Giro D'Italia 2016

Good excuse that, local testers could learn a thing from him.

Good preview, as always, from inrng;

http://inrng.com/2016/05/who-will-win-the-2016-giro/

Rigo will. Jk. Would be nice tho

Flipping heck, not one Brit in the Giro at all

That used to be the story for pretty much every Grand Tour. If we were lucky we'd get to see Boardman ride the prologue then quite after a week.

So who is everyone's call?

I fancy bobridge. He seems to be on a new lease of life this year at trek. Not seen much of him since his road nats win.

Dumoulin.

^ Good call. I fancied that, but to obvious.
I just checked and bobridge was 34 in romandie prologue. Lets hope he was racing there with fatigue!

Also Start times here, GMT +1 http://www.steephill.tv/2016/giro-d-italia/01-TTT-start-order-and-times.pdf

Isn't Bobridge riding mainly as part of his preparation for the team pursuit at the Olympics?

Yeah, my call was based on the fact of his IP history. Plus we all know he can go out hard!
Wild call.

Fabs, bluffing with his stomach bug.

I reckon it'll be someone no one expects like say... Mathias Brandle.

Good call. I fancied that, but to obvious.

Giant-Alpecin need a win, he's Dutch, he'll learn from the mistakes he made in the Tour prologue last year and he is, with the exception of Cancellara, the only real class TTer in the field.

Yeah he's real class.
And as Im sure you also read, he's turned up to target the TTs. With possibly holding onto the pink for a week as a goal.
He's a top pick.

Just checked his odds on PP. 10/11 !!

Fantasy league entered, thanks @I_am_Hingis for setting it up. My team strategy = names I like the sound of and Esteban Chavez as I'd like to adopt him.

He'd be a great child, always say grace before his meals and wash behind his ears.

Fussy eater though.

he is also the size of a child

That's why I've found raising little Carlos so easy.

it'll take more than a stomach bug to keep Cancellara down.

Did you see the OGE backstage pass last year with him and Weening?

'You don't love your mother?!'

Ah, I enjoyed that :)

I picked a lot of Italian riders since they go well in their home race, before getting popped for EPO in the third week

#trollolololol

Bobridge still tired then?

Has he set off yet?

Cycling news ticker says he's finished 34 seconds off the pace

Your man Betancur was faster