Men's Road Cycling UCI World Tour 2023 (Giro d'Italia)

[heywoodu 16,182]

1 hour ago, Grassmarket said:

Vlasov also out, riders are mutinous.

 

 

And Almeida is feeling sick, but not yet out.

 

Daan Hoole will gain at least 10 places today!

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Stage 11

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FINAL KILOMETRES

[Grassmarket 4,128]

Friday's Alpine Stage gets a haircut, and the first big climb of the day, the ascent of the St Bernard Pass, has been cut out because of a shortage of hyper-cute dogs with kegs of brandy round their necks risk of avalanches.  So the race goes through the tunnel instead, but still finishes with two Cat 1 climbs.

[heywoodu 16,182]

13 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Friday's Alpine Stage gets a haircut, and the first big climb of the day, the ascent of the St Bernard Pass, has been cut out because of a shortage of hyper-cute dogs with kegs of brandy round their necks risk of avalanches.  So the race goes through the tunnel instead, but still finishes with two Cat 1 climbs.

It's a shame, but to be fair: for a semi-decapitated stage, it's still pretty damn hard  

[heywoodu 16,182]

Tao G. Hart is out of the Giro by ambulance, after a fall that wasn't that hard in terms of speed, but he came down very unfortunate and seems to have broken something  

 

Shortly after that, a Trek rider cut off Oscar Rodriguez, who then went to the side and crashed head-first into a sign and a house (but seemed to be somewhat ok).

 

Edit: Rodriguez is out as well. 

 

There's also 8 DNS's today again, including half the Soudal team with Vervaeke, Hirt, Cattaneo and Cerny.  Ballerini, Serry and Van Wilder are the only ones left there.

Edited May 17, 2023 by heywoodu

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Stage 12