Giro 16 Stage 14 ***Spoilers***

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  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    Pross wrote:
    Runner dressed as a cat mown down by the moto

    This stage now has everything you could possibly want!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Final agony for Amador, he's been superb today.
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    edited May 2016
    Sean seems pretty bullish that Atapuma has this.

    Edit- and backtracking a bit now.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Leader in sight and looks all over for him, gutting.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Oh man, someone give Amador and Atapuma a hug :cry:
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Poor Atapuma :-(
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Freidler has done well to stay there.
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    These four better not start dicking around.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Well in Chaves.
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Chaves- nice one.

    36 or so secs back to Nibali.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    ... really not that sensible from Preidler

    Not too disastrous for Nibbles it mute be said
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    edited May 2016
    Great effort by Atapuma, thought they were closer to the finish and he might get there. Preidler mugged on the line by Chaves. Nibali loses about 35"
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Yes Chaves!!! YESSSS!
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Nice sprint from Chaves!
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    That was terrible from Preidler, lol.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Nibz now 41s back in GC.

    And he's going to be under pressure in the TT tomorrow after today's effort.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    ThomThom wrote:
    That was terrible from Preidler, lol.
    I assume he thought he was closer to the line than he actually was when he launched himself...
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Awful stuff from Preidler. Looked like he thought the rest of them had let him go.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    I thought they were about 100m from the line when Preidler and Atapuma started sprinting. Not sure why they went so early. Nibali spent a lot of time riding solo which might not help him tomorrow.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Amador 3'50"
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Amador loses roughly 4 minutes, really gutsy ride.
  • germcevoy
    germcevoy Posts: 414
    What a fruitin stage.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Nice, Chaves just rode onto the podium, about a minute and a half down to Valverde.

    :-)
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    I also think/hope we will see some attacks (maybe not today) from guys like Chaves and Kruijswijk who have been solidly climbing with Nibali and Valverde so far.
    Was today after all...
  • onyourright
    onyourright Posts: 509
    That must have taken a lot out of Nibali. Not good before a time trial.

    Not sure what Preidler attempted there. The distance to the finish was clearly signposted.

    Great racing.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Nibali in sensible interview shock! Hasn't blamed anyone.
  • onyourright
    onyourright Posts: 509
    Did he say anything interesting? I missed it.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Ugo has been quiet since the first page.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    OnYourRight wrote:
    Did he say anything interesting? I missed it.

    Not really, just that he thought Valverde was struggling so attacked but ran out of strength. It was windy and hard on his own and he isn't sure how tomorrow will go. He did say something about Kruiswijk putting him in the gutter which I didn't understand.
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    Very good... very good indeed.
    Half man, Half bike

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