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Kittel ssurvived the echelons got back in the main group and then GOT DROPPED ON THE FLAT !!!
Looks like he decided to take early retirement, probably has enough money in the bank to have a decent lifestyle and do a bit of modelling.
Do I get extra points for predicting this?
Have you looked at the stages?….an awful lot of them only have KOM pts towards the end of the stages for th first half of the race. Seems quite odd really….they’re so far down that most breaks will get swallowed up before them. Any thoughts?It isn’t unusual for more climbs to be situated near the end of stages.
Breaks only won 2 stages last year but I think we will see more this year particulalry if a GC rider drops out of contention early.
I think TDG will struggle to win the KoM in Italy and will possibly have to make do with a stage win.
Late attacks are often more successful in the Giro and some of the finishes this year look ideal for a late attack.
Big decision for Ineos now…who will lead the team? Bookies have slashed the odds on all of Sosa, Poels and Hart…with Sosa the shortest odds to win the Giro of those three…Any thoughts?Pinarello will be very pissed off.
Dunbar has been brought in for Moscon.
The replacement for Bernal is rumoured to be Sosa.
It will be Sosa’s 1st GT, TGH & Sivakov rode the Vuelta last year. I think they need somone with more experience to help all the young guys but can’t see them bringing anyone out of their TdF squad. osa could be a more sensible choice than Sosa, he could quite possibly go for stage wins and KoM.
Looks like the finish line may have moved down the mountain. Ciclislmo has the final climb from yesterday at 12.5 km @ 5.7%….PCS has just updated the route with the final climb 10.5 km @ 6.6%….I think the difference is Ciclismo includes the flatter section after the KoM, PCS doesn’t.
Wish I had waited to make my transfers this morning and not last night.
Who would you have got instead of Zakarin?…he might still be ok….
I would have kept anoher transfer fro tomorrow
Who would you have got instead of Zakarin?…he might still be ok….Howson maybe. He should manage the climb OK and will do OK in the ITT.
Zakarin could do an OK ITT but possibly won’t have the motivation to make the effort if he is low down on GC.
Looks like the finish line may have moved down the mountain. Ciclislmo has the final climb from yesterday at 12.5 km @ 5.7%….PCS has just updated the route with the final climb 10.5 km @ 6.6%….I think the difference is Ciclismo includes the flatter section after the KoM, PCS doesn’t.
Wish I had waited to make my transfers this morning and not last night.
Extended.Shame the weather has meant the route’s been shortened. Was sort of banking on TdG trying to go after the KOMs, but this will mean Pellaud will win that one.
I had already dropped DeGendt for today, I wasn’t convinced he would go for the KoM as he would have needed to win all the KoMs except the final one and for Pellaud to not get a point.
I picked Zakarin based on the original route & weather but with the shortened route he has virtually no chance.
Not great for Kruijswijk either.
Is TDG down for doing his mad thing in the Giro?…if so…will he be doing his thing in this race as well…any thoughts?….IMO the break has a good chance to win tomorrow.
Who is going to chase ?
TDG’s biggest problem is that he is only a few seconds down on GC, so teams might try and stop him getting away.
I know he has a big engine but those multiple breaks must take it out of him between races. Does he need to win another KOM before the Giro?…he could be on Easy st couldn’t he?…or not?
A few years ago TDG used to overdo things and waste energy tring to get in the break and picking up every KoM point on offer but he appears to have learnt how to use his energy more effectively.
Is TDG down for doing his mad thing in the Giro?…if so…will he be doing his thing in this race as well…any thoughts?….IMO the break has a good chance to win tomorrow.
Who is going to chase ?
TDG’s biggest problem is that he is only a few seconds down on GC, so teams might try and stop him getting away.
Just realised I had six of the top twelve in Purist. It might have beaten my standard again.Roglic, Thomas, Colbrelli, Costa, Bevin, Bohli. ..happy with that.
No TDG might hurt tomorrow though.
I dropped Roglic after I read JumboVisma were riding for Kruijswijk, although on refelection I think this race is Roglic’s to lose and he will score points in all the stages unilke Kruijswijk.
Ended up taking a very risky Matthews. Has he managed to keep in so far or has he been dropped?…He was dropped on the final climb.
Aye…nearly made it. He would have had the chance to watch Fuglsang ride off into the distance with the rest of the riders.
Apparently Matthews crashed on the final descent and took down GVA in the process.
You’re okay, he wasn’t on form.I’m going to go out on a limb and say no one has Tratnik, possibly not even in purist.
I put Colbrelli in instead ready for tomorrow…and he played a stormer.
I looked at Tratnik but his last short ITT in Tirreno was far from impressive, so didn’t consider him at all.
Fortunatley I went with Colbrelli like Dr W.
Otherwise not a great stage for me. Will Clarke disappointed, my outsider pick Moschetti didn’t come off, Ganna disappointed and Campanaerts crashed.
Ended up taking a very risky Matthews. Has he managed to keep in so far or has he been dropped?…He was dropped on the final climb.
Gecko-cyclist wrote:
Same team for me bar Nibali instead of Bardet. Not sure how he’ll be after the transfer but he looked lively. I wondered if I’d have enough transfers left mid way but 3 left for me too.Nibali >>> Bardet
I suspected that Formolo would be the main man for Bora but went with the safe bets. I should have left Kwiatowski out.
Any update on when the
Any update on when the competition will be opened?
