Giro 2017: Stage 16: Rovetta – Bormio 222 km *Spoilers*

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  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    I've only just started watching.... what's happened? TomDum need a dump?
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  • bluemoon17
    bluemoon17 Posts: 718
    Dumoulin doing 380 watts- Quintana hovering around 250.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Bluemoon17 wrote:
    Dumoulin doing 380 watts- Quintana hovering around 250.

    Remember Quintana is much lighter - still working a lot less hard though in terms of w/kg.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,550
    Landa goes
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Dorset Boy wrote:
    Sean Yates suggesting the group should have all stopped and waited.

    Not watching it, so can't comment with a lot of authority but that's mental. If that happens, where does it end?
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,550
    Nibali & Quintana pushing on now.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    edited May 2017
    Tom D not helped by the fact that Italy's sweetheart started the ball rolling.
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,181
    Got to get rid of all this unwritten rules b0ll0x. Stopping and waiting at this point spoils the stage competition, and denies contenders for podium places the chance to play to their strengths.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Nibs and Quintana start sparing with Pozz in the background and Zakarin shadowing...

    Tom takes a gel and looks cooked.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Jungel's diesels past Pinot and co
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  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Not sure what the etiquette is but attacking the pink jersey at such times seems a bit shoddy
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,550
    Pozzavivo is a really ugly rider.
  • joey54321
    joey54321 Posts: 1,297
    I haven't been following the whole thing but Tommy D stopped for a comfort break and the rest of the field carried on riding?
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,107
    He's doing OK isn't he? Bit lighter, I guess.

    "Dumoulin must be absolutely fuming"... enough said.
  • bluemoon17
    bluemoon17 Posts: 718
    joey54321 wrote:
    I haven't been following the whole thing but Tommy D stopped for a comfort break and the rest of the field carried on riding?

    Less a comfort break, more of a 'gotta go now' break.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,252
    kleinstroker wrote:
    Not sure what the etiquette is but attacking the pink jersey at such times seems a bit shoddy
    But they're not attacking him. This was meant to be a key point of the Giro and the leaders have only gained 30s on Landa since the poo.
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  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    dish_dash wrote:
    Tom takes a gel and looks cooked.

    Tom D has pulled back a few seconds to be fair
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Bluemoon17 wrote:
    Dumoulin doing 380 watts-

    that's quite a push - perhaps constipated ?
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Bluemoon17 wrote:
    Dumoulin doing 380 watts- Quintana hovering around 250.
    kinda buggers the power to weight calculations when one of the protaganists looses a couple of kilos mid climb.
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  • joey54321
    joey54321 Posts: 1,297
    Ah, thats tough. Hope this isn't the end of his chances. From what I am reading it seems like he is holding together well enough. Good job he has such a time buffer.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Dumoulin noticeably slowing now. Other GC guys working pretty well together.
  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    If he's really got the trots, he'll be out of gas fairly soon and the issue of whether they did / should have / didn't wait(ed) for him will be immaterial I suppose.

    If he's slowing, no reason now for them to wait.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Nibali has had his Lazarus moment early this year.
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Nibs!
  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Nibali has had his Lazarus moment early this year.

    Nibali's been on form all Giro, much better than last year.
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  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    cue snow bank crash....
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Come on Nibz. Burn it on the descent.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    edited May 2017
    maddog 2 wrote:
    cue snow bank crash....

    Ain't much snow about... a crash is gonna hurt...
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    ContrelaMontre wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Nibali has had his Lazarus moment early this year.

    Nibali's been on form all Giro, much better than last year.

    Eh? The Blockhaus blow up?
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  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    c'mon Tom, you can descend faster that this...
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