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Giro d'Italia 2013 - Week 2
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 14-05-2013 16:52
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Debatable who to pick but a selection of pre race favourites finishing positions today:
Nibali 3rd +31
Wiggins 10th +1:08
Scarponi 12th +1:10
Gesink 14th +1:16
Hesjedal no where +saving myself for a stage win attempt
Best surprise has been Evans but Santambrogio must be licking his lips at the prospect of a podium too. |
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 14-05-2013 16:56
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Also what were the youngsters like Henao and Aru doing with their rest day - did no one drag them out of bed? There's me thinking being 25 or under is an advantage in life 
Edited by ianrussell on 14-05-2013 16:57
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 14-05-2013 16:57
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Weening lost 21 mins as well |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 14-05-2013 17:00
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
Weening lost 21 mins as well
he already lost 9 mins last stage  not yesterday
Edited by SSJ2Luigi on 14-05-2013 17:00
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 14-05-2013 17:00
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Weening said he's not going for GC few times. He's here for stage win, so was no point in trying to stay with best today.
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 14-05-2013 17:14
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Best explanation I've heard all day:
"Great day for Team Sky, played their cards well knowing that the 20% grades would be too much for Wiggins and took the stage win with Uran. Well played guys. Wiggins will put the pressure on in the days to come to break Nibali who traditionally has a bad day every now and again in the hills. "
Did Hesjedal seriously finish over 20 minutes down? That impossible! What did he do? Get to the top and rode back down?
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 14-05-2013 17:22
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Aru dropped by the Grupetto, coming in few seconds behind most of the sprinters. did someone say he was ill? |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 14-05-2013 17:29
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ianrussell wrote:
Aru dropped by the Grupetto, coming in few seconds behind most of the sprinters. did someone say he was ill?
He is. Apparently the first thing he did was to visit the toilet.
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 14-05-2013 17:35
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Stelvio few days ago. Promising! 
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 14-05-2013 17:35
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kumazan wrote:
ianrussell wrote:
Aru dropped by the Grupetto, coming in few seconds behind most of the sprinters. did someone say he was ill?
He is. Apparently the first thing he did was to visit the toilet.
Urggh, nice. Just what you need when riding up 2 mountains. Thanks for the info. |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 14-05-2013 17:38
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Ian Butler wrote:
I just don't get it. Why is that Sky train to effecient? No offence, but Zandio at the front and some extremely strong climbers lose touch, I don't get it. Yet the entire Sky train has no trouble following... Someone explain this to me, please
Steady pace. The more in the back you are, the more you need to accelerate to reposition, and to slow down when some one in front of you slows down, etc.
In the end a steady pace costs less energy (so there's more left for actual efforts).
Especially when the slope is important, there's little drafting from riders in front, so there's little interest in sitting in the back of a group.
(15 pages of messages this afternoon ? seriously guy, think of the people who read all that after coming home from work ) |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 14-05-2013 17:48
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What a great stage! Colombian Domination and great ride from Pozzovivo and Evans as well.
Shame Hesjedal is doing so bad. I hope he will quit or just ride to build (the obviously lacking) form for the Tour or Vuelta unless its sickness thats causing him the trouble. That or go for a stage win. But still this race is lost for him.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 14-05-2013 18:05
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The people here aren't the only ones unhappy with Quigley 
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| kumazan |
Posted on 14-05-2013 18:15
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
The people here aren't the only ones unhappy with Quigley
But he's also here.
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 14-05-2013 19:36
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superider2010 wrote:
finally the british looser let a colombian free and what happened?the colombian won the stage
sky really don't need wiggins anymore
Let's jump to quick conclusions, shall we not ? |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 14-05-2013 19:55
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Giro is just great ..first big mountain stage. Riders all over the road separetly.
Never happens at TdF |
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| Jaixo |
Posted on 14-05-2013 20:03
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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? |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 14-05-2013 20:09
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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.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 14-05-2013 20:11
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Cataldo seems recovered from his stomach also. |
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| ruben |
Posted on 14-05-2013 20:17
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Seems Gesink did really evolve to a worse climber after leg break. Seems pretty definite. He'll have to contend with lower top 10 placings in GT's, or become a super dom.
Wiggins and Scarponi did only seconds better, but they are old. All the new guys, Gesink can't keep up with them.
Nibali has this under control. I don't think Evans can damage him. Maybe Uran.. but Brailsford seemed almost dissapointed he won, it's all about Wiggins... |
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