Meanwhile in the Giro Rosa...

[Ruimteaapje]

[Ruimteaapje]

[72gmc]

Anyone know the brand of the shoes Annemiek and Amanda are wearing in those podium pics?

[Ruimteaapje]

Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile (2.WWT)
Stage 10 » Cividale del Friuli › Cividale del Friuli

Pos. Rider Team Time
1 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek Mitchelton-Scott 3:00:24
2 BRAND Lucinda Team Sunweb 0:27
3 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna Canyon SRAM Racing ,,
4 GUARNIER Megan Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team ,,
5 GARCIA Margarita Victoria Movistar Team ,,
6 SPRATT Amanda Mitchelton-Scott ,,
7 MOOLMAN Ashleigh Cervélo-Bigla Pro Cycling ,,
8 LUDWIG Cecilie Uttrup Cervélo-Bigla Pro Cycling ,,
9 SANTESTEBAN Ane Alé Cipollini ,,
10 LABOUS Juliette Team Sunweb 1:14


General classification
Pos. Rider Team Time
1 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek Mitchelton-Scott 25:50:22
2 MOOLMAN Ashleigh Cervélo-Bigla Pro Cycling 4:12
3 SPRATT Amanda Mitchelton-Scott 6:30
4 BRAND Lucinda Team Sunweb 7:36
5 GUARNIER Megan Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team 9:20
6 LUDWIG Cecilie Uttrup Cervélo-Bigla Pro Cycling 10:38
7 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna Canyon SRAM Racing 10:46
8 MERINO Eider Movistar Team 12:37
9 SANTESTEBAN Ane Alé Cipollini 13:12
10 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa Wiggle High5 13:47

[Red Tornado]

Is van Vleuten the next Vos? Looks similar the way they both were/are so much better than everyone else, and in more than one discipline (climbing & TT mainly, but maybe sprinting as well). The gap between both ladies (in what appears to be their primes) and the competition is amazing sometimes.
But we might have said that about Anna van der Breggen as well.

[cal_len1]

Originally Posted by 72gmc

Anyone know the brand of the shoes Annemiek and Amanda are wearing in those podium pics?

I would guess they are Scott running shoes.

[72gmc]

Thanks! I may have a thing for funky shoes ...

[Ruimteaapje]

Originally Posted by Red Tornado

Is van Vleuten the next Vos? Looks similar the way they both were/are so much better than everyone else, and in more than one discipline (climbing & TT mainly, but maybe sprinting as well). The gap between both ladies (in what appears to be their primes) and the competition is amazing sometimes.
But we might have said that about Anna van der Breggen as well.

I think Vos was/is much more versatile. She ruled all year long from January to December on the road and in the mud and when she set goals she also won on the track. Van Vleuten only started at 28 (note that Vos is 4 years younger than Van Vleuten) and since a few years she lost weight and she knows how to set goals: in 2016 the Olympics, in 2017 the Giro Rosa (but lost too much time in one flat stage) and the rainbow jersey, in 2018 the Giro Rosa and she will build up to the worlds again. But not all year round and at 35 she's running out of time.

[Red Tornado]

You're correct, Vos practically dominated totally different cycling disciplines, and with van Vleuten's age her reign at the top probably won't be as long as Vos's either.
My point was focused on the road cycling. Both at their peak seem to be able to win at will. I would think AvV should be at her plateau now. She's riding strong for 35, though.

[KarlC]

Great photos thx for sharing

[93KgBike]

Thank you Ruimteaapje, for this thread and all of these great photos. Epic sportsmanship. Thank you!

[choke]

Yesterday I saw a pic from the Giro Rosa for the first time and I was surprised. Perhaps I missed it along the way but I would have thought that this would have been reported more.

Some of you may remember that at last years Giro Rosa Claudia Cretti had a crash on a fast downhill and was seriously injured and placed in a coma in the hospital. https://www.velonews.com/2017/07/new...a-crash_443007

Anyway, the pic from July 5....almost a year to the day from the crash.