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


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Ja.. and how boring... the day I don't have to run around..

 

 

Oh no....

At least it'll buy some time if you run around :blink:

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Oh no....

At least it'll buy some time if you run around :blink:

Will it be terrible if i am not too dissapointed if my son's hockey team dont win their quarter finals on Saturday morning.. cause if they do they have to play semis in the afternoon and it's in Rustenburg. ...if they get knocked out on Saturday morning I can still make it back for the cycling. . But any afternoon games and I won't see a darn thing.[emoji53]
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Gee, rest days are tough. I've even been reading posts by known idiots today.

 

Who pulls out tomorrow, a la Landa, due to a bad blood bag?

Rest days are bad.. I am sending messages without even knowing it.. [emoji53]

 

So who ever gets gets a message from me advertising Tapatalk. . Sorry (dale was the first recipient ).. donno how that happened.. but the app works for me [emoji12]

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Giro prizes: More than just the pink jersey

 

The final rest day of the Giro is upon us, with 15 days of racing behind the peloton, and the battles for the big prizes are all clearly established. Pink, blue, red, white — the jerseys of the Giro are the main prizes, the battles we talk about every day, but there are a number of other, more obscure competitions too.

Here’s a look at the prizes nobody talks about, and where the prize pot of 1,377,210 euros goes...

 

Read more at http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/05/giro-ditalia/giro-prizes-whats-available-on-the-corsa-rosa_406987

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Rest days.. sure make for some interesting tweets.. that is a cloth. . I did the whole zoom in [emoji15] Well I think it is a cloth[emoji53]

 

 

EDIT.. no never mind.. it may not be a cloth after all

 

 

(Pippo you naughty boy)

 

 

Okay.. I can put the link back.. cause thanks to the reflection in the window I can confirm that it is indeed a cloth and not Pippo in all of his glory.

 

 

First Pippo Pozzato messes with my mind, then Game of Thrones does .. it seems I needed 2 mind ducks to see clearly

 

https://twitter.com/PippoPozzato/status/734795170122698753

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132 kms

It'll flush the legs well after rest day

 

Week 3: Here we go  :devil:

 

http://static2.giroditalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/PW_T16_Andalo_alt-1.jpg

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132 kms

It'll flush the legs well after rest day

 

Week 3: Here we go [emoji317]

 

http://static2.giroditalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/PW_T16_Andalo_alt-1.jpg

Ouch
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As you can see, just 132 kilometres but there are two big climbs on the menu, along with a short one just shy of the finish. The two biggies are listed as second-category but don’t be fooled; the Passo della Mendolo is turtuously long at 15km (average 6.5%), while the 10km Fai della Paganella has an average of 7.4% with ramps of 15%.

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The team buses have pulled up in Bressanone and riders are currently signing on. They'll be rolling out at around 13.30 local time, and racing proper will begin some 10 minutes later.

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