After finally kicking of the real GC action yesterday, today will surely shake things up again with a Mountain time trial from Kastelruth to the Saiseralm.
Yesterday brought us the BTFOment of Movistar with both Valverde and Amador drpping down the GC aswell as a dent in Astanas and Nibalis armor as he got dropped by Chaves and Kruijswijk.
Former took the stage win, the latter is now in the maglia Rosa, 41 seconds up on Nibbels and 1:32 up on Chaves and more than 3 minutes ahead of Valverde.
first riders of the ramp at 13:30, the top 10 will start at ~16:15
>>67766754
Nibali to win the stage; he's a beast at Mtt.
The GC boys should be close together, so I'm not expecting major differences in GC placings.
Crushweak and Chaves could do well,but I think their recovery isn't good eniugh, also, Chaves has a shitty base.
Mikel Landa looking good for this stage
>>67767355
>poisoning your own riders wih baad barbeque
>>67767374
>pic related
>chinese sweatshop slaverider cheng ji onlly 2nd to last currently
>>67767558
>chinese sweatshop slaverider
fucking kek. i love how they try to pass him off as the "breakaway killer" when all he really is is a fucking slave.
>>67767606
i bet they also do human tests of new hairproduce on him
>>67767683
joj
and the TT has started
chaves was the best climber yesterday so i guess he's favorite today as well. i think kruijswijk may well take 10-15 more seconds on nibali today. it's all about current form & condition in a time-trial like this.
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Hello friends
I am excited for today's Individual Time Trial
>>67768420
who knows how well they recovered
should be exciting
also
>2agan because ToC yesterday
How fast will they be? My stream is not online yet, is there another one available atm?
>>67768479
don't worry, only the lowest GC scrubs have started already, the real guys start in ~2 hours
>>67768479
Sporza starts streaming in 25 minutes
>>67768479
If you mean how long they'll take, 27 minutes is the estimated winning time.
what a bike
the climb doesn't look that hard to be honest...
>>67768624
After yesterday it might cause some suffering. But yeah, it's not tough.
>>67768624
When you're doing it against the clock, though, and it will be very easy to lose time.
Should be a lot of fun to watch anyway.
>>67768624
9km @ 8.3% is tough enough
>>67768960
Too short desu.
pic related is what I'd call difficult.
>>67768624
This. If I had their quality bikes I could probably finish 80th or something on that climb
>>67768960
early starters (way down in the gc) are doing 20+ km/h averages. don't expect too much.
>>67768584
That's a beauty. Just wrapped my bars with pink tape today.
>>67769022
Pic??
>>67769022
little white basket on the front?
>>67769022
You haven't earned the pink.
FDJ are in the race apparently
>>67769054
No, but I do have white bars :^)
>>67769058
>using certain colours is not appropriate if you haven't won a specific race
The fact that it triggers some people makes it even better.
>>67769181
>The fact that it triggers some people makes it even better.
absolute madman.
>>67769058
I have black bar tape. Do I actually have to enter a race and make sure I come last before thats allowed? I think I've got it in me to lose a race if I have to
the place where they take the timesplit is ~1km to early, 4.4km with 1.8of them flat is not giving a good indication t b h
based on my luck picking who retires from this Giro imma say zakarin is next
>tfw only 3 riders and still got over 100 points yesterday
could be worse I guess
>>67769485
it just seems so obvious to have one halfway up the climb
>>67767439
>tailgating at a sports event
american sports culture is taking over lads
>>67769565
>american sports culture is taking over lads
Delete this
>>67769591
You're gonna love it, Paddy.
>>67769565
>Implying americans haven't already damaged cycling enough
>>67769565
it's not like they have a choice, they close up streets a day before the stage
if you want to get to the track in mountain stages you have to get there a night in advance
bbqs are a classic
>tfw no ITTs with 200km of length
>>67769604
>You're gonna love it, Paddy.
Americans fucked up cycling by making it too mainstream and commercial. Please, stick to American Cricket.
Holy shit
>RAI merda written on track
lel
Russian power. That's around 6.5 watts/kg.
>>67769745
A Tour of Russia would be THAT thing
I actually like Dombrowski.
>>67769732
the Giro is probably the only thing RAI handles in a decent way
you should listen to basketball commentators, it's unbearable
also
>99° Giro di birre, positivi al luppolo
fucking based kek
These Russian riders are so talented
>>67769784
why on earth would anyone dislike Dombrowski?
>>67769887
He rides for Cannondale
>>67769679
>making it too mainstream and commercial
lol...do you know why bike racing even exists in the first place? to sell bicycles. commercialism is the whole damn point.
>>67769887
His climbing style is awful. Reminds me of Voeckler.
