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Giro Stage 17 – bunch sprint ?

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  • May 21, 2013 at 9:03 pm #18867
    JAndrewHill

    How many sprinters will get over that last bump?
    Will Cav?
    I hope so….

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  • May 22, 2013 at 3:19 pm #737669
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    enrique

    Go Visconti!
    Go Visconti! đŸ™‚

    May 22, 2013 at 3:14 pm #737667
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    enrique

    Go Di Luca!
    Go Di Luca! đŸ™‚

    May 22, 2013 at 1:37 pm #737665
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    Stumps

    chatter coming from Italy is
    chatter coming from Italy is that snow may cause the tt route to be altered, just thought i would pass on that pearl of wisdom.

    May 22, 2013 at 1:35 pm #737663
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    Mikeh789

    Hoping for a sprinters day
    Hoping for a sprinters day today, after yesterdays fly by of the red arrows….

    May 22, 2013 at 12:39 pm #737661
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    cherrypicked

    TheBigMong wrote:I’ve found

    TheBigMong wrote:
    I’ve found that the crappy feeling I get after making bad transfers is more crappy than the crappy feeling I get after not making transfers that I should have made. So today, I do nothing.

    +1

    May 22, 2013 at 12:05 pm #737659
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    TheBigMong

    I’ve found that the crappy
    I’ve found that the crappy feeling I get after making bad transfers is more crappy than the crappy feeling I get after not making transfers that I should have made. So today, I do nothing.

    May 22, 2013 at 11:53 am #737657
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    johnny2names

    surprised how many of us have
    surprised how many of us have gone for the sprint finish scenario.

    I’ve brought in cav, nizzolo, mezgec. already had felline and di luca, i fancy felline to do well today if sprinters dont make the final.

    I think its 50/50 for the cav’s of this world to tag back on for the finish, after surely being dropped on the climb. But he’s a 75% shot for the win if he does! so calculated gamble… too far down the rankings not to try something!

    May 22, 2013 at 11:51 am #737655
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    drheaton

    This is what I read about the
    This is what I read about the final climb:

    inrng wrote:
    There’s the climb of Crosara, 5.3km and 6.8% average with max at 12%. The point to note here is that you can’t take the climb in isolation. The roads before are narrow and the descent is technical is too. So pacing a sprinter up is no easy task as it’ll be hard to control before and after the climb too.

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    inrng wrote:
    The Scenario: some tipped Cavendish yesterday but I couldn’t see it. Glance at this stage and it looks like a sprint finish, albeit with a hill to mix things up. But now I’ve looked in more detail I’m less sure. The climb is so steep and narrow that if the bunch hits it full gas then the sprinters can get flushed out the back of the peloton like a bad case of dysentery. Crucially the twisting roads before the climb allow inventive teams to break the race up although whether OPQS and Cannondale consent is another matter.

    Basically, much tougher climb than it appears and whether it comes down to a sprint all depends on whether the teams of Cav and Viviani are willing to really take hold of the race and keep it together.

    May 22, 2013 at 11:41 am #737653
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    livestrongnick

    oh shit don’t like the sound
    oh shit don’t like the sound of this-
    That climb near the end is the Crosara, and is ranked category four. It is a 5.3km long climb, with an average gradient of 8.1 percent most of the way, before flatting out to an average of 3.1% near the top. There is once setion of up to 12 %, though.

    May 22, 2013 at 11:26 am #737651
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    enrique

    backflipbedlem wrote:…what

    backflipbedlem wrote:
    …what do you think about Rubiano? …

    Well, he’s finally out there! đŸ™‚

    May 22, 2013 at 11:10 am #737649
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    drheaton

    Quote:This group is

    This group is apparently Maxim Belkov (Katusha), Miguel Rubiano (Androni),Gert Dockx (Lotto Beilsol), and Luke Durbridge (OGE). They are said to have gotten away in the first kilometer.

    Break of 4 has 4:40 with the peloton being led by OPQS.

    If nothing else, that suggests that Cav isn’t entirely discounting a result today.

    May 22, 2013 at 11:09 am #737647
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    chrisdstripes

    Yeah, it won’t be until
    Yeah, it won’t be until Friday that Santa claws his way back into contention. Ahem.

    May 22, 2013 at 11:00 am #737645
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    enrique

    STEVESPRO 79 wrote:…

    STEVESPRO 79 wrote:
    … Enrique has no idea how having so many banked transfers can cause so much stress…

    Not as much stress as having only 4, when everybody else around you has 5, 8, 14 or 100! đŸ™‚

    May 22, 2013 at 10:51 am #737643
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    drheaton

    My team is:
    Cavendish (for
    My team is:

    Cavendish (for Nibali)
    Belletti (for Uran)
    Nizzolo (for Santambrogio)
    Viviani (for Majka)
    Mezgec (for Pirazzi)

    Evans
    Betancur
    Garzelli
    Chalapud

    Dropped about 40 guaranteed points but banking on a sprint finish today or at least the sprinters racing for top ten placings.

    Plan for tomorrow is to make another 4/5 transfers and bring back Nibali plus some climbers more suited to a TT (probably not Santa).

    May 22, 2013 at 9:20 am #737641
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    ray silvester

    Wasted 2 transfers putting
    Wasted 2 transfers putting Gavazzi in and then having to ‘tow’ him out again…..did you see what I did there (|:

    Cav
    Mezgec
    Belletti-my wildcard
    Nibali
    Uran
    Garzelli
    Majka
    Betancur
    Pirazzi

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