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Giro D'Italia Stage 18: Rovereto to Stradella (231km)

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    #32
    neris
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    Looks like there's a group behind nico


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    #33
    retalivity
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    Roche gonna be caught by those behind


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    #34
    neris
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    3rd


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    #35
    De Bhál
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    3rd maybe?


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    #36
    retalivity
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    Hah Roche sniped by his teammate on the line?


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    #37
    odyssey06
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    Bettiol takes it... think Nico was 3rd in the end?

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #38
    neris
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    The peleton don't seem in a hurry


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    #39
    griffin100
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    Chapeau to Nico, not too bad for an old man :)


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    #40
    Paddigol
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    Pity. Would've loved him to get a stage win.


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    #41
    Dodge
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    Paddigol wrote: »
    Pity. Would've loved him to get a stage win.

    Great ride but no denying the best man on the day won


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    #42
    retalivity
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    55.3kph avg over 231km...bloody hell?

    EDIT: that was on Eurosport for Bettiol after the race, obviously must be wrong


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    #43
    MPFGLB
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    Great ride from Nico

    I dont think anyone in the peloton could have beaten Bettiol on that stage the way he is riding ,,a RVV winner

    But Nico never gave up and gave it everything ...all heart


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    #44
    Paddigol
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    MPFGLB wrote: »
    Great ride from Nico

    I dont think anyone in the peloton could have beaten Bettiol on that stage the way he is riding ,,a RVV winner

    But Nico never gave up and gave it everything ...all heart

    Yeah, it's great to be able to call himself and Dan one of our own - proper racers. Always love when they give it a rattle cos you know it'll be a proper roll of the dice.


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    #45
    De Bhál
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    any confirmation on 3rd yet?


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    #46
    Dodge
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    De Bhál wrote: »
    any confirmation on 3rd yet?

    Yeah. Official site has that


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    #47
    mr spuckler
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    De Bhál wrote: »
    any confirmation on 3rd yet?

    Nico was clearly 3rd I thought, confirmed in official results regardless.

    https://www.giroditalia.it/en/classifiche/di-tappa/18/


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    #48
    Boscoirl
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    CyclingNews are giving him 3rd with Arndt 4th, would have been a frosty bus ride to the hotel if he pipped him at the line :D


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    #49
    MPFGLB
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    https://twitter.com/VelonCC/status/1397936219095502854?s=20


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    #50
    neris
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    MPFGLB wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/VelonCC/status/1397936219095502854?s=20

    I can't even average 25km/h on a short Saturday morning spin


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    #51
    retalivity
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    Sagan fined 1000 swiss francs and docked UCI points for 'intimidation'

    https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/peter-sagan-fined-for-intimidation-in-giro-ditalia-stage-18/

    Weird, have never seen anything like that before


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    #52
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    Hatch said it to Kelly during commentary , something along the lines of would it be intimidating for someone like Sagan coming up and telling you to knock it off if you were trying to get away.


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    #53
    griffin100
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Hatch said it to Kelly during commentary , something along the lines of would it be intimidating for someone like Sagan coming up and telling you to knock it off if you were trying to get away.

    Cancellara used to do the same thing. Remember him making everyone else slow down after some of his team mates crashed at the TDF a few years ago. Also some great stories of Hinaut doing the same thing - riding at the front of the bunch and daring others to come past him and breakaway - The Patron.


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    #54
    dastardly00
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    I didn't get to see any of the stage live today... probably for the best because I'm not sure my heart would have survived it after watching Dan win and then Nico coming so close today.

    Nico has now finished on the podium in a stage in all three Grand Tours. In fact he actually has quite a lot of podium finishes in GTs. Unlucky not to have more victories.

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    #55
    odyssey06
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    Interesting tour diary from Nico today.
    His colleague from DSM Nikias Arndt who came 4th was a bit critical of the tactics - Nico should have dropped back to the chase group if he hadn't the legs to catch Bettiol. Maybe working together they would have?

    Arndt felt he couldn't chase in the group with Nico further up the road.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #56
    dinneenp
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    Am I the only one who finds it annoying that Eurosport doesn't show current cyclist/peloton speed?


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    #57
    MPFGLB
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Interesting tour diary from Nico today.
    His colleague from DSM Nikias Arndt who came 4th was a bit critical of the tactics - Nico should have dropped back to the chase group if he hadn't the legs to catch Bettiol. Maybe working together they would have?

    Arndt felt he couldn't chase in the group with Nico further up the road.

    Well while that might have been a possibility Nico had followed Bettiol as he was the strongest which is what you do. Also Nico didnt know initially if he could stay or not with Bettiol .

    When Nico realised that he could not stay with Bettiol then he was already committed and there was no point in going back because the race was upfront and needed to keep chasing in case...

    Also there was no guarantee if he dropped back they would catch Bettiol who was very strong on the climbs. Ardnt was not strong enough on the climbs. And anyway Nico was in the red by then

    Finally if they caught Bettiol there is no guarantee that Arndt would have won as Consoni came second and why was Arndt not second. The group that Arndt was in could not catch Bettiol which says alot for his power/form


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    #58
    retalivity
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    retalivity wrote: »
    Sagan fined 1000 swiss francs and docked UCI points for 'intimidation'

    https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/peter-sagan-fined-for-intimidation-in-giro-ditalia-stage-18/

    Weird, have never seen anything like that before

    Think I see the intimidation bit now..."Get back in the Peloton"

    E2p8Ni3XwAkPZDB?format=jpg&name=medium

    https://twitter.com/OutOfCycling/status/1399067214658125830


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