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peloton's hammering on now!
Great finish, what a perfectly timed attack!
Is Orla going out straight after the coverage finishes?
ooof! Matej Mohoric
Is Orla going out straight after the coverage finishes?
Makes a change from the diving boots.
Wondered the same. Maybe she got the rest day wrong and was planning a night on the lash.
Stage 10: L’Aquila > Foligno 140.1km
a roman holiday ?
Stage 9 Results
1 BERNAL, Egan (IGD) 4:08:23
2 CICCONE, Giulio (TFS) + 7
3 VLASOV, Aleksandr (APT)
4 EVENEPOEL, Remco (DQT) + 10
5 MARTIN, Daniel (ISN)
6 CARUSO, Damiano (TBV) + 12
7 BARDET, Romain (DSM)
8 SOLER, Marc (MOV)
9 MARTINEZ, Daniel (IGD)
10 ALMEIDA, Joao (DQT)
General Classification after Stage 9
1 BERNAL, Egan (IGD) 35:19:22
2 EVENEPOEL, Remco (DQT) + 15
3 VLASOV, Aleksandr (APT) + 21
4 CICCONE, Giulio (TFS) + 36
5 VALTER, Attila (GFC) + 43
6 CARTHY, Hugh (EFN) + 44
7 CARUSO, Damiano (TBV) + 45
8 MARTIN, Daniel (ISN) + 51
9 YATES, Simon (BEX) + 55
10 FORMOLO, Davide (UAD) + 1:01
just catching up on the podcasts, and while I can't condone it (it is sort of bullying) Cavendish's role as nickname assigner has had me in stitches. Tyler Farrar = Ickbin after a disastrous German overdub of an advert he made for spectacles back in the day; and Caleb Ewan = Cadel McEwen as a composite cookie cutter Aussie cyclist.
But not as much as the Italian cyclists desire to give themselves nicknames. 'Lads, gather round, bit of an announcement. Can you call me Shark from now on'
If you aren't listening to it, do. Never Strays Far(falle)
not giving the break any leeway today
15 mph cross tailwind on the relatively exposed run into Foligno.... so that means no echelons 😉
break caught Bora! Bora! Bora!
the whole peloton are suffering here 🙂
hard ol' sport bike racing
the second shaving from Remco kind shows the DQS game plan..... stay as close to pink as possible and take the shirt the final TT
Jobs a good 'un.
another wattage bazooka
Rest Day.
Stage 10 Results
1 SAGAN, Peter (BOH) 3:10:56
2 GAVIRIA, Fernando (UAD)
3 CIMOLAI, Davide (ISN)
4 OLDANI, Stefano (LTS)
5 VERMEERSCH, Gianni (AFC)
6 DE BONDT, Dries (AFC)
7 VENDRAME, Andrea (ACT)
8 ALBANESE, Vincenzo (EOK)
9 VIVIANI, Elia (COF)
10 MOLANO, Sebastian (UAD)
General Classification after Stage 10
1 BERNAL, Egan (IGD) 38:30:17
2 EVENEPOEL, Remco (DQT) + 14
3 VLASOV, Aleksandr (APT) + 22
4 CICCONE, Giulio (TFS) + 37
5 VALTER, Attila (GFC) + 44
6 CARTHY, Hugh (EFN) + 45
7 CARUSO, Damiano (TBV) + 46
8 MARTIN, Daniel (ISN) + 52
9 YATES, Simon (BEX) + 56
10 FORMOLO, Davide (UAD) + 1:02
Stage: 11 Perugia > Montalcino 162.9km
gravel 40% chance of showers
Really wish I was able to take the day off to watch today's stage live.
Last stage was really satisfying: just to see Bora execute their plan perfectly resulting in Sagan bagging an increasingly rare win. I started watching road cycling the year he started notching-up TDF wins, so he's the first rider where I feel I've witnessed the whole main sequence of their career.
Thanks also to those contributing to this thread for the Never Strays Farfalle tip-off. Lots of fun.
Simon is not too keen on todays stage
think the big teams will want riders up the road here to get cars ahead of the peloton for the gravel
breaks being given a long leash..... 12:40 with 107 to go.
Ineos happy for that to happen
no reason for them not to though really. Not their job to care today... That was Sagans job.
getting edgy in the peloton, though bike exchange still mooching about at the back.
seems like the rains holding off for the moment
Ganna is a bit of a beast, 700W on gravel! Plus 2 minutes from the break gone all ready.
new shorts for Ganna
This is getting a bit tasty.
Evenepoel got caught out there too. Seems the new Brailsford exciting attack mode has been engaged.
gruppo compacto
ganna poppo
loving this 🙂
that's a horrible climb, hate variable gradients
Remco doesn't like the gravel, gone....
Yates shirt undone doesn't bode well
EF look strong
Simon Phillip Yates hanging in there...
what a race
Remco goes pop
Bernal being a bit feisty now.
Edit a classic stage.