Velominati Super Prestige: Giro d’Italia 2016
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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Also my VSP oicks haven’t shown on any post, but they’re saved and mapped on here?
@freddy
I have the same problem… Normally Explorer does not work, but this time also Firefix does not work. So @frank, here’s my list for the record (pls ask the Dutch IT monkey to put it into its neural network).
1. Nibali
2. Landa
3. Valverde
4. Dumoulin
5. Majka
Betting for NIbs to win, too easy. Last year Landa looked like he could have beaten Aru no problem. And Ryder, why not, if he doesn’t lose five minutes for no damn reason riding at the
back of the field.
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@Chica
Oh FFS! Chongming Island! or whatever it is. We do indeed suck. Does this mean it’s already tomorrow in Chongming? We apologize, got too excited about Italy. Really, Chinese race in May, it is a little nuts.
The VSP generator is giving my gyp, won’t let me post – maybe if I comment.. Long live the Giro!
Nibbles to gobble it up…
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PSA – “Dumoulin” is auto-mapping to Samuel Dumoulin.
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In, just under the time limit.
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I can see why the Yanks Delgado so often. It’s way too early for this shit, especially after having to imbibe quite a lot of recovery beverages to drown out the hideousness of being in a dueling piano bar.
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Let’s see if I can get in just before the time cut…
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Delgado’d. I can’t believe it.
I’d like to appeal to the race commissaires to allow me to ride, though I’ve arrived late to the starting ramp. If not, here’s my thoroughly unoriginal set of picks for my own sense of might-have-been.
1. Vincenzo Nibali
2. Mikel Landa
3. Alejandro Valverde
4. Ilnur Zakarin
5. Rigoberto Urán
Of Course, since I made a point to call him out to win the Prologue:
http://www.eurosport.com/cycling/giro-d-italia/2016/fabian-cancellara-s-giro-d-italia-participation-in-doubt-after-virus_sto5560673/story.shtml
So the stories that Kittel used to be thought of as a time trialist seem to be true then.
@Barracuda
Indeed. These Friday starts are killing me.
@frank
Actually, I just extended it for a day; it will close tomorrow so everyone gets a small advantage of knowing how the first stage went.
Valvere beats Uran in ITT by 9 seconds. Discuss.
@chris
Where are you? Disney World/Land?
Fucking Delgado’d.
Woe is me.
@Gianni
The company’s leadership convention in Washington. Or was heading to the airport now. Night out in NYC then Long Island for the weekend.
It’s pissing down here.
@frank
And we still may as well be throwing darts blindfolded
@LeoTea
Everyone who is experiencing this should dispute their picks ASAP.
@frank
Tank you, tank you, tank you.
@Erik
It makes me happy to have picked Valverde finishing third and Uran finishing fifth. Uran? I just don’t know. It’s hard to get a read on him, but he hasn’t raced much this spring. I like the team and they’ll be interesting to follow through the race.
@Minnesota Expat
See, I am concerned for my VSP that I agree. Uran was supposed to soundly beat people in the TTs.
Holy shitballs. That’s two with daylight second. Gonna be hard to contain.
@Harminator
Amazing stuff! He’s a beast, but I don’t think it’ll play like that over the next two, even though they’re flat-ish. Looking forward to 6.
Anyone know what the story was with Chavez at the end today? I fell asleep 5 minutes before the finish, in the early hours of the morning here, and I see he came in 31. Thought he’d at least be in the top 10 today.
@stooge Chavez? He’s no sprinter, he just rolled in as part of the bunch like the other GC guys.
I’m calling it now, at some point in this Giro Kittel is going to take time on the rest of the bunch in a sprint cos the gap back to 2nd is so big.
@stooge
Dude. How do you fall asleep 5-minutes before the finish of a flat stage?! Cheese and crackers. That’s when all the action happens. You must have small children at home and be sleep deprived.
Anyway, the Etixx train was solid, unlike yesterday, it was fast and tight coming into the finish, and Kittel killed it. No one else was close. He has way bigger gears or something.
Away for the weekend. Sounds like Peraud had a nasty crash, good that he seems more or less OK. One pick down though.
@Harminator
Yup, love it that the Deutsche Pompadour is back. Seems like a nice guy who enjoys his riding. When he finally kicked yesterday no-one was going to catch him.
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s’pose I may as well take the hit and swap out poor Pernaud. Can’t say I have much confidence in Uran but hey, what do I know.
Sempre con noi 108
@Steampunk
What is the Latin for “I have to google every shit that @Steampunk says?”
Sic sempre searchengine!
@xyxax
Since “Sempre con noi 108” is Italian but Wouter W is Belgian, let me try: “Devo googliare tutta merda che @steampunk dice”.
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@Steampunk
Five years ago. Has it really been five years???
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@Buck Rogers
Not sure why my picks are showing up in rest day swaps? I did not make any.
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@xyxax
Every time you google something an angel gets kicked in the nards. Back when I was a kid, doctors had to study Latin in order to be erudite healers. “Alicui tamen faciendum est.”
@KogaLover
Jesus, back to not saying anything and only appearing stupid.
@Steampunk
Angels don’t have nards. Didn’t you learn anything in anatomy class?
And erudite? Yes, I am dite, thank you very much.
@Buck Rogers
Maybe your picks are swapping you?
@xyxax
Thought this was my job here.
@xyxax
Not that kind of doctor. You should see my prescription pad.
@xyxax
Ha! If they were smart they would!
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@Mikael Liddy
Damn, I meant Ewan. I was half asleep and got my wires crossed. Maybe Kittel will do it on 5?
@Minnesota Expat
Yep, I do have small children at home and yep, I’ve been sleep deprived for 3 1/2 years. Not the first time I’ve been confused, though it seems to be happening more frequently. Sent my eldest to Kindy with his pants on backwards and shoes on the wrong feet the other day. To top it off I put the handlbars on his little specialized hotrock on backwards that afternoon, though fortunately caught that one before he left the house.
@Buck Rogers
Changed them again? You’ll never recover from -75 points.