Giro Stage 10 Civitanova Marche - Forli 200km

[DenisMenchov]

As far as I know dock means cut off, so is Richie now a new maglia rosa?

 

[Catwhoorg]

So was Greg Henderson was DQ'ed when Froomey gave him his wheel and pushed him ? back in 2010/11

 

[pastronef]

Re:

So was Greg Henderson was DQ'ed when Froomey gave him his wheel and pushed him ? back in 2010/11

team mates in 2010-2011

 

[Jagartrott]

Wow, just wow. A stage that was predicted to be boring and predictable delivers an epic breakaway win + this kind of sledgehammer treatment for a race favourite. Don't exactly understand why riders don't know of this rule. At least both Clarke and Porte were oblivious of it.

 

[red_flanders]

Re:

So was Greg Henderson was DQ'ed when Froomey gave him his wheel and pushed him ? back in 2010/11

Does not apply to teammates.

 

[Rollthedice]

OK, two minutes is just too much.

 

[infeXio]

Well this is gonna be interesting!

On a side note: what previous aliases does this SkyTears whiner have on here?

 

[red_flanders]

Wow, this is pretty nutty. I don't like the ruling, but come on. Get serious dude.

 

[Rollthedice]

Time to put the motor from the home in the bike for the TT.

 

[carton]

Re:

Don't exactly understand why riders don't know of this rule. At least both Clarke and Porte were oblivious of it.

Yeah, however unfair the punishment seems, it was completely by the book. And one would think "knowing the rulebook" would be a fairly significant marginal gain. Guess this applies ever the more:

It's funny when it's not tragic when otherwise smart people get the simple things wrong.

 

[Lexman]

pff I'm not a Porte fan but this is ridiculous...

 

[Lexman]

2.3.029
Riders may only receive technical support from the technical personnel of their team or
from one of the neutral support cars or else from the broom wagon.

This rule applied in Paris - Roubaix they can DSQ half of the peloton...

 

[Happy dude]

Please don't blame Eisel. Yes he's the road Captain but he would of been with viviani

 

[TheQuick]

This is so much *** that Katusha complains about something and then the rules are followed. I remember suddenly a rich Russian business man helping Brian Cooksen with getting the UCI president position.

 

[T-Nielsen]

Wow, this is pretty nutty. I don't like the ruling, but come on. Get serious dude.

Would be funny to see them trying to convince Astana.

 

[MotorRouleur]

Race Medical just reported Team Sky suffered two dislocations of the brain.

 

[burning]

I dislike Sky, but this is way too harsh imo.

 

[carton]

Wow, this is pretty nutty. I don't like the ruling, but come on. Get serious dude.

Would be funny to see them trying to convince Astana.

LOL. See Quintana's reaction last year. And he's way closer to Uran than Contador or Aru to Porte (Unzue isn't Mary Poppins but nowhere near as cut-throat as Vino either).

 

[Inquitus]

Well what was going to be an intriguing contest for the next 2 weeks has been ruined by the Comms and is a foregone conclusion, shame really.

 

[Vino's Mum]

Would be funny to see them trying to convince Astana.

Vino is not for sale. Vino buys you.

 

[VO2 Max]

Re:

Well what was going to be an intriguing contest for the next 2 weeks has been ruined by the Comms and is a foregone conclusion, shame really.

This race is, and probably always has been, Contador vs Aru. Game on.

 

[Gigs_98]

wait wait wait. What have they done to porte? Is it possible that the UCI is slightly stupid

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

One of the reasons the Italian economy has been such a shining star over the last decade is that foreign investors know they can come and the local legal system will treat them impartially, not showing a bias for locals like you find in some places.

 

[Inquitus]

Re: Re:

Well what was going to be an intriguing contest for the next 2 weeks has been ruined by the Comms and is a foregone conclusion, shame really.

This race is, and probably always has been, Contador vs Aru. Game on.

Aru will ship loads of time in the TT and make up none in the Mountains. Porte was Contador's most likely rival.

 

[Flamin]

Very disappointed to hear about Porte. In the heat of the moment you want to get on your bike as fast as possible, you don't think "oh wait, isn't there this rule that doesn't allow me to take a wheel from a non-teammate?". Of course the rules should be applied but goddamn, what a shitty way to lose freakin 2 minutes.