/cyc/ Giro Stage 3 - Pink Gorilla edition

Tortoli to Cagliari 148km

>The Route: a short stage running south parallel to the coast and then west for the final 50 kilometres. The Capo Boi is a long drag up over and around a cape complete with hairpins but it’s 5-6% for two kilometres and won’t worry the sprinters

>The Finish: in Cagliari, Sardinia’s largest city. It’s flat and exposed to crosswinds as the race passes the salty lagoons before entering the city. With 3km to go there’s a gentle bridge over the river and an express road and the bridge slopes down to a large roundabout. After this there’s with a large road all the way to the finish. The asphalt ends with 350m to go, there are large flagstones and some of them look irregular, nothing wild but a few wide gaps can make the sprinters bounce

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>The stage is basically flat, with just mild and gentle undulations throughout the route. The first 90 kilometres are raced on a fast-flow road, passing through a number of well-lit tunnels. After leaving the ss. 125, the route runs across Villasimius (intermediate sprint) and takes in a few short climbs along the coastal road. KOM points are for grabs at Capo Boi. Then comes a perfectly flat stretch of road, leading to the finish (for the fourth time in the history of Giro) in Cagliari. The final 10 kilometres are completely flat. The roads are wide and with a number of roundabouts, but no tricky curves. The home straight is 800 m long, on 8-m wide asphalt road (up to the last 350m

Short stage and apparently cross tailwind. Could be some happenings. But most likely full peloton for the sprint.

Flat stages are comfy.

see you all in in 120km

Yep me too. Heading out for a quick spin.

I already did my ride. A chilly, average temp of 4°C, 60 km morning spin. Also as I was out on my winter/commuter bike that has no sensors I found out that my TICKR X HRM can through some black magic act as a cadence sensor.

Did some 20km of hecking hard MTB. After that ride I'm really happy that I bought full suspension bike, otherwise the saddle would have worked its way up my arse hole. So many roots and rocks.

>also forget to check stage 1 & 2 results
>no prologue
>some cheeky Austrian nobody has ever heard about got maglia rosa on stage 1
noice, dog bless Giro

Why is Lotto allowed to wear the yellow?

Não é a Volta da França. É a da Itália e lá usa-se camisa rosa e não amarela.

Ewan has looked the stronger sprinter to me, he was very unlucky yesterday. I think Ewan to win today

Should be cutting my hair right now but I feel unable to get off my couch

This is the right stage for it...

Yeah. I think I'll force myself to do it in a bit

you know you can pay people to do that for you, bro

Mareczko will get this

I can do it just as well and it only takes me 15-20 minutes.

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Yes

that french that recommended the l'equipe livestream.. you da real mvp

KINO

Same. At $20 a haircut plus tip, I'll just do it myself.

How can these guys with toothpick legs maintain 400w for 20 min?

>not getting haircuts by qt hairstylist students at 0 - 10 € per cut

My man

No way you can cut the back of your hair as good as the pros. NO WAY

tip its an anaerobic effort

>tfw you will never be a no-name domestique giving everything for your teamleader and being appreciated by the team for your efforts

It's a pretend there's going to be crosswinds stage

Ooh what is this now

Is there a livestream somewhere?

beta.ustreamix.com/stream.php?id=euro-sport-1-v2

Happens once and then the peloton is spooked for like a decade after.

Awesome! thanks!

Did 60km today on my vintage bike. First time taking it out on a hillier route, turns out you just have to htfu when your lowest gear is 42-22. I've been spoiled by my modern bike with a compact and 28 on the back.

Finally signed up to tinder. I did a beta test in a couple of US cities and my success rate wasn't awful. Got a few solid 8s, a half dozen who'd definitely be my type (academics who aren't ugly) and several super likes. Also got some traps and fatties but such is life This morning, I dipped my toe into a UK city I'm visiting next week and am getting sweet fuck all. Should I just move to America?

God I fucking hate sprint stages.

just find a whore on adultwork dude

>tfw you live on the coast and 60 km ride has grand total 144m of climbing

>American girls were all over me when I lived in US
>come back to Finland
>it's like I don't even exist to girls here
>tfw
I've been planning on getting myself back to US sometime soon.

>tinder
Just go to parties organised by your uni , and just pick em up there , girls who actually meet up are all disease ridden whores

It was good when it first started, but since then it has been taken over by bots.

lol @ Katusha TTT AGAIN

his teammates are going to have to give zakarin a bit of a kicking soon

American bitches jump on any cock with a funny accent.

Yeah I live in a really flat area, my hilly rides are riding around a river valley, so it's loads of short 10-15% grade hills. Nothing comfy you can settle into a rhythm on, just gotta grind it out.

Neat tower

>tfw the only climb in 40 km around me is the bridge above the highway passing through the area

>tfw this is where i live

same. 60km to heuvelland, 55k to oudenaarde. i wish we had more hills and mountains, i enjoy climbing very much

grass, water, fence, sexy neighbours. what more do you need?

That would be like giving up. Plus, there are a few things I want to do pertinent to my hobbies while I'm there and it would be incredibly expensive for five minutes of fun.

>tfw I live by the Peak District.

I have comparable success when I'm in the Balkans

>parties

Yeah I'm probably just going to give it a month before going back to my ex.

yeah same its the only thing i dont like about flanders tbqh

are you welsh perchance ?

Combine funny accent with blond hair and blue eyes and it gets almost too easy.

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I dream of extracting vapour without a cookerhood.

TYBBora

>could be crosswinds in the final 40km
>could be crosswinds in the final 30km
>could be crosswinds in the final 15km
>could be crosswinds in the final 25m

I reckon I'd let myself get bullied in the peleton

>punctured tires, punctured tires everywhere

@TrekSegafredo #Giro100 update from our press officer on the ground: in the last 12kms there is a very strong sidewind from the right.

#Believe

muh wind

Will France ever win Tour again?

>peloton
Just call it main group, for fuck's sake.

*contends the gc*

>calling it anythig other than Peloton

QUINTANA DOWN QUITNANA DOWN

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FINALLY
>MUH WIND

What a beautiful guy.

here we go lads

Jungels stronk

Who
>WIND
here?

Here we go

Jungels gonna win the league

>10m gap with 10km to go

THE RACE HAS EXPLODED!!!

PANDEMONIUM

Did Jungels do a big breakaway last year in the tour or someting?

fugggggg
poor greipel

>Greipel mechanical
reeee

Quickstep stronk

Nizzolo will cuck Quick Step

Watch this space

screencap this , quick step isnt gonna win this stage

>quick step tactics

Total explosion

Is that quickstep with like 4-5 riders in front? Can they fuck it up?

I think he did it in area one day races. He will win the TdF in the next 5 years

> quickstep
> Can they fuck it up?
friend...

This tbqh

6

7riders , yes they always fuck it up

6 (SIX) RIDERS

okay you are right, "how can they fuck it up".

>no gilbert to compensate for QS tactics with a herculean effort

yeah, quick step might as well go home

not watching, has quintaNO fucked up an wind stage again?

TY based wind

No way all the GC riders are in that Greipel group

Peleton comin' yo

Quickstep in charge of fucking up a 10km TTT

Go go go Bob

all down to jungels now