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Giro D’Italia Stage 10

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  • May 19, 2015 at 2:28 pm #24036
    stevemarks

    Sprinty….load up with the fast guys and Pelucchi abandons!

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  • May 20, 2015 at 11:28 pm #846691
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    WiznaeMe

    Porte’s penalty was
    Porte’s penalty was disproportionate and unnecessary. He gained no meaningful advantage and if the rules must be rigorously applied, Contador took off his helmet during the stage before which is an infringement punishable by elimination.

    It is also an elimination offence to continue through a level crossing once the barriers are down. See Paris-Roubaix.

    May 20, 2015 at 9:10 am #846689
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    Stumps

    I still dont understand this
    I still dont understand this – did the commissaires stop the convoy after Porte got a puncture or after the wheel change ?

    Regardless of which way it was it’s blatantly obvious it was done deliberately to hinder Porte hence why they have not come out with a reason for it.

    May 20, 2015 at 8:25 am #846687
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    cgipryan

    Giro organizers seem quite a
    Giro organizers seem quite a bit schizo… they post this https://twitter.com/giroditalia/status/600704582205997056
    and then they penalize Porte and Clarke for making cycling the most beautiful sport there is… :/ :/ :/

    May 20, 2015 at 8:12 am #846685
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    Moist von Lipwig

    theres another sky rider in
    theres another sky rider in the picture of the wheel swap, presumably he didn’t give Porte a wheel as he was required to pace him back. So the lesson here is get a wheel from a team mate and the team mate then gets the wheel from a.n. other….

    May 20, 2015 at 6:16 am #846683
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    tony kappler

    Question is, if Aru had
    Question is, if Aru had obtained similar help (to what Porte had), would the Italian race organisers have applied the 2 minute penalty? And how much would Mr T have paid to get an extra 2 mins for Contador.
    I expect the British and Australian ambassadors will be recalled from Rome over this international incident.

    May 20, 2015 at 3:17 am #846681
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    Dux89

    1wrangler wrote:The UCI rule

    1wrangler wrote:
    The UCI rule suggests that Matthews rather than Porte should be penalized:

    UCI rule 12.1.040 [8.1]
    Non-regulation assistance to a rider of another
    team:
    The text says “to” another rider; nothing about accepting assistance FROM another rider.
    But then under the penalty column, it says “each rider involved”;
    Pretty unclear for a regulations text.

    I said all that pretty much exactly on Twitter this afternoon!

    May 19, 2015 at 8:58 pm #846679
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    cgipryan

    Boem has won me the stage in
    Boem has won me the stage in the purist comp. Pretty pleased 😀

    That being said, I’m not a fan of his, but I find it harsh on Porte…

    May 19, 2015 at 7:51 pm #846677
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    1wrangler

    Oops, I meant Clarke, of
    Oops, I meant Clarke, of course, not Matthews.

    May 19, 2015 at 7:41 pm #846675
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    1wrangler

    The UCI rule suggests that
    The UCI rule suggests that Matthews rather than Porte should be penalized:

    UCI rule 12.1.040 [8.1]
    Non-regulation assistance to a rider of another
    team:
    The text says “to” another rider; nothing about accepting assistance FROM another rider.
    But then under the penalty column, it says “each rider involved”;
    Pretty unclear for a regulations text.

    May 19, 2015 at 7:39 pm #846673
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    livestrongnick

    Oh dear only got him self to
    Oh dear only got him self to blame for this
    Quote from cycling news:-

    Porte’s illegal wheel change was not captured by television cameras but it appears that the Tasmanian inadvertently provided the commissaires with the evidence they needed to punish infraction by tweeting his thanks to Simon Clarke immediately after the stage, and later retweeting a photograph of his fellow countryman in the act of giving him his front wheel.

    “If that’s not Aussie mate ship them what is? Punctured and clarkey gave me his front wheel…” Porte wrote.

    Vegni dismissed the idea that other teams had alerted the commissaires to the infraction, pointing out that images of the wheel change were circulating on the internet almost as soon as the stage had finished.

    “Ragazzi, you know better than me – with the photos that are flying around on the internet these days, you’d struggle to get out of any situation,” Vegni said. “Within three minutes there were pictures circulating on the internet of the rider Clarke giving him a wheel.”

    May 19, 2015 at 6:49 pm #846671
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    TERatcliffe26

    Aragonite wrote:Now down to

    Aragonite wrote:
    Now down to 12th on GC.

    Wondered why he had scored me 0

    May 19, 2015 at 6:41 pm #846669
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    Aragonite

    Now down to 12th on GC.
    Now down to 12th on GC.

    May 19, 2015 at 6:09 pm #846667
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    Aragonite

    Porte docked two minutes for
    Porte docked two minutes for accepting help!

    May 19, 2015 at 3:05 pm #846665
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    chrisdstripes

    Ha, I had Boem for the whole
    Ha, I had Boem for the whole of the first week but not any more.

    Still, he’s in my purist and 5 Italians I guess. Chuffed for him, he gets in the break so often without getting anything.

    May 19, 2015 at 3:00 pm #846663
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    backflipbedlem

    Porte with a mechanical with
    Porte with a mechanical with just under 4kms to go!

    Matthews helping pace Porte back to the peloton with some Sky team mates

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