heywoodu 13,499 Posted May 3, 2017 #1 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Men's Road Cycling UCI Giro d'Italia 2017 Various Cities (ITA) - 5 May 2017 - 28 May 2017 Totallympics Results Thread If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,546 Posted May 3, 2017 #2 Share Posted May 3, 2017 6 hours ago, heywoodu said: Giro organizers have decided to cancel the Premio Miglior Discesista, thank goodness. Well, finally it's a good news, i hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted May 4, 2017 Author #3 Share Posted May 4, 2017 The owners of a bar in Bormio have a special prize for stage 16, which goes over the mythical Mortirolo and Stelvio with the finish in Bormio....the heaviest rider to finish the stage gets 100 bottles of beer Tom Stamsnijder (NED, Sunweb) is the main favourite, being well over 80kg, followed by Rüdiger Selig (GER, Bora) who is apparently 80kg If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted May 4, 2017 Author #4 Share Posted May 4, 2017 A half hour ago they were still on the podium for the team presentation If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,113 Posted May 4, 2017 #5 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Not surprised about Pirazzi, always thought if there was any, he would be a leading candidate. Ruffoni is surprising and sad, because he had potential to be a good sprinter for the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted May 4, 2017 Author #6 Share Posted May 4, 2017 I guess it's too late to kick Bardiani out and give Androni the wildcard they deserve If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,113 Posted May 4, 2017 #7 Share Posted May 4, 2017 The 100th GIRO starts tomorrow and you can say it is open and interesting like every year. Quintana of course is infront for the win, but you never know if he abandons at some point. I have a strange feeling that the talk of a double isn't going to be a primal factor. One fall or bad day and i won't be surprised if he stepped and concentrated for the Tour. Hope i'm wrong. After him there is a wide range of people for the podium. I'm sure the dutch armada will have at least one of Dumoulin, Mollema or Kruijswijk on the podium. Sky this time have learned off all their mishaps the past years and are sending 2 guys for the GC, but still i think it won't be enough and they underperform. The Giro is not for you. Adam Yates is a hidden player for the podium, the Giro is often the plays where riders have their break-through and if things go his way, he can do some damage. Pinot is probably going to be a disappointment again, but let's see without the home pressure, how he does. And then there is one mister Vincenzo Nibali, who i'm not sure if he is going to be making an appearence. Once in a blue moon is not going to be enough. Especially now that he is not with the Astana train to pull him up. His team isn't competitive and if he really needs to be in top shape, if he want's to do something big. After all he is the only italian with a chance in the 100th edition. The whole nation is looking at him again (sorry Pozzo ) I hope the tragedy with Scarpa (RIP) puts some fire in his legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted May 4, 2017 Author #8 Share Posted May 4, 2017 My favourites for the win/podium: Quintana, Pinot, Nibali My opinion about the Dutch: Dumoulin is not a GC rider, I've said it before and I haven't changed my opinion. Kruijswijk was the best in the Giro last year but I doubt he'll beat Quintana. Good hopes for a podium though. Mollema probably has one day where he loses some minutes and his podium chance. As for the sprints: Gaviria vs Ewan vs Greipel, with possibly Modolo, Bennett and some 5th line sprinters trying out something as well. Possibly Nizzolo, depending on whether or not he's starting to warm up after only racing for less than a week this year. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted May 4, 2017 Author #9 Share Posted May 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, Federer91 said: Adam Yates is a hidden player for the podium, the Giro is often the plays where riders have their break-through and if things go his way, he can do some damage. I have Yates as my 'reserve loser' in a game In this game the 'loser' is one cyclist you select, who is expected to do good by the big public, but who you expect to not do good. The better the cyclist you choose as 'loser' is, the more you can win if he actually performs bad. I choose Bob Jungels, who together with Yates (and maybe Formolo) is someone everyone is expecting to really fight for top-5 positions but I seriously doubt they'll even finish in the top-15 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agger 1,576 Posted May 5, 2017 #10 Share Posted May 5, 2017 *****: Quintana ****: Nibali, Kruijswijk ***: Yates, Thomas, Pinot **: Zakarin, Dumoulin, Landa, Mollema *: van Garderen, Formolo, Pozzovivo, Jungels, Rui Costa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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