[STEVESPRO 79]

Can we get this opened up so that we can start tweaking our selections. The startlists have been virtually complete for days now. Everything seems to be last minute this year and thats not a dig at the volunteers who seem to do everything nowadays. 

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[11waterloo]

It was bizarre the nobody

It was bizarre that nobody tested Evenepoel after his crashes and before he takes another minute on everyone in the next TT. It really wasn’t a great spectacle.  Ackermann lasting way up the final climb probably sums up the pace it was ridden at. Ag2R looked like they might have a plan to hijack the pink jersey at one point but even that petered out. 

[Daniel Norton]

No spoilers for the

No spoilers for the highlights folk but….

Stages like today (Friday, stage 7) make me realise how much I miss riders like Contador, Rodriguez, Voeckler et al.  Pogacar aside, we just don’t have that many riders prepared to risk losing for the chance of a win.  YAWN!

[Awavey]

you mean its a deliberate

you mean its a deliberate spoiler free policy not to cover some races results

[Rendel Harris]

In case anyone’s interested I

In case anyone’s interested I noticed today, logging into my Discovery+ account to watch the stage, that Discovery+ is available to students aged 18-24 for £2.48 a month; if you fall into that category or have one in the house, 12p a stage flag-to-flag seems a pretty good bargain!

[Daniel Norton]

Yeah, cycling is so

Yeah, cycling is so technological, yet the organisers are way behind the curve with tech use.

Why don’t we have a transponder in every rider’s helmet?  It would help organisers and broadcasters.  You could have graphics showing exactly where every rider is on a climb when the race blows up, where the key riders are in the bunch at key points in the race, use the transponders for times on TTs etc, etc

[ktache]

Great to see highlights on

Great to see highlights on DMAX, and that Road.cc have decided not to spoil my miserly viewing pleasure by announcing the result before I have a chance to view it.

[Daniel Norton]

May the luckiest man win!

May the luckiest man win!

[tony kappler]

Well spotted. KOM scoring

Well spotted. KOM scoring changed for stg 1 road.cc.

[11waterloo]

It really was incredible that

It really was incredible that they didn’t have dedicated timing for the climb. Looks like it was some statistics guy who flagged up the error. There also seems to be a possibility that the final time trial doesn’t go ahead as planned due to problems getting the motorbikes back down the mountain (no cars are allowed up). It does seem bizarre that this has only just been flagged up as an issue! 

[11waterloo]

‘So many stages for

‘So many stages for breakaways; a lot of luck required for this race.’

I’ll cling to that thought as you trounce us all once again Tony! 

[Daniel Norton]

The KOM points have been

The KOM points have been changed.  Apparently there was an timing error and, unsurprisingly, Brandon McNulty wasn’t the fastest up the climb.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tao-geoghegan-hart-takes-giro-ditalia-kom-jersey-as-mcnulty-is-downgraded/

[tony kappler]

Yes, sorry guys. The holdup

Yes, sorry guys. The holdup was an intercontinental commitee meeting regarding points for KOMs and intermediate sprints; I’m still not sure what is going on re int. sp. Inrng has a good synopsis but doesn’t actually nail it. Luckily the UN doesn’t run the game.

If the scoring is late, it means the sun has just risen in Oz.

I added the 2 missing EF riders and a last minute change which took out Tratnik.

So many stages for breakaways; a lot of luck required for this race.

[MinardiM189]

you can find missing riders

you can find missing riders by ticking the ‘show all riders’ box

[PedalCastros]

Anybody have any idea how to

Anybody have any idea how to request riders to be added? 2 Education First riders are missing from the list

[wtjs]

Very useful info. Thanks!

Very useful info. Thanks!

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