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

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  • PeteinSQ
    PeteinSQ Posts: 2,292
    First time I've posted on here for ages. Really enjoyed following the race via your postings.

    What an exciting stage. Poor Yates.

    Froome either must be regarded as one of the greats or with suspicion. I prefer to just believe in stuff until it's proven otherwise so I'm going to go along with him being one of the greats.

    Tomorrow will hopefully be just as exciting!
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    AndrewCowley wrote:
    Well maybe for once you could say that wasn't so much about the Sky train but rather the individual rider (Froome).
    Puccio and Elissonde did excellent work on Finistere to shatter the race
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • JTUK
    JTUK Posts: 67
    adr82 wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Portal saying it was planned - Froome wanted to do all or nothing.
    Hatch said earlier Sky had all their mechanics and other staff scattered along the route on soigneur duty

    I called this earlier, planned from start
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    ShutupJens wrote:
    darkhairedlord wrote:
    is yates still KOM

    Nope, Froome took it atop the Sestriere

    Painfully honest interview from Sunweb DS, he does have a point though - 40 seconds isn't nothing on a day when you get pumped for 3 and a half minutes

    Can you elaborate please?
    Froome took over 3.5 minutes out of Dumoulin today.
  • JTUK
    JTUK Posts: 67
    Dolan Driver wrote:
    JTUK wrote:
    Dinyull wrote:
    Good job he had that crash or the whole race wouldn't have been a contest.

    Not over yet, still tough day tomorrow in the mountains

    Even if he does loose the jersey tomorrow, it will still go down in history as one of the all-time great solo attacks, especially in this day and age. Maybe the audaciousness of the attack had such a pshycological affect on Dumolin that he simply couldn't believe what he was seeing! A disbelieving Mark Reef is not impressed!

    DD.

    Amazing stage, truely amazing. This is what fans want to see, not some negative looking around and wheel sucking because they are worried about tomorrow’s stage.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    ShutupJens wrote:
    darkhairedlord wrote:
    is yates still KOM

    Nope, Froome took it atop the Sestriere

    Painfully honest interview from Sunweb DS, he does have a point though - 40 seconds isn't nothing on a day when you get pumped for 3 and a half minutes

    Can you elaborate please?
    Froome took over 3.5 minutes out of Dumoulin today.

    Thanks Sherlock. I mean't the reference to the 40s being not nothing?
  • Sun Dodger
    Sun Dodger Posts: 393
    Above The Cows wrote:
    The Giro organisers must be wetting themselves with happiness.

    They certainly got their money's worth today.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,653
    I think as much as anything, this shows that Sky's defensive racing is just their default setting. They do it because they can, because it's easiest. They still have the riders, the star and the nous to pull off one of the most audacious attacks you'll ever see.
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  • JTUK
    JTUK Posts: 67
    Froome must have mentally cracked a few who were thinking he was out of it. How do you beat a performance like that?
  • tim000
    tim000 Posts: 718
    has vino`s ghost called in yet :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
  • Sun Dodger
    Sun Dodger Posts: 393
    BigMat wrote:
    larkim wrote:
    Given Froome only needed his team for a short spell, presumably the Sky train will be well rested (apart from him!) ready for tomorrow.

    Poels and Henao both finished top 15 today (albeit at 11 minutes) so Sky looking the strongest team at the moment.

    And the entire Sky team was taking it easy after Froome went. Sunweb have a tough tactical problem to solve tomorrow.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    So far 57 riders home after 35 minutes.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • JTUK
    JTUK Posts: 67
    PeteinSQ wrote:
    First time I've posted on here for ages. Really enjoyed following the race via your postings.

    What an exciting stage. Poor Yates.

    Froome either must be regarded as one of the greats or with suspicion. I prefer to just believe in stuff until it's proven otherwise so I'm going to go along with him being one of the greats.

    Tomorrow will hopefully be just as exciting!

    He has won five Tours, not like this is his first big show.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    ShutupJens wrote:
    darkhairedlord wrote:
    is yates still KOM

    Nope, Froome took it atop the Sestriere

    Painfully honest interview from Sunweb DS, he does have a point though - 40 seconds isn't nothing on a day when you get pumped for 3 and a half minutes

    Can you elaborate please?
    Froome took over 3.5 minutes out of Dumoulin today.

    Thanks Sherlock. I mean't the reference to the 40s being not nothing?

