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Sky are saying Porte injured his knee in the crash yesterday and its looking likely he may pull out of the giro to go be super domestique for Froome at the tour. I think he's just given up.
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serious gaylord posted:Sky are saying Porte injured his knee in the crash yesterday and its looking likely he may pull out of the giro to go be super domestique for Froome at the tour. I think he's just given up. All their riders get injuries and pull out when they're doing crap
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serious gaylord posted:Sky are saying Porte injured his knee in the crash yesterday and its looking likely he may pull out of the giro to go be super domestique for Froome at the tour. I think he's just given up. I don't really blame him, he got a poo poo ruling handed down and bad luck struck yesterday. Porte told media yesterday that his knee was hosed in that crash. He is 17th now and could probably get into the top 10 by the end of all the mountains, but Sky don't exactly race for top 10. If he can't get on the podium, he may as well be a bigger asset to Froome in July. I don't think it'll hurt him contract wise. Looks like Contador found a bloody steak last night. I was really hoping Aru would have a wheel mishap.
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May 23, 2015 18:31
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serious gaylord posted:They didnt exactly come from nobodies. They're on poo poo, but lets not be hysterical now. Yes they did. Froome and Porte are both jumped up (and enhanced) domestiques. Nothing more. Porte was Contadors domestique and a pretty poor one at that.
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May 23, 2015 21:16
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If anyone was watching the whole broadcast, there was a sign on the ground that said W IL GIRO. Where W is Viva, which you'd know if you'd read the apocryphal origins of the Wilier brand  Or were Italian.
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May 23, 2015 22:31
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Giro fuckin stinks this year.
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May 24, 2015 02:50
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Nah, it owns, dude.
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May 24, 2015 10:36
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Vanderwalle has apparently lost a bit of his finger after a crash in the time trial yesterday.
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May 24, 2015 12:11
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Sky just can't deal at the Giro, discuss.
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May 24, 2015 14:34
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Sky only have one decent GC guy and he doesnt give a poo poo about the Giro.
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May 24, 2015 14:42
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Astana spent the last 10km's forcing the pace and Aru can't even follow his last guy. Farcical.
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May 24, 2015 15:47
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Was telling my riding b yesterday before the TT that Contador is chill for the GC, something's wrong with Aru.
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May 24, 2015 16:23
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Bad blood bag during the rest day.
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May 24, 2015 20:06
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Porte gave up 28 minutes today.
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May 24, 2015 20:35
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Either setting himself for stage wins or he's actually injured.
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May 24, 2015 21:00
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serious gaylord posted:Porte gave up 28 minutes today. I only watched the end of the stage on youtube, I assumed Porte had DNSed and was already in Tiede getting ready to tow Froome up mountains in July.
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May 25, 2015 02:14
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He probably sat up and cruised, can't blame him really.
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May 25, 2015 08:34
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Porte has withdrawn, citing medical advice.
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May 25, 2015 14:50
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Gutless.
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May 25, 2015 18:46
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Contador says gently caress your selfie stick
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Talansky on a long solo attack at the US nats.
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That would be cool if he doubled up.
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May 25, 2015 21:43
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So does Konig get Richie's marginal gains special snowflake camper now?
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May 25, 2015 21:49
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Its a bit weird that the US has held the national championships during a grand tour.
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Sums it all up really.
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Is there a reason they don't do them at the same time as everyone else?
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serious gaylord posted:Is there a reason they don't do them at the same time as everyone else? Maybe its to try and get more top riders to ride the TOC?
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serious gaylord posted:Is there a reason they don't do them at the same time as everyone else? Its memorial day weekend
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serious gaylord posted:Is there a reason they don't do them at the same time as everyone else? all the other weekends in chattanooga are booked with chili cookoffs, bluegrass festivals, or prayer rallies.
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May 26, 2015 02:55
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Can't wait to see the drama when Contador does the double this year.
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Pocket posted:Can't wait to see the drama when Contador does the double this year. Im wondering if he'll do the vuelta too just to take the piss.
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Hm, what's happened to Bert? He's suddenly in the back with a number of team mates around him. Some sort of technical? e: my brain can't do two things at once, I was writing an email which included the word technical so naturally my brain changed the wording in the post from mechanical to technical Xabi fucked around with this message at 14:07 on May 26, 2015 |
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Xabi posted:Hm, what's happened to Bert? He's suddenly in the back with a number of team mates around him. Some sort of technical? Probably. Seems like the race splintered a bit on the descent. Probably not a real problem for him, assume he'll be back in the group before the climb starts.
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May 26, 2015 14:01
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I wasn't watching at the time, but I heard them mention a team mate giving Contador his front wheel, so it could have been a mechanical.
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Action! Looks like AC will have to do some work himself soon
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The Tinkoff team is weak as hell, Kreuziger's the only one left with Bert.
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Xabi posted:The Tinkoff team is weak as hell, Kreuziger's the only one left with Bert. I think that won't matter too much as long as AC gets up to Aru et al before the foot of the climb. He can manage just fine on his own then. It's the flat area that is the problem.
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Looks like it's shaping up where Contador is going to have to do the bulk of the work on the climb. Not sure his teammate is going to be able to pull him up to the peloton before the climb starts.
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They've started climbing and Contador has already distanced all of his team mates. Apparently he's only 39 secs behind the front and he started around 50 secs behind at the foot of the climb.
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