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WTAF! boooo hiss
I won't feel too sorry for them tomorrow if the weather does turn nasty 😉
That is a win I can get behind. “What we’re you aiming for today?” “Second”.
The lads got a sense of humour!
Stage 14: Cittadella > Monte Zoncolan 206.5km
Antipasti
in thunderstorms this is going to be nasty
Stage 13 Results
1 NIZZOLO, Giacomo (TQA) 4:42:19
2 AFFINI, Edoardo (TJV)
3 SAGAN, Peter (BOH)
4 CIMOLAI, Davide (ISN)
5 GAVIRIA, Fernando (UAD)
6 OLDANI, Stefano (LTS)
7 PASQUALON, Andrea (IWG)
8 KANTER, Max (DSM)
9 VIVIANI, Elia (COF)
10 GROENEWEGEN, Dylan (TJV)
General Classification after Stage 13
1 BERNAL, Egan (IGD) 53:11:42
2 VLASOV, Aleksandr (APT) + 45
3 CARUSO, Damiano (TBV) + 1:12
4 CARTHY, Hugh (EFN) + 1:17
5 YATES, Simon (BEX) + 1:22
6 BUCHMANN, Emanuel (BOH) + 1:50
7 EVENEPOEL, Remco (DQT) + 2:22
8 CICCONE, Giulio (TFS) + 2:24
9 FOSS, Tobias (TJV) + 2:49
10 MARTINEZ, Daniel (IGD) + 3:15
make or break for some of the GC riders today then i think. Big day.
I could see the Maglia Ciclomino competition being a bit thinned down for sure.....maybe put some towels and blankets into the broom wagon.
Autopause kicking in 😀
top of the climb has vanished !
Today will be a test of character and fortitude. There's going to be some miserable looking cyclists at the finish line.
can't see the issue 😉
looks lovely!
Jumbo Visma putting pink under pressure from the off
don't sit down Fernando
I've got a bad feeling about this. Not the race - it's all uphill, if it was downhill in fog / low vis I'd be worried about calling the finish lower down to avoid descending in it - but I'm getting set up to watch it in an hour or two and concerned there'll be no helicopter = no TV signal and coverage is trying to describe a race they can't see.
Do the camera bikes record or just beam? Might be one for the highlights......
bike swaps
oooofff astana have hit that hard
astana have the hammer down on the descent
Bettiol brings it all back.
so far so good weather wise though the skies look ominous
This is where I have nothing but respect for the domestique.
Get on the front, give me everything you've got, to the bottom of the climb. Then the wheels come off and they almost literally come to a standstill.
- at that point I phone my mummy and beg her to come and pick me up
but they have 14km at 8.5% with 25%+ stretches to do. And get in before the time limit....but maybe miss the bus and have to fold yourself into a team car. And then do it again tomorrow. And most of the time we don't even know your name......
Nibali gone
Nibali seems to have gone pop. I would have expired at the base of the 2nd cat climb.
Edit The Ineos pace looks deceptive until you see the carnage out the back.
all pedaling squares
There goes Remco Evenepoel.
come on simon!
what a brute
Chapeau!
Wow! Puts over a minute on GC.
What a finish! So pleased for Fortunato, plus it means Beefsteak Bertie will have to make good on his promise to ride from Madrid to Milan if his team won a stage
he looks up for it.....
bertie loses it 😀
safe to say he's pretty happy
Stage 15: Grado > Gorizia 147km
border loop
Stage 14 Results
1 FORTUNATO, Lorenzo (EOK) 5:17:22
2 TRATNIK, Jan (TBV) + 26
3 COVI, Alessandro (UAD) + 59
4 BERNAL, Egan (IGD) + 1:43
5 MOLLEMA, Bauke (TFS) + 1:47
6 YATES, Simon (BEX) + 1:54
7 BENNETT, George (TJV) + 2:10
8 OLIVEIRA, Nelson (MOV) + 2:18
9 MARTINEZ, Daniel (IGD) + 2:22
10 CARUSO, Damiano (TBV)
General Classification after Stage 14
1 BERNAL, Egan (IGD) 58:30:47
2 YATES, Simon (BEX) + 1:33
3 CARUSO, Damiano (TBV) + 1:51
4 VLASOV, Aleksandr (APT) + 1:57
5 CARTHY, Hugh (EFN) + 2:11
6 BUCHMANN, Emanuel (BOH) + 2:36
7 CICCONE, Giulio (TFS) + 3:03
8 EVENEPOEL, Remco (DQT) + 3:52
9 MARTINEZ, Daniel (IGD) + 3:54
did well for a big engine
fruitless and moviestaresque
thinking about the finish, tad odd from Bernal really.... if it was for the win (and not even bonus secs) yesterday I could understand the effort and 11 secs is always welcome but I dunno.
concerned there’ll be no helicopter = no TV signal and coverage is trying to describe a race they can’t see.
Do the camera bikes record or just beam? Might be one for the highlights……
Bit late for this response...
But, generally the TV signal is relayed by a plane circling above. You'll never see it but can observe it doing laps on flight radar.
Good to see the Bike Exchange DS isn't driving the car. Their films are a bit of a daily highlight.
start
finish
Stopped off for breakfast in Gorica on a cycle tour about 15 years ago. Lovely place
thinking about the finish, tad odd from Bernal really…. if it was for the win (and not even bonus secs) yesterday I could understand the effort and 11 secs is always welcome but I dunno.
He is keen to continue putting time into Remco ahead of the final time trial (put 1:30 into him yesterday). I would suggest he has done enough now (Remco at 3:52).