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View Full Version : Gyro flat stages are getting boring!

monkeybanana86
05-18-2012, 03:14 PM
Everytime I check steephill and see "flat" I can pretty much predict Cavendish will take it (unless a Ferrari rolls through). All kidding aside, racers can take a "day off?" I noticed in one of the photo captions for stage 12 yesterday that he took a day off so that he could win today's stage. Kinda crazy.
jlwdm
05-19-2012, 07:51 AM
Not really a "day off ." Riding a little easier on a stage that you can't win.

Jeff
oldpotatoe
05-19-2012, 07:54 AM
Everytime I check steephill and see "flat" I can pretty much predict Cavendish will take it (unless a Ferrari rolls through). All kidding aside, racers can take a "day off?" I noticed in one of the photo captions for stage 12 yesterday that he took a day off so that he could win today's stage. Kinda crazy.

The Giro is more of a gentleman's race, where the pelOton agrees to have a 'piano' day. The TdF, with all the hype and pressure, doesn't really do this. No manners.