Giro 2014 Stage 8: Foligno - Montecopiolo MTF *spoilers*

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Love the passion of the fans.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Pirazzi, an even more annoying rider than Voeckler.
  • Give me more
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    ThomThom wrote:
    Pirazzi, an even more annoying rider than Voeckler.

    I enjoyed how dismissively Arredondo dropped him.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Yeah, it was perfect.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    1:57 for Arredondo from GC group over the top.
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Dodgy descent coming up.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Macaloon wrote:
    1:57 for Arredondo from GC group over the top.

    Just time to get caught in 2 km time with that speed he is going downhill..
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Andy Schleck-jam showing Andy Schleck how to proper descend a mountain.
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Give me more wrote:
    ThomThom wrote:
    Pirazzi, an even more annoying rider than Voeckler.

    I enjoyed how dismissively Arredondo dropped him.

    Would love to see him win today but I think that his only chance is if the GC guys fanny around on the final climb
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Scarponi gone. Best news of the day.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    21km GC group +2"10. Still descending.
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  • Give me more
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    edited May 2014
    dsoutar wrote:
    Give me more wrote:
    ThomThom wrote:
    Pirazzi, an even more annoying rider than Voeckler.

    I enjoyed how dismissively Arredondo dropped him.

    Would love to see him win today but I think that his only chance is if the GC guys fanny around on the final climb

    Pretty much. He's riding well but it's hard to imagine him staying out on the final climbs after being away so long.

    Rolland is bridging across steadily on this descent and maybe they could make something work as a duo.

    e: nvm I'm dumb completely blanked on there being more riders between Arredondo and Rolland.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Lovely racing by Team Rolland.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Rolland has got a decent chance of winning the stage here. With so few domestiques for the GC guys they are likely to attack/slow down rather than set a steady pace.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Quite a few AG2R riders must have got back on during the descent. They've got four guys there.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    4x more AG2R rider's in GC group than Movi :shock: BMC represented. Group slowing. +2:40 Arredondo.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,710
    Arredondo looking good ftw.
    Peloton going backwards.
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  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Milton50 wrote:
    Rolland has got a decent chance of winning the stage here. With so few domestiques for the GC guys they are likely to attack/slow down rather than set a steady pace.


    Hmm. Not a fan of Rolland so hope not. Not sure he can best Arredondo on this climb. Depends on how much of a rest he had while in the GC group
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    The gap to Rolland and Pirazzi is going out. Tells you what a good job Arredondo is doing.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Milton50 wrote:
    The gap to Rolland and Pirazzi is going out. Tells you what a good job Arredondo is doing.

    And Pozzovivo's team can mug a defenceless Quintana. Movistar invisible for last 20km.
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  • Give me more
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    The support Movistar have mustered has been really poor so far. It was excusable when Evans and co attacked off the crash since I'm sure they had riders held up in that, but it's the first week of a GT and they've got nobody with their main GC guy on the first stage that actually gives him an opportunity to take time back.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    I'm suprised how poor the picture quality is. Didn't RCS jump on HD bandwagon a few years ago?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Brilliant stage.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Rolland slowly chipping away at the gap. Touching 1 minute now.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Actually I'm not sure I trust the time gaps. It just went from 1:04 to 1:15 really quickly.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Time to rename no-man's land, Europcar. Rolland stuck at 1 min to Arredondo for days now.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Anyone know the exact km Arredondo went solo?
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  • Give me more
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    Don't know exact but I'd guess 138-140 or so (or a bit over 40km to go if you want it that way around)
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Arredondo attack

    15:56:20 CEST
    Arredondo is now on his own with 2km to the top of the climb.
    15:55:30 CEST
    Arredondo attacks and drops both his companions.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Thanks.
    Contador is the Greatest

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