    Haha, shouldn't have highlighted the lot then!

    What he's saying (I think) is that 40s will be looking a lot bigger after a performance like that. If the rider in front was fading then 40s might look like nothing.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    JTUK wrote:
    Froome must have mentally cracked a few who were thinking he was out of it. How do you beat a performance like that?

    And any TDF hopefuls as well.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    When you volunteered to work Friday earlier in the week then quickly check the forum, see the thread is up to 53 pages and know you f**ked up...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    edited May 2018
    Yates is home, over 38 minutes down.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Yates finishes 38 minutes down
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,653
    JTUK wrote:
    Froome must have mentally cracked a few who were thinking he was out of it. How do you beat a performance like that?

    It's the ones that skipped the Giro thinking the Giro-Tour double was impossible for him that I feel sorry for. They'll be looking at that and thinking "Oh sh'it"
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  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,978
    Wow... just a fantastic stage and ride by Froome. Blown away by this. Cycling... got to be one (the not "THE") hardest sports. Totally captivating... This Giro has been great. Just sorry to see Yates implode. It's one thing to lose out in the end but today was a killer for him.. hope he can bounce back in the future.
    “You may think that; I couldn’t possibly comment!”

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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Yates came in 38-39 mins down - looked very unhappy.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    mididoctors wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    Bloody hell Lopez where did that come from.

    Not taking a turn and putting his nose in the wind for 80km. That's where that came from.

    it was the sound move tbh :)

    Absolutely. I'd have done the same thing.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • JTUK
    JTUK Posts: 67
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    JTUK wrote:
    Froome must have mentally cracked a few who were thinking he was out of it. How do you beat a performance like that?

    And any TDF hopefuls as well.

    Yup
  • PeteinSQ
    PeteinSQ Posts: 2,292
    JTUK wrote:
    PeteinSQ wrote:
    First time I've posted on here for ages. Really enjoyed following the race via your postings.

    What an exciting stage. Poor Yates.

    Froome either must be regarded as one of the greats or with suspicion. I prefer to just believe in stuff until it's proven otherwise so I'm going to go along with him being one of the greats.

    Tomorrow will hopefully be just as exciting!

    He has won five Tours, not like this is his first big show.

    No I know that - but obviously people are already saying things. Talking about Landis etc. But as you say he already has the palmares to show that he's an amazing rider so it's not like a one off ludicrous performance.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,653
    ddraver wrote:
    When you volunteered to work Friday earlier in the week then quickly check the forum, see the thread is up to 53 pages and know you f**ked up...

    I grabbed a stream at work with the sound off just for Finistre. When Froome started taking time on the descent I packed it in, just said "sorry, I've got to get to to catch the end of this". Watched an hour on my phone on the bus with a Hebrew commentary. Got home for the last climb.

    Absolutely the right choice.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    larkim wrote:
    Is that what's known as riding yourself into form for the 3rd week? Or was the whole crash stuff just a very clever tactical misdirection?! ;-)

    It's as if the Giro organisers sat down with Froome and Sky before the start and planned an opera for maximum drama!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    ShutupJens wrote:
    darkhairedlord wrote:
    is yates still KOM

    Nope, Froome took it atop the Sestriere

    Painfully honest interview from Sunweb DS, he does have a point though - 40 seconds isn't nothing on a day when you get pumped for 3 and a half minutes

    Can you elaborate please?

    The interviewer was asking about tomorrow, saying TD is only 40 seconds down

    The DS said yeah but this is to Froome who put 3.30 into Dumoulin today, 40 seconds isn't nothing
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,653
    Above The Cows wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    Bloody hell Lopez where did that come from.

    Not taking a turn and putting his nose in the wind for 80km. That's where that came from.

    it was the sound move tbh :)

    Absolutely. I'd have done the same thing.

    Same here. But then again, I'd be in the broom waggon before Finistre*.





    *Approx from halfway through the prologue.
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  • hypster
    hypster Posts: 1,229
    Brailsford has repeatedly said that Froome is the most determined bloke he has ever met. I think to hatch a plan to attack on the Finestre with 80km to go knowing how much time is required is one thing. To actually pull it off is almost unimaginable.
  • onyourright
    onyourright Posts: 509
    JTUK wrote:
    He has won five Tours, not like this is his first big show.
    Four.

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