Giro 2017: Stage 3:- Tortoli > Cagliari (148km) *Spoilers*

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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,331
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Cheeky move by the quick step leadout.

    That's a polite way of putting it...
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Looks like Ewan beat Greipel in the sprint from the bunch
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,252
    Slim Boy Fat wrote:
    How on earth did the other teams let Quickstep get away with that?
    A Movistar rider (probably Quintana) was quite near the front when QS made the move and he couldn't hold his teammate's wheel and the gap went.
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  • mm1
    mm1 Posts: 1,063
    That was great, as Fleche has just called it a masterpiece. Gaveria, not Ewan is the next Cav.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,252
    No GC riders lost time unless you think Rolland (+2.26) and Dennis (+5.32) are GC riders.
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  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    RichN95 wrote:
    Slim Boy Fat wrote:
    How on earth did the other teams let Quickstep get away with that?
    A Movistar rider (probably Quintana) was quite near the front when QS made the move and he couldn't hold his teammate's wheel and the gap went.
    I realise that. Just meant, that with it being the most obvious thing to happen in the last 15k, how did the other GC teams not defend better against it. Was brilliantly executed by QS just surprised other GC teams weren't better placed. Pretty lucky in the end to only have lost 10s to Jungels.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    edited May 2017
    Dennis crashed. Thought it was odd fir him to loose time
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Dorset Boy wrote:
    QS actually get the finale right too! Gaviria takes his first GT stage

    A pity Rai didn't get the finale right.
    A pity too that Geraint couldn't quite bridge as given all the positioning, it was a small opportunity missed.
    Jungels huge, but that's a load of work for someone contesting the GC.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    He's not really going for GC is he?
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  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Dorset Boy wrote:
    QS actually get the finale right too! Gaviria takes his first GT stage

    A pity Rai didn't get the finale right.
    A pity too that Geraint couldn't quite bridge as given all the positioning, it was a small opportunity missed.
    Jungels huge, but that's a load of work for someone contesting the GC.
    Yeah Thomas had done well once Sky got swamped, he made sure he was at the front and if he'd just been a couple of spots further forward would have made the front group I reckon.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,252
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    He's not really going for GC is he?
    Why not? He was sixth last year.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    I take it back.

    Hadn't realised that.

    Rest day tomorrow I guess.
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    He is also much lighter than I would have thought watching him ride. 70kg at 1,89m according to Google.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,107
    Open goal really, he didn't have to outsprint much, did he?
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    Open goal really, he didn't have to outsprint much, did he?

    Similarly, Greipel missed an open goal. All he had to do was spot what was going on, put out 850w for 2 mins and not have a mechanical...
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,181
    mm1 wrote:
    Gaveria, not Ewan is the next Cav.

    Credit to Gaveria, but this win was nearly all about the excellently executed team plan (as you noted). Cav has had lots of those too, but Gaveria needs to win some head-to-heads against the top flight before claiming the crown (as would Ewan).
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    mm1 wrote:
    Gaveria, not Ewan is the next Cav.

    Credit to Gaveria, but this win was nearly all about the excellently executed team plan (as you noted). Cav has had lots of those too, but Gaveria needs to win some head-to-heads against the top flight before claiming the crown (as would Ewan).

    he already has beaten the best sprinter of this generation (Cav) a few times in one on ones and like Ewan doesn't put out as much power as the likes of Greipel and Kittel, but can get over hills and ramps better. he'll win many a giro and vuelta stage, and quite a few tour stages too... the lads only 22....
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    You mean Gavaria's the next Boonen (lite), if he wants to turn his hand to cobbles....
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    Open goal really, he didn't have to outsprint much, did he?

    Especially when his teammate ran interference on Nizzolo.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Yeah I thought Nizzolo could have made the argument he was impeded there. Still think Gaviria would have taken it.
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    Similarly, Greipel missed an open goal. All he had to do was spot what was going on, put out 850w for 2 mins and not have a mechanical...
    Did Greipel have a mechanical? It looked to me like he got bumped out of the echelon. Haven't read any post race interviews with him.

    Thought Thomas did well, although a shame he missed the split when it came. One of those stages where it would have been nice to have Luke Rowe around I'm sure.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Graeme_S wrote:
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    Similarly, Greipel missed an open goal. All he had to do was spot what was going on, put out 850w for 2 mins and not have a mechanical...
    Did Greipel have a mechanical? It looked to me like he got bumped out of the echelon. Haven't read any post race interviews with him.

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    Yeah. Chain fell off.
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  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Yeah. Chain fell off.
    That'll do it - cheers.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    RichN95 wrote:
    No GC riders lost time unless you think Rolland (+2.26) and Dennis (+5.32) are GC riders.

    Cannondale potentials all shipping time... Carthy's lost a packet as well non?
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    ooooft just seen it, thats the sort of finale to a stage i like :)
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Graeme_S wrote:
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    Similarly, Greipel missed an open goal. All he had to do was spot what was going on, put out 850w for 2 mins and not have a mechanical...
    Did Greipel have a mechanical? It looked to me like he got bumped out of the echelon. Haven't read any post race interviews with him.

    .

    Yeah. Chain fell off.
    Greipel's saying his foot unclipped. Which is a really annoying way to lose the pink jersey!
    cyclingnews wrote:
    "I was riding in the first echelon when I could just dodge the rider in front of me and at that moment my foot came loose from the pedal. That's how I got dropped from the first echelon," he said on the Lotto Soudal team's website.
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giro-di ... nk-jersey/
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,181
    Do Ewan and Greipel use the same cleats?
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Maybe they've both been buying cheap SPD-SLs from aliexpress? ;)

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