Ninja

[Andre]

Should we have a jersey for the Ninja award (most invisible rider in high GC) ?
Here is my list:

1. Landa
2. Mas
3. Uran
4. Valverde

 

[Bonimenier]

No

 

[Koronin]

If you give them a jersey they become visible.

 

[SHAD0W93]

But is the true ninja second or who finishes 11th?

 

[Leinster]

The highest placed rider without a top 10 stage finish, is Tom Dumoulin.

The best placed rider who isn’t working for the yellow jersey is Damiano Cunego.

 

[SHAD0W93]

The highest placed rider without a top 10 stage finish, is Tom Dumoulin.

The best placed rider who isn’t working for the yellow jersey is Damiano Cunego.

Il piccolo principe? Hands down the winner right there.

 

[Leinster]

I meant, of course, Caruso.

 

[RedheadDane]

If you give them a jersey they become visible.

Ninja of the Day! It's being NotD two days in a row that's the real achievement.

 

[BlueRoads]

So far it has not been one silent ninja assassin sneaking up, but a ninja army. If that doesn't change don't hand out jerseys but uniforms.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Uran is obviously winning, it's not easy to be a ninja in that kit.

 

[dusty red roads]

True! But Valverde is giving him a run for his money. Never seen him so quiet.

 

[gregrowlerson]

So far it has not been one silent ninja assassin sneaking up, but a ninja army. If that doesn't change don't hand out jerseys but uniforms.

I'm getting a V For Vandetta vibe here.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Should we have a jersey for the Ninja award (most invisible rider in high GC) ?
Here is my list:

1. Landa
2. Mas
3. Uran
4. Valverde

I thought it automatically went to a Yates.

 

[Anderis]

I thought it automatically went to a Yates.

What are you talking about?

Yates was actually in yellow jersey for a couple of days thanks to a successful attack on stage 2. Then he also tried to escape Jumbo train on one of the stages (was it stage 15?). He was actually one of the least ninja from the current top10.

 

[SHAD0W93]

I meant, of course, Caruso.

Or is he actually racing and you're trying to get attention off him now.

 

[Breezy1985]

Uran is obviously winning, it's not easy to be a ninja in that kit.

 

[42x16ss]

The highest placed rider without a top 10 stage finish, is Tom Dumoulin.

The best placed rider who isn’t working for the yellow jersey is Damiano Cunego.

Ninja of the day, or of the race isn't entirely about numbers, it's about the whole "WTF?!?! How did he get there? I've seen him maybe 3 times this week."

It's an art, not a science. Zubeldia had it perfect, he wouldn't be on the front of the lead group but not yoyo-ing off the back like a Meintjes, or Leipheimer before him. Kloden wasn't bad either.

This is why the Ninja of the TDF so far is either Uran or Mas for me.

 

[Anderis]

I always watch out for EF with increased attention and I have to say Tanel Kangert during this Giro has been the most ninja-like performance of a rider from this team I have ever seen even if he is not that high on GC.

 

[RedheadDane]

I always watch out for EF with increased attention and I have to say Tanel Kangert during this Giro has been the most ninja-like performance of a rider from this team I have ever seen even if he is not that high on GC.

And of course with the kit they're wearing at that race, it's just even more impressive.

 

[Anderis]

And of course with the kit they're wearing at that race, it's just even more impressive.

Actually these kits are the hardest to spot in the peloton out of any the team have had since early 2011 (until they changed their helmtes to blue that season which made them stand out among a couple of other teams with similar kits). They're giving me headaches. I can never tell how many EFs are left in a group.