Giro d'Italia Stage 8: Chianciano - Monte Terminillo (189km)

[Moondance]

It is a night for the aussies,[...]

No spoilers.

Delete this post.

 

[Kender]

Yeah, it seems the whole team is there

their whole team was at the finish of stage 7. dunno who these guys are

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Tommy Voeckler aggressive as usual. Great to see.

 

[Bala Verde]

I'm imagining Brown elbowing Moncoutié in the face on a mountain finish.

Does not compute.

In a sprint "a solo", he will still manage to elbow a random spectator and not keep a straight line.

He's like the Tasmanian devil, spinning around completely out of control. The only thing that could stops him is pie...

 

[issoisso]

i remember 3 riders finishing for a team a few years ago in the tour, they got one hell of a cheer.. cant remember 1..

you got a race, and year?

Bouygues in the Vuelta recently. Can't remember the exact year.

 

[krebs303]

It is a night for the aussies, Webber just walked in for victory in the Monaco F1 GP, expect Cadel to ride away shortly.

jerkno spoilers

 

[Sneekes]

Is that the total number of riders remaining?

On a more serious note, is there a minimum number of riders that need to be on a team before they are pulled from the race, like in football, the minimum is 9?

Voigt complained about the IC participation and that he didn't need a team, so I was wondering what the rules are once the race has started.

I believe the miniumum in football is 7 (ie: 7 is OK, but if it goes down to 6 then match abandoned).

 

[auscyclefan94]

Why do I bother coming here if people are just going to spoil sporting events that are in no way connected to this.

Seriously what can that possibly achieve except **** off people who, like me, don't get to watch the race live?

What, seriously?

You may not be able to tell, but I'm seriously ****ed off now.

I am having a good feeling about tonight. Evans for the win!

Jeez, the brits suck so much!

(Chokers)

Aussie! Ausssie! Aussie! OI! OI! OI!

 

[Spare Tyre]

Is that the total number of riders remaining?

According to the CN text feed BMC lost another one today, so it probably is the whole team :

13:48 GMT (46km remaining from 189km)

News from the finish is that John Murphy (BMC) has quit too according to race radio. He finished last in Montalcino. It means Cadel Evans now only has six teammates. Murphy has been racing since Feb, Mar and was part of BMC's Classics team.

 

[Bala Verde]

Nope. It's happened before that a team has 1 rider left, and he soldiers on.

That's why TTTs are always near the start.

thanks for the clarification!

 

[trompe le monde]

Bouygues in the Vuelta recently. Can't remember the exact year.

Having 1 rider isn't so bad. No arguing who the leader is.

 

[Kender]

John Murphy (BMC) has abandoned apparently. Cadel down to 6 teammates

p.s. pfft beat me to it

 

[issoisso]

Having 1 rider isn't so bad. No arguing who the leader is.

True

10characters

 

[Delicato]

i remember 3 riders finishing for a team a few years ago in the tour, they got one hell of a cheer.. cant remember 1..

you got a race, and year?

It was Fassa in 2003, IIRC.

Also Rabobank in 2005, when Menchov won, I remember they also had only 3 guys left.

 

[Kender]

go tommy heh. he's dependable

 

[trompe le monde]

John Murphy (BMC) has abandoned apparently. Cadel down to 6 teammates

p.s. pfft beat me to it

Guess Kim Deal wanted him home.













It's a Pixies joke.

 

[El Imbatido]

It is a night for the aussies.......

WTF man? Didn't others have this conversation with you the other night or was that someone else?

I was watching the F1 on channel 10 as the tv next to my pc doesn't have a set-top box, Giro feed and posting on here at the same time and you just spoiled the last 20 laps for me.

Please man just never post spoilers from other sports

 

[Potomac]

Why do I bother coming here if people are just going to spoil sporting events that are in no way connected to this.

Seriously what can that possibly achieve except **** off people who, like me, don't get to watch the race live?

What, seriously?

You may not be able to tell, but I'm seriously ****ed off now.

It might be best if you don't quote the spoiler details because the original may get deleted and then you will have perpetuated the spoils to the next victim.

 

[issoisso]

*edit* apparently I missed the "cry me a river" sign at the door, Seriously HTFU

How would you like it if someone came in here and told us in no uncertain terms that we're watching the stage on delay and X won?

 

[davis_123]

No spoilers.

Delete this post.

If people actually cared about F1 they would be watching it right now not on here complaining that I mentioned the result.

Anyways edited it out.

 

[Moondance]

*edit* apparently I missed the "cry me a river" sign at the door, Seriously HTFU

C'mon man. It's not cool to spoil shit... Common forum courtesy.

 

[issoisso]

It might be best if you don't quote the spoiler details because the original may get deleted and then you will have perpetuated the spoils to the next victim.

Good point. edited.

 

[auscyclefan94]

John Murphy (BMC) has abandoned apparently. Cadel down to 6 teammates

p.s. pfft beat me to it

Hmm..saying it is evans' to lose is definetly not true. With another team mate gone it will still make it hard for him and he will need to time when he gets the pink jersey to perfection and that has to be late as possible.

 

[Delicato]

He spoiled the race for me, too, but anyway, who had doubts that RB will win?

 

[ttrider]

How much of a gap does Moncoutie need at the bottom to win at the top?