Giro 2018, Stage 16: Trento - Rovereto - 34.2 kilometres, *Spoilers*

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  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    HA The race for third looks good, Definite possibility for Froome to be on the Podium.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,160
    Pozzo got Fenton breathing down his neck now.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    mididoctors wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    1'-18" it is. Lost 53" only.

    surprise even for those of us who though he would do well.... TD didn't deliver .

    Think that's a bit harsh, given that he was only 22 seconds behind Dennis. He could have won the stage and still been well off the lead. The credit really ought to go to Yates for limiting the damage so well.
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  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    bonus seconds?
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    1'18" the new gap between Yates and TD
    56 i think

    yeah, I was trying to report the deficit to TD in the TT, not the new gap, but I got that wrong too :lol:
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Yates in 22nd postion, which seems fair.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    darkhairedlord wrote:
    bonus seconds?
    There never is for TTs which I also think is a bit unfair
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    mididoctors wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    wow

    well? told you so :wink:

    Told you I'd love to be wrong. Even you were pessimistic!
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    hypster wrote:
    GC result says 56 seconds between Yates and Dumoulin

    I think the countdown was talking shite - what it was reporting seems to be about the amount which Yates lost to Dumoulin (it was reading something like 1'18" on the line, and from the GC it looks like Yates lost 1'15" to Dumoulin in the TT, so about the same).
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,703
    Beautiful style, rubbish reliability.
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    Game on for turd, as Kelly would say.
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  • hypster
    hypster Posts: 1,229
    edited May 2018
    Great ride by Yates, less so by Dumoulin. TD definitely not up to last year and he's going to find it hard in the mountains to come. Yates can ride conservatively and crush it if he needs to. Tom's got no cards left to play.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    RichN95 wrote:
    darkhairedlord wrote:
    bonus seconds?
    There never is for TTs which I also think is a bit unfair

    Nah. Bonus seconds should be just for racing, if they have to have them at all.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Froome 4th, Dennis 6th!!!
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    New top 10:

    1 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 65:57:37
    2 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:56
    3 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:03:11
    4 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:03:50
    5 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:04:19
    6 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:05:04
    7 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:05:37
    8 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:06:02
    9 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team 0:06:07
    10 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:07:01

    So that was good for Froome and Dennis.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,703
    Pello Bilbao: Spain's Haimar Zubeldia replacement.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,154
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    hypster wrote:
    GC result says 56 seconds between Yates and Dumoulin

    I think the countdown was talking shite - what it was reporting seems to be about the amount which Yates lost to Dumoulin (it was reading something like 1'18" on the line, and from the GC it looks like Yates lost 1'15" to Dumoulin in the TT, so about the same).

    It was definitely going backwards though so seemed to be the GC difference. Carlton was probably in charge of it.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    inseine wrote:
    Froome 4th, Dennis 6th!!!

    Good stuff from Dennis but I can't see him staying in touch with Lopez and Carapaz over the final 3 days.
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    I would make them use the same bike for all stages; it's one race, so one bike!
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    With Dumoulin needing Yates to falter it's useful to him that Froome is close to the podium and Sky are likely to put the pressure on. It would be ironic if this helped him to win after saying Froome shouldn't be there.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    good stage to watch wasn't it.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,154
    Any chatter over on the other site about Aru's sudden improvement in TT ability?
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,760
    Pross wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    hypster wrote:
    GC result says 56 seconds between Yates and Dumoulin

    I think the countdown was talking shite - what it was reporting seems to be about the amount which Yates lost to Dumoulin (it was reading something like 1'18" on the line, and from the GC it looks like Yates lost 1'15" to Dumoulin in the TT, so about the same).

    It was definitely going backwards though so seemed to be the GC difference. Carlton was probably in charge of it.

    It did say "Countdown to keeping the pink jersey" or something - so made sense to me. If that had got to zero, Dumoulin would have been in pink.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    1'-18" it is. Lost 53" only.

    surprise even for those of us who though he would do well.... TD didn't deliver .

    Think that's a bit harsh, given that he was only 22 seconds behind Dennis. He could have won the stage and still been well off the lead. The credit really ought to go to Yates for limiting the damage so well.

    hmmmm maybe.... i think everyone had him down for the win thou...
    "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
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    mididoctors wrote:
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    1'-18" it is. Lost 53" only.

    surprise even for those of us who though he would do well.... TD didn't deliver .

    Think that's a bit harsh, given that he was only 22 seconds behind Dennis. He could have won the stage and still been well off the lead. The credit really ought to go to Yates for limiting the damage so well.

    hmmmm maybe.... i think everyone had him down for the win thou...

    Yep. I did anyway. He was a bit worse than I expected.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    Pross wrote:
    Any chatter over on the other site about Aru's sudden improvement in TT ability?

    :) careful...

    if he catapulted onto the podium there would be
    "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
  • timothyw
    timothyw Posts: 2,482
    One thing it does show is that Dumoulin was right to complain about Pozzo and Pinot not riding with him on Sunday. They might have kept Froome off the podium, whereas now they've got a real fight on for third.
  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    Will TD fight for 2nd place now?
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Tomorrow starts with a 10km climb at 6% and is quite a short stage.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,645
    Stage top 10 anyone?
    _
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Lots of racing left in this Giro!!

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