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Itzulia Basque Country

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  • April 6, 2019 at 10:34 am #29513
    Dr Winston

    Yeah….time to go climbing and rolling. Fields are getting stronger and stronger, no idea where to even start to try and unpick this one after the TT…

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  • April 7, 2019 at 8:44 pm #938975
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    Dr Winston
    Condor Andy wrote:
    I think every stage looks like a GC stage, maybe some crazy breakaways too, but the GC guys will always be top 20. Who fancies it more. Hope I do better here than in Catalunya!

    It does look good for them….but also good for one or two who’ve been having a thinner time of late. Somebody like Gorka for instance, amongst others. Actually…did he do well in this last year and then have a bit of bad luck or something like that…seem to remeber him being in the running.

    April 7, 2019 at 8:40 pm #938973
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    Dr Winston
    MinardiM189 wrote:
    Just had a look at stage 2. It is completely crazy towards the end, lots of really narrow gravel roads with short steep climbs.

    This stage could have a huge impact for some GC riders.

    Do you have a decent link for a preview Minardi?….I’ve only really looked at cyclingstages so far…and that’s a bit thin…

    April 7, 2019 at 6:28 pm #938971
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    Condor Andy

    I think every stage looks

    I think every stage looks like a GC stage, maybe some crazy breakaways too, but the GC guys will always be top 20. Who fancies it more. Hope I do better here than in Catalunya!

    April 7, 2019 at 5:26 pm #938969
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    MinardiM189

    Just had a look at stage 2.

    Just had a look at stage 2. It is completely crazy towards the end, lots of really narrow gravel roads with short steep climbs.

    This stage could have a huge impact for some GC riders.

    April 7, 2019 at 1:41 pm #938967
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    MinardiM189
    Dr Winston wrote:
    MinardiM189 wrote:
    It is likely to be wet early in the week too, which always seems to play a part in Itzulia. It could come down to taking risks on a wet descent in the ITT.

    Movistar are likely to be playing catch up after the ITT, which could make it interesting and Astana have a very strong team and are always likely to make things crazy. I’m really looking forard to this race.

    That opening TT is a good one…hard to call…and made even harder that there are quite a few climbers with a decent TT in their lockers now. Maybe just have to let the game unfold rather than planning anything.

    Looks a nicley balanced ITT – 6.3km flat, 2.3km steep hill, 3.1km fast technical descent

    April 7, 2019 at 1:14 pm #938965
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    Dr Winston
    MinardiM189 wrote:
    It is likely to be wet early in the week too, which always seems to play a part in Itzulia. It could come down to taking risks on a wet descent in the ITT.

    Movistar are likely to be playing catch up after the ITT, which could make it interesting and Astana have a very strong team and are always likely to make things crazy. I’m really looking forard to this race.

    That opening TT is a good one…hard to call…and made even harder that there are quite a few climbers with a decent TT in their lockers now. Maybe just have to let the game unfold rather than planning anything.

    April 7, 2019 at 12:52 pm #938963
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    MinardiM189

    It is likely to be wet early

    It is likely to be wet early in the week too, which always seems to play a part in Itzulia. It could come down to taking risks on a wet descent in the ITT.

    Movistar are likely to be playing catch up after the ITT, which could make it interesting and Astana have a very strong team and are always likely to make things crazy. I’m really looking forard to this race.

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