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Giro d'Italia 2011 - Week 2
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| Stijn_vranken |
Posted on 20-05-2011 20:15
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kumazan wrote:
Monte Crostis has finally been eliminated of tomorrow's stage. An alternate route to the foot of the Zoncolan will be announced soon.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
damn you giro!
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| kumazan |
Posted on 20-05-2011 20:18
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Stijn_vranken wrote:
kumazan wrote:
Monte Crostis has finally been eliminated of tomorrow's stage. An alternate route to the foot of the Zoncolan will be announced soon.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
damn you giro!
Not their fault. The decision was taken by the UCI. |
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| roturn |
Posted on 20-05-2011 20:19
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Good news in my opinion. I hoped for this news as soon as I have seen the first pictures of this descent.
The decision was taken by the Giro jury I think. The team directors and the UCI just put a lot of pressure on them.
Edited by roturn on 20-05-2011 20:21
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 20-05-2011 20:20
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Too bad. I was really looking forward to it, but I understand that they wanted to remove it.
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 20-05-2011 20:22
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| ember |
Posted on 20-05-2011 20:22
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kumazan wrote:
Stijn_vranken wrote:
kumazan wrote:
Monte Crostis has finally been eliminated of tomorrow's stage. An alternate route to the foot of the Zoncolan will be announced soon.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
damn you giro!
Not their fault. The decision was taken by the UCI.
That was really no surprise, and probably a smart decision too. Hopefully Crostis is on the route next year though, with the finishing line on the top of it. |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 20-05-2011 20:27
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Damn..but still Zoncolan is hard enough. You can not avoid that climb UCI.
Monte Crostis decending had been slowest what riders have taken ever...
Edited by Guido Mukk on 20-05-2011 20:29
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| kumazan |
Posted on 20-05-2011 20:29
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roturn wrote:
The decision was taken by the Giro jury I think. The team directors and the UCI just put a lot of pressure on them.
The Giro jury is a UCI jury for all what matters though. They're not Italian neither have any relation with RCS. Zomegnan just said that Crostis was perfectly safe.
ember wrote:
That was really no surprise, and probably a smart decision too. Hopefully Crostis is on the route next year though, with the finishing line on the top of it.
I'm really gutted for this, but the idea of a Zoncolan -> Crostis route isn't bad either. But I'm afraid there's not room enough at the top to host a finish there. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 20-05-2011 20:34
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The removal of Crostis is a relief for the riders, and even for me. I was still a bit worried if someone tried downhilling crazily. Hopefuly the stage will still be exciting. |
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| E_Hagen |
Posted on 20-05-2011 20:36
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Idiotic organizers.
Wouter, why did you have to die?  |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 20-05-2011 20:37
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E_Hagen wrote:
Idiotic organizers.
Wouter, why did you have to die?
Even if he hadn't died, I think some mesures would have been taken to the descent. Even before the Giro everyone took their conclusions of its danger. |
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 20-05-2011 20:47
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I have no problem understanding why they removed the descent, allthough I do think it's a bit of a pity. I highly doubt any riders would have gone down there full barrels, guns blazing.
If you go down like a madman, you go off like a madman. |
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| sam1196 |
Posted on 20-05-2011 20:47
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normally a stage that's exciting for 2 hours orso. now only Zoncolan is exciting....
VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 20-05-2011 20:47
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https://www.youtub...re=related
found this on youtube some guy cycling the Crostis,not very long video but looks scary. |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 20-05-2011 20:55
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E_Hagen wrote:
Idiotic organizers.
Wouter, why did you have to die?
Well, thats a post that seems very slightly irresponsible.
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| Wilier |
Posted on 20-05-2011 21:01
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First they arrange all those safety measures and then one day before the stage it's decided to exclude the climb.
Disappointing.
Edited by Wilier on 20-05-2011 21:03
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| Crommy |
Posted on 20-05-2011 21:02
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doddy13 wrote:
E_Hagen wrote:
Idiotic organizers.
Wouter, why did you have to die?
Well, thats a post that seems very slightly irresponsible.
Insensitive is about the kindest word I could use about that post.
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| siwi |
Posted on 20-05-2011 21:14
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Alberto Contador  Saxo Bank-SunGard great stage, great Giro for danish team |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 20-05-2011 21:23
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Crommy wrote:
doddy13 wrote:
E_Hagen wrote:
Idiotic organizers.
Wouter, why did you have to die?
Well, thats a post that seems very slightly irresponsible.
Insensitive is about the kindest word I could use about that post.
Thats the word i was looking for. After spending a day in the library I'm now on brain fart mode 
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 20-05-2011 21:25
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The Crostis was going to be bad enough in the dry. I wonder if the prospect of more rain like today is what got the organisers to finally reconsider?
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