Giro 2018, Stage 19: Turin - Monte Jafferau - 184 kilometres. *Spoilers*

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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Froome is necking those gels. Under 10km
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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Camera man loving it
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    adr82 wrote:
    pottssteve wrote:
    Again, what's the record page count for a GT stage?!
    I think we've had some close to 100 haven't we? Certainly over 50.

    We'd better get typing, then!
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Whatever happens, whats the chance that Froome totally blows tomorrow?
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Referring to someone as an African is only diminishing if you're a racist Carlton.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Team car buffet closed?
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    inseine wrote:
    Whatever happens, whats the chance that Froome totally blows tomorrow?
    > 0
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,313
    You could unzip the jersey Chris
  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    Froome looking understandably on the tired side now.
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    pottssteve wrote:
    adr82 wrote:
    pottssteve wrote:
    Again, what's the record page count for a GT stage?!
    I think we've had some close to 100 haven't we? Certainly over 50.

    We'd better get typing, then!


    Still have plenty of time before Simon Yates finishes. Remember him ?
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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Can't WAIT to read post-race interviews. How long left, 15 mins?
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    amrushton wrote:
    You could unzip the jersey Chris

    He'll arrive perfectly attired, nails done, not a hair out of place and a smile on his face ...

    If they xray him they'll find that he is just a machine ...
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Chasers have given up any pretence of helping Tom
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  • AndrewCowley
    AndrewCowley Posts: 51
    All those crazy Strava miles paying off for Froome.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Froome not pedalling on the descent. Precious energy saved!
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    3.30. Jesus christ.

    Chasey - thoughts right now in retrospect when he went 70K ago?
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    Well I feel a Froome pink

    Why, how is he gonna beat Dumoulin by minutes?
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Timing at 10km banner was nearly 10s out (in Froome's favour)
  • timothyw
    timothyw Posts: 2,482
    Didn't go so well for Froome the day after his last stage victory in the Giro....

    Still, do or die for Dumoulin now - has to manage his losses on this climb.
  • w00dster
    w00dster Posts: 880
    Yeah Froome looking understandably tired.
    Will have to see what happens to the group when they get on the climb. 10 seconds dragged back quickly.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    adr82 wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    Whatever happens, whats the chance that Froome totally blows tomorrow?
    > 0

    Yup
  • feelgoodlost
    feelgoodlost Posts: 342
    mfin wrote:
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    3.30. Jesus christ.

    Chasey - thoughts right now in retrospect when he went 70K ago?
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    Well I feel a Froome pink

    Why, how is he gonna beat Dumoulin by minutes?

    :lol:
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  • topper_harley
    topper_harley Posts: 597
    painful for froome now
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Froome onto the climb proper now
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Final climb for Froome. Others must be about 1.5k or so back.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Oooof. That reared up like a wall.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    So, what do we think? Tactic was to shake it up and make it selective on Finestre, hope that someone useful bridged to him, but nobody did and he had a good gap so just keep going, steady as possible?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    mfin wrote:
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    3.30. Jesus christ.

    Chasey - thoughts right now in retrospect when he went 70K ago?
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    Well I feel a Froome pink

    Why, how is he gonna beat Dumoulin by minutes?

    Yeah tbf I wasn’t expecting an attack 80km out half way up the Finestra. Were you?
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Froome on the climb proper now. 3.20 ahead with 6700m to go
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  • AndrewCowley
    AndrewCowley Posts: 51
    edited May 2018
    One of the greatest GT stage rides ever.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    w00dster wrote:
    Yeah Froome looking understandably tired.
    Will have to see what happens to the group when they get on the climb. 10 seconds dragged back quickly.
    It’s what happens when Reichenbach goes. Pinot has no motivation to chase if Lopez won’t
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