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Giro d'Italia Week 3
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 29-05-2014 18:36
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I think one of Rolland or Uran finishes 2nd and then 4th - 8th is pretty wide open in my opinion. One bad day for one of them and they are probably out. One really good day for another and they should secure a Top 5. Aru looks the strongest of the 4-8 group, he might even get 3rd.
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 29-05-2014 19:04
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MartijnVDD wrote:
TimoCycling wrote:
My bet for the final GC:
1. Quintana
2. Rolland
3. Uran
4. Aru
5. Majka
6. Kelderman
7. Pozzovivo
8. Hesjedal
9. Evans
10. Kiserlovski
So what you're basically saying is that nothing will change except for Kelderman jumping over Hesjedal and Pozzo and Rolland over Uran?
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| anderspcm |
Posted on 29-05-2014 19:12
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Pozzovivo will at least secures him 4th place imo on Zoncolan, his weight gives him such a huge advantage 
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 29-05-2014 19:13
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anderspcm wrote:
Pozzovivo will at least secures him 4th place imo on Zoncolan, his weight gives him such a huge advantage
*lack of weight  |
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| anderspcm |
Posted on 29-05-2014 19:26
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In danish we would just say his weight, but yeah I obviously meant lack of weight, the guy looks like a junior 
Edited by anderspcm on 29-05-2014 19:27
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 29-05-2014 19:58
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anderspcm wrote:
In danish we would just say his weight, but yeah I obviously meant lack of weight, the guy looks like a junior
I think that's the case in most languages. Not only Danish. Timo was just trying to be a smart-ass
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 29-05-2014 20:02
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1. Quintana
2. Uran
3. Aru
4. Majka
5. Rolland
6. Kelderman
7. Pozzovivo
8. Hesjedal
9. Evans
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 29-05-2014 21:18
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alexkr00 wrote:
anderspcm wrote:
In danish we would just say his weight, but yeah I obviously meant lack of weight, the guy looks like a junior
I think that's the case in most languages. Not only Danish. Timo was just trying to be a smart-ass
Can't help it. |
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| fickman |
Posted on 29-05-2014 21:50
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After so many confusion here and so many riders complaning here I decided to watch the Stage 16 again. I notice at the top of the Stelvio when the KOM classification pop up appears u can see Rolland going through without stopping then an astana rider then Hesjedal and then Quintana. A few seconds latter a Tinkoff rider goes also through without stoping while he closes his rainjacket (Rogers or Roche im not rure) and another one stops to get some food (I think it was Majka beacuse of a white scarf Majka was wearing) a few seconds after that u can see Uran also going through without stoping (i recognized him because the Pink handlebar) at that point is Evans nowhere to be seen.
Then I remember some statements of Majka:
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Polish rider Rafał Majka fell from third overall to fifth, and posted on Facebook that he’d believed the stage had been neutralized.
“Everything collapsed up on the Passo dello Stelvio,” he wrote. “My teammates were setting a high pace for me, and we almost caught the breakaway. At the top of the Cime Coppi there were about 40 riders , including Urán and Evans. We all stopped at the top, because by the radio we were informed that the downhill is to be neutralized due to snowfall. So we dressed up so as not to get sick during the cold junction. In the meantime, however, Quintana, Hesjedal, and Rolland went away and did 2.5 minutes difference on the downhill. The race was to begin after the Stelvio downhill, and in the meantime the rules were not the same for everyone. A lot of teams , including of course, Tinkoff-Saxo, made a protest to the organizers. I’ll see what happens, but either way I still want to prove that the Giro is not over for me.”
So unless Majka had some hallucinations I think he is only talking s*** and bitching arround because he lost time and the white jersey. Even in the downhill after that Uran was almost all the time only with a Sky rider to be seen. |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 29-05-2014 21:53
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Ah, a French sports commentator on twitter wondering if Rolland is not harming his TDF chances by wasting so much energy in Italy.
What a self-centered ignorant.  |
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 29-05-2014 21:58
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Aquarius wrote:
Ah, a French sports commentator on twitter wondering if Rolland is not harming his TDF chances by wasting so much energy in Italy.
What a self-centered ignorant.
French people, right? |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 29-05-2014 22:01
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Aquarius wrote:
Ah, a French sports commentator on twitter wondering if Rolland is not harming his TDF chances by wasting so much energy in Italy.
What a self-centered ignorant.
Hasn't he got Pinot, Elissonde, Bardet or Barguil to build up and then knock down? Or has all the "new Hinault" talk stopped yet? |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 30-05-2014 08:11
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Jacdk wrote:
b3n3v3nt3 wrote:
That's the thing, he wasn't the only one. And it wasn't even Movistar who attacked at the peak, it was Europcar with Pierre. It's a competition, and the race wasn't neutralized (maybe it should have been, but it wasn't), I don't see why people blame Quintana.
You know why riders don't attack if the leader is down or on a break? Because its not the morally white thing to do, its not good sportsmanship to win because the others had a defect.
Its a competition but there are still unwritten rules and also there is such a thing as fair sportsmanship.
That is why Evans did nothing wrong at stage 7. |
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| fickman |
Posted on 30-05-2014 13:19
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A lot of fog and its raining at the finish line. I hop we will be able to see the last km. |
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| Tjoertszc |
Posted on 30-05-2014 13:27
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I reckon now is the time to make a guess about what team mechanics will give their riders the longest push following a calculated bike change.
I really wish they would make laws to prevent it. Pushing in a TT, especially when it is planned to happen at the steepest gradients, should not be accepted.
My guess: Europcar |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 30-05-2014 13:41
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It appears that Jos van Emden has proposed to his girlfriend during his ITT 
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| fickman |
Posted on 30-05-2014 13:42
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Not only team mechanics but a lot of moron fans are pushing the riders  |
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 30-05-2014 13:49
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Ffs another set in the tennis to go before they go to the giro
FKN eurosport
Edited by deek12345 on 30-05-2014 13:57
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| fickman |
Posted on 30-05-2014 13:56
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WTF is this everyone is just walking arround in the last km. Giro Organizers are the worst ever |
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| Tjoertszc |
Posted on 30-05-2014 13:59
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fickman wrote:
Not only team mechanics but a lot of moron fans are pushing the riders
It is impossible to regulate the spectators, though. Unless you barricade the entire ascent (but even that does not keep them out).
However, it would be very easy to regulate whether or not team mechanics are allowed to push riders in a TT. |
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