Patchelicious Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 The emotions in my house were mad.. I was jumping up and down during the sprint. . Then we all held our breaths and when etixx started celebrating we all hung our heads.. then I heard the crowd and once it was confirmed by the wheelie we all went bos.Same here, neighbors must have wondered what was going on. Hehe I was torn though, shouting for MTN and Sagan.
Mntboy Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 Ladies and gents.. I have never watched such a hectic stage before. . Sagan was hit from all sides.. and it came to a foto finish. . A zebra nearly spoilt it all.. but Sagan got 3e and wins the tour.IMG-20150517-WA0007.jpegI think you mean a magpie!?! MTN's kit looks suspiciously a lot like Newcastle United's usual garb.
Gen Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 I think you mean a magpie!?! MTN's kit looks suspiciously a lot like Newcastle United's usual garb.Nah.. that's too obvious. . Hence the zebras nickname that I gave them.
Mntboy Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 Nah.. that's too obvious. . Hence the zebras nickname that I gave them.And more classy!
ScottCM Posted May 18, 2015 Posted May 18, 2015 After this weekends Stage 8 & 9 the top three look as follows: 1 (1) tombeej 1677 2 (2) Jay_B 1650 3 (3) Scott C-M 1629
Wez-O Posted May 18, 2015 Posted May 18, 2015 Not to hijack the Giro thread, but Sagan's performance on the Tour of California queen stage is one of the greatest cycling performances I've ever witnessed. The amount of pain he suffered through while out-climbing pre-race favourates like Robert Gesink and co was magical!
'Dale Posted May 18, 2015 Posted May 18, 2015 Not to hijack the Giro thread, but Sagan's performance on the Tour of California queen stage is one of the greatest cycling performances I've ever witnessed. The amount of pain he suffered through while out-climbing pre-race favourates like Robert Gesink and co was magical!
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Wez-O Posted May 18, 2015 Posted May 18, 2015 Haai Jack Over Yeah yesterdays sprint finish for the bonus points was nail-biting as well... MTN Qhubeka nearly ruined the party... Okay hi-jack really over.
tombeej Posted May 18, 2015 Posted May 18, 2015 I agree, that must surely have been the deepest he's ever gone and I'm sure he went to a very dark place that not many of us have ever experienced. Time must have slowed down to a point where every 10th of a second dragged out like an eternity. Takes a special kind of mental strength to stay in the moment and keep going. The only other time I've seen something similar was when Tyler Hamilton broke his collarbone in the 2003 TDF and not only did he finish 4th overall, but performed one of the greatest feats I've ever seen a human perform when he won stage 16 with a 142km solo breakaway with that broken collarbone. Sure he was a doper, but that doesn't mean he wasn't a very special rider as well. Ok, back to the Giro...
Patchelicious Posted May 18, 2015 Posted May 18, 2015 Haai Jack Over See, Spez can wheelie better than the Cannondale.... hi-jack now really really over.
Wez-O Posted May 18, 2015 Posted May 18, 2015 See, Spez can wheelie better than the Cannondale.... hi-jack now really really over.Nope, I think its down to the fact that he traded his Speedplay pedals for Look on the new bike
tombeej Posted May 18, 2015 Posted May 18, 2015 So back to the Giro.... I've been scratching my head at the antics of Tinkoff and Astana during this first week - but especially at the the race strategy of Tinkoff. It's all a bit mad and doesn't follow logic TBH. Almost as if a madhatter Russian playboy has taken over and is pulling the strings in the background, telling his riders to go off on all sorts of mad tangents... . I mean, what pro team sends one of their main lieutenants off the front of a stage only for the rest of his team to then try and chase him down. To what end?? Those two teams have been bashing each other over the head for the past 9 days, with not much to show for it. In my view, Sky have played the clever game and let them slug it out and burn all their matches in the first week while they hitched a free ride and waited to cover the moves. The Inner Ring shares my views. Here's his analysis - a good read (incl. the comments below): The Giro d’Italia One Week In
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