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| Smoku |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:17
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
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Danger is danger - does it really matter what is the source?
EDIT - any bets on the GC now? 
Danger and suffering were always part of cycling and i hope it stays that way. We have more dead footballers than cyclists in races. Shit happens
So following your thinking - we should resign from safety cars in Formula One to make it more exciting and to bring back the spirit of the romantic 70's when F1 cars were basically death traps? F1 made a big step towards safety after Senna's death. Cycling does this more gradually, but I can't imagine a reasonable reason to diss this tendency for more spectacular racing. Road cycling is not an extreme sport.
@Turkey - as far as I've heard the most praised thing by the cyclists was that organisers made decisions themselves - without the peloton having ot force them. |
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:18
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
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Theres no way Quintana gained 2 mins on descent.
Quintana only got that lead by a fault of the giro leadership.
Its insane that a misinformation from the giro Leaders can have such a impact on who is going to win giroen.
This cycling now went from great to epic failure and Quintana is a unworthy winner.
That is a monumental fuck up by Giro organisers then. WOW
Damn, will you guys calm the fuck. Its not even sure that Urán didnt know that, myabe he did, maybe he didnt. And maybe the Urán catches Quintana before the ascent and its all good. Please |
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:18
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Well if Quintana and the rest of that group is now exploiting this missunderstanding theyre no better than Evans. |
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| wogsrus |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:19
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:19
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Riis123 wrote:
Kirchen_75 wrote:
Jacdk wrote:
Kirchen_75 wrote:
Theres no way Quintana gained 2 mins on descent.
Quintana only got that lead by a fault of the giro leadership.
Its insane that a misinformation from the giro Leaders can have such a impact on who is going to win giroen.
This cycling now went from great to epic failure and Quintana is a unworthy winner.
That is a monumental fuck up by Giro organisers then. WOW
Damn, will you guys calm the fuck. Its not even sure that Urán didnt know that, myabe he did, maybe he didnt. And maybe the Urán catches Quintana before the ascent and its all good. Please
There's no other explanation. You can't lose 2 mins on a descent unless youre Thibaut Pinot. Rest of the favourites mustve been cruising thinking its neutralised. |
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| Strydz |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:19
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
Well if Quintana and the rest of that group is now exploiting this missunderstanding theyre no better than Evans.
I really doubt that this happened
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| Strydz |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:21
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@Kirchen_75 Maybe Quintana and Rolland just took more risks on the way down, why do you think this isn't possible?
Hells 500 Crew and 6 x Everester
Don Rd Launching Place
Melbourne Hill Rd Warrandyte
Colby Drive Belgrave South
William Rd The Patch
David Hill Rd Monbulk
Lakeside Drive Emerald
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:21
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anybody seen Kiserlovski and/or Kelderman?
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| gotlandrules |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:21
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
Well if Quintana and the rest of that group is now exploiting this missunderstanding theyre no better than Evans.
What missunderstanding? IT was giro Twitter that misunderstood, teams had the correct info.. Im 99% sure of that... Everyone should just calm down.. |
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:21
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
Riis123 wrote:
Kirchen_75 wrote:
Jacdk wrote:
Kirchen_75 wrote:
Theres no way Quintana gained 2 mins on descent.
Quintana only got that lead by a fault of the giro leadership.
Its insane that a misinformation from the giro Leaders can have such a impact on who is going to win giroen.
This cycling now went from great to epic failure and Quintana is a unworthy winner.
That is a monumental fuck up by Giro organisers then. WOW
Damn, will you guys calm the fuck. Its not even sure that Urán didnt know that, myabe he did, maybe he didnt. And maybe the Urán catches Quintana before the ascent and its all good. Please
There's no other explanation. You can't lose 2 mins on a descent unless youre Thibaut Pinot. Rest of the favourites mustve been cruising thinking its neutralised.
Of course there is. Again, wait till the race is over and lets see what information we get |
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| Bikex |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:21
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wogsrus wrote:
See, Quintana wasn't exploiting anything.. Even if that means your favourite riders are behind now. |
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| Wilier |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:21
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
anybody seen Kiserlovski and/or Kelderman?
Kelderman (with Goos) in the group Uran. |
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| gotlandrules |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:22
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
Riis123 wrote:
Kirchen_75 wrote:
Jacdk wrote:
Kirchen_75 wrote:
Theres no way Quintana gained 2 mins on descent.
Quintana only got that lead by a fault of the giro leadership.
Its insane that a misinformation from the giro Leaders can have such a impact on who is going to win giroen.
This cycling now went from great to epic failure and Quintana is a unworthy winner.
No.
That is a monumental fuck up by Giro organisers then. WOW
Damn, will you guys calm the fuck. Its not even sure that Urán didnt know that, myabe he did, maybe he didnt. And maybe the Urán catches Quintana before the ascent and its all good. Please
There's no other explanation. You can't lose 2 mins on a descent unless youre Thibaut Pinot. Rest of the favourites mustve been cruising thinking its neutralised.
No.
Edited by gotlandrules on 27-05-2014 15:22
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:22
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Regardless neutralised or not, Uran, Majka, Evans etc can't be so stupid to let arguably their greatest threat just disappear off the front. Something must have happened.
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:22
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Strydz wrote:
@Kirchen_75 Maybe Quintana and Rolland just took more risks on the way down, why do you think this isn't possible?
Because 2 mins is a shitload of time. |
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:22
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I don't agree with neutralisation but the riders should come to a mutual decision like on stage 4 into Bari to not attack each other on the descent. If that can't be met then you just have to get on with it and make the gap back in the valley. But like in any sport safety comes first, winning comes second!
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| Shonak |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:22
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Nobody knew what was going on, in this weather up the Stelvio it was real confusion. So, Quintana and Rolland slipped away, Uran may not have seen it or underestimated their move - and off they were.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Nin1388 |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:22
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Climb cant come quicker for Quintana group. They are losing time to Uran, now 90 seconds. |
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| vladmatiescu |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:23
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In which group is Majka? |
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| Jacdk |
Posted on 27-05-2014 15:23
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Bikex wrote:
I wouldn't be too sure about that Uran thought the race was neutralised. If Quintane knew it wasn't why should Uran not?
I would agree that Uran might just have been going down, but when pretty much all of the top 10 riders and teams and teams except for Quintana looks like they are on a holiday race, something is up.
And that tweet is not true, when 4 commentators on two different channels all say that they heard it from the official radio tour and even on the official twitter , then you can be sure that it was said. |
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