Giro D'Italia- Stage 15 ***Spoilers***

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited May 2015
    Pross wrote:
    Koenig looking comfortable. looks like Sky backed the wrong horse again but then who knows what damage Porte did when he crashed.

    Could have told you that at the beginning. Konig has much better three week results than Porte and that was riding for a lightweight team.

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,544
    These train riders really do give everything before they pop don't they? Even allowing that they are straight into recovery mode the second they drop off.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    10 riders left. Three Astana.
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  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    Ryder is getting in some solid training miles for that big attack that we know he will launch next week. :)

    DD.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,544
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Koenig looking comfortable. looks like Sky backed the wrong horse again but then who knows what damage Porte did when he crashed.

    Could have told you that at the beginning. Konig has much better three week results than Porte and that was riding for a lightweight team.

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    Porte had earned his chance, he's just failed to take it. Given his early season form there was no way he could be overlooked.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    38.9km/h average for the course so far.

    Hesjedal is 1.20 behind these guys and another group further behind.

    Uran is going to get totally destroyed.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Pross wrote:
    Porte had earned his chance, he's just failed to take it. Given his early season form there was no way he could be overlooked.

    Maybe but you 100% need to have Konig as protected rider in a three week race. Also, one week stage races are easy compared to three week races. Holding top flight form from Jan to now is also very tough.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Monfort cracks. 7ks left.
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Geniez yo-yoing like a yo-yo for a few km finally cracks.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Geniez cracks.

    8 riders left, three Astana.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Totally did not expect Kruijswijk to be able to hang on here.
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  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    You can see Contadors socks from outer space! Spinning well.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    3kms before Aru attacks.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Hesjedal at 1.48, 5.2km
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    This is pretty great stage but would have been a lot better had they inverted these climbs.
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  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Amador climbing very well too.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Flat gradient now before it kicks up.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Crampeur wrote:
    Amador climbing very well too.

    Super performance. Making his 3rd place even stronger.
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    That didn't work out as planned for Astana there.
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  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Contador on the attack !

    Aru dropped
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    3km Landa attacks, Contador follows. Aru gapped. Trofimov there

    Contador counter attacks
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Contador follwed by Landa

    10m Aru followed by Trofimov
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  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    Nice one. Landa puts Aru under pressure.

    DD.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Contador sits up. Was half wishing he kept that stinger going.
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  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Not steep enough.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    Aru has a dig.

    Did well to get back on there.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Aru attacks. no one dropped

    Contador dancing
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    CONTADOR looking a little laboured in response to these attacks. Aru struggling.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Landa goes, Contador immediately follows. He wants the stage.

    Aru dropped
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  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    Aru is getting an idea of how Porte feels right now.

    DD.

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