Stage 16: Ponte Di Legno-Val Martello/Martelltal (139 km)

[jens_attacks]

sgarbozza: today a stage for sprinters

gotta luv the italian senile guy, one of my favs

 

[Dazed and Confused]

nairo still in pink! shocker!
savio hugging him like a fox!
omega guys didn't salute him at all lol

and Androni secures a WC for next year...

 

[Piz Buin]

Poor quintana...opqs riders didn't even look at him. Sore losers

 

[Benotti69]

https://twitter.com/jeredgruber/status/471345615645835264/photo/1

red flag..........

 

[Netserk]

https://twitter.com/jeredgruber/status/471345615645835264/photo/1

red flag..........

Has only been posted and debunked something like 8 times...

 

[Koba80]

Thanks Benotti, anyone else to post something posted several times literally over 100 pages ago? We gotta hit that 281.

 

[rhubroma]

It's a bike race is it not? The hungry one's were at the front. Did they pass the red flag, or not - that's my question. If they passed the red flag(?)s, it's a whole different question. If the Race Organizer wants to take over the race then follow (them), as close as possible. That's Racing.

Yes, he did. Marco Velo, ex-pro, was on the motorbike and said Quintana repeatedly asked the bike to accellerate and then passed the motorcycle when it didn't comply. He and his companions then distanced it.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Thanks Benotti, anyone else to post something posted several times literally over 100 pages ago? We gotta hit that 281.

Maybe i should post the raceradio record again and we can start from there again.

 

[hrotha]

Maybe i should post the raceradio record again and we can start from there again.

Guys, I think Quintana, Rolland and Hesjedal may have gone ahead during the descent. RAI says they have a 1-minute gap.

 

[scholar]

The race radio record? Why don't we start by discussing yesterday's weather forecast before the race started, and speculate as to the most appropriate course of action for the organizers to take?

 

[Jagartrott]

Yes, he did. Marco Velo, ex-pro, was on the motorbike and said Quintana repeatedly asked the bike to accellerate and then passed the motorcycle when it didn't comply. He and his companions then distanced it.

This is probably the thing that leaves a bad taste regarding the riders. If true, they broke the rules to gain time.

 

[Koba80]

Guys, who do you think is going to win this stage?

Vote one for Ben Swift, right here!

 

[Cimber]

Veloropa‏@veloropa·4 mins
According to Carlos Arribas from El Pais, teams want #giro-organizers to take 55 seconds of Quintana's lead or they'll take further actions.

 

[hrotha]

Veloropa‏@veloropa·4 mins
According to Carlos Arribas from El Pais, teams want #giro-organizers to take 55 seconds of Quintana's lead or they'll take further actions.

I understand the sentiment behind that demand, but it would be such an arbitrary botched solution.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Veloropa‏@veloropa·4 mins
According to Carlos Arribas from El Pais, teams want #giro-organizers to take 55 seconds of Quintana's lead or they'll take further actions.

lol, that would be the worst possible solution.

 

[Arnout]

Yes, he did. Marco Velo, ex-pro, was on the motorbike and said Quintana repeatedly asked the bike to accellerate and then passed the motorcycle when it didn't comply. He and his companions then distanced it.

This would indicate to me that Quintana didn't understand the red flag was for neutralization.

 

[Netserk]

This would indicate to me that Quintana didn't understand the red flag was for neutralization.

Which they weren't.

 

[scholar]

lol, that would be the worst possible solution.

Agreed. There seem to be three more or less justifiable solutions, none of which is perfect: leave things as they are; neutralize the stage with respect to GC; disqualify those who overtook a red flat.

Leaving things as they are is probably the least unsatisfactory.

 

[cineteq]

Veloropa‏@veloropa·4 mins
According to Carlos Arribas from El Pais, teams want #giro-organizers to take 55 seconds of Quintana's lead or they'll take further actions.

It's reasonable, and do it before the ITT. I think everybody would agree, in hindsight, Quintana would've taken at least 2 minutes on everybody else on that final climb.

 

[ILovecycling]

Which they weren't.

Exactly this.

 

[Jagartrott]

Which they weren't.

What are you saying? You cannot overtake a red flag, that was the official communication.

 

[kingjr]

Yes, he did. Marco Velo, ex-pro, was on the motorbike and said Quintana repeatedly asked the bike to accellerate and then passed the motorcycle when it didn't comply. He and his companions then distanced it.

And what did Marco Velo say to that during the race?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Agreed. There seem to be three more or less justifiable solutions, none of which is perfect: leave things as they are; neutralize the stage with respect to GC; disqualify those who overtook a red flat.

Leaving things as they are is probably the least unsatisfactory.

Agree.

For the future, organizers needs to analyse if its possible/practical to "neutralize" part of a descent in similar situation.

 

[Netserk]

Agree.

For the future, organizers needs to analyse if its possible/practical to "neutralize" part of a descent in similar situation.

Time the riders at the top of Stelvio, neutralize the descent totally, and release the riders at the bottom with the gaps of the top.

 

[Cimber]

Which they weren't.

No but you were not allowed to pass the moto when the flag was up