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Giro d'Italia 2013 - Week 2
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 15-05-2013 02:29
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Must have meant that Ryder rested on the rest day, and either knew it was over before the rest day, or did more damage to his chances by mistake.
Either way, they must have decided Ryder wasn't in top shape before the rest day.
Edit: Wait of course they knew. He lost time before the rest day. I just missed the first week.
Confirmation that he is suffering from some illness.
Edited by valverde321 on 15-05-2013 02:54
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| 547984 |
Posted on 15-05-2013 02:45
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Too lazy to read over the gazillion pages of discussion since I just came home. Rewatched the race; any news yet on the Wiggins/Sky situation?
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| Nin1388 |
Posted on 15-05-2013 03:41
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NTTHRASH wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
Garmin say Hesjedal may retire from the race.
Why? What does he possibly need a rest for?
Exactly, but maybe to prepare for TdF to help Dan Martin.
This season Hesjedal has not rode in a race more than 6 days. So obviously doing it in Giro for 1st time would have been difficult. He was not well prepared. Maybe not even thinking of defending.
He rode in Volta Catalunya for 1st time in March. Compare that to Wiggins or Nibali who started season in TfOman and TdSan Luiz in January. |
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| Nin1388 |
Posted on 15-05-2013 03:47
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NTTHRASH wrote:
Does anyone think Wiggins is now out of contention? He seems out of it. I'm liking Evans for the podium...for the first time in history.
Not yet. If you saw last climb, Nibali had 1 tired teammate, Evans had none and Wiggins had 3 teammates. And this is a team sport. Today it did not affect Nibali much but on some other mountains it will be a problem. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 15-05-2013 06:42
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NTTHRASH wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
Garmin say Hesjedal may retire from the race.
Why? What does he possibly need a rest for?
Tour? Vuelta? Basically any other big race he could actually do well in?
Would be the best solution, imo. No point in suffering through the Giro if he's ill and out of contention. Better to recover and focus on something else.
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| vismitananda |
Posted on 15-05-2013 06:47
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
NTTHRASH wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
Garmin say Hesjedal may retire from the race.
Why? What does he possibly need a rest for?
Tour? Vuelta? Basically any other big race he could actually do well in?
Would be the best solution, imo. No point in suffering through the Giro if he's ill and out of contention. Better to recover and focus on something else.
I agree, I really felt sad for Hesjedal in this Giro, he kept on trying but as the race progress, he's loosing more time on the other GC contenders and being dropped easily, and on that stage 10 he finished 72nd, way down below. Well, it's simply over for him.
Edited by vismitananda on 15-05-2013 06:57
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-05-2013 08:58
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Hesj might ride well in the Tour, I think it's more his terrain than this giro anyway. |
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| titleist82 |
Posted on 15-05-2013 10:03
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Guido Mukk wrote:
Pellizotti2 wrote:
Jaixo wrote:
17 Dario Cataldo - Sky Procycling
18 Tanel Kangert - Astana Pro Team 2.25
19 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya - Sky Procycling 3.14
how did Kangert manage to finish so high? Wasn't he dropped early before the Uran attack and when Agnoli was still working hard for Nibali?
He was. I'm guessing he had a bad moment earlier on the climb, recovered and paced himself to the top.
Kangert time is weird yes..Same time Agnoli who did amazing job today..he also feeded Kangert and lost over 8 min. at the end. Like Kangert would have ride just for himself.
he also rode the TT at 100%, which is absolutely stupid for a domesqique. seems like he is not that committed to nibbles... |
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| NTTHRASH |
Posted on 15-05-2013 12:13
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In related news, Belkin is now in talks with Team Blanco. So maybe we shall see Gesink better after a sponsor change? Additionally, whoever it was that said Hesjadal could win TDF and Vuelta: that's too hopeful. Hesjadal isn't good enough...
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 15-05-2013 12:15
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NTTHRASH wrote:
In related news, Belkin is now in talks with Team Blanco. So maybe we shall see Gesink better after a sponsor change? Additionally, whoever it was that said Hesjadal could win TDF and Vuelta: that's too hopeful. Hesjadal isn't good enough...
Yeah, that must be it, Gesink is not strong enough because of his sponsor 
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 15-05-2013 12:41
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It is all pretty much downhill but no break after the first hour of racing with 53.5km covered 
Everyone knows it's breakaway day today and 120 riders want to be in it?
Edited by ianrussell on 15-05-2013 12:43
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| ruben |
Posted on 15-05-2013 12:44
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Ian Butler wrote:
NTTHRASH wrote:
In related news, Belkin is now in talks with Team Blanco. So maybe we shall see Gesink better after a sponsor change? Additionally, whoever it was that said Hesjadal could win TDF and Vuelta: that's too hopeful. Hesjadal isn't good enough...
Yeah, that must be it, Gesink is not strong enough because of his sponsor
Gesink functions much better with a Belkin router. His IP adress changes and his upload speed will storm upwards |
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 15-05-2013 13:11
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Finally the road starts to rise and 20 go clear:
Navardauskus, Bonnafond, Rodriguez, Pirazzi, Martens, Oss, Sarmiento, Duque, Martinez, Le Bon, Gusev, Cobo, Pauwels, Keukeleire, Popovych, Puccio, Gretsch, Petrov, Veuchelen and Di Luca |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 15-05-2013 13:11
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titleist82 wrote:
Guido Mukk wrote:
Pellizotti2 wrote:
Jaixo wrote:
17 Dario Cataldo - Sky Procycling
18 Tanel Kangert - Astana Pro Team 2.25
19 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya - Sky Procycling 3.14
how did Kangert manage to finish so high? Wasn't he dropped early before the Uran attack and when Agnoli was still working hard for Nibali?
He was. I'm guessing he had a bad moment earlier on the climb, recovered and paced himself to the top.
Kangert time is weird yes..Same time Agnoli who did amazing job today..he also feeded Kangert and lost over 8 min. at the end. Like Kangert would have ride just for himself.
he also rode the TT at 100%, which is absolutely stupid for a domesqique. seems like he is not that committed to nibbles...
He had green light for TT..and If somebody (beside Agnoli) he have racing for Nibbles |
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 15-05-2013 13:15
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All but 3 teams represented there (Astana, Lampre, Lotto) they have 4 minutes very quickly and the pack probably won't see them until the team buses.
Also how does Cycling News live coverage never know anything until the whole of the rest of Twitter knows - e.g. the break composition?
Edited by ianrussell on 15-05-2013 13:19
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 15-05-2013 13:24
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Should be easy for il Killer
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 15-05-2013 13:29
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Yeah probably but hopefully someone will challenge. They won't get that much rope either as Di Luca and Petrov are "just" 13 minutes back. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 15-05-2013 13:30
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Spilak23 wrote:
Should be easy for il Killer
El Bisonte will have him for breakfast. 
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 15-05-2013 13:31
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No team in the break has more than one rider too. |
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 15-05-2013 13:37
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Daniel Benson@dnlbenson
Sylvain Georges positive for Heptaminol correction on May 10th - a DNS today
Edit date of positive.
Edited by ianrussell on 15-05-2013 14:00
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