[Dr Winston]

Fingers crossed for an uninterrupted Giro.

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[11waterloo]

Yes, was surprised Sunweb

Yes, was surprised Sunweb didn’t do more to try & dislodge Demare & Sagan. UAE might have been better abandoning Gaviria on the climb and pulling for Ulissi as he would be able to hold his own in a massively reduced sprint. It is all very easy being an armchair DS though!

[Dr Winston]

The more I look at this stage

The more I look at this stage the less I like the sprinters. I think it would be quite easy to drop the lot of them if a team was minded to do so. 

[Dr Winston]

Both the twins have had bad

Both the twins have had bad days before and bounced back. He surely can’t win it now but he should improve his place quite a lot. 

[Anonymous]

My Purist team had G, Yates,

My Purist team had G, Yates, and Vlasov 😀

Nibali has to win it really.  Although I’d love Kruijswijk to get it after the disappointment of 2016.  Reckon he’ll attack on the Agnello?  Fuglsang – no support (and a possible asterisk), Kelderman probably not quite good enough.  Majka – not the rider he was in 2014, but that might be a good thing?

Yates is still Schrodinger’s GC rider though.  2’50 down on Nibali – but I wouldn’t be surprised if holding that time gap would still put him on the podium.  And he’s potentially better in the TT than Nibali, Majka and most others, and probably better in a summit finish sprint, so might get at least a minute back… if this was one bad day and not him running out of form.

[Dr Winston]

stevemarks wrote:

Guessing we all have yates and G. so what do we do now? does anyone think Nibali won’t win this?

Maybe. 

I once had a conversation with my brother who I play against….I said to him that really we should just pick Majka and Kruiswijk for 5th and 6th, or thereabouts, in every stage, They never win anything but never let us down….and they’re at it again. 
 

I went for Bilbao over Nibali because it made the funds easier for the sprinters if I kept Thomas and Yates. So much for that little plan. 

[stevemarks]

Guessing we all have yates

Guessing we all have yates and G. so what do we do now? does anyone think Nibali won’t win this?

[Gkam84]

Crap, might have just lost my

Crap, might have just lost my first rider from the purist team. Lopez getting caught out by the shit roads that the riders have been complaining about.

[11waterloo]

It’s a complete lottery – had

It’s a complete lottery – had Sagan in until last minute, swapped him for Kelderman, that’s how random my thoughts have been!  Mind you Sagan currently carrying 4 points in kom standings! 

[11waterloo]

I know, it was just a poor

I know, it was just a poor turn of phrase! 

[11waterloo]

Yep! 

Yep! 

[Gkam84]

I like the way Zabel did the

I like the way Zabel did the KoM on a road bike and then changed, not concerned with getting the TT win. I wonder if others might get it a bash to get the jersey

[Sniffer]

Suspect many have Dowsett and

Suspect many have Dowsett and Campanaerts.  I do too.

Shuffled between Dennis and Thomas a number of times.  Got the wrong one.  

[Gkam84]

Dowsett didn’t mess up, he

Dowsett didn’t mess up, he had a puncture.

Look at Dennis though, he got a cruel bit of wind, couldn’t even get on the skis because he was fighting to keep the bike straight.

[Dr Winston]

Campanaerts and Dowsett?

Campanaerts and Dowsett?

[11waterloo]

Ten minutes into the Giro &

Ten minutes into the Giro & two of my team have royally messed up! Can only get better from here surely……..

[Author]

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