Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 3:48 pm
Viviani was fortunate to get through there.
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The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
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Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 3:50 pm
Bennett crossed the line there .... Might get away with it because he lost
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 4:29 pm
Todays stage in the Tour de Yorkshire is absolutely horrific. Endless 2km 12% climbs
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 7:14 pm
Didn't see any of it today but Froome lost a good bit of time again (17s), I think he is 55s down on Dennis and 54 on Dumoulin.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 4:45 pm
Battaglin with the win.
Very nice finish to that stage.
Very nice finish to that stage.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 4:15 pm
Great ride from Esteban Chavez, Simon Yates just behind. Looking like a real contender (Yates).
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 4:26 pm
That was very impressive. Michelton Scott looking incredibly strong.
I had picked Pinot for the stage win.
I had picked Pinot for the stage win.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 5:36 pm
Great ride from Yates & Chaves - will be interesting to see if they can keep it up. It's shaping up to be an interesting race - will Yates, Pinot & the chasing pack put enough time on Dumoulin before the ITT on stage 16?
I wouldn't write off Froome either - he's a better climber than Dumoulin, and a better TT'er than the climbers - but he looks like he needs to ride himself into a bit of form first (or grab a couple of breaths from his inhaler
) - he's got time as well - most of the hard climbing is in the final week - so if he's come in undercooked, hoping to peak for the final stages it may well pay off.
I wouldn't write off Froome either - he's a better climber than Dumoulin, and a better TT'er than the climbers - but he looks like he needs to ride himself into a bit of form first (or grab a couple of breaths from his inhaler
) - he's got time as well - most of the hard climbing is in the final week - so if he's come in undercooked, hoping to peak for the final stages it may well pay off.Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 5:04 pm
Sam Bennett takes the win today. First Irishman since Stephen Roche in 87 to win a stage at the Giro.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 6:55 pm
Long time since we had a winner 
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 10:43 pm
Delighted for Bennett. A win like this has been a long time coming for him, and this Giro really looked like a “if he doesn’t do it this year, he never will” kind of chance for him.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Sun May 13, 2018 4:07 pm
Some stage that! Great finish with everyone having a go. Get win for Yates, strong stuff. Chavez looking good too.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 12:42 pm
Chaves having a very bad day today; on his own 2m45s down on the peloton. Might have underestimated the tough start today. Or could be sick.
MS teammates are all back with Chaves now. Could be bad news for Yates.
MS teammates are all back with Chaves now. Could be bad news for Yates.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 1:39 pm
All of them? That’s madness, surely they’d keep at least half the team with the Maglia Rosa?Bullettyme wrote:Chaves having a very bad day today; on his own 2m45s down on the peloton. Might have underestimated the tough start today. Or could be sick.
MS teammates are all back with Chaves now. Could be bad news for Yates.
Edit; sounds like some with Yates, some with Chaves, and poor ol’ man Svein Tuft is in the Grupetto.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 1:43 pm
Had read Yates only had one with him, I think MS has 3 with Chaves so must be 3 up with Yates.DOB wrote:All of them? That’s madness, surely they’d keep at least half the team with the Maglia Rosa?Bullettyme wrote:Chaves having a very bad day today; on his own 2m45s down on the peloton. Might have underestimated the tough start today. Or could be sick.
MS teammates are all back with Chaves now. Could be bad news for Yates.
Edit: just to say I wasn't watching up the live stream just a text feed!
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 1:55 pm
Just tuned in. 3 with Chaves , 2 with Yates. QuickStep were chasing with the back group for Viviani, but they’ve sat up now. Gap out to nearly 4 minutes.
Sounds like there’s a chance Bennett is in the front group. He’ll be delighted if there’s a sprint without Viviani.
Sounds like there’s a chance Bennett is in the front group. He’ll be delighted if there’s a sprint without Viviani.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 1:59 pm
Yates takes the 3 bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint as if to say “screw you guys, I’m still leading this race.”
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 3:11 pm
Looks like Sam Bennett is in the pink jersey group alright. Good opportunity for him now.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 4:22 pm
Bennett takes 3rd. Thought that was good from Mohoric after getting into a less than ideal position.
Poor Esteban is right, hopefully he'll still be smiling
Poor Esteban is right, hopefully he'll still be smiling
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 5:55 pm
Tomorrow's stage looks pretty good. 2x Cat 3 climbs along the way. I doubt they will get rid of the sprinters, but there's a short ramp at the finish which will definitely see them being distanced.
Looks like another Wellens/Battaglin type of finish if the breakaway survives.
Looks like another Wellens/Battaglin type of finish if the breakaway survives.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 4:08 pm
Impressive again from Yates.
Suppose he's going to try and hammer it home before the ITT at stage 16. He was only 20" behind Dumoulin in the opening stage.
Could be a stage for Sam Bennett tomorrow, very flat.
Suppose he's going to try and hammer it home before the ITT at stage 16. He was only 20" behind Dumoulin in the opening stage.
Could be a stage for Sam Bennett tomorrow, very flat.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 4:58 pm
This Giro has hardly started yet, the 3 biggest mountain stages have not yet happened (which includes Saturday's final at the Zoncolan).
I remain doubtful that Yates can sustain this type of performance over 3 weeks in grand mountain stages.
Dumoulin hot favourite, but watch out for Pinot and Pozzovivo, both are in great form and will ride hard in the long climbs.
I remain doubtful that Yates can sustain this type of performance over 3 weeks in grand mountain stages.
