Giro 2017: Stage 5 - Pedara > Messina. (157km) **spoilers**
yourpaceormine
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157km, one cat 4 climb early doors followed by a flat run in to Messina. One for the sprinters' today, can't see the sprint trains letting a breakaway take it. Or will Nibali put on a show for his home town?
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RichN95 wrote:The PTP opinion poll has Greipel's Gorilla party (50%) with a five point lead over Ewan's Tyrelicker party (45%). Support for Gaviria has completely evaporated.
It's Gone With the Wind0 -
Alas, a combination of incompetence, a mobile phone and fat fingers means the map and profile ain't happening. So I shall paint a picture with words... Down, then up, down again, up, down, flat with bumpy bits, the end0
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Quelle surprise!
CCC and GazProm are in the break, 1'49" gap already. Went at 0.2km.
Evgeny Shalunev (GazProm) and Maciej Paterski (CCC)0 -
yourpaceormine wrote:Quelle surprise!
CCC and GazProm are in the break, 1'49" gap already. Went at 0.2km.
Evgeny Shalunev (GazProm) and Maciej Paterski (CCC)
Amazing isn't it?
Only 2 men could be arsed to make the effort to get into the break and we get the whole stage live.
zzzzzzz"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Gap gone out to about 4 minutes. Going to be a long stage0
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60 km to go.0
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23 km to go. Break has 1'21''0
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12km to go. All together. No dominate team at the front, but it's quick.0
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Rick Chasey wrote:Tailwind innit.
Or the modern fashion for GC riders to bring their whole team to the front.0 -
HAHAHA. REALLY?!0
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Oh dear Pibernik. Celebrates victory one lap early and even manages to fail on the no hands bit.0
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Great win for Bahrain Merida with 6km to go0
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TheBigBean wrote:Oh dear Pibernik. Celebrates victory one lap early and even manages to fail on the no hands bit.0
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He'll get some grief at dinner tonight for that!0
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Luka Pibernik TBM sprints to the line! Holds his hands in the air, only to look back and see the peloton still together as he's got another 6km lap to do!0
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Gaviria takes it.
Ewan boxed in, gave up.
Greipel 4th0 -
RichN95 wrote:Absolutely nobody picked Gaviria for PTP today which I thought was odd.
Joelsim thought it was very odd when I dropped him from Team My Man.0 -
Mareczko very fast in the final.0
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I don't think Orica's lead out train could cope with the slightly technical approach.0
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French TV making an interesting point about how Ewan started sprinting when he saw Pibernik going for the line - a sign of ineperience and lack of understanding of the parcours in the final. Maybe something there.0
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1 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors 3:40:11
2 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina
3 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
4 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
5 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb
6 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data
7 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
8 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
9 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
10 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo0 -
Crampeur wrote:French TV making an interesting point about how Ewan started sprinting when he saw Pibernik going for the line - a sign of ineperience and lack of understanding of the parcours in the final. Maybe something there.
Yep. Inexperienced sprinter without a full team behind him. Orica's team is split between mountain folks for Adam and lead-out guys for Ewan so they don't have a full contingent to put to service on the sprint stages, which might explain why they haven't taken control on the days I thought they would have.0 -
I was having kittens when they were charging through those crowds, standing in the road.
A miracle that we didn't have a pile up.
Quite a lucky Giro in this respect so far.
Gaviria has raced of the rust and he's now looking the part.
Jakob Mareczko was absolutely flying over that final 100 metres.
Ewan looking like a boy against men."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Looks like Sbaragli got a nasty bang to his side from someone in the crowd - he says they were taking a selfie.0