airstream said:Perhaps. Until the forum members grasp this.![]()
Or until you hold your breath, turn blue & pass out, which I think is more likely.
airstream said:Perhaps. Until the forum members grasp this.![]()
Angliru said:Or until you hold your breath, turn blue & pass out, which I think is more likely.![]()
The Hitch said:Thats actually very unlucky for Rodriguez in that the 1 year they dont have mountain time bonuses it may have cost him the race.
He lost the Giro by 17 seconds (12 if we overlook ryders head start) but would have got 8 for 3rd on stage 8, 12 for 2nd on stage 15, 20 to Ryder's 8 for 1st to 3rd on stage 17, and lost 4 for finishing 3rd to 2nd on stage 19
I got that as 28 seconds. Assuming everything went the same (which considering how conservative the race was, is not that big a leap) Rodriguez would have gone into the final tt with a 59 second lead - which would have made the final tt a total nailbiting tossup, with everyone counting down - 12, 11, 10 ... as Rodriguez negotiated the final 500m.
true that...burning said:I'm pretty sure that bonus seconds were awarded on stage 8
El Pistolero said:Chavanel wants to start in the Giro. And he's not sure if he'll do the Tour after that.
El Pistolero said:Chavanel wants to start in the Giro. And he's not sure if he'll do the Tour after that.
Jason_Mercier said:In Italia we'll see a lot of young climbers. Quintana, Betancur, Anacona, Majka, Slagter, Aru, Landa, Izaguirre... Chaves and Atapuma if Coldeportes is invited. Who knows if Dombrowski, Elissonde, Bardet, Konig, Geniez... That's why i think we can have many surprises.
El Pistolero said:Chavanel wants to start in the Giro. And he's not sure if he'll do the Tour after that.
Afrank said:Dombrowski I doubt will be doing any GT's in his first year. Hopefully Sky will get a invite to the American races, I think Dombrowski would do well there.
Good choice for Chavanel, He'll have more chances there then he would have pulling Cav around France.
The Hitch said:RCS finally did a reel of the 2012 edition.
This was badly missing from the presentation.
Parrulo said:if you are talking about the video shared by the organization on facebook today, that video was made by a spanish guy a little after the giro
link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwDTFBsdtWw
is it that one?
simo1733 said:Sky never do the US races.The main sponsor isn't in that market.
Ferminal said:Dombrowski is a pure GT rider, pretty much the only races which suit him. It makes a lot of sense to do the Giro which has more of his terrain in three weeks than a whole calendar of non-GT races.
Afrank said:Down the line, yes definitely. He'll be a great talent in the GT's. But I'm not sure Sky will want to throw him into a grand tour in his first season. And since Wiggins will try to win the Giro I don't know if they would want a rider that is at the moment untested in GT's to support him.
Pentacycle said:I think they'll try to find out what level he has in some of the WT stage races in spring, and then he can probably prepare for the Vuelta with JTL. Dombrowksi also sucks at TTT(I assume) so that might be another reason for Sky to keep him out of the Giro.
Pentacycle said:I think they'll try to find out what level he has in some of the WT stage races in spring, and then he can probably prepare for the Vuelta with JTL. Dombrowksi also sucks at TTT(I assume) so that might be another reason for Sky to keep him out of the Giro.
maxmartin said:"The Astana manager did confirm that Brajkovic will play a supporting role for Vincenzo Nibali at the Giro, in May."
That is a pretty decent helper for Nibali. And Fuglsang leads at Tour, is Fuglsang's GT results better than Jani??
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/fuglsang-will-lead-astana-at-tour-de-france
maxmartin said:"The Astana manager did confirm that Brajkovic will play a supporting role for Vincenzo Nibali at the Giro, in May."
That is a pretty decent helper for Nibali. And Fuglsang leads at Tour, is Fuglsang's GT results better than Jani??
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/fuglsang-will-lead-astana-at-tour-de-france
greenedge said:If i were Sky i would send JTL to the Giro, if they want him to lose weight quickly.
Everyone keeps forgetting Boswell.