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I think @Brommers must have been a bit under the missing when pay for my glorious sportive holiday miles want them all weather.
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Oliver Schick
@Brommers if you haven't listened to some audio diaries from some of the riders you should.
Everyone was fucked after the Stelvio and it was hard to find a rider who wasn't glad it was shortened or who 'in my personal opinion' thought it was too much. As @andyp says it's not just about the length of the stages, but the organisation surrounding it. Getting back to your hotel late at night after a 6.30am start, again. Not being able to manage more than six hours sleep when you're on the bike for at least that long, day after day. Riders have literally been spending more time on their bikes than sleeping. The Giro has form for this shit but it's got ridiculous last year.
I would note that all of the commentators like Smith and Wiggo who have been criticising the riders aren't riding the race. Yes, there are issues with the CPA - it's a glorified WhatsApp group - and that contributed to the shitshow, but it's ultimately on the race organisation that the relationship between them and the riders has got so bad.
Yesterday's stage would have added very little, it was just miles for the sake of it. Vengi's comments about someone paying in Milan and decision to donate yesterday's prize money to a hospital are pathetic and childish. Cerny worked incredibly hard to win that stage, surely that was in the spirit of the race? I thought Vengi wanted riders to race and that's how he rewards riders who do? Fuck him, he's a twat.