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@motor city's activity:

Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate Tour preparation or will be burn all his matches in May and hope he can find another pack for July? He has abandoned his successful 2012 Tour run-up strategy of winning every stage race he entered the previous spri...

@motor city's posts:

  1. 2 riders out for me and like others I have wrong Sky Colombian. »

  2. @Chris No that would be ‘watching badgers’. Number 9 in this great list: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22470691 »

Day 5 of the Six Days of the Giro continues with an impromptu VSP event.Lets have a look at where we are in the 2013 Giro. Wiggins must have spent time training in Luxembourg because he’s been descending like a Schleck when things get dodgy before disappearing into the team van to have a cry about it. Hesjedal has put in some good moves and...

@motor city's posts:

  1. @Chris I can recommend @ukcyclingexpert on twitter. Its a spoof account but they come out wih some funny stuff. »

  2. Great great stage today. »

Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate Tour preparation or will be burn all his matches in May and hope he can find another pack for July? He has abandoned his successful 2012 Tour run-up strategy of winning every stage race he entered the previous spri...

@motor city's posts:

  1. @mouse Thats the song I’ve got stuck in my head. Damn you cycle pun related earworm. »

Day 5 of the Six Days of the Giro continues with an impromptu VSP event.Lets have a look at where we are in the 2013 Giro. Wiggins must have spent time training in Luxembourg because he’s been descending like a Schleck when things get dodgy before disappearing into the team van to have a cry about it. Hesjedal has put in some good moves and...

@motor city's posts:

  1. @huffalotpuffalot I watched the end of that stage yesterday and all the riders were totally fried. At the base of the climb it was 44 deg C (111F) and when they crawled over the finish line they were toppling off of their bikes unable to pedal any furth… »

  2. @snoov Yep, ToC on Eurosport now. Andy Schleck looked ok yesterday, best tune in quick before he drops out. »

  3. Wiggins will be fine. He’s spent the last 24 watching this to get his mojo back: »

  4.   VSP PICKS: 1. The Haymaker 2. The Cadelephant 3. The shark 4. The rabbit 5. Skiddy wiggs »

  5. @Pedale.Forchetta great photo. »

Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate Tour preparation or will be burn all his matches in May and hope he can find another pack for July? He has abandoned his successful 2012 Tour run-up strategy of winning every stage race he entered the previous spri...

@motor city's posts:

  1. Wiggins looked generally uncomfy on his bike all week even before his crash. I can’t decide if I like Vaughters or not, but there may be some truth in his twitter speculation that Wiggns is suffering with the same bug that Cataldo had. »

  2. No rest day swaps for me. My VSP picks are rubbish but its been a great first week. »

  3. @snoov Mayo’s time was set during the ITT in the 94 Dauphine, it wasn’t a road stage. »

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@motor city's posts:

  1. @Spun Up I’ll add my thoughts in response to your original question; post ride instead of grabbing a massive plate full of food have a small portion of something. Your body will be telling you to eat more but give it 15/20 minutes before having another sm… »

We’re into day four of the Six Days of the Giro series, let’s talk trash. Yes the Tour de France started a few years before the Giro and has always been credited as The Tour to win. You win the Giro, you are a stud. Win the Tour and you are a stud for life. Why is that? Is the Tour longer, tougher, more murderous, more beautiful? In the 20...

@motor city's posts:

  1. always worth a watch of this… »

  2. @TBONE I think wiggins will struggle tomorrow, mentally more than physically. »

Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate Tour preparation or will be burn all his matches in May and hope he can find another pack for July? He has abandoned his successful 2012 Tour run-up strategy of winning every stage race he entered the previous spri...

@motor city's posts:

  1. @Tobin I read that Chris Froome has beaten Iban Mayo’s (doped up) record of  55 mins up Mt Ventoux on his first training ride there. That should make for some good viewing in July. »

  2. @Mikael Liddy All the roads in the UK are grippy chip seal or worse, you couldn’t slide off in the rain even if you tried. »

  3. Massive hat tipping to Nibali today. The way he handled that off and got back to the front was pure class. »

We’re into day four of the Six Days of the Giro series, let’s talk trash. Yes the Tour de France started a few years before the Giro and has always been credited as The Tour to win. You win the Giro, you are a stud. Win the Tour and you are a stud for life. Why is that? Is the Tour longer, tougher, more murderous, more beautiful? In the 20...

@motor city's posts:

  1. Il Giro for me, its more sketchy which makes it more exciting than the tour. I had a rare day off with my just my 2 year old son for company today. He was happily running round playing so i set the trainer up in front of the tv. He ended up sat on the to… »

Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate Tour preparation or will be burn all his matches in May and hope he can find another pack for July? He has abandoned his successful 2012 Tour run-up strategy of winning every stage race he entered the previous spri...

@motor city's posts:

  1. @El Mateo I think the long TT stage on Saturday is going to be really interesting. Losing time at the end of tuesdays stage, the Columbian ‘conspiracy’, Chris Froome and his whiny bird must mean that Wiggins is totally screwing at the moment. On paper W… »

  2. @motor city make that 18 (Hill TT), 19 & 20 should decide the overall winner »

  3. @Beers this should help…. http://inrng.com/2013/04/giro-guide/ stage 15 on Galibier should be good but the final 3 stages 17 (Hill TT), 18 & 19 should decide the overall winner. »

We’re heaping coals on the Giro frenzy that’s burning in all corners of the Cycling world by issuing the second installment of the monthly BigRingRiding Sur la Plaque series while at the same time kicking off the Six Days of the Giro series where we’ll post six articles on the subject of this, the best Grand Tour of the year. Y...

@motor city's posts:

  1. @mcsqueak Yeah, its pretty decent stuff. Its made in Poland which makes me wonder if its knocked out by the same dudeski’s that are making the new V-kit. I’d say the jersey sizing is fairly generous so if you are in-between you may want to go down a siz… »

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@motor city's posts:

  1. @DerHoggz @sthilzy @RedRanger @snoov Cheers for your help, managed to move the shifters and re-tape without any real issues. »