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Giro d'Italia Stage 16 – May 27th, Ponte di Legno-Val Martello **Unmasked Spoilers**

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    #62
    neris
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    Just turned on eurosport. That looks miserable to say the least


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    #63
    blobbie
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    Coffee stop for somebody


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    #64
    Darkglasses
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    Think Quintana just went into the back of Izagirre there, stupid of Gorka to stop so suddenly in fairness. This could be a really silly stage..


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    #65
    retalivity
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    jeez they all stopped!


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    #66
    dragratchet
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    jaysis, looks dicey as hell on that descent, fingers crossed for everyone's safety


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    #67
    REBELSAFC
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    retalivity wrote: »
    jeez they all stopped!

    When cheering on Philip Deignan a few days ago, my 3 year old was asking "Where is Philip gone?"

    When I replied I didn't know she very wisely suggested that "maybe he stopped for a drink of water and got lost up that mountain!!!"

    The wisdom of youth!!!


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    #68
    retalivity
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    cyclingnews down for anyone else?


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    #69
    Blowfish
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    retalivity wrote: »
    cyclingnews down for anyone else?
    Very briefly, but it's back up.


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    #70
    derealbadger
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    If it was tennis we would pull out the plastic and all go for a coffee
    Another gem from king Kelly


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    #71
    MPFG
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    Bit of a mess as some stopped and some went on

    Quintana & Rolland have a gap on pink Jersey

    Majka rumoured to be far behind ???


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    #72
    Darkglasses
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    Woooow...If that graphic is right Uran is ****ed


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    #73
    Darkglasses
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    TST jerseys in the Pink jersey group so I assume Majka is there


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    #74
    neris
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    still another climb to go before the finish?


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    #75
    MPFG
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    Some riders stopped at the top and that may have been because of the neutralisation


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    #76
    Darkglasses
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    neris wrote: »
    still another climb to go before the finish?

    Yep, a slightly smaller but equally steep one. Val Martello, a new one to the Giro
    MPFG wrote: »
    Some riders stopped at the top and that may have been because of the neutralisation

    Yeah you could see Quintana didn't stop for a second, nearly knocked Gorka Izagirre off his bike because he wanted to get down the descent so fast. Uran and the others must have stopped for food and jackets. I think Uran should have been more cautious


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    #77
    pelevin
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    Hard to see how Quintana & that little group pulled out a 2 minute lead.


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    #78
    MPFG
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    In fairness DS probably told riders to stop cos they though it was neutralized

    Tinkoff did loads of work for nothing


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    #79
    death1234567
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    Darkglasses wrote: »
    I think Uran should have been more cautious
    He should have been marking Quintana and then let one of his domestiques get food/jacket for him.


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    #80
    retalivity
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    aru, evans, majka with uran?

    They will pull that back


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    #81
    G1032
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    MPFG wrote: »
    In fairness DS probably told riders to stop cos they though it was neutralized

    Tinkoff did loads of work for nothing

    Sorry for my ignorance, but what does neutralized mean in relation to cycling?


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    #82
    death1234567
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    MPFG wrote: »
    In fairness DS probably told riders to stop cos they though it was neutralized

    Tinkoff did loads of work for nothing
    Tinkoff probably thought if they brought it all back together then the descent would be neutralised but once Cataldo attacked that ruined everything.


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    #83
    blobbie
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    retalivity wrote: »
    aru, evans, majka with uran?

    They will pull that back

    Not sure. Some handy climbers in the chase groups and throw in Cataldo


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    #84
    Darkglasses
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    G1032 wrote: »
    Sorry for my ignorance, but what does neutralized mean in relation to cycling?

    No racing allowed, the groups ride together behind a car or motorbike, nobody is allowed to pass the vehicle. The vehicles maintain the time gaps as they were.

    However in this case, there was way too many different groups for a neutralization to be viable. Ultimately there was no black or red flag, so it never happened. Uran and lots of other riders thought it was neutralized anyway (as they were told it was going to happen on the radio), and stopped to get food and jackets on, and then rode slowly down the hill. Meanwhile, Quintana and Rolland did not stop and attacked down the hill.


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    #85
    MPFG
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    Sean " Isa gree " ???


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    #86
    death1234567
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    Cataldo is done for. Movistar really pushing on.


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    #87
    MPFG
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    RT @tinkoff_saxo: Neutralization of the Stelvio-descent wasn't brought to all team cars. Big confusion #giro pic.twitter.com/cFNZOqHgHt


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    #88
    Darkglasses
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    RT @fakecyclingnews1 Oleg Tinkov promises to neutralise Quintana at the end of the stage #giro


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    #89
    retalivity
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    Quintana starting a looooong way out


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    #90
    blobbie
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    Plenty of examples of how the Pros "de-snot"


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    #91
    Darkglasses
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    blobbie wrote: »
    Plenty of examples of how the Pros "de-snot"

    I saw an example smeared on Cataldo's shoulder earlier :o


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