/cyc/ Giro d'Italia Stage 14

Time for the tough shit

2cat1 3cat2 and cat 3 climb today before the stage finishes in Corvara, Alta Badia.

Start of the stage right now, no idea when we will get pictures.

How will Movistar deal with the sitution to have their secondary rider in pink?
Will Astana just fuck the Peloton as usual and then wait for the Nibbler to finish the job?
Is there hope for Bob? (no)
Any chance for the outsiders (Zakkarin, Kruijswijk, Majka,Chaves, Uran Pozzovivo) or are they just window dressing waiting to get dropped yet again.

get comfy, tomorrow we have the possibly race deciding mountain ITT

>still no break

Such a great stage. I fear it won't be raced because of tomorrow's Mtt.
If Nibali is on form it's his for the taking. Chaves could go well being a Colombian.

sadly thats a good possibility

TIME FOR PURITO oh well

The 10 GC guys to finish together again.
What a time to be alive.

34 riders in the break.
1 for Astana:Zeits
2 for Movistar:Herrera and Betancur.
Betancur better be good.

yeah can't wait valverde to attack in the last 200m

Only to be out sprinted by Nibali

Betancur got dropped from the breakaway yesterday with around 60 kilometres remaining. He isn't fit.

PS: It's Herrada, not Herrera.

There could be gaps. The Passo Giau is really hard. Nobody seems willing (able?) to sustain an attack though.

I think today we'll at least see Zakarin and Amador come in 10 seconds behind.

and one sneaky irishman

Didn't even see him in the list. Lazy fucker needs to do some work.

Roglič in the break too. Kruiswijk maybe trying something.

Mikel Landa looking good for this stage

Feel free to play along.

Cabal Ewan is his new one

I'm predicting some top nibbling to happen about half way up the second to last climb, before being caught back up by 3/4 the way up, then nibbles to descend at the front of the GC group then they all finish together, apart from the daily Movistar meme tactic who might be about 45" ahead

I like the Harmon/Kelly couple, better than what one gets in Spain's Eurosport.

He's not doing "hot tea" as much this year...

I like the Spanish commentators enthusiasm.
Hatch & Kelly are good, much better than Carlton Kirby.

this kills the knees

...

Rob Hatch is great. Kelly seems comfortable with him, and comfortable Kelly is really good.

>non-ad-break tv showing handball instead of most of the stage
>forced to watch it on Adbreaksport instead
This is the worst thing that has happened to me in a long, long time. I pity the people who have to watch cycling on that shit channel regularly.

>mfw

Stay strong, buddy.

>lampre trying Earthing to get ulissi the maglia rosa

Not happening familias, stop deluding yourself lampre

I think he's going for the red jersey.

I guess that almost seals the KOM jersey for this giro

Apologies for the lack of salmon everyone
I've been away on an excavation

How has the race been so far?

aaaah, this Paolini play is wonderful
any italianon who has never watched it, please do

Welcome back John West lad. Excavate any new rare tunas?

It's been alright, had a bit of kittelwinslol early on, few shit flat stages that the gorilla bossed then left... Nibbles has nibbled a bit but not much. Movistar are trying "tactics"... its been alright...

It's been okay. Landa hand some bad sausage and left. Nibali is meh.

>cyclinghub stream
where does this motherfucker get the raw camera feed without ads and commentary?

Maybe from Eurosport? They do the same thing.

Who /valverde/ here

Also the play about Galilei is great

Betancur caught. God he's useless.

Jamaican me cry

and so is the one about Ustica, Venice, Ausmerzen, WWII...
really a wonderful author and performer

>Passions and interests
>Modeling
Wtf Nibali .

he is italian so you can expect him to be feminine

The Giro d’Italia’s fluffy wolf mascot will be banned from appearing when the race enters France next week after protests from a farmers’ group who complained his presence would be “pure provocation”.

