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Giro stage seven

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  • May 9, 2013 at 9:38 pm #18739
    Ghedebrav

    Thoughts on the day’s picks?

    I was a bit overburdened with sprinters, so have taken a ten point hit to bring in Nibs, Uran and Visconti. The big news for stage will be bringing in Brad plus a.n. other cheapish tt-er (or a versatile chap like Betancur?).

    Suspect Paolini and Katusha may give it one last push to keep the pink before he well-and-truly loses it after the time trial.

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  • May 10, 2013 at 1:52 pm #733599
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    Mikeh789

    Not sure what to do today,
    Not sure what to do today, another difficult Medium Mountains day!, Dumped my 4 sprinters from yesterday, gone with 2 GC guys, 1 with a look in tomorrow. Given Sammy ‘golden shoes’ Sanchez a chance & Santambrogio. Stuck with Betancur & my 3 cheap DS.

    Should have enough to play with credit wise to bring Sir Wiggo in.

    May 10, 2013 at 1:51 pm #733597
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    drheaton

    Break’s advantage down to
    Break’s advantage down to under 4 minutes as they hit the first climb, could well be pulled back ahead of the sprints after all, Vini Fantini still working hard.

    On another note… Uran has been quoted on Columbian radio as saying he hopes to finish top 5 and take the pink jersey today. He says he’s working for Wiggins but clearly has ambitions of his own too.

    May 10, 2013 at 1:10 pm #733595
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    drheaton

    Yeah, Vini Fantini don’t seem
    Yeah, Vini Fantini don’t seem happy that they’ve not got anyone in the break and Katusha want to keep the pink today so I see that gap coming down considerably.

    May 10, 2013 at 1:02 pm #733593
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    Stumps

    The gap is now 7:10, making
    The gap is now 7:10, making Sella now the virtual race leader.

    This might kick start the fun.

    May 10, 2013 at 12:48 pm #733591
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    chrisdstripes

    Yeah, Argos seemed to think
    Yeah, Argos seemed to think the finish line was about 500m closer than it was yesterday. Maybe someone messed with their electronics, like with the plane in Die Hard 2…

    Hoping the break will be reeled in, ideally before the sprint points, and Di Luca goes for the hometown stage win – no scruples for me when it comes to picking “riders of dubious standing”!

    May 10, 2013 at 12:17 pm #733589
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    johnny2names

    I’m sceptical it will go all
    I’m sceptical it will go all the way, its a punishing late profile and there are enough non GC puncheurs who will fancy their chances of a stage today. I still havent had 1 guy in the break away in this giro :”(

    evans
    hesjedal
    JD ( what happened yesterday?)
    Paolini
    Rubiano
    Battaglin
    Garzelli
    Locatelli
    Mezgec

    May 10, 2013 at 11:53 am #733587
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    drheaton

    drheaton wrote:Quote:After

    drheaton wrote:
    After 32km Tjallingii, Sella, Tamouridis, Hansen, Ligthart & Rollin have 20″

    Balls.

    That group now has over 6 minutes, Rabottini and Boem tried to get across but the peloton shut that down fairly quickly.

    This looks like the break for the day and, depending on how much some teams want to work today, it could go all the way to the end.

    May 10, 2013 at 11:29 am #733585
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    stevemarks

    I didn’t have enough
    I didn’t have enough sprinters yesterday and have fallen a bit behind, but hopefully that should help me for today and tomorrow.

    Di Luca
    Wiggins
    Battaglin
    Sanchez
    Kelderman
    Pirrrrazzzziiiiiiii
    Gruzdev
    Visconti
    Intxausti

    It’s tomorrow I am really looking forward to.

    May 10, 2013 at 11:26 am #733583
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    drheaton

    Quote:After 32km Tjallingii,

    After 32km Tjallingii, Sella, Tamouridis, Hansen, Ligthart & Rollin have 20″

    Balls.

    May 10, 2013 at 11:23 am #733581
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    drheaton

    stumps wrote:Dr, your last

    stumps wrote:
    Dr, your last paragraph reminded me of Keegan when he was manager at Newcastle and that was the season they finished 2nd, so good luck mate :D

    Yeah, given up on the overall so trying the ‘throw lots of riders at my team and see what sticks’ approach.

    I think my problem was that I didn’t put any time into planning my race before it started so I was on the back foot from the start.

    Usually I make some notes on the profiles and vaguely plan my transfers ahead of time so I know what I want to do then pick the particular riders a couple of days ahead. This time, because of work commitments and other stuff I’ve just not put any time into it whatsoever.

    Currently 148th overall (which is respectable) but I’d hoped to top 20. I’ll see how I’m doing when we get to the mountains and adjust my plan accordingly if I think I have a shot of that.

    May 10, 2013 at 11:23 am #733579
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    livestrongnick

    Taborre, Cataldo, Di Luca and
    Taborre, Cataldo, Di Luca and Rabottini are all locals to the area for todays stage

    I’ve gone with this lot

    Weening (for Goss)
    Pirazzi (for Bouhanni)
    Aru
    Visconti
    Santambrogio (for Nizzolo)
    Viviani
    Di Luca
    Paolini
    Cattaneo

    May 10, 2013 at 11:12 am #733577
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    Philip Unwin

    caught
    caught

    May 10, 2013 at 11:10 am #733575
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    Philip Unwin

    Taborre (VIN) gone on a solo
    Taborre (VIN) gone on a solo break

    May 10, 2013 at 11:09 am #733573
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    TERatcliffe26

    Hoping Pirazzi goes in the
    Hoping Pirazzi goes in the break, Visconti too, then Ventoso/Battaglin 1-2 at the finish, with Hesjedal a brave 3rd for bonus seconds

    We can all dream right?

    May 10, 2013 at 11:07 am #733571
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    STEVESPRO 79

    SANTAMBROGIO
    SANCHEZ
    INTXAUST
    SANTAMBROGIO
    SANCHEZ
    INTXAUSTI
    VISCONTI
    HESJEDAL
    CLEMENT
    PAOLINI
    ARU
    DeHAES

    10 pen points…

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