Vincenzo Nibali won the Giro going downhill.
I spy with my little eye a certain Michele Scarponi, who sadly lost his life while out training near his home two weeks ago, in there amongst his teammates after his captain, Nibbles, won the race. I’m torn about a death like Michele’s – we subject ourselves to similar risks every time we climb aboard our bikes and we accept it as part and parcel of our craft. Yet, while every day members of our tribe lose their lives to their trade, it takes a high profile rider to remind us how real that risk is.
But onto lighter topics, Nibali won the Giro last year going downhill, and it happened on the one stage I managed to sleep through which is another way of saying I missed it. But I love waking up to a that WTF feeling only a reshuffled GS can give you.
The race starts Friday morning, which is sooner than I expected, so I’ll stop typing so you can start picking. Get them in by the time the clock goes to zero, and remember that our Grand Tour scoring rules are a little different than the smaller events. So jump on that start list and get prognosticating!
Good luck!
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Well, McFuck. That sucks. Goes to show when you have about 10 minutes to do something you're bound to fuck it up. I never actually set up the event properly.
So, with that in mind, I opened it up until Monday morning, so that should give everyone plenty of time to get their picks in.
(BTW, for anyone who entered them in manually, you'll have to use the form directly.)
Sorry!
Thanks @Frank and @Brett! And a big thanks to @dancollins for the alert to the Keepers.
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^ pick #4 is Tom Dumoulin. Many Thanks
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Okay, here goes! Keepers/anyone with info, any chance of receiving last year's VSP 3rd place prize V-kit in the foreseeable future? Will be paying a visit to my local bike shop If the V-kit doesn't materialize soon... Not complaining, just want to know what's happening...
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