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Giro Stage 14

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  • May 18, 2012 at 8:19 pm #15860
    drheaton

    Seeing as we’re all still up worrying about the game falling apart I thought I’d ask the big question…

    Who’s going to go for it tomorrow?

    I can’t see any of the big GC contenders, Basso, Schleck, Scarponi, Rodriguez, Hesjedal or Kreuziger even attempting to put more than a few seconds into each other with 3 more summit finishes in the next week. Stage 15 should be more fun as it runs into a rest day.

    I’m thinking, I’ll pick up two of Rujano, Gadret, Hesjedal and Basso and maybe leave Scarponi until later although I could afford Kreuziger and one of the first 4 on my list.

    Something else to throw into the mix, apparently it’ll to be bloody freezing on the summit tomorrow with risk of snow and Rodriguez is known to dislike the cold, Pozzovivo too (as he’s a whippet).

    Thoughts?

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  • May 19, 2012 at 2:04 pm #680669
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    TERatcliffe26

    No Hesjedal or Pozzovivo in
    No Hesjedal or Pozzovivo in the maglia rosa group???

    May 19, 2012 at 2:02 pm #680667
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    Gkam84

    No time gaps being show, But
    No time gaps being show, But Amador has exactly 5km ahead of the peleton as they went through the 30km banner just as he went through the 25km one.

    Cunego going to be caught as Astana still hammering out the pace on the front. I think Rujano may have been swept up on the descent

    May 19, 2012 at 1:49 pm #680665
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    Gkam84

    Just what i thought. Astana
    Just what i thought. Astana drilling it on the front as Liquigas drop back into the pack.

    Some mad descending going on. Cunego and Rujano still off the front chasing the break. But Rujano losing time on Cunego because he can’t go downhill for toffee

    May 19, 2012 at 1:39 pm #680663
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    chrisdstripes

    Keep missing out on this Tour
    Keep missing out on this Tour – dropped Kristoff the day before yesterday, and dropped Barta yesterday, having had him in for about a week! Silly me.

    May 19, 2012 at 1:33 pm #680661
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    Gkam84

    The little lord of the rings
    The little lord of the rings extra Rujano is offski on his own 😀

    May 19, 2012 at 1:25 pm #680659
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    Gkam84

    Did anyone just see that?
    The
    Did anyone just see that?

    The farnesi vini guy had a problem with his bike, jumped off, a guy in just boxers and trainers was holding it while the team got him another bike. A spectator pushed him up to speed while the team jumped back in the car and left the naked guy holding the bike even after him waving it in the air. Nice souvenir or will someone pick it up??

    May 19, 2012 at 1:20 pm #680657
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    Gkam84

    So who’s your money on today
    So who’s your money on today then folks?

    I’m thinking Barta is looking good, but will get caught towards the end.

    Tiralongo and Kreuziger to drill it on the decent and try with a few others to break Shrek, J-Rod and some of the big guns?

    May 19, 2012 at 12:48 pm #680655
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    Alan Tullett

    Maybe as well but will he
    Maybe as well but will he place that high in the flat stages. The points drop off after the first couple across the line. And the MM stages will be a bit more competitive than the TOC, but he will be a factor as well but I see Goss as his main rival with his ability to win some flat stages. Could have won yesterday if he hadn’t had the crash as Cav was very poorly positioned.

    May 19, 2012 at 12:43 pm #680653
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    Gkam84

    Raleigh wrote:But he won the

    Raleigh wrote:
    But he won the Vuelta one in 2012 :B

    So he did, but not in 2012 😕 😉

    Interesting to here the interview with Pozzovivo’s manager today read out online, what does he fear. The cold, the rain and going downhill 👿

    May 19, 2012 at 12:35 pm #680651
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    TERatcliffe26

    Cav already has the TdF and
    Cav already has the TdF and the the Vuelta, he only needs the Giro to complete the set

    May 19, 2012 at 12:35 pm #680649
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    ray silvester

    I’d have thought Sagan would
    I’d have thought Sagan would be the biggest thorn in Cav’s side at TDF 2012?

    May 19, 2012 at 12:26 pm #680647
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    Alan Tullett

    The mountains are good
    The mountains are good practice for Cav for the Tour and they left 18 as a carrot. Goss, to be fair, hasn’t recovered from his crash, so better for him he rests up. The Tour battle between them will be interesting as Goss can do well on stages Cav can’t, although not this time. It will be tighter than the battle between Cav and Rojas last year. And what’s happened to Rojas? Hardly seen him this year.

    May 19, 2012 at 12:24 pm #680645
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    Raleigh

    But he won the Vuelta one in
    But he won the Vuelta one in 2012 :B

    May 19, 2012 at 12:22 pm #680643
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    Alan Tullett

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:You’ve

    TERatcliffe26 wrote:
    You’ve pulled a handy little gap on me now Alan, as ive been steadily dropping.

    My plan is to see what happens tonight and maybe drop J-Rod and Hesjedal for tomorrow, however tomorrow should suit Pozzovivo/J-Rod I reckon. At least im now in a position where my team is pretty much how I want it making my transfers tactical, rather than needing to switch for sprinters or climbers so I haven’t been able to axe climbers i may have wished to.

    My only set in stone tactic is to make sure I have 4 transfers going into the last stage

    It’s not much of a gap and you’ve closed that before 😉 😉
    Been lucky/canny with Rubiano and Golas both scoring good points for me. Most of that gap is Rubiano’s win.

    Only way I could have Cav and Goss was to drop Purito and bring in Henao for Hesjedal early , which paid off. Didn’t seem much point bringing them back in again so went for the big Italian favs to do something today as tomorrow and some of the remaining stages, apart from the last one, still suit Purito who might come back into my team if I think he’s still capable of a stage win or two and those bonus secs. His TTing isn’t bad after all, although Basso is better and prob. relying on that a bit. If Hesjedal doesn’t lose too much time today or next Saturday he’s also in with a shout of a podium spot. Kreuzinger is also well-placed as he’s a decent TTer. The climbers really need to put some time into the other guys soon. There aren’t that many chances.

    May 19, 2012 at 12:05 pm #680641
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    Gkam84

    livestrongnick wrote:Ah

    livestrongnick wrote:
    Ah brilliant! Kept Goss for 4 defo points and he’s flippin pulled out this morning X( :”(

    I did point that out for everyone yesterday, he’d give the sprint a go and then leave the tour 😉

    The ONLY sprinter who’s said he’s likely to complete the Giro is Cav, he wants to get the red jersey overall.

    Then maybe next year he’ll go to the Vuelta and take the points jersey there, making the full set :B

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