Giro 2019, Stage 17: Commezzadura - Anterselva/Antholz 180 km *Spoilers*

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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    Whatever happened to Esteban Chaves? Far away from being a GC threat. Wasn't he supposed to be the next big thing. Did win a monument after all.
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    Lopez, Carapaz going. Roglic losing more time
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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Nibali not so good
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,649
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    Nibali not so good

    At least he's on the right stage.
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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    Nibali not so good

    At least he's on the right stage.
    :oops: ... it’s an overrated virtue, though.
  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    edited May 2019
    Everyone looked a bit knackered after yesterday, but Movistar are for once leveraging their team strength perfectly. You had Roglic and Nibali made to chase with the race leader by 2 min sat on their wheel, then ultimately both Movistar riders taking time on a stage where you wouldn't necessarily expect gaps.
  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    If stage highlights excitement can be measured in advance from thread lengths, I'm guessing this wasn't a thriller...
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  • Wayne Plunger
    Wayne Plunger Posts: 444
    KnightOfTheLongTights wrote:
    Has anyone had to deal with 'Eurosport player not available in this country - try again'?
    I am at my wife's parents' place in Hay-on-Wye, though v much on the English side, and being forced to watch the stage in Welsh.

    How do you think we feel when they show live Ingerlund football games on BBC and ITV in Wales?
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    larkim wrote:
    If stage highlights excitement can be measured in advance from thread lengths, I'm guessing this wasn't a thriller...
    Well if one person hadn't been posting on the wrong thread it would have been a bit longer...
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    edited May 2019
    Nan peters was the freshest guy in the break . lot of the other riders had done a lot of work earlier in the race. Tired racing. NaBali looked heavy legged. Roglic more so. Movistar know what they are doing.
    "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: 18,908
    larkim wrote:
    If stage highlights excitement can be measured in advance from thread lengths, I'm guessing this wasn't a thriller...
    . It was alright
    "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: 18,908
    Anyone doing next stage thread?
    "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
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,301
    mididoctors wrote:
    larkim wrote:
    If stage highlights excitement can be measured in advance from thread lengths, I'm guessing this wasn't a thriller...
    . It was alright

    The profile was rolling with a net climb all day.
    It was brutal. What a grind.

    I see Nibs made Roglic work - to his own detriment.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • bm5
    bm5 Posts: 583
    Great to see Chaves trying and getting something after such a bad time for him.
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    M.R.M. wrote:
    Whatever happened to Esteban Chaves? Far away from being a GC threat. Wasn't he supposed to be the next big thing. Did win a monument after all.

    Had (has?) Epstein-Barr virus last year - same as Cav - whether it's still affecting him or he just missed too much training/racing and is short on fitness I don't know.
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  • craigus89
    craigus89 Posts: 887
    Amazing what a difference the road makes. That climb seemed like it was quite hard but on a big open road it was incredibly uninspiring to watch. Had it been on a narrow tree lined zig zag it would have been more exciting I feel, not sure why though.
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    DeVlaeminck wrote:
    M.R.M. wrote:
    Whatever happened to Esteban Chaves? Far away from being a GC threat. Wasn't he supposed to be the next big thing. Did win a monument after all.

    Had (has?) Epstein-Barr virus last year - same as Cav - whether it's still affecting him or he just missed too much training/racing and is short on fitness I don't know.
    Thanks. Yeah that explains a lot! Poor guy.
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