Giro Stage 14 Aglie - Oropa *Spoiler*

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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Great fight for the win. Battaglin takes it from Cataldo.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Wow good couple of stages for Bardiani.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Lotto rider barely able to stay upright over the line there, looked totally knackered
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Has Quintana been on the front yet?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Noooooooooooo

    Really wanted to Cataldo to get that as he was the instigator and the one who did most of the pulling. Would have been so happy for Pantano as well. Battaglin - nice work I guess...he won a stage last year as well.
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Good finish that. Those last few metres must be a lot steeper than the camera shows.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Slo-mo climbing from the GC candidates. Measured. No pain face spirit.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Uran and Evans both going to lose a chunk of time here
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Feel sorry for Cataldo.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    edited May 2014
    smithy21 wrote:
    Has Quintana been on the front yet?
    Hah he took a few seconds from Pozzo in the finishing straight... Evans outdistancing Uran at the end
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Uran looked awful there.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Bit unsporting of Quintana there. Kelly seemed to suggest they've shared the work but I never saw him at the front.
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  • Give me more
    Give me more Posts: 487
    Absolutely quality stage.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Wow, Uran was in some serious pain. GC riders didnt capitalise much on that.

    Lots of changes in GC further down.
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Terrific stage that.
    Brilliant fighting in the break.
    Attacks from the secondary GC riders.
    Attacks from the GC riders.
    Leader losing time.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    inseine wrote:
    Bit unsporting of Quintana there. Kelly seemed to suggest they've shared the work but I never saw him at the front.
    Yeah he was never on the front at all as far as I could see.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Battaglin made up a huge distance.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Great stage.

    Quintana looks to be slowly riding himself into his best climbing form. Uran looked abasolutely spent. Majka, Kelderman and Aru did very well to get back to Pozzo and Quintana.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Guessing Uran lost around 22" there. Great stage, felt a bit sorry for Timmer then Cataldo.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Battaglin has fast legs. Those guys must be totally smoked now.

    From his 2013 win:
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Has anyone got any PTP points from that?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Roche could have won that if he hadn't been clueless.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Kelderman looking good.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    If Pantano had helped Cataldo maybe those two would have stayed ahead...


    1 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 4:34:41
    2 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky 0:00:00
    3 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia 0:00:07
    4 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida 0:00:17
    5 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:22
    6 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 0:00:26
    7 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:00:28
    8 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:00:33
    9 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:00:39
    10 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica Greenedge 0:00:54
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  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    Well worth the watching. Good stuff.
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  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    I have and E/W bet on Willco 'Johnson' Keldermann on berfair. Does that pay out for a podium?
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  • cal_stewart
    cal_stewart Posts: 1,840
    good bit of wheel sucking by Quintana there
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  • powerbookboy
    powerbookboy Posts: 241
    Turfle wrote:
    Battaglin made up a huge distance.

    Yes. I'm just waiting...

    Uran and Quintana could explode tomorrow. "Pots of evil" (as my other half has named him) could win this. No big crashes, no sickness, climbs as well as everyone but Quintana. And Evans doesn't tend to completely explode. Don't know enough about Majka, but well placed. GC looking very tasty.

    Was that EBH, second Sky, not far behind Cataldo? It's fun to slag him off, but he's a very versatile rider.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Cal_Stewart wrote:
    good bit of wheel sucking by Quintana there

    Outdone only by Rolland
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