Men's Road Cycling UCI Giro d'Italia 2018

[heywoodu 16,007]

19 minutes ago, Gigs said:

Great win for Wellens. And I still think Froome won't start the 2nd week. He will DNS on either stage 7 or stage 10, but after his arguably worst performance on this sort of finish since he became an elite rider, I'm even more convinced that he got injured in the crash in the time trial recon. 

Almost back to Froome before his magical transformation, when he was a Barloworld rider clinging to cars to be able to get up a relatively easy climb 

[dcro 10,210]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Almost back to Froome before his magical transformation, when he was a Barloworld rider clinging to cars to be able to get up a relatively easy climb 

 

And when he was Kenyan?

[heywoodu 16,007]

2 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

And when he was Kenyan?

That too I think  

[Gianlu33 5,278]

Giro d'Italia Stage 5: Agrigento - Santa Ninfea

At first, the stage is played out on flat roads running along the coast, on the ss. 115 trunk road, with a slightly more complicated passage through the centre of Sciacca. The second half, instead, running entirely through the Valle del Belice, is more demanding, with a few long but mild categorised climbs. In the second part of the route, the roadway is narrowed and very worn out at points. Final kilometres: the route descends slightly until 2,200 m before the finish. Here, the stage course turns right and takes in a short uphill stretch (approx. 1,200 m), with ramps peaking at 12%. The final kilometre descends slightly at first, and then runs gently uphill. The finish line sits on a 250-m long and 7.5-m wide asphalt straight.

[heywoodu 16,007]

Oh the irony  

 

 

[heywoodu 16,007]

It's Etna day 

[heywoodu 16,007]

And in important news, Sam crapped his pants during yesterday's stage.

 

 

[Gianlu33 5,278]

Giro d'Italia Stage 6: Caltanissetta - Etna

This will be the first summit finish. Like the previous two, the stage has a very wavy profile, and features an endless series of bends over the first 120 km. Past Paternò, the route takes a first-ever pass up the long closing climb that leads all the way to the Etna Astrophysical Observatory. Final kilometres: the final climb (15 km) begins in Ragalna. Over the first 10 km, the road is relatively wide, yet steep at points (max. gradient: 16%). The roadway narrows 5.5 km before the finish, as the route travels short lengths in the woods and on lava fields. Red flag: the route climbs and bends slightly until the final 150 m, where the road stretches out, with gradients around 6% (the finish line sits on a 6-m wide asphalt road).

[heywoodu 16,007]

Wow, Chaves, Oomen and Gesink in the big lead group, this is gonna be an interesting day 

[heywoodu 16,007]

Jesus what a group