Giro Stage 4 - Spoiler Thread

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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Damian Lewis on the front for Sky.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,549
    calvjones wrote:
    WTF are Sky up to?

    Not sure.
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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    WTF are Sky up to?

    Not sure.

    Look like they are keeping out of trouble rather than really dropping the hammer.

    Think they might be happy to see a nobody take the stage win.
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Only thing I could think was not bothered about breakaway rider but brining the tempo up to control the peloton. Bit pointless if they shell out GC riders support if the same GC guys just sit on their train.
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Sky setting up for Wiggo to crest the summit and surf Uran's mullet to some time bosoms. And they might as well try to discourage heroics from GC guys.
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  • mr_poll
    mr_poll Posts: 1,547
    Very wet - worth keeping everyone at the front and safer?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Uran now joined the charge. Go Sylvain.
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  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    WTF are Sky up to?

    Not sure.

    Katusha had let the pace drop, note the ease with which Sylvain got his lead. Sky want to make it less likely that anyone punches off the front so far out from the finish (?)
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Wiggins looking at his SRM every 5 secs.

    11ks, 25 secs.
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  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Wiggins looking at his SRM every 5 secs.

    11ks, 25 secs.

    Just keeping an eye on twitter.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    The Killer in Fluro attacks.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,549
    Danlikesbikes wrote:
    Only thing I could think was not bothered about breakaway rider but brining the tempo up to control the peloton. Bit pointless if they shell out GC riders support if the same GC guys just sit on their train.

    I guess they're preventing any attacks that would leave them needing to chase on wet roads. They'd be happy enough if there were riders in front to sweep up the boners, but there's only one guy (two more just leaped).
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Di Luca goes for a break, could be interesting.
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Wiggins looking at his SRM every 5 secs.

    11ks, 25 secs.

    Froome is much worse with this.
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Sylv bust.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    inkyfingers wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    calvjones wrote:
    WTF are Sky up to?

    Not sure.

    Look like they are keeping out of trouble rather than really dropping the hammer.

    Think they might be happy to see a nobody take the stage win.

    As if by magic, a nobody goes.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Gomez is with him. Both catch Sylvain and pass.

    These fluro kits are good when its foggy.
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Danlikesbikes wrote:
    Only thing I could think was not bothered about breakaway rider but brining the tempo up to control the peloton. Bit pointless if they shell out GC riders support if the same GC guys just sit on their train.

    I guess they're preventing any attacks that would leave them needing to chase on wet roads. They'd be happy enough if there were riders in front to sweep up the boners, but there's only one guy (two more just leaped).

    Cant see how they are preventing it though, if they are up the front and stringing out some of the weaker riders they are giving a lift to other GC contenders who can attack later on
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Oh yes, going to get some more Di Luca shots for the album. In fluro too.
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    If they ride at a decent pace then its difficult to get off the front and make the attack stick. If they keep the pace high an attacker generally cant sustain the extra effort to keep away and they reel them in.
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    They're storming up this mountain in pouring rain, and the guy in yellow puts his sunglasses on!
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Danlikesbikes wrote:

    Cant see how they are preventing it though, if they are up the front and stringing out some of the weaker riders they are giving a lift to other GC contenders who can attack later on

    Ehm, didn't you watch last year's TdF?
  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    edited May 2013
    Lichtblick wrote:
    They're storming up this mountain in pouring rain, and the guy in yellow puts his sunglasses on!

    The Vini-Fantini kit is blinding.. he can't look down at his own legs without sunglasses :mrgreen:
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    Di Luca going for one last shot at glory before being outed as the "former GT winner busted for passport violations" as per the secret pro column today? (Would be busted again in his case....)
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    oneof1982 wrote:
    Danlikesbikes wrote:

    Cant see how they are preventing it though, if they are up the front and stringing out some of the weaker riders they are giving a lift to other GC contenders who can attack later on

    Ehm, didn't you watch last year's TdF?

    Yeap, watched the Sky train shell out weaker riders & still the strong riders that were able to attack did. Seem to recall someone saying something about the sky team riding at Wiggo's pace as he can't do the stinging attack speeds but prefers to diesel it at a steady pace, unless I'm wrong & your saying that every stage with the Sky train on the front did not result in someone attacking off the font or even today's stage?
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Got to love the way Di Luca races. Killer. Shame Sky might just ruin it.
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Can't believe there was no camera on the front of the peloton..
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Got to love the way Di Luca races. Killer. Shame Sky might just ruin it.
    Sky? Wtf are you talking about??
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    That cobbled sections & lots of pain on the faces
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Poor stage.

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