Men's Road Cycling UCI World Tour 2022 (Giro d'Italia)

[heywoodu 15,135]

Demare won the sprint today, at least half a millimeter ahead of Ewan. Gaviria was relegated to last place of the peloton after trying hard to push Cees Bol into the barriers (but luckily not succeeding, no idea what the fuck got into him there).

 

Other than that, it was an extremely uneventful stage, as was basically expected. Diego Rosa left the peloton after 30k or so to not die of boredom in the recreationally riding peloton, three Drone Hopper guys tried something for a bit without much luck and then we went to a 30k slow sprint preparation  

 

Tomorrow has all the makings to be a billion times better, so that's good!

[Agger 1,662]

Time for a terrifying stage for the sprinters. It will be difficult for them from the start to the finish!

[heywoodu 15,135]

4 hours ago, Agger said:

Time for a terrifying stage for the sprinters. It will be difficult for them from the start to the finish!

They all seem to have survived the beginning, so from then on it should be fine  

[heywoodu 15,135]

Still waiting for some camera shots from the back of the peloton on these climbs...we need to see who is dropping there to get a sense of what's happening, there isn't much use in just seeing the first ones of the bunch.

[heywoodu 15,135]

Tesfatsion thought the course went straight into the forests and fields.

[heywoodu 15,135]

Leaders/attackers are caught  

 

Maybe now we can actually start seeing what is happening in the race.

[heywoodu 15,135]

Oh wow, Yates already got dropped. 

[Grassmarket 3,396]

37 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Oh wow, Yates already got dropped. 

Just old school Ineos grinding so far.  Carapaz will attack soon, hopefully.

 

Yeah, just wanted to bank his winnings for next week.

[Olympian1010 7,971]

Great stage today. The MVDP v. Girmay battle continues to produce fantastic finishes. 

[Dunadan 1,103]

First cyclist to be taken to the hospital after he injured himself while trying to open the bottle on the podium I guess