Giro 2018, Stage 20: Susa - Cervinia - 214 kilometres, *Spoilers*

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  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    Would it make tactical sense to add a few kg of weight to the bike to help with a descent, eg a weighted jacket plus full bottles etc?
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    lopez and carapaz look the freshest of the top 5
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  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    Just for the record - jam tarts do stick to walls
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Why are Astana still riding?
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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    edited May 2018
    Nieve making a move to solo for a Birthday stage win
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    nieve clipped off.
    "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
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Nieve pushing on alone now
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Good response by Michelton Scott
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Pinot all over the place. Doesn't look good at all.
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Shows how brutal this race has been that several big riders have just completely blown up. I mean not just 3 or 4 minutes lost but half an hour.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Kirby is now trying to convince everybody that Nieve is angry because he had to work for Yates. What a tool.
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    In the high mountains
    Drunk on beer, devoid of brains,
    Kn0bhead tifosi
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    RichN95 wrote:
    Why are Astana still riding?

    Zero hours Sky contract?
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Kirby is now trying to convince everybody that Nieve is angry because he had to work for Yates. What a tool.

    Yeh, he's creating a whole different reality in his mind where Nieve believes he should have been leader. Based on nothing.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    I always thought peanut was brittle, maybe an allergy ?
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    losing chaves early on after etna was a big blow?
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    inseine wrote:
    I always thought peanut was brittle, maybe an allergy ?

    just ridden out. is it plain old pre "products" exhaustion?
    "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
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    I hope Nieve/MS can get this, would be a bit of a lift for them at what must be a horrible time after yesterday.
  • MissedTheBreak
    MissedTheBreak Posts: 173
    Nieve - seemingly one of the nicest guys in the peloton, fueled by rage for having to work for two of the other nicest guys in the peloton, rather than just making the most of some rare freedom.

    Kirby calls it again, nobody knows the inner workings of the mind better, Steve Peters should take notes.

    :roll:
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Lutsenko goes pop - done a very big turn on the front for Astana. Anyone know why?!
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Haha, now he thinks that Wout Poels will be wondering what might have been if he hadn't helped Froome.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Good to see Gesink giving it a go
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  • the article don
    the article don Posts: 578
    MissedTheBreak wrote:
    Nieve - seemingly one of the nicest guys in the peloton, fueled by rage for having to work for two of the other nicest guys in the peloton, rather than just making the most of some rare freedom.

    Kirby calls it again, nobody knows the inner workings of the mind better, Steve Peters should take notes.

    :roll:


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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    edited May 2018
    Nieve still doing a domestique's job for Froome, taking the top mountain points and confirming Froome as the King of the Mountains (unless Ciccone wins the stage)
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  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    Having tired it once for about 3 seconds before I nearly shat myself, seeing them descend at the speeds they do sat on the top tube never fails to impress me.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    lettingthedaysgoby wrote:
    Having tired of once for about 3 seconds before I nearly shat myself, seeing them descend at the speeds they do sat on the top tube never fails to impress me.

    It's really scary. I hit 69kph on a dead straight downhill in Japan earlier this year but I can't imagine doing it on anything with bends... :shock:
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Riveting stuff from all the really exciting, non Sky teams, this.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Sky still have six riders. The defensive train will be at full strength
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Sky on the front now.
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Nieve has about 40 seconds over the chasing group, and 8 minutes + over the MR group
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