Boom, Team Rolland in the Deep entered. Hopefully a decent mix of sprinters and climbers. Only gone for 1 expensive GC rider, hoping my other riders will grab some stage wins to bump the points total up.
Nah, Porte pulled out of the Giro a month ago, supposedly as he was down on form after illness so he could focus on supporting Froome again in the tour. Somewhere the truth is in there and my guess is they didn’t think he had what it’d take to win so wanted to put their eggs all in the Tour de France basket.
or
he’s signed for Orica Greenedge and so they are giving their contracted riders the World tour points (that will stay with sky) rather than supporting a rider that will take them to another team
Stuff this Fantasy nonsense you bunch of …(insert tagline form IrnBru advert)… we’re off to watch it for real, Saturday & Sunday. By tandem, hauling a trailer and then going touring in the south. Happy days.
I think it should be a cracking race. Lots of people capable of winning it this year, all with different strengths should make for some surprises along the way. I’d like to see Dan Martin do well, mostly because he like to attack.
Very jealous just off the phone to a colleague of mine who also owns a hotel – a number of teams are staying at said hotel and he’s surrounded by pros and their bike pro(n)
Kittel, Bouhanni etc may not ride all three weeks as the last week is a bit of a hill-fest.
Scarponi, Basso and Cunego are going to be in the top ten, Quintana and Roriguez are probably favourites but I think Uran is a dark horse and will be leading OPQS and Roche will feature… If only he could TT!! On paper it’s the most open Giro in years..
Possibly being stupid/blind, are the highlights on terrestrial TV anywhere? I thought ITV4 showed it last year but nothing there so far other than the current women’s UK tour which has been good the last 2 nights
I actually meant the crashes on that lap. The rest looked like a pleasant ride in warm rain. I do find it amusing when the commentators refer to a 90 degree bend in a city as “very technical” though
Well that was disastrous for quite a few. Good ride by Evans and Mathews. Rodriguez now almost 10 minutes down on gc and looked very uncomfortable. Caruso did not look good at all. Can’t find any info about him at the moment.