Giro 2018: Stage 11, Assisi - Osimo 156kms *Spoilers*

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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Kirby is absolute clueless. It's amazing how someone can watch that much cycling and still have no idea what's going on.

    Looks like it could be a very good fight between Yates and Dumoulin. Plus Pinot right in there as well.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    lettingthedaysgoby wrote:
    adr82 wrote:
    Another +40 for Froome
    All part of the plan, the fightback begins any day now :mrgreen:
    Clearly just lulling everyone into a false sense of security!
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    A lot of work for 7 seconds

    Plus bonifications.

    6 seconds including time bonus over Dumoulin.

    Best part of 20 against Pozzo and Pinot.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    A lot of work for 7 seconds

    Plus bonifications.

    6 seconds including time bonus over Dumoulin.

    Correct. I guessed the gap.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    You never know how deep the guy at the front has had to go, but the guy who failed to catch him won't have been leaving anything out there otherwise he'd have come past. Immense by Yates.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    1 and 2 on GC chasing each other at full tilt...:)
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,858
    Panache! Great from Yates.

    Dumoulin very impressive though. Could be a very tight GT.
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,312
    edited May 2018
    So really it's going to be Yates v. Tom. Excellent. how much was froome back? Oh 40 seconds. Blimey.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,142
    The_Boy wrote:
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    A lot of work for 7 seconds

    Plus bonifications.

    6 seconds including time bonus over Dumoulin.

    Best part of 20 against Pozzo and Pinot.

    18 including the bonus 10.
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    amrushton wrote:
    So really it's going to be Yates v. Tom. Excellent. how much was froome back?

    Different timezone
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Milton50 wrote:
    Kirby is absolute clueless. It's amazing how someone can watch that much cycling and still have no idea what's going on.

    Looks like it could be a very good fight between Yates and Dumoulin. Plus Pinot right in there as well.

    The worst thing about it is that they keep giving him the important finishes.
    I had clear info from the lovely Italian Swiss.
    Measured and accurate.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,312
    edited May 2018
    Please god, do not let Aru finish above Froome in GC! yates brother tipped him to win.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Froome's shape seems to be getting worse not better.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    bit scary for yates looking back and seeing it was TD. mmmmmm (mulls TD performance over)
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    A lot of work for 7 seconds

    Plus bonifications.

    6 seconds including time bonus over Dumoulin.

    Best part of 20 against Pozzo and Pinot.

    18 including the bonus 10.

    Yes, which is almost exactly what is written in the post you're quoting.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,142
    3h25'53" for that stage is ridiculous.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,142
    The_Boy wrote:
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    A lot of work for 7 seconds

    Plus bonifications.

    6 seconds including time bonus over Dumoulin.

    Best part of 20 against Pozzo and Pinot.

    18 including the bonus 10.

    Yes, which is almost exactly what is written in the post you're quoting.

    Easy tiger, thought you (and others) might like precise confirmation.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    So is the plan for froome to go get himself some hard racing miles in the third week to build form for summer?
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    A lot of work for 7 seconds

    Plus bonifications.

    6 seconds including time bonus over Dumoulin.

    Best part of 20 against Pozzo and Pinot.

    18 including the bonus 10.

    Yes, which is almost exactly what is written in the post you're quoting.

    Easy tiger, thought you (and others) might like precise confirmation.

    I prefer a more...ah... impressionist approach to such matters.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    edited May 2018
    I think making Dumoulin chase that hard for that long on his own is probably more important than the time. Yates need to hurt him on stages that suit him better even if he doesn't gain big chunks of time on a single stage.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    3h25'53" for that stage is ridiculous.

    45kph average. I might have managed that on the downhill bits, if they weren't too twisty.
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    Stage:

    1 YATES Simon Philip ( GBR ) MITCHELTON - SCOTT 3h 25’ 53”
    2 DUMOULIN Tom ( NED ) TEAM SUNWEB 0’ 02”
    3 FORMOLO Davide ( ITA ) BORA - HANSGROHE 0’ 05”
    4 GENIEZ Alexandre ( FRA ) AG2R LA MONDIALE 0’ 08”
    5 POZZOVIVO Domenico ( ITA ) BAHRAIN - MERIDA 0’ 08”
    6 KONRAD Patrick ( AUT ) BORA - HANSGROHE 0’ 08”
    7 PINOT Thibaut ( FRA ) GROUPAMA - FDJ 0’ 08”
    8 SCHACHMANN Maximilian ( GER ) QUICK-STEP FLOORS 0’ 11”
    9 DENNIS Rohan ( AUS ) BMC RACING TEAM 0’ 18”
    10 ARU Fabio ( ITA ) UAE TEAM EMIRATES 0’ 21”

    GC:

    1 YATES Simon Philip ( GBR ) MITCHELTON - SCOTT 47h 08’ 21”
    2 DUMOULIN Tom ( NED ) TEAM SUNWEB 0’ 47”
    3 PINOT Thibaut ( FRA ) GROUPAMA - FDJ 01’ 04”
    4 POZZOVIVO Domenico ( ITA ) BAHRAIN - MERIDA 01’ 18”
    5 CARAPAZ Richard ( ECU ) MOVISTAR TEAM 01’ 56”
    6 BENNETT George ( NZL ) TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO 02’ 09”
    7 DENNIS Rohan ( AUS ) BMC RACING TEAM 02’ 36”
    8 BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA P. ( ESP ) ASTANA PRO TEAM 02’ 54”
    9 KONRAD Patrick ( AUT ) BORA - HANSGROHE 02’ 55”
    10 ARU Fabio ( ITA ) UAE TEAM EMIRATES 03’ 10”
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    3h25'53" for that stage is ridiculous.

    its only a 159k... :lol:
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    knedlicky wrote:
    No stars for Woods?

    Seems I was right first time. :wink:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Richard T. Biscuit wrote:
    I think making Dumoulin chase that hard for that long on his own is probably more important than the time. Yates need to hurt him on stages that suit him better even if he doesn't gain big chunks of time on a single stage.

    Bit worrying for Yates to look back and see he couldn't snap the elastic though.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Milton50 wrote:
    Froome's shape seems to be getting worse not better.

    out of position on the descent before the final climb... sore body lack of confidence...all of that
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,142
    The_Boy wrote:
    So is the plan for froome to go get himself some hard racing miles in the third week to build form for summer?

    I think the plan is somewhere in a hi tech, matt black bin.
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    knedlicky wrote:
    No stars for Woods?
    Seems I was right first time. :wink:
    Yeh, 40th at 1' 05", :?
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    amrushton wrote:
    Please god, do not let Aru finish above Froome in GC! yates brother tipped him to win.

    think the TT may do for aru in that battle.
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • Orkneylad
    Orkneylad Posts: 104
    How much time do we think Yates needs going into the final TT?

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