2015 Giro Stage 4 **Spoilers**

Macaloon
Macaloon Posts: 5,545
edited June 2015 in Pro race
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I mean, just look at that. Only 150km, with a grippy climax.
The circuit in La Spezia is 17.1 km long and very demanding. After 1.3 km, the riders turn right onto the narrow Corso Cavour. The first part of this road is slightly uphill on cobblestones. With about 14 km to go, the peloton tackles a fast and very tricky chicane. Soon after the Biassa climb start. The first 2 km are very steady with about 5-6 %. The last part however, includes numerous hairpin corners with double digit gradients.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    With Gilbert's form from yesterday I hope he gives this one a shot. He went pretty deep yesterday though so hope he has recovered.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    TV already on in Italy. Riders are just rolling out of the neutral start.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
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  • LeePaton
    LeePaton Posts: 353
    Pettachi home town apparently. He can't, can he?
    It's not so much about winning, I just hate losing.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Macaloon wrote:
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    Ignore the Griepel one. That was me and I looked at the wrong stage profile.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    RichN95 wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
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    Ignore the Griepel one. That was me and I looked at the wrong stage profile.

    Tactical Picks I reckon. Not sure MM will win but he ll be top 2 or 3
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  • LeePaton
    LeePaton Posts: 353
    ddraver wrote:

    Tactical Picks I reckon. Not sure MM will win but he ll be top 2 or 3

    Precisely, I actually sense a breakaway win today but MM will will the bunch kick to keep the jersey.
    It's not so much about winning, I just hate losing.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Astana and Sky are letting Kreuziger go.. That's.. interesting..
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Group of 4 just merged with group of 25. Peloton dawdling fair way back.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    I think folks are under estimating the final climb with their PTPs.
    The official Giro profile is off.
    It's 3.4kms at 9% and the top 2kms average 11%.
    Not sure that Matthews can make that, if it all kicks off.
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Lol. Kreuziger could win the Giro on this stuff. What on earth are Astana and Sky doing.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    This group of 25 have 3:30 on peloton. Contains Visconti and Amador and 23 others.
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  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    Big group 3'30 up the road, no idea who's in it but most teams have somebody in it with 116km to go.

    EQS at the front of the peloton keeping the pace up. Light crash at back of peloton.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Kreuziger group 4'20.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Busy old start. Twitter saying Konig is in the group too, but I'm pretty sure he isn't.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Franco Pelizotti (Androni Giocattoli), Edoardo Zardini (Bardiani-CSF) Andrey Amador (Movistar), Andrey Zeits (Astana), Mauro Finetto (Southeast),, Roman Kreuziger (Tinkoff-Saxo), Darwin Atapuma (BMC), Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge), Maxime Monfort (Lotto-Soudal), Kanstantsin Sioutsou (Team Sky), Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge), Matteo Montaguti (AG2R-La Mondiale), Simone Stortoni (Androni Giocattoli), Dario Cataldo (Team Sky), Davide Malacarne (Astana), Andrey Zeits (Astana), Sonny Colbrelli (Bardiani-CSF), Amaël Moinard (BMC), Sylwester Szmyd (CCC Sprandi), Arnaud Courteille (FDJ), Tsgabu Grmay (Lampre-Merida), Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge), Tom Danielson (Cannnondale=Garmin), Davide Formolo (Cannondale-Garmin), Chad Haga (Giant-Alpecin), Sergey Lagutin (Katusha), Martijn Keizer (LottoNL-Jumbo), Salvatore Puccio (Team Sky)
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  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    I think folks are under estimating the final climb with their PTPs.
    The official Giro profile is off.
    It's 3.4kms at 9% and the top 2kms average 11%.
    Not sure that Matthews can make that, if it all kicks off.

    He seemed to manage OK at Amstel Gold. Seems a worthwhile pick on that evidence alone.

    Saying that I would be happy to see Pip and the little Irish Prince O'Cunego rip it up.
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  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    The big group out front has been whittled down a bit - Konig wasn't in it I don't think, ES said Siutsou but whoever it was has gone now. Main peloton in cruising mode.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Davide Formolo (Cannondale-Garmin), Tom Danielson (Cannondale-Garmin), Franco Pellizotti (Androni Giocattoli), Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge), Amaël Moinard (BMC), Andrey Zeits (Astana), Arnaud Courteille (FDJ), Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge), Chad Haga (Giant-Alpecin), Matteo Montaguti (AG2R-La Mondiale), Martijn Keizer (LottoNL-Jumbo), Sonny Colbrelli (Bardiani-CSF), Mauro Finatto (Androni Giocattoli) and Tsgabu Grmay (Lampre-Merida)
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    7 min to Kreuziger group
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    also 98km to go, so a long way.
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    If a couple of really strong guys go full gas near the top (people like Gilbert, Chavanel, Paolini, Battaglin) then I think the effort needed to bring them back will be too much for Matthews.

    They need to be committed though.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    ThomThom wrote:
    7 min to Kreuziger group

    Is he still in the lead group?
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    9 mins.
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  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    Don't think so, he's in a group with Sioutsov about 2 mins further back with Cataldo stranded in the middle trying to TT up to the front group. Peloton 10:30 to front now.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Over 10 minutes.
    Must have thoughts for tomorrow, not that Abertone is that hard.
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  • Macaloon
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    edited May 2015
    This is absolutely thrilling stuff.

    Sky are weird and Contador got no clue if he likes this scenario or not.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    5 groups on the road.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    All over the place.

    Seems like shorter stages are the way forward ;).

    Time and time again we see more aggressive racing.
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