[Joelsim]

My team for today…and 4 transfers remaining for the ITT tomorrow.

Mikel Landa (AST)
Michal Kwiatkowski (OPQ)
Alejandro Valverde (MOV)
Alberto Contador (TSB)
Damiano Cunego (LAM)
Daan Olivier (GSH)
Jesper Hansen (TSB)
Davide Villella (CAD)
Jean-Christophe Peraud (ALM)

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[chrisdstripes]

chiv30 wrote:Can someone

chiv30 wrote:

Can someone please explain to me how swift managed to stay in a group of climbers to outsprint them all….was there no attacks on the last two climbs? :O

It was really good stuff from Swift – there were a couple of attacks, and Movistar were driving a pretty hard pace from quite a long way out (40-50km). Lots of decent climbers didn’t manage to hang in there, but Swift did. So no unusual explanation, we just have to assume that he’s got really good legs at the moment (3rd in San Remo remember) and is maybe better uphill than a lot of us thought. I could imagine him hanging in there in a larger group, but to be one of a group of just 20 surprised me too. Excellent to see.

[Stumps]

Gkam84 wrote:I dont even see

Gkam84 wrote:

I dont even see you in the scores Stumps, do you play under another name?

Sorry mate, my fault, i scored 145 but i had a 10 point penalty so ended up with 135 and came 222nd on the stage. I had worked my score out myself without looking at the results and forgot i had the 10 pointer.

I’ve had an extra portion of humble pie 🙁

[Gkam84]

I dont even see you in the
I dont even see you in the scores Stumps, do you play under another name?

[Stumps]

Happy enough with 145. Even
Happy enough with 145. Even happier Swift won, well done matey =D>

[Gkam84]

From what I saw, the attacks
From what I saw, the attacks were not enough to shake some guys, Swift went out the back and used his descending skills to get back into the group. From there is was simple, he was the only sprinter there.

[chiv30]

fukawitribe wrote:chiv30

fukawitribe wrote:

chiv30 wrote:

Can someone please explain to me how swift managed to stay in a group of climbers to outsprint them all….

He’s a pretty decent climber and he tried really hard maybe ?

chiv30 wrote:

was there no attacks on the last two climbs? :O

There were a couple.

He isn’t that good a climber that he can live in that company if they were properly attacking hence the second question about attacks ….

[Gkam84]

The winner today is
The winner today is

1 Ferguson Videostars NFLUKMOD72 183

Their score will go up a point or two when the youth stats come in

[Gkam84]

Scores coming in, still
Scores coming in, still waiting on youth results, they will be put in later

[Dux89]

Swift looks like a great bet
Swift looks like a great bet to challenge for wins on intermediate stages in Grand Tours (the Sagan style stages) if he can win days like today. Awesome stuff.

[fukawitribe]

chiv30 wrote:Can someone

chiv30 wrote:

Can someone please explain to me how swift managed to stay in a group of climbers to outsprint them all….

He’s a pretty decent climber and he tried really hard maybe ?

chiv30 wrote:

was there no attacks on the last two climbs? :O

There were a couple.

[drheaton]

There were a few attacks,
There were a few attacks, Weening attacked a couple of times and Valverde and Contador attacked together too.

[chiv30]

Can someone please explain to
Can someone please explain to me how swift managed to stay in a group of climbers to outsprint them all….was there no attacks on the last two climbs? :O

[TERatcliffe26]

Same as Drheaton 2,3,5,8,9
Same as Drheaton 2,3,5,8,9 for me too

[northstar]

1,2,3,7,9,15 (across both
1,2,3,7,9,15 (across both teams), nearly took hivert out, glad i didn’t now.

[drheaton]

1 – Swift
2 – Valverde
3 –
1 – Swift
2 – Valverde
3 – Kwiatowski
4 – Slager
5 – Cunego
6 – Gautier
7 – Hivert
8 – Peraud
9 – Contador
10 – Evans
11 – Jeannesson
12 – Pinot
13 – Monfort
14 – Trofimov
15 – Van Garderen
16 – Yates (S)
17 – Poels
18 – Spilak
19 – Sanchez (S)
20 – Kiserlovski

So that’s 2,3,5,8,9 for me (and pretty much everyone else).

Congrat to anyone who actually picked Swift for today, very impressive to win from riders like Valverde. Swift could well turn into a great rider if Sky give him the chance.

[Author]

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