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  • May 15, 2012 at 7:28 am #15827
    drheaton

    Today looks like a similar day to Sunday with a breakaway going away only for the high pace of the Liquigas/Astana led peleton to bring it back together ahead of the final climbs.

    I wouldn’t put it past J-Rod to get another top 3 finish today although I expect a similar result to Sunday with 1 or 2 riders going away on the final climb to fight it out for the win.

    My team:
    Rodriguez
    Uran
    Hesjedal
    Gasparatto (dubious choice, could win, could be a DS for Kreuziger/Tiralongo again)

    Tiralongo
    Pozzovivo
    Demare
    Guardini
    Caruso

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  • May 15, 2012 at 3:24 pm #679661
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    Bobbys boys

    Agreed. Tough mountains and
    Agreed. Tough mountains and flat sprints are generally quite predictable. Rolling stages and picking breakaways is a real skill. Big point differentials on those days.

    May 15, 2012 at 3:20 pm #679659
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    drheaton

    Bobbys boys wrote:drheaton

    Bobbys boys wrote:
    drheaton wrote:
    Agreed, the real winners will have Visconti, Huzarski, Slagter, maybe Gadret but those with Rodriguez, Pozzovivo and Hesjedal won’t get any advantage. This is why it all closes up again in the last 10 stages.

    It seems that to win a grand tour you need to get out well ahead in the first week then just hold the lead with the obvious climbers.

    Inspired strategy … would have never have thought of that! Get the lead and then pick the winning climbers! Genius … can see why you’re a “Dr”!!

    My point was that there are minimal gains to be made in the mountains with most of the top teams scoring within 20-30 points of each other depending on finishing order but mainly having the same riders. The real gains are clearly made in the TTs, the sprint stages and the breakaway stages.

    May 15, 2012 at 3:16 pm #679657
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    Bobbys boys

    drheaton wrote:Agreed, the

    drheaton wrote:
    Agreed, the real winners will have Visconti, Huzarski, Slagter, maybe Gadret but those with Rodriguez, Pozzovivo and Hesjedal won’t get any advantage. This is why it all closes up again in the last 10 stages.

    It seems that to win a grand tour you need to get out well ahead in the first week then just hold the lead with the obvious climbers.

    Inspired strategy … would have never have thought of that! Get the lead and then pick the winning climbers! Genius … can see why you’re a “Dr”!!

    May 15, 2012 at 3:14 pm #679655
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    drheaton

    Agreed, the real winners will
    Agreed, the real winners will have Visconti, Huzarski, Slagter, maybe Gadret but those with Rodriguez, Pozzovivo and Hesjedal won’t get any advantage. This is why it all closes up again in the last 10 stages.

    It seems that to win a grand tour you need to get out well ahead in the first week then just hold the lead with the obvious climbers.

    May 15, 2012 at 3:13 pm #679653
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    Bobbys boys

    Huzarski or Pirazzi second??
    Huzarski or Pirazzi second?? Home page reckons Pirazzi :/

    May 15, 2012 at 3:11 pm #679651
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    Wig_Billy

    1st, 4th, 6th so far for me,
    1st, 4th, 6th so far for me, but they are very popular riders.

    May 15, 2012 at 3:09 pm #679649
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    drheaton

    GC:
    1 Joaquim Rodriguez
    GC:

    1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 40:27:34
    2 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin – Barracuda 0:00:17
    3 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:32
    4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team 0:00:52
    5 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:52
    6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:57
    7 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:02
    8 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:01:03

    May 15, 2012 at 3:06 pm #679647
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    drheaton

    1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
    2
    1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
    2 Bartosz Huzarski
    3 Giovanni Visconti
    4 Domenico Pozzovivo
    5 John Gadret
    6 Ryder Hesjedal
    7 Tom Jelte Slagter
    8 Dario Cataldo

    May 15, 2012 at 3:03 pm #679645
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    drheaton

    Rodriguez with the win and
    Rodriguez with the win and the pink!

    Possibly Slagter second, Tiralongo up there then all the usual suspects.

    EDIT:

    1. Rodriguez
    2. Huzarski
    3. Visconti(?)

    There seems to be some confusion as to who finished 3rd…

    May 15, 2012 at 2:11 pm #679643
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    drheaton

    Quote:The peloton weaves its

    The peloton weaves its way through Riccardo Ricco’s home town of Bastardo

    As it stands the break will be caught as and when the peloton feels like it but definitely before the last climb, expect to see lots of attacks.

    My money’s on Rodriguez!

    May 15, 2012 at 11:21 am #679641
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    drheaton

    Quote:Apparently there was a

    Apparently there was a big crash early on, with Perget (AG2R), Miguel Rubiano (Androni), Pierre Cazaux (Euskaltel), Brian Bulgac (Lotto Belisol) and Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) all involved. As far as we know, they are all ok and still riding.

    Doesn’t sound like any serious injuries.

    May 15, 2012 at 11:07 am #679639
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    drheaton

    What has Keizer been eating
    What has Keizer been eating for breakfast? Is he trying to rack up 1000km in a break during the Giro or something?

    May 15, 2012 at 11:06 am #679637
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    livestrongnick

    5 man break
    Bonnafond
    5 man break

    Bonnafond (Ag2r)
    Mínguez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
    Failli (Farnese Vini)
    Brandle (NetApp)
    Keizer (Vacansoleil)

    May 15, 2012 at 11:04 am #679635
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    livestrongnick

    drheaton wrote:livestrongnick

    drheaton wrote:
    livestrongnick wrote:
    fluffchucker wrote:
    Pozzato’s a gonner with a broken hand :”(

    After his blunder yesterday I’ve no sympathy!

    Accidents happen and it’s never nice to see a rider having to withdraw, especially from your home tour where you’ve been hoping to do well.

    Yep i see your point.
    With an almost hairpin corner 300m from the finish a crash was inevitable! So it could have been any number of riders make an error.

    May 15, 2012 at 10:48 am #679633
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    drheaton

    livestrongnick

    livestrongnick wrote:
    fluffchucker wrote:
    Pozzato’s a gonner with a broken hand :”(

    After his blunder yesterday I’ve no sympathy!

    Accidents happen and it’s never nice to see a rider having to withdraw, especially from your home tour where you’ve been hoping to do well.

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