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O'Connor was 94.6 % as quick as Pogi on Oropa and 13th fastest on the climb.I think O’Conner showed enough to prove a) he’s in good form and b) he can do well this Giro providing he doesn’t try to match the great one again.
But he didn’t completely crack like, for example, when Cadel Evans tried to follow a rampant Rasmussen and Contador on PdB in 2007 TdF. On that day Evans blew and lost nearly two minutes in the final 5km. Lost the TdF by 23 seconds.
He went very deep ahead of a very hard stage. I’m hoping he can recover and at least stay with Martinez as I’m generally a fan of O’Connor. I think he saved Ag2R-Citroen with some of his performances when they were struggling a bit; now he can reap the benefits of decathlons investment.Good ride today. Took 20 seconds out of Martinez. Obviously it comes back to the mountains if he can grab a podium but he isn't out of the picture at +39'.
Very disappointing characterNot even the best on his team today. Disappointing Giro, despite the Van Rysel boost.