[Dr Winston]

Fingers crossed for an uninterrupted Giro.

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[Sniffer]

DQS were always going to be
DQS were always going to be going GC at the Giro so they had a bit of a team set up to do so. It would have been for Evenepoel though.
I didn’t see Almeida filling a leadership role though.

[11waterloo]

As a team Quick-Step don’t

As a team Quick-Step don’t normally prioritise GC but they do seem to have a decent team to support Almeida with Masnada still there as plan B & Knox riding well. I guess they will just ride the Almeida wave as long as they can – could suddenly end & he could still be in the jersey…. who knows? Deep down I don’t think Almeida is a genuine GC rider but he should fill his boots while he can!

[Dr Winston]

You can say it equally

You can say it equally quietly about Almeida. New territory for him. 

[11waterloo]

Definitely has the right

Definitely has the right credentials – a real climbers build. Would need to show that he can perform over three weeks, but that is the stumbling block for so many (Alaphilippe, Mollema, Dan Martin and say it very quietly…….Fuglsang)

[Dr Winston]

Is he a future GC rider?

Is he a future GC rider?

[11waterloo]

Yes, he never has an easy day

Yes, he never has an easy day. Rides for Sagan in the lumpy stages & will switch to Maijka/Konrad duty in the mountains…

[Dr Winston]

…and another great ride

…and another great ride from Fabbro. He’s been one of the best in the Giro so far. 

[11waterloo]

Agreed. It ended up as two or

Agreed. It ended up as two or three races in one – not sure how TdG ended up doing a mini team time trial with Sagan and Swift but it was very entertaining! 

[Dr Winston]

Really enjoyed today’s stage

Really enjoyed today’s stage (stage13). It didn’t quite know what it was.

Demare was awesome…doomed but awesome.

[Aragonite]

Would not worry about that.

Would not worry about that. Think four will be the norm, with all the big names that have DNS/DNF.

[Condor Andy]

Was the right way round for 9

Was the right way round for 9 and 10, just a random glitch in the matrix for stage 11.

[Simonmcm]

I just had a look at the

I just had a look at the points from stage 11. I think you might have Bilbao and Keldermann around the wrong way on GC. Bilbao is 3rd on GC yet got 9 points. I wonder if it has been this way since he dropped from second on stage 9 I think. I know it’s not that big a deal, but over several stages could make all the difference to someone in the end.

[11waterloo]

This is on the UAE website 

This is on the UAE website – just to reassure myself that I wasn’t imagining it!!!

“At the Giro d’Italia, Fernando Gaviria (still recovering after a severe bruise on his elbow due to a crash yesterday) crossed the finish line of the 11th stage, Porto Sant’Elpidio-Rimini, in 7th place in a sprint dominated by Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ).”

 

[11waterloo]

Same with me. It clearly wasn

Same with me. It clearly wasn’t a bad one, but I read that he had hurt his elbow. To be fair he didn’t blame it for his performance today, just said he didn’t have the legs. I wonder if his bout of Corona Virus in the spring has left him missing his top 10%…

[Dr Winston]

I didn’t even know Gaviria

I didn’t even know Gaviria crashed yesterday. I absolutely would have picked Viviani instead of him if I’d known. I never pick a rider who crashed the day before if I know about it.

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