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Gaviria out with a positive Coronavirus test. Given he tested positive back in march (was it at Dubai?) he's one of the unlucky few to catch two different strains (there have been at least four reported cases), or there are two of him, or one was a false positive - maybe a sneaky way to get out of a week of bloody hard climbing?
descending off the stelvio in october wow!!!!
go tao go !
Kelderman is wobbling!!!
wouldn't want to be sitting round the sunweb dinner tonight!!!
Tao a minute out of pink!!!
LOL Rohan went pop bigly,
Kelderman's gone! (improving now)
I've ridden this climb. One of my favourites, considerably quieter than Stelvio.
Amazing ride from Tao, he could conceivably make it into Pink today. Kelderman seems to have recovered his game a bit though, it did look like he was properly gone at one point.
lol bloody 'el by the skin of his teeth!
tao 16 off pink!!! what a ride!
Shame Tao didn't get the stage win although after sitting on the front for the previous 25km, it was fairly inevitable that he'd get jumped on the line.
How disappointing, just as the racing gets interesting ineos roll out another drugs experiment 😕
Incredible race! That has set it up very nicely for Saturday!
How disappointing, just as the racing gets interesting ineos roll out another drugs experiment 😕
Tao has been winning bike races since he was a Youth rider, he's a phenomenal talent. Great to see him coming through here, nice that Ineos recalibrated pretty quickly after G's early crash.
The drugs reference just isn't necessary unless of course you have info to the contrary that you're passing to the UCI?
That was one of the most exciting and enjoyable stages I've seen all race season.
I'd like to be a fly on the wall in the Sunweb dining room tonight.
Dennis was phenomenal.
Watching the riders trying to get into their jackets in that wind was quite stressful. Equally tricky was myself trying to make curtains in my workroom while watching the race on a small screen.
He'd be in pink if he ran discs....
How disappointing, just as the racing gets interesting ineos roll out another drugs experiment
What's that then ?
brrrr
They need a coat hanger sort of thing that's removable, so they can get their arms in and then lob it 🙂
Lachlan Morton (EF) in the break today. Wonder if someone told him the stage is longer and was going to finish at night?
odious are on project Krack Kelderman.
I feel like the ‘odious’ joke has been made now. Can we just call them ineos please?
If you're not watching this WHY THE HELL NOT?!
I feel like the ‘odious’ joke has been made now. Can we just call them ineos please?
This x 1,000,000
GET IN!!!
Best bit of racing I've seen all year, I was bouncing on the edge of my sofa watching that finish!
Brilliant. With bonuses are they both getting a pink jumper tonight?
Well that was damn exciting wasn't it...
I don't think there'll be much between them in the TT tomorrow either !
Why do Ineos have the Odious name thrown at them then ?
Get in Teo
Brilliant. With bonuses are they both getting a pink jumper tonight?
I *think* it goes off position on the stage but commentary is just saying that it'll go to tenths of a second which would mean Jai gets it.
It's potentially worth Tao not getting pink - means he can use his own TT kit, not some hastily knocked up pink "aero suit".
Given there is probably a very small advantage of wearing your own team skin suit in the tt I imagine neither rider is that keen to be in pink tonight.
Yep, Jai in pink.
Tao is the better TTer but then Jai will have the advantage of being off last and getting split time info.
Tao will be in the white jersey skin suit won’t he?
I think the atmosphere in the Ineos camp may be a lot better than in the Sunweb one this evening, could be enough to make a difference.
As an aside can anyone recall the general perception in Grand Tours that you needed to be at least 25 before you could seriously compete for the win. It seems now that 25 is starting to look like the upper age limit!
I think the atmosphere in the Ineos camp may be a lot better than in the Sunweb one this evening, could be enough to make a difference.
I don't see why it should be. Sunweb have got 1st and 3rd place, all that's happened is a couple of riders have swapped the jersey (sort of). Jai never attacked his own team-mate, he just followed Tao up until the point that WK was properly dropped and out of the picture. Only then did he attack so he's not been a disloyal teammate.
Another brilliant stage; this Giro has been very, very entertaining.
Tao will be in the white jersey skin suit won’t he?
He will. But both the Giro and Ineos are sponsored by Castelli so it’ll be the same kit in a different colour.
It seems now that 25 is starting to look like the upper age limit!
Given that the winner of the TdF got both overall and Best Young Rider and that the same thing will happen here, perhaps it's time to replace Best Young with Best Old. A nice white jersey for the highest placed rider over the age of 30!
in these marginal gains days, is it beyond the budget of these teams to have a skinsuit already on standby in case. I mean, there's a chance TGH could have been in either pink or white from a week ago. I'd have even thought a decent seamstress working 'all night' could have one made from scratch?
don't think kelderman is out of this yet, he's much better tter than the other two. It's whether it's long enough to make up the time.
Yeah dropping 1 min+ over 15km is a big ask, particularly for both of them.
Does anyone know what sort of time I'd need to be checking the live stream tomorrow to watch the top 10?
Does anyone know what sort of time I’d need to be checking the live stream tomorrow to watch the top 10?
First rider off at 13.20, last rider finish approx 16.30 from the Giro site but I can't see if that's local time or GMT (clocks go back tonight in UK, not sure if Italy do the same?)
That's the best news I've had all day. An extra hour in bed!
Second ever GT to be decided by a TT. Could rescue Ineos' entire season. Will be glued to Eurosport tomorrow.
Second ever GT to be decided by a TT
2020 TDF
2020 Giro
1989 TDF
Am sure there have been more, unless you meant final day TTs.
2011 tdf