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| roturn |
Posted on 15-05-2018 15:51
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Valls btw. crashed earlier and is out of the race. |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 15-05-2018 16:16
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ianrussell wrote:
Team car said lots of pollen in the air on first climb and that can cause him problems...more likely post rest day blues though I reckon.
If he has pollen allergy, then all my sympathies to him. I have it and can't stop sneezing when it gets too much. Irritating as hell.
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| Selwink |
Posted on 15-05-2018 16:18
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AbhishekLFC wrote:
ianrussell wrote:
Team car said lots of pollen in the air on first climb and that can cause him problems...more likely post rest day blues though I reckon.
If he has pollen allergy, then all my sympathies to him. I have it and can't stop sneezing when it gets too much. Irritating as hell.
+1
On top of that I feel I have less energy, even though I take meds, so I can fully understand these problems. Not to speak about the itchy eyes.
Didn't Landa DNF a couple of years ago as well due to pollen (2016 I think?)
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 15-05-2018 16:25
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Entertaining stage considering the profile.
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| redordead |
Posted on 15-05-2018 16:34
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Mohoric what a ride, attacked everywhere he could. Perfect stage for him.
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 15-05-2018 16:36
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Selwink wrote:
On top of that I feel I have less energy, even though I take meds, so I can fully understand these problems. Not to speak about the itchy eyes.
same here, really annoying
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 15-05-2018 19:52
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Absolutely gutted that Esteban had allergies, I also know how it feels to have pollen allergies and it sucks. Really pissed off by the fact Mitchelton stopped chasing when they were getting closer but there's nothing you can do I guess. Not going to stop supporting Yates but this just sucks. Hope Chaves feels better in the coming days to help Yates and chase stages.
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| roturn |
Posted on 15-05-2018 20:12
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Chaves actually didn`t mention the pollen allergies post stage.
He said, he just didn`t have good legs there.
His team mate Juul-Jensen added, that also the positioning early on wasn`t ideal for them.
In the end those Mitchelton riders had no chance to make it back with all those other teams chasing hard in the first group. |
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 15-05-2018 20:37
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Great stage. This is why Il Giro is the greatest race in the world. No mercy on stages like this. One of the reasons for this is the stage design ofc, and this being the 4th stage past the 200 km and 3rd 220+ km stage.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 15-05-2018 20:57
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Froome must have learned some nibali voodoo tricks over the rest day
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 15-05-2018 23:26
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The whole pollen thing was team management speculating from the car mid stage and looking for a possible reason other than the obvious post rest day blues. It was post rest day blues, shame but it meant it was one animated stage.
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| roturn |
Posted on 16-05-2018 05:42
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Forever the Best wrote:
Great stage. This is why Il Giro is the greatest race in the world. No mercy on stages like this. One of the reasons for this is the stage design ofc, and this being the 4th stage past the 200 km and 3rd 220+ km stage.
But it`s discussable if such long stages are needeed in a GT.
In my opinion 21 race days on ~23/24 days is already hard enough. Even if the stages have a max of ~200km.
Those classic/semi classic stages are not necessary and while they add another difficulty factor, it`s going over a line I`d say. You can have a great stage design with regular stages as well. |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 16-05-2018 11:52
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Indeed .
few 200 +km. stages ok.
At GT biggest action stages (beside Giro, where is always fun) are short mountain stages. |
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 16-05-2018 15:42
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Great finish to the stage |
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 16-05-2018 15:43
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Yates and dumo for the win |
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 16-05-2018 15:44
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Christ Yates is super strong wow |
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 16-05-2018 15:45
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Dumo or Yates will win this giro |
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| roturn |
Posted on 16-05-2018 15:49
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Woods struggling today was a bit of a surprise. Was expecting him gaining time today instead of losing to most other GC riders.
Wellens did try, which I like a lot. Today though it didn`t work out for him. but good to have those attacking riders in the peloton. |
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| StevenGreen |
Posted on 16-05-2018 15:49
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Either Yates has just become this strong or he peaked early while everyone else is going to peak later on
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 16-05-2018 15:51
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Froome back to his barloworld days nice |
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