2014 Giro-Stage 20:Monte Zoncolan *Spoilers*

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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Quintana looks like a strawberry chew
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    GC aside winning a stage like today's has great kudos attached to it.
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Zardini, Chalapud, Wellens, chasing Cataldo, Pellizotti, Geschke, Belkov, Monsalve, Cattaneo, Dumount. We've seen this before.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Pantano showing the most ineffectual clip off the front I've seen in a while
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    And now Europcar preparing an early Rolland attack. Deja vu all over the place.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Eurosport ad break drinking game = drunk in 30 minutes. :x
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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Chasing group should make contact with the leaders on this climb. Peloton over 6 mins back.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Wellens is really going for this.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    The break has lost 30 seconds in the last few mins. Now at 5'24"
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Pozzo, Sicard and Majka a little ahead of the maglia rosa group.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    It's not much of a peloton now and the gap has been reduced to just over 4 mins in no time.
  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    I'm not sure Hesjedal is in the pink jersey group.

    DD.
  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    RichN95 wrote:
    RonB wrote:
    Cataldo goes over the top first to get max points on the first climb of the day. Unless I'm missing something, Arredondo already has the Maglia Azzurra in the bag.
    Someone's got to go over first. Might as well be him.

    I think 76 points are available today if a rider gets to the top of each climb first (which obviously includes the stage win). Another 3 points tomorrow. Cataldo could scrape it if he does all this with Arredondo not getting any points. Highly unlikely obviously, but II like his never give up attitude.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Just 30km to go and the gap is back at around 6 mins.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Gonna need a good 8 or 9 minutes to have a chance I reckon.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    What have I missed apart from Cataldo's brave efforts to win the KOM jersey?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    Quintana looks like a strawberry chew

    Text message from my Dutch teacher - new cycling fan as of Tuesday - while I was being subjected to all manner of horrible info about drone strikes yesterday and missing the stage... "Barbie is racing up a mountain, why?"
    Correlation is not causation.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    edited May 2014
    7km between the groups on the road right now.

    ATC - not much! Zardini, Wellens and Chalapud made a good effort to get into the lead group. Pantano had a chat about leaving the main field with Movistar but nothing came of it.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Turfle wrote:
    Gonna need a good 8 or 9 minutes to have a chance I reckon.

    Could be close if you're right and Kellys assessment that they'll gain another couple of minutes to add to the 7 they have already.
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  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    Quintana looks like a strawberry chew

    Text message from my Dutch teacher - new cycling fan as of Tuesday - while I was being subjected to all manner of horrible info about drone strikes yesterday and missing the stage... "Barbie is racing up a mountain, why?"

    I like your Dutch teacher!

    Apart from Cataldo....
    Europcar have set Rolland up for a long effort. Has meant the favourites are pretty much without team mates now.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Break have 7:30 now.

    I'm not sure even Quintana can pull back over a minute and a half for every km of the Zoncolan given some of the people the break. We'll see.
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    It's going to be a close one, I guess it'll depend on how early the GC riders kick it off. Apparently a break has never won on the Zoncolan.
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    UCI should make beards illegal
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Pellizotti the only one I can see hanging on. What was he, 5th yesterday?
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    thegibdog wrote:
    It's going to be a close one, I guess it'll depend on how early the GC riders kick it off. Apparently a break has never won on the Zoncolan.

    It's funny, the break is really big and the peloton is quite small. Not your normal situation. Kelly seems to think it's touch and go.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Didi looks in good health.
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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    I hope someone from the break makes it. Movistar spread out a bit to neutralise any early attacks?
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    UCI should make beards illegal
    Because of the power benefits they provide?

    #BeardPower
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    They really want to get to the Zoncolan!
  • mr_poll
    mr_poll Posts: 1,547
    Time gap dropping like a stone.

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