Laurent Fignon - Giro
Ladies and gentlemen, prepare for the Giro, 2016, starting in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands and finishing in Torino, Italy. Here is a provisional start list. The riders make the race so it should be fantastic racing, a race up the whole of the country, for three weeks, what’s not to love? The Giro usually has a crazy stage and we are unsure what this year’s edition holds in that category, maybe more racing at night, or on dirt, bring it on. The Shark, Landa, Malmerde, Uran Uran, even Red Ryder, and more, each have a decent shot at the over all.
We all know the drill, this race starts on Friday so keep your delgado monkey on a tight leash. Consult your personal oracles; there are bike frames, carbon wheels, V-kit and more for the winners of the season-long overall VSP. Further details can be found on the VSP page. Bon chance.
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Worse, Landa abandons. VSP going down the pan. It's not April 1 is it?
@VirenqueforeVer
Ha! Well it is a Pissa of a race, no???
Saw Landa was out, and I couldn't remember if I had him in my picks, log in, sure enough... I can handle one failure (Uran), but 2?? ... Fuck me running Batman.
@Buck Rogers
What about yesterday's stage? The break survives with Ben King going into the lead? That was a damn good stage.
@AJ
Ditto. And I used my rest day swap to ditch Uran. FFS.
@Teocalli
And now for something totally different: I enrolled for the Eroica in Limburg on July 3rd. Ya there too?
Am looking for 28mm clinchers as there's some pave in between. Any suggestions? Am running currently Schwalbes Ultremo's 23mm, do not want to go broader than 28mm as the innertubes are maxed out at 28mm. Thanks for advice.
@AJ
I just watched the last few KMs. Good that they held on, lead was dropping fast for a while.
Coverage is beyond brutal on NBC even with the benefit of watching from DVR. Moto feed wasn't working well and poor CVV had the shifty eyes going between Paul and Phil.
What is going on with their descending?
Several awful examples of Inside Suicide... or more accurately kamikazes trying to take out a few others at the same time.
@ChrisO
An outbreak of Schleckitis in the peloton???
And how about Cojones' win today? 21 years old and finished 6th in the Tour de l'Avenir last year. Might be a rider that we'll be seeing more of in the future, eh?
@KogaLover
Hi, yes I am booked in. Planning on arriving Friday for a long weekend leaving on the Monday.
I run Tubular on The Butler and use Veloflex Roubaix which are 25mm. They have done 2 Eroica Britannia which is 25 % Strade - a couple of sectors where a full suss mountain bike would not be amiss - and touch wood not had any problems (that's buggered that then!). Thinking of fitting Veloflex Vlaanderen 27 mm for both events this year but again they are Tubs only.
Maybe look at the new Vittoria Corsa that does come in 28 mm clincher and still gives you the retro gum wall look. I have run the previous Corsa on #1 and found them reliable on cobble and strade equivalent.