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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@Frank
Great that you opened the picks up, but they seem to be 2nd rest day swaps. Just a heads up so you can consider what to do when the second rest day comes
around. Cheers
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Third time lucky. Managed to get my original order right, finally (everything seems harder with a toddler literally on your back). What are the origins of the term 'piggy back', I wonder. Did kids once ride pigs and insist parents stood in for them when none were to be found?
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25 point penalty?
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Test...
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Big list of names below from current standings, to alert those who aren't aware that Frank has opened picks and to get 'em in. If you entered them manually just for kicks, you can enter them properly now (though they seem to be 2nd rest day picks, currently). Used long forgotten regular expressions to edit, so some names may be stuffed up.
@RobSandy
@JohnB
@MikeK
@tony macaroni
@dancollins
@David van Dijk
@Minnesota Expat
@Randy C
@ramenvelo
@foggypeake
@the Engine
@xyxax
@Yagerbomb
@freddy
@Lebowski Achiever
@Phillip Mercer
@ojhart
@chuckp
@Rick
@Quadzilla
@taon24
@Snowy
@TurboJoe
@hhbiker
@The Grande Fondue
@Cameron W
@dyalander
@MangoDave
@Haldy
@Skip
@JCM
@Jason Ziegler
@Chica
@sthilzy
@JonnyG
@Clingon
@Kevin
@Buck Rogers
@Teocalli
@R00tdown
@Quasar
@ErikdR
@Phil Hasty
@LeoTea
@Canucklehead
@John Irvine
@Kunanyi
@wiscot
@mulebeatsdrums
@Two Ball Billy
@Adrian
@Jansen
@cycleman3000
@osbk67
@TheDon
@BaltoSteve
@Harminator
@Jay
@Pot Belj
@Erik
@GoldenGorilla
@BacklashJack
@Ccos
@Paul Woodhouse
@Byron
@eenies
@stooge
@Brett
@Barracuda
@schall und rauch
@Cary
@Monti Martani
@Geraint
@DavidO
@1860
@frank
@Fred
@chris
@KogaLover
@Bianchi Denti
@Gopha
@Ron
@TXGUNslinger
@Carel
@Aldo Cella
@Rob
@Harry
@oneninefiveninesix
@il ciclista medio
@Tom Mc
@RAFAEL OLIVEIRA RIBEIRO
@Steve
@igloo
@ClamSauce
@Geordi
@CanuckChuck
@lokerola
@kixsand
@Gervais
@sinikl
@Rob
@Peter
@Harry
@JayTee
@HeinrichHausslersHairstyle
@Heusdens
@Mattpmoore
@J Wilkie
@Steve Markham
@Mike Collins
@Kyle
@BK
@Floridian
@VirenqueforeVer
@hombre_U
@Magaramombi
@Al__S
@Rom
@Jed
@Ryan Scully
@Stefaan
@Stendhal
@Scott Shannon
@Byron
@Father of Four
@Stuart F
@ccunix
@Roberto Marques
@Hopey
@Kyle
@portemat
@Kay_Jay
@TBenz
@schmiken
@Benjamin
@Slowtrane
@Deakus
@Jerry
@aaus
@TBONE
@WindDrifter
@Wojtek
@Haroldo Melo
@Lukas
@Alex
@DVMR
@mihaibu
@dinosaurJR
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Apologies for the seemingly meaningless posts - tried to do a community service (grabbed all the names on the VSP standings, edited to @velominatus_name, and tried to post with heads up about Frank opening the picks, but there must be a word limit, or recipient limit, or something else blocking such a thing).
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