Giro 2014 - Stage 18: Rif Panarotta *Spoilers*
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Arredondo and Deignan out ahead of the others. Arredondo triple checking that Deignan doesn't want the mountain points.0
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There's a nice little bar at about 4kms to go. From there onwards the road is a lovely scenic climb, as long as the weather's good.mm1 wrote:Thanks for sorting out the picture FF.
From memory there is a short steep pitch past the Terme (spa) at Vetriolo, so steep that I walked down it the first time I rode to the top. The mountain is popular with hang gliders, who have a fantastic view of the cemetery in Levico when they step out into the void. The local rider is Moser. Dario Pegoretti is from Levico (the Rapha film about Dario was the first time I'd heard anyone swear in dialect since my Father died) and has his workshop in Caldonazzo. Dario's brother runs a frame building workshop in a charitably funded clinic for recovering addicts in Pergine.
The Val di Cembra to the north west of the Redebus is beautiful.0 -
KOM:
1 Julian David Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing 95 pts
2 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia 69
3 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol 63
4 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky 62
5 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 56
6 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia 43
7 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 39
8 Jonathan Monsalve (Ven) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo 39
9 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 37
10 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 36Contador is the Greatest0 -
Basso and Rabottini join.
I don't remember Sella being such an ugly climber.0 -
Arredondo has been joined by Deignan at the front as they head to the top of the Pellegrino climb.0
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Macaloon wrote:TheBigBean wrote:Very good Macaloon. I'd be interested to know if we are all heightist as well.
Let me know the conclusion you're looking for and I'll mine for it in the 'data', which I've mostly been making up. Who's got the time to make charts with real information?
Thinking about a handle change: macaloooooo
That it is impossible to win a GT if you are over 6ft.0 -
Arredondo and the Irishman have 50 seconds over the rest of the group.
And only 4 minutes over the peloton.0 -
...a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.0 -
What happened to the pink Canyon?0
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TheBigBean wrote:Macaloon wrote:TheBigBean wrote:Very good Macaloon. I'd be interested to know if we are all heightist as well.
Let me know the conclusion you're looking for and I'll mine for it in the 'data', which I've mostly been making up. Who's got the time to make charts with real information?
Thinking about a handle change: macaloooooo
That it is impossible to win a GT if you are over 6ft.
Don't tell Brad.0 -
Front group are all back together on the descent.0
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RonB wrote:TheBigBean wrote:Macaloon wrote:TheBigBean wrote:Very good Macaloon. I'd be interested to know if we are all heightist as well.
Let me know the conclusion you're looking for and I'll mine for it in the 'data', which I've mostly been making up. Who's got the time to make charts with real information?
Thinking about a handle change: macaloooooo
That it is impossible to win a GT if you are over 6ft.
Don't tell Brad.
Or Ryder
Or Froome0 -
Le Commentateur wrote:There's a nice little bar at about 4kms to go. From there onwards the road is a lovely scenic climb, as long as the weather's good.
There's a back road (a track really) that's even lovelier, some of the locals have small lodges up there in the woods called "biato" (more beach hut than datcha), definitely getting a place in the dolomites if I ever win the lottery .0 -
Peloton won't let them go. Only 3'30 behind.0
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Heights of the top picks. I was quite surprised by who is the shortest. It's not Pozzovivo. Several 6fters: Evans, Kelderman and Rolland. Maybe there is hope for me yet.
Pozzovivo 1.65
Quintana 1.67
Duarte 1.68
Kelderman 1.85
Uran 1.73
Arredondo 1.64
Rolland 1.84
Aru ??
Evans 1.84
All data provided by the first hit on Google. So solidly well researched.0 -
Are these OOC heights, though? Hard time seeing Evans and Rolland as same length....a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.0
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frenchfighter wrote:
Whole stage is very tough as is the last climb is 17km at almost 9% but is steady rather than sharp kicks.
The relentless gradient profile doesn't show that it's a rather twisty climb, even after the hairpins are done, with just a few long straights in the last kms. That, and the densely wooded hillside, would allow someone to stay out of sight of chasers – provided they can get a gap.
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TheBigBean wrote:Heights of the top picks. I was quite surprised by who is the shortest. It's not Pozzovivo. Several 6fters: Evans, Kelderman and Rolland. Maybe there is hope for me yet.
Pozzovivo 1.65
Quintana 1.67
Duarte 1.68
Kelderman 1.85
Uran 1.73
Arredondo 1.64
Rolland 1.84
Aru ??
Evans 1.84
All data provided by the first hit on Google. So solidly well researched.
I can hear Evans's squeaky voice insisting, "I'm 6 foot, mate. Honest!"
He must be 5'10" on a good day...
Rule No.10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster0 -
Gap over 6 minutes now.0
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A second Google reveals that Cadel Evans is 1.74. Must have been a typo or something.0
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Is anything happening in the race?0
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No, apart from another minute added to the gap.
Or do you mean the continued bleating about stage 16?0 -
Riders heading through Cavalese. About 1/2 way through the stage. Leaders have 7' on the peloton. Wellens takes the intermediate sprint from Sella.0
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Another 10k or so from the next climb.0
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I'm going to release a book featuring just the ends of Sean Kelly's sentences.0
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Green and black kit of Belkin, with the Bianchi celeste bikes is starting to grow on me. Not sure about Keizer's pink shoes though.0
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OnYourRight wrote:
Please share what he just said for our amusement. (I like him, mind you.)Turfle wrote:I'm going to release a book featuring just the ends of Sean Kelly's sentences.
I've no idea! The adverts keep cutting him off mid-sentence. I bet it was gold though.0 -
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