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  • May 2, 2019 at 12:36 am #29603
    Dr Winston

    Thought i’d try an early post for some pre race thoughts…so i’ll Start..

    https://www.cyclingstage.com/giro-2019-route/

    Loving the last stage….for some of us  old timers it’s like Laurent Fignon all over again. Do we approve?..or do we like the procession and sprint?

     

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  • May 11, 2019 at 5:28 pm #941191
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    Dr Winston
    MinardiM189 wrote:
    Dr Winston wrote:
    What’s your purist team look like Minardi…

    ROGLIC
    YATES S.
    DUMOULIN T.
    JUNGELS
    NIBALI
    ZAKARIN
    CARTHY
    LONARDI

    I was considering Formolo for Jungels and Kangert for Zakarin.

    IMO Kangert is a very under rated rider & usually consistent.

    nice team up the hills. I think Carthy will do well….he looked very strong last time out. I thought you would have gone for TDG….

     

    May 11, 2019 at 5:14 pm #941189
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    MinardiM189
    Dr Winston wrote:
    Lopez is going to be very hard to beat now…even Roglic will be worried.

    and Yates will be ‘shitting’ himself.

    May 11, 2019 at 5:12 pm #941187
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    MinardiM189
    Dr Winston wrote:
    What’s your purist team look like Minardi…

    ROGLIC
    YATES S.
    DUMOULIN T.
    JUNGELS
    NIBALI
    ZAKARIN
    CARTHY
    LONARDI

    I was considering Formolo for Jungels and Kangert for Zakarin.

    IMO Kangert is a very under rated rider & usually consistent.

    May 11, 2019 at 5:06 pm #941185
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    Dr Winston
    MinardiM189 wrote:
    Dr Winston wrote:
    What happened to Izagirre?….I thought this would have suited him…

    Izagirre was 13s down at the bottom of the hill, so must have lost a lot on the hill.

    Lopez the surprise of the day, huge result for him. I doubt anyone saw that coming.

    Dumoulin & Jungels disappointing.

    I think I will regret picking Jungels for my purist team, it was him or Formolo. I went Jungels based on him doing a good ITT today.

    What’s your purist team look like Minardi…

    May 11, 2019 at 5:03 pm #941183
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    Dr Winston
    MinardiM189 wrote:
    Dr Winston wrote:
    What happened to Izagirre?….I thought this would have suited him…

    Izagirre was 13s down at the bottom of the hill, so must have lost a lot on the hill.

    Lopez the surprise of the day, huge result for him. I doubt anyone saw that coming.

    Dumoulin & Jungels disappointing.

    I think I will regret picking Jungels for my purist team, it was him or Formolo. I went Jungels based on him doing a good ITT today.

    Lopez is going to be very hard to beat now…even Roglic will be worried.

    May 11, 2019 at 5:00 pm #941181
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    MinardiM189
    Dr Winston wrote:
    What happened to Izagirre?….I thought this would have suited him…

    Izagirre was 13s down at the bottom of the hill, so must have lost a lot on the hill.

    Lopez the surprise of the day, huge result for him. I doubt anyone saw that coming.

    Dumoulin & Jungels disappointing.

    I think I will regret picking Jungels for my purist team, it was him or Formolo. I went Jungels based on him doing a good ITT today.

    May 11, 2019 at 4:48 pm #941179
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    Condor Andy

    Well I’m not going to make

    Well I’m not going to make many for tomorrow. Too many doubts about how it will finish. I’ll make more for stage 3.

    May 11, 2019 at 4:35 pm #941177
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    Dr Winston
    Condor Andy wrote:
    Not sure Winston, I was out on a ride and missed the start. My team:

    Roglic
    Dumoulin
    Jungels
    Izagirre
    Campenaerts
    Sivakov
    Scotson
    Bilbao

    Like the Bilbao pick. You’re gonna burn a few transfers fairly early with that team…I didn’t actually do a plan for transfers so i’m Not sure if I could have loaded up more or not…

    May 11, 2019 at 4:30 pm #941175
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    Condor Andy

    Not sure Winston, I was out

    Not sure Winston, I was out on a ride and missed the start. My team:

    Roglic
    Dumoulin
    Jungels
    Izagirre
    Campenaerts
    Sivakov
    Scotson
    Bilbao

    May 11, 2019 at 4:28 pm #941173
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    Condor Andy
    ktache wrote:
    **SPOILER ALERT**

    This website WILL tell you the winner of todays stage before you may have a chance to watch the highlights.  This will continue for every stage for the next 3 weeks, and indeed for the next 3 grand tours.  It is what they do, be prepared.

    This means that today I cannot view this site until 11 o’clock tonight.

    **SPOILER ALERT**

    So will Twitter and any cycling related website.

    May 11, 2019 at 4:23 pm #941171
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    Dr Winston

    What happened to Izagirre?…

    What happened to Izagirre?….I thought this would have suited him…

    May 11, 2019 at 2:41 pm #941169
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    MinardiM189

    My team for Stage 1 –

    My team for Stage 1 –

    ROGLIC
    YATES S.
    DUMOULIN T.
    JUNGELS
    GEOGHEGAN HART
    CIMOLAI
    HALLER
    LONARDI

    Let the competition begin.

    May 11, 2019 at 2:17 pm #941167
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    MinardiM189
    ktache wrote:
    **SPOILER ALERT**

    This website WILL tell you the winner of todays stage before you may have a chance to watch the highlights.  This will continue for every stage for the next 3 weeks, and indeed for the next 3 grand tours.  It is what they do, be prepared.

    This means that today I cannot view this site until 11 o’clock tonight.

    Mountain Renegade will tell you the result of the race before it happens

    May 11, 2019 at 2:08 pm #941165
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    ktache

    **SPOILER ALERT**

    **SPOILER ALERT**

    This website WILL tell you the winner of todays stage before you may have a chance to watch the highlights.  This will continue for every stage for the next 3 weeks, and indeed for the next 3 grand tours.  It is what they do, be prepared.

    This means that today I cannot view this site until 11 o’clock tonight.

    May 11, 2019 at 1:02 pm #941163
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    MinardiM189
    Dr Winston wrote:
    Tough to sort this one out. Normally the sprinters have the GC points early on to add to the early stage wins…not this time though. I’m wondering wether to back load the race…anybody thinking similar?

    The Giro regularly has  a TT on the first stage.

    Only question I have is what will happen tomorrow, will we get a sprint. It is forecast to be wet and windy all day.

    There could be a possibility of echelons late on.

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