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Giro d'Italia 2013 - Week 3
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| roturn |
Posted on 23-05-2013 15:52
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Jesleyh wrote:
Wow, Nibbles already 1'30 ahead of Evans!
(Not 9km time, broadcast just showed it)
Evans is 1'26 behind in the GC. So 1'30 meant that Nibali gained 4s on him so far.
Edit: Or maybe not. 
Edited by roturn on 23-05-2013 15:53
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| CountArach |
Posted on 23-05-2013 15:52
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Wow Cuddles, that was awful.
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Posted on 23-05-2013 15:52
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Buona notte, Cadel
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 23-05-2013 15:53
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roturn wrote:
Jesleyh wrote:
Wow, Nibbles already 1'30 ahead of Evans!
(Not 9km time, broadcast just showed it)
Evans is 1'26 behind in the GC. So 1'30 meant that Nibali gained 4s on him so far.
Oh, Sporza fail then, I guess.
Though Evans lost a lot on intermediate, so I think I was right 
Edit: Okay, I was right.
Edited by Jesleyh on 23-05-2013 15:53
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 23-05-2013 15:54
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Gesink in almost full TT-gear 
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| Smowz |
Posted on 23-05-2013 15:55
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As I thought Evans is very vulnerable. He has been in his old wheelsucker role, doing the very best he can at the finishes. Could lose a lot of time here.
But Nibali is winning the Giro here (as if he had not already).
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| issoisso |
Posted on 23-05-2013 15:56
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Evans turning back the clock now and gaining, but nowhere near enough
And Majka's going to put in a quite good time it seems
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 23-05-2013 16:01
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Majka gets the jersey. That's pure amazing fight between the two of them 
Edited by Alakagom on 23-05-2013 16:02
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 23-05-2013 16:01
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Majka in white! |
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| fosforgasXIII |
Posted on 23-05-2013 16:01
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Majka back in white again. Difference is something like 2 seconds though. |
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Posted on 23-05-2013 16:01
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Heh, Majka takes white great battle.
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| gotlandrules |
Posted on 23-05-2013 16:02
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The fight for white is amazing |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 23-05-2013 16:02
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Smowz wrote:
As I thought Evans is very vulnerable. He has been in his old wheelsucker role, doing the very best he can at the finishes. Could lose a lot of time here.
He is hardly a wheelsucker. He just can't accelerate as well as other riders and thus doesn't attack a lot. Just like Wiggins, who is not a wheelsucker by any means. A wheelsucker would be someone like Valverde who can climb and accelerate but chooses to wait for the final 500m of a mountain before sprinting for time bonuses.
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 23-05-2013 16:03
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CountArach wrote:
Smowz wrote:
As I thought Evans is very vulnerable. He has been in his old wheelsucker role, doing the very best he can at the finishes. Could lose a lot of time here.
He is hardly a wheelsucker. He just can't accelerate as well as other riders and thus doesn't attack a lot. Just like Wiggins, who is not a wheelsucker by any means. A wheelsucker would be someone like Valverde who can climb and accelerate but chooses to wait for the final 500m of a mountain before sprinting for time bonuses.
I think Rodriguez is also kind of a wheelsucker, he always waits for the last 1000 metres and then attacks. |
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Posted on 23-05-2013 16:05
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Sanchez seems to have TTed himself into the top 10. |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 23-05-2013 16:05
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TimoCycling wrote:
CountArach wrote:
Smowz wrote:
As I thought Evans is very vulnerable. He has been in his old wheelsucker role, doing the very best he can at the finishes. Could lose a lot of time here.
He is hardly a wheelsucker. He just can't accelerate as well as other riders and thus doesn't attack a lot. Just like Wiggins, who is not a wheelsucker by any means. A wheelsucker would be someone like Valverde who can climb and accelerate but chooses to wait for the final 500m of a mountain before sprinting for time bonuses.
I think Rodriguez is also kind of a wheelsucker, he always waits for the last 1000 metres and then attacks.
Yeah definitely. He is a bit better than he used to be (particularly when fighting against Valverde, who can outsprint him) but he is another good example of this sort of rider. Evans is just mischaracterised, but it is simply because he can't attack, particularly as he gets older. Just like Basso.
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 23-05-2013 16:06
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CountArach wrote:
TimoCycling wrote:
CountArach wrote:
Smowz wrote:
As I thought Evans is very vulnerable. He has been in his old wheelsucker role, doing the very best he can at the finishes. Could lose a lot of time here.
He is hardly a wheelsucker. He just can't accelerate as well as other riders and thus doesn't attack a lot. Just like Wiggins, who is not a wheelsucker by any means. A wheelsucker would be someone like Valverde who can climb and accelerate but chooses to wait for the final 500m of a mountain before sprinting for time bonuses.
I think Rodriguez is also kind of a wheelsucker, he always waits for the last 1000 metres and then attacks.
Yeah definitely. He is a bit better than he used to be (particularly when fighting against Valverde, who can outsprint him) but he is another good example of this sort of rider. Evans is just mischaracterised, but it is simply because he can't attack, particularly as he gets older. Just like Basso.
Evans was very attacking last year and the year before that, but before those years he was always a defending rider trying to hold on for a good GC. |
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Posted on 23-05-2013 16:07
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My point about Evans is that he has this incredible ability to follow, even when he is not going that great. We have seen him attacking quite often in recent years, but here he has done very little even token attempts to attack.
At the Giro he has been desperately following. Today we see his form isn't that good,
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| issoisso |
Posted on 23-05-2013 16:07
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As Evans said in the 2005 Tour: "That was the first time in my life I attacked"
Smowz wrote:
At the Giro he has been desperately following. Today we see his form isn't that good,
I'd argue his form is excellent, he's just not that good anymore
And it's raining now. Wonder if Scarponi will win the TT on account of that...
Edited by issoisso on 23-05-2013 16:08
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| Tilion |
Posted on 23-05-2013 16:08
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Evans is sick? |
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