Lupo Wolfie, who became the Giro’s mascot last year, was due to accompany the race when it enters the Hautes-Alpes department in south-eastern France for stages 19 and 20 next week.

However, his proposed presence has provoked outrage among Jeunes Agriculteurs 05 – a union that defends the interests of local farmers under the age of 35 – because they say it is mocking the number of attacks they have suffered on their livestock in recent months.

“The display of such a mascot in the midst of our pastures, which is supported by most environmental groups, is pure provocation that is not humanly acceptable to the farmers,” said a statement form the group. “Farmers are tired of seeing the wolf only presented to public opinion as a nice soft toy.”

Please be fake

wolves are pieces of shit

>French
>rioting about any old shit

seems likely

lmao

I'm sorry but I didn't look yet

>no hangover
>good giro stage and hockey war today
good saturday

>tfw cured my alcohol addiction and never have those "lost saturdays" spent almost entirely in bed after a friday night binger anymore

feels great man

if you have a couple of free hours you should
really entertaining and deep at the same time

I also got bored of losing half the weekend. I didnt usually lay in the bed, but just walked around like a zombie.

>Heshitdal

Stage 4, Catanzaro - Praia a Mare (first stage with a 'nervous finale'): gifted by the peloton to the counter-breakaway
Stage 6, Ponte - Roccaraso (first mountain top stage): gifted to the breakaway again
Stage 8, Foligno - Arezzo (again an interesting "salita", plus "sterrato" in the final kilometres): gifted to the breakaway
Stage 10, Bisenzio - Sestola: okay, this one is understandable due to its position and coming after the tricky resting day
Stage 13, Palmanova - Friuli (hard medium mountain stage with a difficult second-to-last ascent): gifted to the breakaway
Stage 14, Alpago - Corvara (queen stage through the Dolomites): ???

>Canadians in charge of riding a bicycle

Hesjedal abandon. Disappointing giro for him and Trek.

english acestream anyone?

>tfw cured my alcohol addiction
how? just willpower?
or were you actually addicted?

you are the hesjedal hating dane?

Yes. I mainly hate Vaughters and by extension Cannondale. I know Ryder doesn't ride for them anymore but I don't like him.

I used to have terrible self control and would regularly get hammered and drink at a way too fast tempo, which would result in puking during sleep or having a terrible day after

Now I kind of learned to slow down the tempo and drink less alcohol, I used to drink just because I felt I had to, now I'm actually able to drink slower and enjoy the beer

>Gianluca Brambilla will never be your teammate

>Valverde is your "teammate"

Nibali following Amador wherever he goes.

nearly time to do something, gc guys

Is Ruben Plaza going to hang on?

Probably not.

...

getting BTFO right now

based grand pa

>full kit wanker

it's his new year's resolution

>Not wearing your favourite cycling team jersey while riding.
Into the trash it goes.

here goes astana
time for murder

Astana doping activated

Soviet powered Astana time.

>lively stink

PRESIDENTIAL SPORTS CLUB ASTANA KAZAKHSTAN OF ASTANA

i hate them

ain't nuttin gone happen

They have there place in the sport. They are one of the big 4 teams, if they go, we are down to sky domination.

this, especially with tinkoff pissing off

i'd probably hate them too if they weren't basically an italian team
i still hate sky far more

This

The new Bahrain team could replace them as one of the big players.

Only Scarponi left for Nibbles

bird not on song today!!!!!

yeah but the UCI have banned camels in bike racing and you can't wear a helmet over a head towel

Great riding by Dombrowski

Here guys, have some smoke in your lungs

Off yourself Vogelsang

>installed new groupset to bike
>/iihf/
>cycling
Pretty comfy right now

Too far from the finish to attack. They'll regroup on the descent and go on the next climb.

>that Pantani banner
didn't ask for feels thank you

Male, model??

Amador DED

>amaswingingonthebackdor

Mechanical Campy Chorus. Still need to do some adjusting but it's mostly ready to ride now.

RIP

I prefer female models desu