>Joseph Lloyd
>>67769971
i wanna punch your fat face after that post
>>67769985
If you had a job, you could buy a plane ticket to the States and do it, too.
Gazprom gazzing along a little too nicely
>>67770000
i don't want to risk ending up into the WTC
dem digits though
glad to see russian doping program is alive and well
>>67770017
>>67770034
Not really too suspicious. They're well rested and it's only a 30minute effort.
>>67769975
Sure you're not thinking of Boswell?
>>67770000
HOLY SHIT, BRUH
>>67770047
2 nobody RUSSIAN riders back to back take a minute out of the best climbers in the world, one of which was held up by tinkoffs car...
yeah, nothing suspicious about this
the entire Russian track and field team wasn't banned from the Olympics or anything...
>>67770109
It's not a good time. The big GC boys will floor them. Also, they haven't been in many breakaways etc.
>>67770109
>2 nobody RUSSIAN riders
not true for a start
>>67770109
>take a minute out of the best climbers in the world
the best climbers aren't even in this race, and the few really good ones haven't arrived yet
Zakarin will win this stage.
>>67770286
No spoilers please
>>67770286
I wish he would win. Zakarin and Chaves are my favorite riders in this Giro.
Go Valverde
the commercials on BEIN have been the most interesting thing about this Giro
>>67770367
>this flag
>this thread
>>67770367
>American cycling
>>67770367
Eurosport only has Alpecin
This is what I love about time trials
Chaves terrible.
oh shit chaves collapsing
Steven's gonna rek Nibali
Nibali doesn't look good at all
could lose a lot to both Valverde and Krujswjik
I know we've only just reached the first checkpoint but
>nibali
>Nibali
>Chaves
Handful of chokers.
Vuelta>Giro
oh shit Kruiswjik going in dry
>my ass when angry Italian people gonna block Steven later in the stage to help nibali
Wow. Kruiswijk looks like he's having a nice relaxed sunday afternoon ride too.
Crushweak looks so smooth. Great time,also.
>Uran
>2 victories since turning pro in 2010
>good chance of beating nibbles and winning a GT
truly the memest of races
Krujswijik killing it
KRUIJSWIJK
>Uran
Where did it all go wrong?
man what happened to Uran
he used to be so promising
last couple years he's been so terrible
>>67770543
Not historically, but lately yes.
>uran
>Zakajust
>Kruiswijk kruist voorbij op kruissnelheid als een kruisraket
thanks sporza
>>67770574
>>67770577
the vaughters effect
jesus Zakarin burnt out in the second half
If crushweak puts a minute into Nibali, it's suspicious.
>>67770596
I still prefer watching Sporza over NOS.
Literally talking 5 to 10 minutes about every church or castle that is shown
>>67770623
i know it's hard to trust cycling, but Nibali hasn't look impressive at all this Giro
it's not all that surprising
>it's a pro conti team beats the world tour teams episode
>>67770628
I always watch sporza, they're paying more attention to the actual cycling
>>67770628
>he can't watch BIS top qt
I wish that guy with the Baggio shirt would die
>>67770644
It's just that Crushweak has never shown he can stay with the very best. Now he can put a minute into them.
>-46 seconds
OGRE
>GOATverde
Good time by Balberde
Morons
>>67770702
That's because of Baggio.
KILL THESE BASTARDS REEEEEEEEEE
>Baggio
Good time Valverde
That Foliforov time is pretty mad the way his first intermediate point wasn't good but they all get cucked by his time in the end
>clenbuterolpedal
Dearie me
>Nibalose
based random guy on the left in full kit pushing the fools out of the way
>>67768690
does she have a cock?
THE CITY OF NIBBLES
RIP NIBLES
HOLY SHIT
Nibali literally dead
>Nibbled
Aw fuck Nibali !
>>67770756
Huge props to that guy.
It's over
ah fuck it
>>67770549
bullshit conspiracy theories, retards don't discriminate they just want visibility
>>67770628
BEIN/GCN guys are good
I wish they did the tour here in the US, NBC Sports with Ligget and Vande Velde make it almost unbearable with their moronic observations and hyperbole
rip derailleur
you will be missed
>>67770784
;_;7
>EPOspin
these fucking idiots
its getting worse and worse
fuck off spectators
-1'23"
that's it, Nibali's over
looks like I'm a #crushweaker now
>>67770810
That's what we say every year
Steven "The Chicken mk2" Kruijswijk
he nearly caught Nibali
>2:10
>nibbled
Nibali, that was shit
NIbbles ded, probably ogre
this means Astana will attack like crazy next week though, will be interesting
wow so close
kruiswijk is going to win this thing
I think we can all agree Kruijswijk eventually will win that stage.
