Why are women’s races run concurrently with men’s races? I would get it if it was the women’s Tour de France, but I don’t get it when it is the women’s Giro in July. Since the Tour de Swiss there has been a lack of stage racing (in my TV watching schedule) and seemingly a perfect time to present a women’s stage race. What do I know? Evidently, not enough, but it is here and we should appreciate it, if it is properly covered, which it won’t be, because of the TOUR de FRANCE, FFS.
The 25th Giro Rosa includes 953 km of racing from Caserta to Santuario Madonna del Ghisallo with starts around noon, every stage, how civilized. American Mara Abbott will be defending her 2013 victory. It was gained on her climbing ability, a skill Ms. Vos has but somehow could not match last year. To be racing in Italy in summer; everyone will be lining up their bikes for this stage race. I imagine the women will be enjoying La Dolce Vita more than the men of the Giro in May. My impression is the women race just as hard but have more fun throughout the days of a stage race.
Podium Café always has some good lead-in coverage for women’s racing here. A provisional start list complete with rider’s twitter and instagram accounts is here, the kids. As we all know, points scored for women’s VSP races count equally for the overall 2014 prizes. Prizes you ask?
To be clear on the Delgado issue, the time clock on the VSP banner is it, not the actual start in Italy. Refresh your browser to make sure you are still in pre-delgado status.
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Rabo-Liv in places 1, 2, & 3?? That is one insanely strong team.
Final GC
Vos takes a monster second win in the Giro Rossa and @blue takes the overall. I'll make up a little Giro Rossa winners badge a little later today. Nice work!
@Steampunk
Yeah it is, but they weren't averse to some pretty underhand tactics either. Skip to about 38.20...
@Mikael Liddy wow, never seen that before, didn't even think of it! Have the men used this tactic? What about race rules? Can you barge your way past them, crashing if you must? I don't know how Abbott kept her cool, I would not have been able to.
@piwakawaka well that's the thing. If that were a sprint, they'd be relegated for it, but it seems to have been allowed because they were going uphill. Can't imagine the badger would have stood for it, we might have seen this type of action unleashed on his fellow competitors.
@Mikael Liddy
Pepper spray out of the middle pocket and straight into the bitches eyes. Thats amazing, and blatant.
@Barracuda
Yep that would be my response...hard to believe they couldn't just sit on her wheel, hard to believe Vos would condone that sort of carry on, but she did.
@Barracuda @piwakawaka some pretty wishy washy defence from their DS - http://www.podiumcafe.com/2014/7/16/5909155/koos-moerenhout-giro-rosa-2014
@Mikael Liddy
Very poor form and the DS is in denial. Underhanded and shouldnt have been tolerated by race officials. A Lezyne hand pump through the front wheel or a Robbie McEwen "brake check" would have fixed the cheating so and so's