Giro Del Trentino ***SPOILERS***

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Ala - Fierozzo (Val dei Mòcheni) 183,8 Km

    RACE SITUATION


    Km 130 - (13 riders): Dupont (AGR), Houle (AGR), Malacarne (AST), Brown (CAN), Frapporti (AND), Taborre (AND), Finetto (SOU), Berhane (MTN), Larsson (CUE), Benedetti (BOA), Voss (BOA), Fraile (CAJ), Postlberger (TYR)

    Peloton 1'50"
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    Over the top of the penultimate climb

    Rodolfo Torres (12th +1.36) leads solo
    Rosa (14th +1.58), Bardet (11th +1.30) and Dupont follow at 15s
    Stormtrooper lead peloton +40s
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    The front four join up on the descent
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Can rely on Bardet for some panache.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    With 5km to race, Torres (COL), Bardet (AGR), Rosa (AST) have 40 secs on the peloton.

    Wait for the 1/2km sprint.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    4ks, 29 secs.

    Not a problem for Porte. He can put 30 secs / km into Bardet, former 6th place finisher in the Tour de France.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    3km, 25 secs.

    Porte's boys burning the legs off the rest. Fresh as a daisy Porte starting to break a sweat. Lost 1kg since yesterday evening so watch out for the visible vasodilation.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    My avatar has attacked out the bunch.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    Meintjes tries his luck but is brought back. Now Zardini has a go
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Now saying it wasn't Zardini but Pirazzi. Has pure talent Cunego alongside and the featherweight Aussie in tow.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Pozzo finally realizes he is in a race. Has a small gap with 2km.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    Bardet, Porte, Landa and Rosa in pursuit of Pozzovivo
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    15secs with a km to race.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    Pozzovivo has 8 seconds as he goes under the kite
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    stage19-17.jpg

    Porte goes under the 1km banner. Got to give it the sprint soon.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    Pozzovivo wins. Porte will still lead.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Porte decides he doesn't need to go for a stinger. Strange given he is supposed to be so far ahead of everyone else.

    1° Domenico Pozzovivo; 2° Landa; 3° Porte; 4° Bardet; 5° Cunego

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    Good work Meintjes.

    Congratulations Pozzo.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    1. Pozzovivo
    2. Landa +5s
    3. Porte
    4. Bardet
    5. Cunego
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  • Ashbeck
    Ashbeck Posts: 235
    How are the overall standings looking?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    1 Porte
    2 Landa +22
    3 Konig +58
    4 Cataldo +1:11
    5 Cunego +1:13
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,815
    Just watched Rai, or rather Siutsou .
    Very calculated from Porte/Sky.
    Did little but follow wheels.
    In the end, it could have cost him a few seconds to Landa, but fortunately it didn't.
    No real chase of Pozzovivo from anybody.
    The only chase of note was Pirazzi.................on Zardini. :oops:

    All in all, a bit like watching a flat stage pan out on a hill.
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  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    Joe Dombrowski was 6 mins down yesterday but finished within a minute of the stage winner today. Hopefully these are the first signs of a return to good form for the young lad. Is he down to ride the Giro?

    DD.
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Hugh Carthy was 15th today, at +35". Good performance from him.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Hugh Carthy (20) GB Caja Rural -showing promise
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    My man bardet looking good for LBL.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    frenchfighter wrote:
    stage19-17.jpg

    Porte goes under the 1km banner. Got to give it the sprint soon.

    Someone tweeted first victory on SRAM Wireless...

    (although I can think of others)
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Morning:

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    Bloedy hell though he really is skinny this year. It's like the theory my mum has that there is only so much matter in the world and thus if someone looses weight someone gains it is to be found in the relationship between Porte and JTL. :lol:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    @friebos · Apr 23
    Romain Bardet has attacked 140km from the finish in Trentino. Olé!

    (yesterday)
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    Ha! Astana won today. You have to applaud their timing.

    A victory for Contador's unofficial domestique Paolo Tiralongo from a breakaway.

    GC unchanged. Porte wins overall.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Excellent, congratulations Tiralongo. Now there is a popular win in the World of Pro Cycling (apart from maybe the Brits and Scandis). Porte just sweeping these GC's up like child's play.
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