Dumoulin hot favourite, but watch out for Pinot and Pozzovivo, both are in great form and will ride hard in the long climbs.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 7:01 am
Pozzovivo is a big surprise to be so highly placed this far into the race. But yes, we haven’t seen any true high mountains yet, so it’s hard to read much into Yates’ form until he’s gotten over the big lumps.
And Dumoulin will put time into him on the TT. His bro just lost a minute and a half to Tejay VanGarderen over a similar distance in California, and Dumoulin is a step or 2 above TJ.
And Dumoulin will put time into him on the TT. His bro just lost a minute and a half to Tejay VanGarderen over a similar distance in California, and Dumoulin is a step or 2 above TJ.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 9:18 am
I'm not sure i agree with that - Yates is the better climber & the fact that the has got a 40+ second gap before the ITT (like you said: before the serious climbing has even begun) makes him the favourite in my opinion.Xupi wrote:This Giro has hardly started yet, the 3 biggest mountain stages have not yet happened (which includes Saturday's final at the Zoncolan).
I remain doubtful that Yates can sustain this type of performance over 3 weeks in grand mountain stages.
Dumoulin hot favourite, but watch out for Pinot and Pozzovivo, both are in great form and will ride hard in the long climbs.
Pinot & Pozzovovo are in the running as well - but not sure whether their TTs are better than Yates (Pinot used to be terrible - but I know he's been trying to improve recently)
Can't wait for Saturday (& Sunday)s stages
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 12:47 pm
I think today will be a little dull.P in VG wrote:I'm not sure i agree with that - Yates is the better climber & the fact that the has got a 40+ second gap before the ITT (like you said: before the serious climbing has even begun) makes him the favourite in my opinion.Xupi wrote:This Giro has hardly started yet, the 3 biggest mountain stages have not yet happened (which includes Saturday's final at the Zoncolan).
I remain doubtful that Yates can sustain this type of performance over 3 weeks in grand mountain stages.
Dumoulin hot favourite, but watch out for Pinot and Pozzovivo, both are in great form and will ride hard in the long climbs.
Pinot & Pozzovovo are in the running as well - but not sure whether their TTs are better than Yates (Pinot used to be terrible - but I know he's been trying to improve recently)
Can't wait for Saturday (& Sunday)s stages
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 4:08 pm
Oh man what a finish from Bennett! Watts galore.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 4:10 pm
Woo hoo Bennett again!!!!! 
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 4:12 pm
It was a dull stage.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 4:13 pm
Don't care. One of our own has won the stageMick Mannock wrote:It was a dull stage.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 4:19 pm
Meh, sad existence for him. Wasn't much going on, and shite weather, but the end was exciting.iarmhiman wrote:Don't care. One of our own has won the stageMick Mannock wrote:It was a dull stage.
Fair play to Bennett, particularly going on his own there. Another stage that looks to suit him tomorrow too
might have a chance to catch Viviani, 22 between them.Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 6:02 pm
I was looking up previous Irish Giro stage winners, of which Roche is the only other. Had a wee nosey over at Sean Kelly's palmares. Always a good read. Mad.
Spoiler: show
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 8:15 pm
I watched a video the other day of the An Post Chain Reaction team going for a mosey in King Kelly's "trophy room", more like trophy basement. All his old jerseys and the cobbles and everything were there, I'd say it would be great for a look around.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 8:26 pm
Pinot and Pozzovivo are both poor TT riders. But both (in particular the former, but the latter is in superb form as evidenced in Romandie) are normally better climbers than Yates.P in VG wrote: I'm not sure i agree with that - Yates is the better climber & the fact that the has got a 40+ second gap before the ITT (like you said: before the serious climbing has even begun) makes him the favourite in my opinion.
Pinot & Pozzovovo are in the running as well - but not sure whether their TTs are better than Yates (Pinot used to be terrible - but I know he's been trying to improve recently)
Its however possible that Yates has climbed up one ladder this season, we will soon find out.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 8:51 pm
Also if you look at his classics results, he was only outside the top 20 of a monument that he started, 5 times in the whole of the 1980s. And he won 7 of them. And 2 more in the 90s.etherman wrote:I was looking up previous Irish Giro stage winners, of which Roche is the only other. Had a wee nosey over at Sean Kelly's palmares. Always a good read. Mad.
Spoiler: show
Phenomenal win by Bennett today, showing the awareness as well as the speed and using the breakaways as a bridge. The way he’s riding in this Giro you start to think he might have a little bit more to his bow than just a finishing kick.
Bora sent Bennett and Formolo to the Giro and their big names Majka and Sagan to California. At this stage, it looks possible that they’ll get better results at the Giro.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 4:01 pm
Viviani takes today's stage, Bennett second.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 6:45 pm
Just seen the finish. Viviani slapped them all down today.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 6:48 pm
Gaviria also looking very rapid in California. I think he will win a handful of Tour stages this year.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 7:02 pm
Bennett seems to be a a sprinter too small for the big boys but can survive a climb. Similar to Freire... If perhaps not quite as explosive as him either.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 7:09 pm
Bennett is doing really well in the GC. Excellent cyclist.nardol wrote:Bennett seems to be a a sprinter too small for the big boys but can survive a climb. Similar to Freire... If perhaps not quite as explosive as him either.
Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 7:13 pm
Who cares about ozziesMick Mannock wrote:Bennett is doing really well in the GC. Excellent cyclist.nardol wrote:Bennett seems to be a a sprinter too small for the big boys but can survive a climb. Similar to Freire... If perhaps not quite as explosive as him either.