Bud the Baker Posted May 13, 2018 Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 Stage 9 Yates Pinot Chaves Dumoulin loses 12secs, Froome 1min7secs - hard to see a winner out of the Top 4. Brief Results # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 5:54:13 2 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 3 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 4 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:04 5 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team 6 Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:10 7 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:12 8 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 9 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 10 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:00:24 General classification after stage 9 # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 37:37:15 2 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:32 3 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:38 4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:45 5 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:57 6 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team 0:01:20 7 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:33 8 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:02:05 9 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 10 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:02:25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted May 13, 2018 Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 It's looking like Froomes only hope of winning is to have an asthma attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted May 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 1 hour ago, TPAFKATS said: It's looking like Froomes only hope of winning is to have an asthma attack. We still have Yates well in there but fat lady and all that . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 We still have Yates well in there but fat lady and all that . . I don't see a fat lady winning it [emoji4] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 5 minutes ago, TPAFKATS said: I don't see a fat lady winning it She might if she's sorted for whizz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted May 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 1 hour ago, TPAFKATS said: I don't see a fat lady winning it I never stated that one would . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted May 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 What happens on a rest day. . https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ride_BMC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cyclingweekly.com%2Fnews%2Fracing%2Fgiro-ditalia%2Fbest-giro-ditalia-rest-day-tweets-2-379842 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 19 minutes ago, saintnextlifetime said: What happens on a rest day. . https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ride_BMC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cyclingweekly.com%2Fnews%2Fracing%2Fgiro-ditalia%2Fbest-giro-ditalia-rest-day-tweets-2-379842 That's a pity I kinda hoped the riders spent the day relaxing in an opium den or something similar...………………. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted May 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 15 minutes ago, Bud the Baker said: That's a pity I kinda hoped the riders spent the day relaxing in an opium den or something similar...………………. Maybe that's the riders sweethearts . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted May 15, 2018 Report Share Posted May 15, 2018 Too much opium for Chaves yesterday as he falls completely out of the picture losing 25 minutes. Yates (3secs) & Pinot (2secs) managed to sneak sprint bonuses. Froome back in Top 10 but admits Giro win unlikely. Quote Chris Froome says his bid to hold all three Grand Tour titles concurrently is not "likely" after crashes hampered his first week in the Giro d'Italia. The Team Sky rider wants to add the Giro to the Tour de France and La Vuelta crowns he won last year. But he is two minutes 27 seconds behind race leader and fellow British rider Simon Yates of Mitchelton-Scott. "It is a big gap," Froome told Team Sky's website. "I wouldn't say it's likely at this point." However, he added: "Stranger things have happened. We've got some extremely tough racing coming and we've got a long time trial as well." Aside from needing to make up ground on the pink jersey, Froome who is 11th, trails defending champion Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) by one minute 49 seconds. General classification after stage 10 # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 43:42:38 2 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:41 3 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:46 4 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:00 5 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team 0:01:23 6 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:36 7 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:02:08 8 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 9 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:02:28 10 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:02:30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted May 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2018 22 minutes ago, Bud the Baker said: Too much opium for Chaves yesterday as he falls completely out of the picture losing 25 minutes. Yates (3secs) & Pinot (2secs) managed to sneak sprint bonuses. Froome back in Top 10 but admits Giro win unlikely. General classification after stage 10 # Rider Name (Country) Team Result 1 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 43:42:38 2 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:41 3 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:46 4 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:00 5 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team 0:01:23 6 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:36 7 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:02:08 8 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 9 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:02:28 10 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:02:30 Froome admitted after his tumble in Jerusalem that he was not firing in all cylinders . Maybe he wont come good til the Tour in July . Anyway , young Simon continues to do us proud by leading the Corsa Rossa. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 (edited) Stage 11 To the arrival: 1. S. YATES (118) 2. T. DUMOULIN (1) 3. D. FORMOLO (71) Yates sprints in the final coupla kms to win the stage plus even more bonus seconds! To the arrival:1. S. YATES (118) 2. T. DUMOULIN (1) 3. D. FORMOLO (71)To the arrival:1. S. YATES (118) 2. T. DUMOULIN (1) 3. D. FORMOLO (71) Edited May 16, 2018 by Bud the Baker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted May 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 Sam Bennett wins today in the rain , whilst Yates is still 1st in the GC with Froomey now 12th. . http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/five-talking-points-stage-12-giro-ditalia-380404 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted May 18, 2018 Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 (edited) Viviani wins todays stage to go 40 points clear of Bennett in the Points Classification making him a strong favourite for this category. Chaves loses another 15 mins today coming in last by himself (by 5 mins) - any talk of him being a super-domestique for Yates is surely misplaced. Best to let Chaves retire before we hit the mountains tomorrow. Edited May 18, 2018 by Bud the Baker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted May 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 Froomey wins today's stage , moves up to 5th overall with a 3'10"sec time gap to young Simon Yates who is still leader overall in Maglia Rossa. .get in http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/?refresh_ce-cp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 What a ride from Yates today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted May 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 Simon has the chance here to become the first Briton to win the Giro. . "Don't f**k it up , Yates." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 Can't see Dumoulin making back enough in the time trial to catch Yates. Unless Yates has a post rest day 'mare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted May 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 So , after today's racing at the Giro , Yates still leads Dumoulin by almost a minute , would be good if he could stretch that lead a bit. . http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/?refresh_ce-cp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 (edited) Three mountain stages then the procession around Rome to go. Viviani must have the Points Classification in the bag, if he can stay in the saddle. The Maglia Rosa is Yates' to lose now...………………… ******************* For a guy in preparation for Le Tour & suffering a few crashes along the way Froomey's done remarkably well - easy £2million! Meanwhile cult hero Adam Hansen is en route to completing his 20th consecutive Grand Tour - currently 56th! Just done a wiki check - his best ever is 53rd - Come on Eileen Adam! Edited May 23, 2018 by Bud the Baker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amdsm Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 The cycling podcast were last night reporting that Paisley had been interested in bidding for the Grande Partenza in 2020 but now Cardiff is looking like they will bid and we have withdrawn because they will be too strong to compete with. How amazing would that be to have a Grand Tour in town? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 1 hour ago, amdsm said: The cycling podcast were last night reporting that Paisley had been interested in bidding for the Grande Partenza in 2020 but now Cardiff is looking like they will bid and we have withdrawn because they will be too strong to compete with. How amazing would that be to have a Grand Tour in town? Amazingly amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Yates loses half of his lead to DuMoulin - now 28 secs with 2 more mountain stages coming up. Squeaky Bum Time! I love this sport - I'm off to take some drugs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted May 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 I still think Yates can do it but he will need to keep his wits about him and be ready to respond . Even if he doesn't win it , he has still had a fantasic Giro . It has possibly been the most open race in years so far , which is great from a spectators point of view but maybe they should shorten the length of the stages and make them a bit punchier like the Vuelta , which is better from a spectators point of view. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 very sad Yates has cracked, over 12 minutes down, froome is doing an amazing ride out on his own and is possibly riding in to the pink jersey today, hope that this is not tarnished with the salbutamol thing hanging over him, nevertheless this is a spectacular effort by froome and I for one hope he wins the giro and holds all three grand tour titles at the same time. WTF! Just turned on eurosport and no mention on the graphic for Yates. 12 mins, jeez.Mustve been some asthma attack froome had last night... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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