apparently he sat up before the crash.

"That's now how I remember Baywatch!"

The commentary team cracked up at this fan, who attempted to run alongside the riders 😂 pic.twitter.com/KYGrLrxC0H

— Eurosport (@eurosport) May 14, 2021

Blimey, Pamela Andersons let herself go….

nice ride in the country

WTF

Canny use of the doctors car there…..

🚴‍♂️ @FndoGaviria's crash.#Giro pic.twitter.com/dQFeG7ESG3

— Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 15, 2021

Canny use of the doctors car there…..

yep, and have your team car in front to just pick up the pace too 🙂

Stage 9:Castel Di Sangro > Campo Felice 157.8km

saw tooth with another big fight for the break.

💗 Giro d'Italia 2021 💗

🚴‍♂️Stage 9⃣ | 🚴‍♂️ Tappa 9⃣
📌 Castel di Sangro – Campo Felice
📏 158 km
⏰ Start 12.15 PM
🏁 Arrival ~ 5.00 PM
📺 @RaiSport 12.25 PM, @Eurosport_IT 12.10 PM
📈 Live https://t.co/NQ0smwa3FF#Giro Garmin ENIT – Agenzia Nazionale del Turismo pic.twitter.com/kPio0YObCc

— Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 16, 2021

Stage 8 Results
1 LAFAY, Victor (COF) 4:06:47
2 GAVAZZI, Francesco (EOK) + 36
3 ARNDT, Nikias (DSM) + 37
4 OLIVEIRA, Nelson (MOV) + 41
5 CARBONI, Giovanni (BCF) + 44
6 GOOSSENS, Kobe (LTS) + 58
7 CAMPENAERTS, Victor (TQA) + 1:00
8 GOUGEARD, Alexis (ACT) + 1:54
9 GAVIRIA, Fernando (UAD) + 3:04
10 ALMEIDA, Joao (DQT) + 4:48

General Classification after Stage 8
1 VALTER, Attila (GFC) 31:10:53
2 EVENEPOEL, Remco (DQT) + 11
3 BERNAL, Egan (IGD) + 16
4 VLASOV, Aleksandr (APT) + 24
5 CARTHY, Hugh (EFN) + 38
6 CARUSO, Damiano (TBV) + 39
7 CICCONE, Giulio (TFS) + 41
8 MARTIN, Daniel (ISN) + 47
9 YATES, Simon (BEX) + 49
10 VERVAEKE, Louis (AFC) + 50

looks like todays race is being held in a pleasant part of the world….

long range attack from one or two of the favourites ?

ooof commentator kiss of death …..

Ouch. That looked nasty.

“jumped” in the ambulamce err not quite!

frantic stuff

thats a drop and a half

this is mental

Horrible crash for mohoric there. Lost the back wheel, got it back but rode into a rock on the inside of the bend at full tilt and just somersaulted over the front. Hope he’s ok

and relax

we’re gripped

we’re sorted

LET’S OFFROAD!

peloton’s hammering on now!

Great finish, what a perfectly timed attack!

Is Orla going out straight after the coverage finishes?

ooof! Matej Mohoric

https://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/giro-d-italia/2021/matej-mohoric-taken-to-hospital-after-bike-snaps-in-two-in-awful-crash-at-giro-ditalia-on-stage-9_vid1475871/video.shtml

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 😉

💗 Giro d'Italia 2021 – Stage 🔟
📌 Cantoniera – km 49
🚴‍♂️@PellaudSimon, @umbertomarengo, Rivi, @TacovanderHoorn, @KobeGoossens
⏱️ 2'30" > Peloton | Gruppo
💻 Live: https://t.co/j8ggiiKeUQ
🏁 90 km#Giro pic.twitter.com/58JqswfGPp

— Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 17, 2021

Today's stage start is in L’Aquila, where the Giro commemorates 12 years passing since the terrible earthquake that devastated the city and its surroundings in 2009.#Giro pic.twitter.com/dca3FE9dun

— Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 17, 2021

break caught Bora! Bora! Bora!