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Giro 2018 stage18: Abbiategrasso – Prato Nevoso 196 km

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    #32
    Kaisr Sose
    Registered Users Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭Kaisr Sose


    RIGOLO wrote: »
    Interesting conversation on the Mitchelton Scott bus this evening between Yates and Chavez.. can I have my bonus seconds back.
    Stage 6 Yeats gifted teh victory on Mount Etna and the time bonuses to his team mate Chavez. 
    I bet he is regretting that.. imagine if he loses the Giro by 8 secs , 8 secs he gave to his team mate...

    That’s not really a fair or correct assessment of that stage. Chavez deserved to win that stage and nobody was to know what was to follow. It’s only 4secs as Yeats got bonus seconds too.


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    #33
    REBELSAFC
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    MPFGLB wrote: »
    Expect the unexpected ....that is this giro

    Oh wise oracle of boards ;)


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    #34
    circler
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    A little piece of me is glad Yates cracked, if someone coasts through a GT without a bad day, it's suspicious IMO. I still think he did the right thing with Chavez and the stage. I don't think the GC will come down to 4 seconds. We'll see, but I doubt it.

    AND, it makes tomorrow more interesting already, that's a good thing regardless (unless you are SY).


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    #35
    DDC1990
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    I will be devastated if Yeats loses the Giro.


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    #36
    MPFGLB
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    REBELSAFC wrote: »
    Oh wise oracle of boards ;)

    Yes I am :D

    Plus the winner may not be one of the current top 2

    :)


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    #37
    retalivity
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    MPFGLB wrote: »
    Yes I am :D

    Plus the winner may not be one of the current top 2

    :)

    All 6 sky lads (except poels and froome) to go up the road on the first climb, froome and poels to attack on the 2nd. Froome to win by about 15mins. Poels to jump up to 2nd.

    Mark my words!


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    #38
    dastardly00
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    retalivity wrote: »
    All 6 sky lads (except poels and froome) to go up the road on the first climb, froome and poels to attack on the 2nd. Froome to win by about 15mins. Poels to jump up to 2nd.

    Mark my words!


    Nah, you're off your rocker there retalivity.

    UAE Team Emirates are going to TTT their way to victory tomorrow. Fabio Aru will win the stage by 50 minutes and will get the pink jersey!


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    #39
    dastardly00
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    I am hoping though that either Pozzovivo, Froome or Pinot does an Alberto Contador kamikaze style attack early on tomorrow :D


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    #40
    MPFGLB
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    I am hoping though that either Pozzovivo, Froome or Pinot does an Alberto Contador kamikaze style attack early on tomorrow :D

    Pinot was NOT looking it today though


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    #41
    velo.2010
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    Mitchelton-Scott will be kicking themselves that Chavez has been sub par since the first rest day and lost so much time. If he was still up there, they could have played the one-two with Dumoulin and have him and his team do more work and potentially give Yates more recovery.

    It was telling when Yates spoke of how hard the final 10km of his TT was. The race could be catching up on him with the strength of his team delaying any bad day(s) until late in the race.

    Dumoulin hasn't had any bad days really so we'll see how he gets on over the next two. Hard to envisage Froome coming from that far back but it has been done with Nibali a couple of years ago.


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    #42
    fishfoodie
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    MPFGLB wrote: »
    Pinot was NOT looking it today though

    Just lulling everyone into a false sense of security.

    No-one expects an attack from the guy who looks about to barf up a lung !! ;)


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    #43
    gmacww
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    velo.2010 wrote: »
    Dumoulin hasn't had any bad days really so we'll see how he gets on over the next two. Hard to envisage Froome coming from that far back but it has been done with Nibali a couple of years ago.

    Remember this is exactly how TD won last year. Not spectacular just constant. Bar his bathroom issue he was solid all tour.

    As for Mitcheldean Scott they've been here before. Chaves in pink looking good before Nibali picked his pocket. You'd hope they learnt from that.


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    #44
    irishrover99
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    I hadn't seen that interview with mathie whyte earlier but it's something I was thinking. He said before the stage that they expected the climb to suit TD and that's they way it turned out.
    Could Yates have let him him go knowing tomorrow could suit him more?.
    Hopefully not but I think Tom has to attack before the last climb tomorrow.


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    #45
    flatty
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    Td is 15kg heavier than Yates. It makes no sense that he can pummel him uphill.


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    #46
    sy
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    "gmacww wrote: »
    Bar his bathroom issue "HE WAS SOLID ALL TOUR"

    ........

    LMFAO

    By the way I'm sy....junior


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    #47
    Dr. Bre
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    With Yates struggling today expect sky or sun web to put the hurt on early tomorrow


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    #48
    Inquitus
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    After that stage, the bookies have a new favourite....

    Tom Dumoulin 1
    Simon Yates 5/4
    Chris Froome 10
    Domenico Pozzovivo 14
    Miguel Angel Lopez 33


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    #49
    Inquitus
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    Good article and some pictures on the state of the Finestre tomorrow.

    https://twitter.com/lafiammarossa/status/999684875794960384


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    #50
    retalivity
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    Dont know what pinot was at, had reichenbach on the front to set the pace and then just followed him to the line, couldn't follow any attacks


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    #51
    gmacww
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    sy wrote: »
    LMFAO

    By the way I'm sy....junior

    One person found the intentional pun :)


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    #52
    Brian?
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    flatty wrote: »
    Td is 15kg heavier than Yates. It makes no sense that he can pummel him uphill.

    When did Tom “pummel him uphill”? He made some time back yesterday, but lost time on every other hill top finish

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #53
    coco0981
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    Inquitus wrote: »
    After that stage, the bookies have a new favourite....

    Tom Dumoulin 1
    Simon Yates 5/4
    Chris Froome 10
    Domenico Pozzovivo 14
    Miguel Angel Lopez 33

    Paddy Power have them both at evens. Think Yates will still do it as yesterdays stage was suited to Dumoulin. I'm so confident in him I've put everything in my PP account on Yates, all 10 euro of it 😀


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    #54
    Itziger
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    Inquitus wrote: »
    Good article and some pictures on the state of the Finestre tomorrow.

    https://twitter.com/lafiammarossa/status/999684875794960384

    Are the pros really going to be cycling up that mud path??


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    #55
    Kaisr Sose
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    Itziger wrote: »
    Are the pros really going to be cycling up that mud path??

    It seems so. They even cleared the snow off it to help them. On a bright note, there is no snow forecast – something some past‘Giri’ had to cope with.

    I think Yeats will gain time on nearest challengers, Dumoulin at least.


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    #56
    coco0981
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    coco0981 wrote: »
    Paddy Power have them both at evens. Think Yates will still do it as yesterdays stage was suited to Dumoulin. I'm so confident in him I've put everything in my PP account on Yates, all 10 euro of it 😀

    Ah feck


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    #57
    retalivity
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    retalivity wrote: »
    All 6 sky lads (except poels and froome) to go up the road on the first climb, froome and poels to attack on the 2nd. Froome to win by about 15mins. Poels to jump up to 2nd.

    Mark my words!

    I wasnt far off!!


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