Putin did it again
I AM BECOME DEATH
DESTROYER OF GIROS
>Be Russian
>Cheat
I BELIEVE IN STEVEN
>>67770909
No proof
>>67770915
me2 desu
kruijswijk has really broad square shoulders
>>67770909
Win. So what? As long as you don't get caught.
>electricmotorcoast
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>>67770909
>>67770909
>be anglo
>be constantly buttmad about russians
>>67770628
based Renaat & Jose desu
>>67770932
>Siutsou
Literally who?
>>67770932
[F]
>>67770909
>>67770965
seriously?
>>67770909
Ladies and gentlemen your 2016 Maglia Rosa
Also Rabobank master race
>>67770909
He seems a clean guy.
>>67771036
>Gazprom
>clean
what other mountain stages are there in this boring ass giro?
a lot can happen still..
kek nice music they're playing
>>67771046
>Any pro cycling team
>Clean
>>67771057
>what other mountain stages are there in this boring ass giro
>Boring
Delusional.
>>67771046
>>67771074
This is not 1990-2010 anymore.
little russian riding like pantani desu
I wonder how much foliforov weighs, official is listed at 135 lbs but he looks under 120lbs to me
dude is tiny
Bathe me in your glorious (You)s
dunno where I get it from really...
http://www.npr.org/2016/05/21/478962930/russian-doping-scandal-may-affect-rio-games-eligibility
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Russian_sportspeople_in_doping_cases
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/nov/26/russia-full-indefinite-ban-world-athletics-doping-scandal
>>67771092
You're right, State oligarchy replaced post-1990 oligarchy. What an improvement !
>>67771130
Mate, what are you doing?
Ginger going to win the Giro
>>67771130
>United "the walking butthurt"Kingdom.
>gesink
>mollema
>kruijswijk
>kelderman
>ten dam
>dumoulin
why does holland have so many solid gt riders?
>>67771167
Definitely
Will be fun to see Nibs and etc attacking.
>>67771057
this weekend was the peak
we still have Cima Coppi though, single toughest stage, and another hard one (3 cat1 gpms)
anyway this thread is shit, it has nothing to do with my comfy Giro threads
i fully blame casual anglos
>>67771181
doping.
also don't forget Tankink bitte
>>67771219
>this thread is shit
How is it bad?
>>67771222
he's old m8
Nibali whines more than Cancellara and Tony Martin combined.
You now remember cycling threads on sprint stages when Cavendish was racing
>>67771242
i don't like dozens of posts about muh doping
we know it's an issue in the sport, but everyone is innocent until proved otherwise
everytime someone isn't happy about the outcome of the stage they cry about cheating, it's very annoying
>>67770574
>>67770577
Urán never was a GT winner anyway. I don't know why he focus so much on GTs, instead on trying to winn classics and even the WC.
>>67771332
HAHAHA the idea that it's anglos that talk about doping!! You're funny, bruv.
I think it's a bit different when it's Russia, and when it's Gazprom who have a horrendous recent history.
Foliforov has some pedigree in the u23s, but it's still a monumentally shocking result that should naturally raise some eyebrows.
>>67771364
2nd in the Giro is not bad! He definitely should focus more on hilly classics though.
>>67771364
>Urán never was a GT winner anyway
He's not as bad as you deem him to be. He was a great tter and a decent climber, he's just not able to get in good form like he could at sky.
>>67771364
He seemed like Vice-Quintana at the Giro in 2014. If not for that neutralized descent, who knows?
>>67771292
tony martin is a whiner? I expected him to be chill as fuck
>>67771542
>tony martin is a whiner
He isn't a whiner. I don't know what the other Anon is talking about
>>67771542
>>67771583
maybe he's talking about the Paris Nice episode when Tony Martin backed up some anonymous rider who insulted Nibali on Twitter.
>>67771583
Everyone loves der Panzerwagon
WOULD IT BE WRONG WOULD IT BE RIGHT
IF I TOOK MY LIFE TONIGHT
CHANCES ARE THAT I MIGHT
>>67771820
Kek. Such an apt picture.
>>67767346
pmsl
>>67772238
It's a shitty prediction, I know. But who could have predicted how shitty nibbles was.
shame Landa got sick
he would have won this Giro by over 5 minutes
>>67770909
> this flag
> talking about cheat
cycling getting saved
5km at the ToC final stage
first for
>2agan
>>67766754
participants on PED's: 100%
bikes with hidden motors: undetermined, estimated at 30%-50%
plz call off your "sport" and put it out of our misery
>>67783853
2aganth for 2agan
>2agan
>2econd for the
>2econd time in a row
can't stop the meme
>2agan
>2 again
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