Pre Giro d' Italia-thread!

[Armchair Cyclist]

Just a quick plug for the CQ Giro game: entries close in 24 hours.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Another interesting thing to look out for would be how the U-25 riders perform: Ciccone, Carapaz, Oomen, Haig, O Connor, Carthy,Eg etc. Lots of good climbing talent!

 

[RedheadDane]

There's also this Colombian guy from Astana...

 

[DNP-Old]

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Seeing the weather prediction for the Israel stages Wellens isn't even gonna make it to Italy.

A lot of riders are going to suffer from the transition I reckon. 40 degrees in the desert, followed by rain in Catania two days later.

 

[Escarabajo]

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Another interesting thing to look out for would be how the U-25 riders perform: Ciccone, Carapaz, Oomen, Haig, O Connor, Carthy,Eg etc. Lots of good climbing talent!

Lopez is also in!

 

[May0maniac]

Savio really managed to put another sponsor on the jersey right before the Giro, you have to give it to him.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Lopez is the obvious one, you don't have to say.....

 

[Valv.Piti]

A blast from the past. Danish commentary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4I29L2hrYc

 

[Red Rick]

A blast from the past. Danish commentary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4I29L2hrYc

A day of much controversy when Giro favorite Chris Froome was taken out of the race after hanging on to a car

 

[Tonton]

A blast from the past. Danish commentary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4I29L2hrYc

A day of much controversy when Giro favorite Chris Froome was taken out of the race after hanging on to a car

You'll never make a donkey win the Kentucky Derby.

Wait...he did it four times .

 

[staubsauger]

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Another interesting thing to look out for would be how the U-25 riders perform: Ciccone, Carapaz, Oomen, Haig, O Connor, Carthy,Eg etc. Lots of good climbing talent!

Lopez is also in!

Giulio Ciccone fell on training in Italy. Only a few brushes. His hand was bandaged though. I expect him to win the mountains classification. Given his Giro dell'Appenino win and his good performance at the Tour of the Alps his condition should be good. Let's see whether he tries something in the first days already or if his Giro only starts the day after Mount Zoncolan!

 

[Escarabajo]

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Savio really managed to put another sponsor on the jersey right before the Giro, you have to give it to him.

:lol:

He must have a clothing designer on the payroll!!!

 

[pastronef]

https://www.twitter.com/fmk_RoI/status/992720296384884737

Has the Giro sold its soul?
No. RCS just keeps pawning it, year after year. But being the hipsters' Grand Tour ("Oh Tarquin, I agree, it's so much more authentic than the Tour!") too many didn't want to have to acknowledge that.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

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Another interesting thing to look out for would be how the U-25 riders perform: Ciccone, Carapaz, Oomen, Haig, O Connor, Carthy,Eg etc. Lots of good climbing talent!

Lopez is also in!

Johnny Cigo fell on training in Italy. Only a few brushes. His hand was bandaged though. I expect him to win the mountains classification. Given his Giro dell'Appenino win and his good performance at the Tour of the Alps his condition should be good. Let's see whether he tries something in the first days already or if his Giro only starts the day after Mount Zoncolan!

Who? And why that name?

 

[Escarabajo]

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Another interesting thing to look out for would be how the U-25 riders perform: Ciccone, Carapaz, Oomen, Haig, O Connor, Carthy,Eg etc. Lots of good climbing talent!

Lopez is also in!

Johnny Cigo fell on training in Italy. Only a few brushes. His hand was bandaged though. I expect him to win the mountains classification. Given his Giro dell'Appenino win and his good performance at the Tour of the Alps his condition should be good. Let's see whether he tries something in the first days already or if his Giro only starts the day after Mount Zoncolan!

Who? And why that name?

In Spanish meaning "I don't want to continue"

Not sure why the comment!

 

[staubsauger]

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Another interesting thing to look out for would be how the U-25 riders perform: Ciccone, Carapaz, Oomen, Haig, O Connor, Carthy,Eg etc. Lots of good climbing talent!

Lopez is also in!

Johnny Cigo fell on training in Italy. Only a few brushes. His hand was bandaged though. I expect him to win the mountains classification. Given his Giro dell'Appenino win and his good performance at the Tour of the Alps his condition should be good. Let's see whether he tries something in the first days already or if his Giro only starts the day after Mount Zoncolan!

Who? And why that name?

In Spanish meaning "I don't want to continue"

Not sure why the comment!

Giulio Ciccone calls himself Cicco on Instagram. Cicca actually means cig in Italian slang. Obviously, I'm not shy about making kindergarten jokes.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So is it an Italian whose forename is equivalent to Julius/Julian being given a translation of his name as Johnny, along with an alleged abbreviation of cigarette that I have never heard in 54 years as a native English speaker, or a phonetic approximation to 'Yo no sigo' being applied to a rider who has no particular record of DNFing?

 

[staubsauger]

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So is it an Italian whose forename is equivalent to Julius/Julian being given a translation of his name as Johnny, along with an alleged abbreviation of cigarette that I have never heard in 54 years as a native English speaker, or a phonetic approximation to 'Yo no sigo' being applied to a rider who has no particular record of DNFing?

There's my mistake, yeah.
Anyway, I take back that stupid joke and the rest is an appropriate prognostication of his chances at this Giro.