Giro d'Italia / Tour de France Cycling thread 2013

[N'Rexy]

Giro preview on 5Live now amazingly.

Colombia will take some stages. As will Rambo Rabbotini.  Nibali will win it. He is is ace form and has a good team around him. Brad won't be able to handle the mountains in my view.

As for Brad vs Froome, its all good hype and keeps the riders on their toes. Dave B will love it.

Let's just hope Cav gets a sprint train.

[SteveN]

Cav in pink, some finish, brilliant.

[Dave Cooper please]

Time trial today, so that could well see Bradley in pink later.

[Dave Cooper please]

 Nibali will win it. He is is ace form and has a good team around him. Brad won't be able to handle the mountains in my view.

Wiggins murdered him on the mountains in last years TDF. Okay so the Giro mountains are more brutal but Sky have a couple of very good climbers to help him out.

[ACVilla]

Froome confirmed as TDF team leader:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/22426361

[Jon Crofts]

That's a shame for Wiggins not to be able to defend his title, but it's all about the data & the stats & if they point to the Froome Dog then so be it.

[Dave Cooper please]

Nice for a team to be in that situation though eh?

[N'Rexy]

 Nibali will win it. He is is ace form and has a good team around him. Brad won't be able to handle the mountains in my view.

Wiggins murdered him on the mountains in last years TDF. Okay so the Giro mountains are more brutal but Sky have a couple of very good climbers to help him out.

Agree although said climbers are said to be fed up and not prepared to work for him. Uran is off next year to elsewhere (dont know where yet, will find out soon) and Henao wants a bigger role (more money).  Nibbles has a much stronger team all working for him too.  After the last few days just stying upright looks to be the biggest concern so I think this will be more open than I thought.

Cav should win today, totally flat stage and not much wind.

[N'Rexy]

Once again (see my Gilbert tip in last years TdF) I called it though it wwas a piece of piss today. Tomorrow might bes brutal and lots of the key men are scared about tomorrow. Might be compelling viewing. Look out for the Ryder, he will excel on a stage like tomorrow.

Oh and Fergie is a coont.

[lovejoy]

There's a possibility the other contenders may put Brad under pressure today given the time trial tomorrow. Interesting stage I think.

[PaulWinch again]

Such beautiful scenery to ride through.

[The Left Side]

Such beautiful scenery to ride through.

Absolutely, I spend more time looking at that than the race.

[N'Rexy]

Well that was pretty savage. Wiggins looked terrible.  If you didn't see it just try and catch the last 20kms. It was carnage. Never seen so many people fall off.

[taylorsworkrate]

Wiggins hasn't been at his best so far by any means, but blimey has he had some bad luck so far in this race

[Jon Crofts]

Some crap luck again yesterday, bit childish with the bike throwing again as well, not as if the bike failed, it was a puncture.