Giro D'Italia 2024: Chirps, Buzz and Updates

[peepeekaitjie]

9 minutes ago, FondTF2 said:

Not sure if all are Covid related

Overview of DNS

Israel - Premier Tech

WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads (illness)

POZZOVIVO Domenico (covid)

Groupama - FDJ

KÜNG Stefan (planned exit, taking rest for next goals)

Soudal - Quick Step

EVENEPOEL Remco (covid)

Intermarché - Circus - Wanty

BYSTRØM Sven Erik (covid)

TAARAMÄE Rein (gastrointestinal problems)

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URÁN Rigoberto (covid)

Team Jayco AlUla

SCOTSON Calum (covid)

[lechatnoir]

48 minutes ago, peepeekaitjie said:

Overview of DNS

Israel - Premier Tech

WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads (illness)

POZZOVIVO Domenico (covid)

Groupama - FDJ

KÜNG Stefan (planned exit, taking rest for next goals)

Soudal - Quick Step

EVENEPOEL Remco (covid)

Intermarché - Circus - Wanty

BYSTRØM Sven Erik (covid)

TAARAMÄE Rein (gastrointestinal problems)

EF Education-EasyPost

URÁN Rigoberto (covid)

Team Jayco AlUla

SCOTSON Calum (covid)

Watching the in-car interview confirmed Rigoberto as my favourite WT rider... seeing him exit is sad news. as is the exit of all the other riders, but especially Rigo...

[mikkelz]

2 hours ago, peepeekaitjie said:

😂😂😂

 

https://www.bicycling.com/racing/a43896643/remco-evenepoel-martin-hvastija-covid/

What a doorknob!

[SwissVan]

18 minutes ago, mikkelz said:

What a doorknob!

Who?

Remco or the author??

[mikkelz]

37 minutes ago, SwissVan said:

Who?

Remco or the author??

Quote

Appearing on the Slovenian podcast SOS-echoes, director of the Slovenian national team Martin Hvastija didn’t hold back when asked about Remco Evenepoel, who had just abandoned the race in the wake of a positive COVID-19 test. “I don’t believe it,” Hvastija told podcast hosts Toni Gruden and Slavko Jerič, offering his opinion in a way that echoed the trademark bluntness of Evenepoel’s Belgian countryfolk.

🙄🙄🙄

[Ispeed_V]

Stage 10 dropouts /  DNS getting worse.

Vlasov abandoned due to illness.

 

[Jbr]

At this rate Cavendish might top 10 on GC

Edited May 16, 2023 by Jbr

[lechatnoir]

That was a beast of a stage. mad conditions. Kudos to Magnus. And Gee and de Marchi as well... they all did a fantastic job.

I sense the fallout will march on after this. It sure couldn't have helped at all

['Dale]

Just add water.💗

Today was such a hard day. It was one of the hardest stages I’ve done on a bike. To end up with a win is unbelievable.”

- Magnus Cort, who completes the  triple, having won a stage in every Grand Tour. 

 

Edited May 16, 2023 by 'Dale

[peepeekaitjie]

another 5 dropouts:

These riders test positive for COVID-19:

•  GANDIN Stefano (Team Corratec - Selle Italia)
•  HIRT Jan (Soudal - Quick Step)
•  ČERNÝ Josef (Soudal - Quick Step)
•  CATTANEO Mattia (Soudal - Quick Step)
•  VERVAEKE Louis (Soudal - Quick Step)

[Ispeed_V]

Not Giro but Jours de Dunkerque.

These boys are bloody tough. 

[Holmsie]

3 minutes ago, peepeekaitjie said:

another 5 dropouts:

These riders test positive for COVID-19:

•  GANDIN Stefano (Team Corratec - Selle Italia)
•  HIRT Jan (Soudal - Quick Step)
•  ČERNÝ Josef (Soudal - Quick Step)
•  CATTANEO Mattia (Soudal - Quick Step)
•  VERVAEKE Louis (Soudal - Quick Step)

Were the Soudal - Quick Step guys in the same chopper as Remco? 

[Ispeed_V]

Not a pretty picture.

[Bub Marley]

This has basically spoilt the whole Giro for me now. I’m interested in whether all those riders are actually sick or if they have been sent home just because they’re positive. I also think the teams are worried about spreading so it could be that they’re positive but not sick but they dont want to risk it spreading further. However, in saying that surely if they’re on the same team, the likelihood of everyone contracting is pretty high. Either way its just a mess and Covid does its best to mess everything up yet again.

 

I hope this means Remco does the Tour now. 

[Vetplant]

38 minutes ago, Bub Marley said:

SNIP

 

I hope this means Remco does the Tour now. 

🤞Remco vs Pog vs Vingegaard

Yes please!

[splat]

On 5/16/2023 at 4:27 PM, Jbr said:

At this rate Cavendish might top 10 on GC