Giro 2018: Stage 6, CALTANISSETTA - ETNA 10 May 2018 / Thursday / 164 km *Spoilers*

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    yates! all in!
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Ozzies know how to play the dual leader card don't they?

    Look... gotta make the most of your assets...

    Yates attacks now!
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Awesome
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    sammy D looking a bit done in
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  • whatleytom
    whatleytom Posts: 547
    Smart by Michelton Scott
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Froome gonna out in a dig?
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    froome handled that well all things considered. pinot looking good
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Classy ride from Yates. I almost went for Chaves in PTP but couldn't quite do it.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Yates in pink?
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    That was superb! I was worried Yates wasn't going to let Chaves have the stage for a while there, but, all good.
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Dumoulin didn't look as good as I thought.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    inseine wrote:
    Yates in pink?

    yuss
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  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    Neither did Froome, he wasn't bossing that group in the last km like he might ordinarily do.
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    That was fab
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    PTP triumph for me!
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    Dumoulin still looking stronger than Froome. Yates looking super strong!
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  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    edited May 2018
    I get the chivalry aspect (and in a way I love it), but I can't help but think they maybe should have taken the extra 4 seconds for Yates. Probably won't matter, but it could...
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Milton50 wrote:
    Dumoulin didn't look as good as I thought.

    yeah went deep too early trying to drop Froome.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    edited May 2018
    Oh horlicks. I'm not posting that again.
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    Richard T. Biscuit wrote:
    I get the chivalry aspect (and in a way love it), but I can't help but think they maybe should have taken the extra 4 seconds for Yates. Probably won't matter, but could...

    Chaves working with him later could be worth a lot more than 4 sec, particularly if they are both threats.
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    A reasonably good stage that.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    M.R.M. wrote:
    Dumoulin still looking stronger than Froome. Yates looking super strong!

    yeah but froome is still in the race.

    it is possible neither end up on the podium in Rome.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    Richard T. Biscuit wrote:
    I get the chivalry aspect (and in a way I love it), but I can't help but think they maybe should have taken the extra 4 seconds for Yates. Probably won't matter, but it could...

    Remember, it could also be important the other way. Chaves is in 3rd place overall.

    (and it was the right thing to do)
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,029
    1 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 4:16:10
    2 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
    3 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:26
    4 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo
    5 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
    6 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
    7 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team
    8 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
    9 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
    10 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    edited May 2018
    M.R.M. wrote:
    Dumoulin still looking stronger than Froome. Yates looking super strong!
    I don't know if he's necessarily stronger. At the moment it's accelerating that Froome is having trouble with. The engine seems intact.

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    So, the equivalent of a nil-nil draw between the big two.
    Froome, not quite the dead dawg and Dumoulin definitely not quite the dead cert.
    A fine performance from the diddy men of Michelton Scott.
    Not such a fine performance from Pinot, Pozzo and Bennett, who, rather than work together to put time into the time trialing specialist, preferred to play yet another game of After you Claude.
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    larkim wrote:
    Neither did Froome, he wasn't bossing that group in the last km like he might ordinarily do.

    I think that goes without saying. He's obviously not in his best shape. I suppose he and the team will be telling themselves that the longer he manages to keep in touch the better chance he might ride into his best shape later in the race.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    way more sheltered than the other side wasn't it. stiffer ramps with resting bits. seesaw stuff.
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    RichN95 wrote:
    M.R.M. wrote:
    Dumoulin still looking stronger than Froome. Yates looking super strong!
    I don't know if he's necessarily stronger. At the moment it's accelerating that Froome is having trouble with. The engine seems intact.

    This race may be lost in the first week, but it will be won in the third.

    Maybe he's got one of those dodgy VW diesel engines and he's finally had the emissions fix done to it...
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    mididoctors wrote:
    way more sheltered than the other side wasn't it. stiffer ramps with resting bits. seesaw stuff.

    Yeh, I think they'll definitely be using this side next time.

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