Giro 2016

tenacious1 · May 03, 2016, 10:01:57 AM

Starts Friday, 5/6/2016.
http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/

The route -- in honor of VP of Tea the first three stages are in the Netherlands this year.
http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/route/

(Should I post this in Yammering instead of here?)

tenacious1 · May 04, 2016, 01:37:50 PM

Power ranking for the 22 teams.

http://velonews.competitor.com/2016-giro-ditalia-teams-power-rankings

tenacious1 · May 09, 2016, 03:16:03 PM

Rest day.

Yes, really.

ctjim · May 10, 2016, 09:57:52 AM

Or as Lance used to call it, "New blood day !"
From the brief coverage I've seen, it looks like Kittel is having a good time.

tenacious1 · May 12, 2016, 03:01:32 PM

First summit finish was today. Things are starting to shake out a little bit.

Full Results
Rider Name (Country) Team

Result

1 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 4:40:05
2 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:19
3 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha
4 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:22
5 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Dimension Data 0:01:24
6 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
7 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-GreenEdge 0:01:29
8 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:01:33
9 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:36
11 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
12 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:39
13 Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:01:41
14 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Team Sky 0:01:43
15 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Trek-Segafredo
16 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Dimension Data
17 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
18 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
19 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - Merida
20 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
21 Rein Taaramae (Est) Team Katusha
22 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
23 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling

tenacious1 · May 13, 2016, 10:31:20 AM

12:06:26 CEST

Race leader Tom Dumoulin received a pizza as he went to sign on. Unclear if he ate it there and then or folded it up and stuffed it into his jersey.

wherestheportojohn · May 19, 2016, 10:01:51 PM

tenacious1 · May 23, 2016, 03:00:30 PM

Who the heck is Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo? And do you pronounce his last name?

After the uphill TT on Sunday he's leading by over 2 minutes. Nibali had a bad day and lost over two minutes.

Mrtambourineman · May 25, 2016, 06:41:32 PM

Quote from: tenacious1 on May 23, 2016, 03:00:30 PM
Who the heck is Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo? And do you pronounce his last name?

After the uphill TT on Sunday he's leading by over 2 minutes. Nibali had a bad day and lost over two minutes.

He'll make that up easily beside the team car.

tenacious1 · May 26, 2016, 10:46:14 AM

He's already got a cover story worked out in case he gets caught.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nibali-to-quit-the-giro-ditalia-if-tests-show-signs-of-illness/

ctjim · May 28, 2016, 08:54:10 AM

Yesterday's stage

Into a snowbank? Really?

tenacious1 · May 28, 2016, 08:29:26 PM

Was he just not paying attention? The clip I found doesn't show what led up to the crash.

tenacious1 · May 28, 2016, 08:30:07 PM

Quote from: Mrtambourineman on May 25, 2016, 06:41:32 PM
He'll make that up easily beside the team car.

You called it. He made it up.

Mrtambourineman · June 03, 2016, 04:17:06 PM

Quote from: tenacious1 on May 28, 2016, 08:30:07 PM
You called it. He made it up.