The Giro, my favourite tour of the year is only 2 weeks....

[Gen]

I'm watching AGAIN

At 4.2 kms

 

(Just to make sure I did not miss anything in the first place)

 

#obsessedfan

[emoji12]

[Gen]

What a good stage.. ????????????

 

But so so much respect for Brambilla. . That is exactly why Etixx are so popular. .what a team.

[tombeej]

What a good stage.. ????????????

 

But so so much respect for Brambilla. . That is exactly why Etixx are so popular. .what a team.

Ja absolutely, couldn't agree more. And another team I have all the time in the world for is Lotto Soudal.

 

There's something about the Belgian 'way' of bike racing that I have so much respect for.

 

Belgians have an attitude that they'd rather go 'all in' for the win than sit in the wheels and play the percentages. If you see an audacious long range 'hail mary' attack by someone on a super hard stage, 9 times out of 10 it's either a Belgian, or someone from a Belgian team.

 

They are impervious to hardship, they don't complain about circumstances or come up with excuses when they fall short. They will ride themselves into the ground for their teammates and are happiest when their buddies win. They don't seem to have any prima donna egos (they don't take themselves very seriously). They ride with a carefree freedom that is such a contrast to the militaristic disciplinarian Skyborgs, Astana, Movistar, etc. They attack on instinct and 6th sense, not just blindly following a pre-planned instruction.

 

And the non-Belgians who join these teams (Greipel, Gallopin, Brambilla, Terpstra, Jungels, Kwiatkowski, etc) soon adopt all these qualities too.

 

[And that's why I think Sagan just has to be on a Belgian team. Reading those qualities again, well they describe Sagan perfectly. No other environment will be as enabling for Peter as a Belgian setup would be.]

[HappyMartin]

Sagan would look good at Ettix Tombeej. I agree with your comments on the Belgiums. Look what they did for Chavanel.

['Dale]

Hard to believe it's Valverde'a debut at Giro

[GrumpyOldGuy]

Hard to believe it's Valverde'a debut at Giro

Yah, hardly broke a sweat today. Nibali seems to have recovered a bit but I still doubt his form, Valverde and Chavez look much stronger to me.

[Gen]

Hard to believe it's Valverde'a debut at Giro

Really.. goodness..I did not know that.

 

How did I not know that.

 

Sure looks like the planets are aligning for him

[Gen]

Ja absolutely, couldn't agree more. And another team I have all the time in the world for is Lotto Soudal.

 

There's something about the Belgian 'way' of bike racing that I have so much respect for.

 

Belgians have an attitude that they'd rather go 'all in' for the win than sit in the wheels and play the percentages. If you see an audacious long range 'hail mary' attack by someone on a super hard stage, 9 times out of 10 it's either a Belgian, or someone from a Belgian team.

 

They are impervious to hardship, they don't complain about circumstances or come up with excuses when they fall short. They will ride themselves into the ground for their teammates and are happiest when their buddies win. They don't seem to have any prima donna egos (they don't take themselves very seriously). They ride with a carefree freedom that is such a contrast to the militaristic disciplinarian Skyborgs, Astana, Movistar, etc. They attack on instinct and 6th sense, not just blindly following a pre-planned instruction.

 

And the non-Belgians who join these teams (Greipel, Gallopin, Brambilla, Terpstra, Jungels, Kwiatkowski, etc) soon adopt all these qualities too.

 

[And that's why I think Sagan just has to be on a Belgian team. Reading those qualities again, well they describe Sagan perfectly. No other environment will be as enabling for Peter as a Belgian setup would be.]

Well said [emoji122] [emoji122]

[Gen]

And the plot thickens

 

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sky-teammates-were-not-told-of-landas-illness-says-boswell/?utm_content=buffer03080&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

['Dale]

And the plot thickens

 

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sky-teammates-were-not-told-of-landas-illness-says-boswell/?utm_content=buffer03080&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 

 

Oh 

['Dale]

Today's procession over 220 plus kms

 

http://static2.giroditalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/T11_Asolo_alt-PRE.jpg

[Cav']

Pics of stage 10 yesterday:

[Cav']

http://www.steephill.tv/2016/giro-d-italia/photos/stage-10/104000_aec5e03b-7c6c-4a4c-ae3c-46b2dd72869c.jpg

[Cav']

His last sign in..

http://www.steephill.tv/2016/giro-d-italia/photos/stage-10/104500_bf4d4639-c69e-4810-965e-e3ee0cc988e2.jpg

[Cav']

http://www.steephill.tv/2016/giro-d-italia/photos/stage-10/111030_52e56df3-6f09-471d-8918-f5bbca2acbf3.jpg

[Cav']

http://www.steephill.tv/2016/giro-d-italia/photos/stage-10/132308_589755942.jpg