Giro 2023:- Stage 18: Oderzo – Val Di Zoldo 161 km, A Very Pointy at the End Stage. ***Spoilers***

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  • REALLY hope Roglic is bluffing

    Don't think he is though

    C'MON ROG
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Kuss just blew the group apart there, wow
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    Surprising
    "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
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    TBH Kuss riding like this suits Thomas no? He's not one for the accelerations.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    Pretty sure Almeida will get back.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    Thomas out of support as Arensman gets dropped.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,878
    Almeida is a diesel style climber. Not saying that being dropped is ideal though.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    It will sound stupid but I'm still not convinced Roglic is feeling good.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,100
    Almeida is famously never truly dropped.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    Arensman unable to stay with the Almeida group.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Gap isn't increasing
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    I have a feeling G is starting to rock a little. Say it ain’t so.
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • commuterlegs
    commuterlegs Posts: 271
    Almeida doing Almeidary things. He'll be fine.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,878
    Roglic goes with Thomas in his wheel.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661

    Well does roglic have it or not

    No.
    Reliably wrong.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Roglic goes, Thomas gets straight on him
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Roglic attacks and Thomas responds immediately
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  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,951
    Kuss is a heck of a climber.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    Roglic attacks, Thomas follows and sits on his wheel. Dunbar couldn't close and Kuss then drops him to get back to Rogmas
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    Roglic
    "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
  • commuterlegs
    commuterlegs Posts: 271
    Kuss looks so comfortable
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    Dunbar still battling and Almeida not losing that much so far.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    Arensman seems to have found his second wind.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Pross said:

    It will sound stupid but I'm still not convinced Roglic is feeling good.

    You don't really know until either Roglic drops Thomas or vice versa do you
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    Dunbar caught by Vine and Almeida who are still only 15" behind the Thomas / Roglic / Kuss group.
  • commuterlegs
    commuterlegs Posts: 271
    Coming back together
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,100
    It's not exciting, but impressive how Almeida knows how to manage his effort.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    edited May 2023

    Pross said:

    It will sound stupid but I'm still not convinced Roglic is feeling good.

    You don't really know until either Roglic drops Thomas or vice versa do you
    It felt a little bit like an attack to stop being attacked but they all seem on their limits outside the top 3 and Kuss.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Vine has to park it on the descent and almeida has to go very slow to avoid the crash.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    Vine leads his group of towards the cliff face but all OK.