Road Cycling 2016 Discussion Thread

[Agger 1,700]

Great stage by Fuglsang. Attacking far away to help Nibali but still ends up as no. 2!

[India 0]

 Antigua and Barbuda was given a wildcard in the women's road race (so a country has dropped a spot it appears) however Antigua has also now withdrawn from the event. 

Edited May 12, 2016 by India

[heywoodu 16,004]

2 hours ago, Federer91 said:

Yup, Dumoulin is here just for the TTs.  He is doing the same like in the Vuelta, chalking up time in the early stages, before the real mountains hit. And after sunday he will have a very good lead 1:30, maybe 2 minutes from the rest of the favourites, so he is definately not just walking around.  Maybe he won't have the legs in the big stages to keep a podium finish, but a top 6 position like in the Vuelta is quite possible. Speaking of podium finishes Zakarin and Chavez are looking very good for me and i think they can make a big surprise by the end. Nibali still in no form, poor performance today, but maybe it is a good thing to not peak early. 

I still don't think Dumoulin will finish in the top-10 and I'm not even sure about top-20

 

Today was only quite a minor climb and Nibali was weak  

[Gianlu33 5,278]

On 12/5/2016 at 20:40, heywoodu said:

I still don't think Dumoulin will finish in the top-10 and I'm not even sure about top-20

 

Today was only quite a minor climb and Nibali was weak  

Yes, but you know, the Giro isn't decided in 1st week, we must wait Dolomiti and Alps 

[heywoodu 16,004]

3 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

Yes, but you know, the Giro isn't decided in 1st week, we must wait Dolomiti and Alps 

Exactly, which is why I don't think Dumoulin will finish in the top-10  

 

Nibali is still the favourite. 

[heywoodu 16,004]

Peter Koning of the Netherlands leaves the Iranians minutes behind in stage 2 of the Tour of Iran 

Edited May 14, 2016 by heywoodu

[Henry_Leon 1,588]

Gianluca Brambilla won today and is new leader!!!! 
Other two Italian on podium od the day: 2nd Montaguti and 3rd Moser.

Bad day for Dumoulin finish at 2'51" and fall down in general standing is 11° at 1'05"

[mihamiha 124]

amazing race for roglič once again

[mihamiha 124]

roglič won stage in giro.amazing

third slovenian stage win in history in giro

        
  1. P. ROGLIČ         SLO       51:45
  2. M. BRANDLE        AVT       +0:10
  3. V.-S. LÄNGEN      NOR        0:17
  4. F. CANCELLARA     ŠVI        0:28
  5. A. VOROBJEV       RUS        0:30
  6. B. JUNGELS        LUK        0:45
  7. S. KUNG           ŠVI        0:58
  8. J. VAN EMDEN      NIZ        1:08
  9. M. TJALLINGII     NIZ        1:16
 10. A. AMADOR         KOS        1:19

 

[heywoodu 16,004]

The rain gave Roglic the win, which is awesome because I was a little sad he missed out on the win in the 1st stage...a former professional ski jumper wins a GT stage, what a day