like you I can't remember his name.
I guess he has connections etc![]()
theyoungest said:Yes, I'm sure he's a huge talent, but he probably could have done with a few more weeks training after the track season. This is insane. Same goes for Cameron Meyer, BTW.
BroDeal said:When did aussies turn into such wusses? Crocodile Dundee would not be amused. It's the sixth stage. There was a rest day in the middle of the six. One stage was a short time trial, and two others were the flatest stages in Giro history.
They will get eliminated long before the finish.So no worry, mates.