Giro 16 - Stage 19 ***Spoilers***

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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Can't watch this at work. Is he having a Dumoulin?
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Not having it.

    It sucks to lose but when did descending properly become less important?
  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    mebbe Chaves is pretty cooked too...
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    Nieve has got this in the bag surely...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • topper_harley
    topper_harley Posts: 597
    Nibali drops chaves
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,700
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,700
    why-god-why.jpg
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    Come on Chaves, pull yer finger out...
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    NIbali was 1' 43" behind Chaves at the start of the day, only 16" between them for now
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,700
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Nieve riding up to Chaves
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Nibali doing a fair impression of Lazarus.
    Similar to Aru's regeneration, last year.
    Could be just a few seconds between the podium 3 at the end.
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Come on Nibs. For some unknown reason I put the princely sum of £1 on him for the stage today.
  • steel42
    steel42 Posts: 49
    finding it hard to believe/accept nibali`s performance
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Now 30s between Nibali and Chaves.

    Kruijswijk at close to 4 mins
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    Hopefully Chaves and Nieve can work together and salvage this.
  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    What did Nibali have for breakfast today.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Hopefully Chaves and Nieve can work together and salvage this.
    They're losing time steadily, could be over a minute back by the end at this rate
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    Proper old skool time gaps!

    Nibbles looking smooth, all that Ketogenic diet you know!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    adr82 wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Hopefully Chaves and Nieve can work together and salvage this.
    They're losing time steadily, could be over a minute back by the end at this rate

    Ah knobs.
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    edited May 2016
    steel42 wrote:
    finding it hard to believe/accept nibali`s performance

    Why? Not like he's putting minutes into Chaves?

    He's tried and tested over 3 week tours. The others not so much.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    ddraver wrote:
    Nibbles looking smooth, all that Ketogenic diet you know!

    Maybe he changed his crank length back last night.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    adr82 wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Hopefully Chaves and Nieve can work together and salvage this.
    They're losing time steadily, could be over a minute back by the end at this rate

    Ah knobs.
    (that's assuming the gaps I've been seeing are accurate...)
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    start the clock...
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    Well, like Cancellara, it can be hard to love Nibali sometimes but that is pretty epic!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Nibs over the line, about 50s ahead of Nieve and Chaves
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    Chaves +51s
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    56s gained form Chaves by my reckoning/
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    Nibali's having a cry
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Here come Valverde and Majka at ~2m 10s