Giro d'Italia- Mumsnet Peloton Rides Again

[justinelibertine]

I don't think we have a thread yet. The Giro starts on 7th May. Let's discuss.

I am super excited because Movistar may be letting Carlos Betancur start. AKA as Baby Bunny.

[MrSlant]

I'm having so much fun with him, he is hitting the training HARD as soon as he finishes his exams, signed up for a 120k sportive at the end of August and he wants to NAIL it. Ah the fun we are having with power to weight ratios and cadence and kit and everything. I keep having to remind myself that even though they aren't into cycling the other two still have merit too .

Probably time to go and shout 'are you doing your maths then' up the stairs for the 1,000 time this half term...

[DramaAlpaca]

None of mine have any interest. DS1 enjoys cycling for fun & also cycles to work, but they all roll their eyes when they see me & DH watching cycling on the TV again. They do understand how racing works, though, so they have obviously absorbed it all by osmosis

in solidarity with those of you with offspring doing exams. DS3 is doing his Leaving Certificate (A level equivalent) starting next week. I swear I'm more stressed than him. You'd think I'd be used to it as I've been through it twice before, but no.

I would be as clueless as you if one of mine showed an interest in fashion week MrS!

[MrSlant]

Hey, I've been indoctrinating since birth and still only managed 1 out of 3, it's a tough business. I've got to say if one of mine was interested in fashion week I would be cluless

Will watch the Dauphine with my notebook ready to start my proto-team then.

[OnYerBikePan]

Well there is the Dauphine coming up on 5th June, which will have lots of Tour contenders as we know.

GCSEs - dd has these ending on 24th June. She will be much more interested in London Fashion Week, or some such around that time. Soooo disappointed.

[MrSlant]

I know! I sat down this afternoon for a break and grabbed the remote (not something I do outside of long bike races), I was gutted when I remembered it was over. DS1 very happily reminded me that the Tour starts just as he finishes his GCSE's so happiness reigns for him.

[DramaAlpaca]

Drama enough to satisfy any alpca!



Chapeau for your online team Pan.

I'm missing the Giro already.

[MrSlant]

I can't find the T d'F yet on the velogames site, I want to play but am scared of showing my ignorance maybe I'll let DS1 choose then take all the credit if we do well.

I'm not sure about Nizzolo, he did kind of cut in front of the other rider but it wasn't a deliberate block, looked more like a result of the effort he was putting in. I really feel for him, poor lovely man.

I loved the OGE behind the scenes video for stage 20, what a fantastic team, was a bit annoyed to see some woman trying to pretend DS-1 was hers though.

[OnYerBikePan]

What do we think of the demotion to 12th? Did he ride dangerously? imo it wasn;t really clear cut enough to demote him, unless the race judges had video we didn't see. he was still a bike length down and wasn't going to take Nizzolo.

Felicity - prepare yourself for your inner battle! WheelofPan ended at 198 of 14467 entries. Cool, but it's changed my personality for ever!

Overall though, was it a quiet Giro? No great controversy (other than above), no doping called during the race (good), no personality clashes, Brambilla kept his handbag to himself, no bike innovations, course re-directions, no dogs on the road. But cappello to His Nibbles.

[FelicityLemon]

Excitement and upset to the very last. We must now welcome our German sprinting overlords.
I am going to try out velogames for the TdF and channel my inner Hannibal Lecter.

[OnYerBikePan]

Drama enough to satisfy any alpca! . Controversy.

[OnYerBikePan]

or Tour de France, even...

[OnYerBikePan]

In other news, those geeky types from velogames also have a Tour de Romandie set up.
If you follow //www.velogames.com/giro-ditalia/2016/ which I copy n pasted from justine's link from way above then you can register for Romandie, I think. For peloton people who missed the Giro one.
Register and watch yourself turn from a mild-mannered, easy-going, affable individual, to a wild-eyed slightly less malignant form of Shane Sutton.

[OnYerBikePan]

So the shark bites at just the right time. Well done him....but seeing Vino grinning at the end was just a bit too much! Yes there was always that sinking feeling that DS minus 1 was going to get done after he failed to keep the wheel a couple of days ago.

Motos, FFS. Best of thoughts to Stig and his loved ones.

STOP PRESS from UCI HQ - all riders should go to TURIN. I repeat, TURIN. Not Milan. Ignore that useless obs. from a Team Directeur last night.

[MrSlant]

I was out all day with younger DS's, got home waaaaay to late to watch it so we watched on X30 speed catch-up. I called it perfectly, knew when he'd go and that my new eldest son wouldn't have the legs to follow. Poor DS minus1, still it was a great ride from Nibali, he hit his form at exactly the right time.

The news from Belgium is just awful. Watching Nibali climb at one point he had at least 4 motorbikes around him, looked scary for him and a bit dangerous too, they weren't forgiving roads.

Chapeau for your online team Pan.

[FelicityLemon]

Update on Stig Broeckx

lottosoudal.be/update-over-stig-broeckx/?lang=en

[DramaAlpaca]

Well that was a dramatic couple of days.

I have a soft spot for Taaramae too, glad he won the stage.

[FelicityLemon]

Well done on the team selection Pan
That was in one way unexpected but somehow increasingly inevitable.
Glad for Rein Taramae, I know it's Katusha but I have a soft spot for him and he looked so happy.

[OnYerBikePan]

it's mono y mono.

[DramaAlpaca]

I'm watching on catch up so I'm a good bit behind at about 109km, so I'd better avoid the thread until later. Sounds exciting though!

News from the Tour of Belgium doesn't sound good.

[OnYerBikePan]

and it's all kicking off!

[OnYerBikePan]

Nieve took a stage by solo-ing from 35km out. But 85km?? Is it possible?

[OnYerBikePan]

Bad news coming from Stage 3 in Tour of Belgium. Two motorbikes crashed into each other and fell into the peloton. 11 riders off to hospital. Stage eventually abandoned.

[OnYerBikePan]

ooch! Thank the lord it was snow on the banking and not anything else. Losing the jersey will be a trauma difficult to get over.

Milan is the sporting capital of Europe this weekend, with the European Cup Final at the San Siro tonight and the fight for pink being resolved tomorrow.

Yes, WheelofPan team is doing remarkably well, isn't it? Chaves, Jungels, Trentin, Uran, Nieve all chipping in. We're now 303 out the 14,000 or so.
Chapeau to them, or currently cappello.

[DramaAlpaca]

I know, I feel so sorry for him. When I saw him fall I was surprised he managed to get back on the bike, and he did amazingly well to limit his losses even though he was clearly in a lot of pain. He will be so sore tomorrow - apparently he has a cracked rib, as well as lots of bruises. There will be mental scars too. Poor lad.

[MrSlant]

Indeed! DS1 came home from school and accidentally went on FB as we were watching catchup and I allowed him the swear that escaped his lips when he realised he'd accidentally seen the results before we watched the end of the race. Very sportingly he left the room so I could rock quietly to the rhythm of the pedals alone until they finished. With all my mobile devices smugly turned off next to me .

I was heartbroken for yesterdays maglia rosa (can't say/spell his name for the life of me), he fought a good fight, goodness only knows how his body will feel tomorrow after a fall like that.