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Dekker_Tifosi said:I wasn't serious about Brown.
and I was emphasizing your point
Much will probably depend on who will still have the legs to take stages after the mountains. Ale Jet has shown he is capable of that.
Dekker_Tifosi said:I wasn't serious about Brown.
blaxland said:Three riders ahead of the rest Firrar,Pettachi and Greiple should fight out most stage wins and the overall sprinters jersey.....also predict M.Wyss team BMC to finish inside the top 10 on more than one occassion.(even top 5 possibly)..........
Much will probably depend on who will still have the legs to take stages after the mountains. Ale Jet has shown he is capable of that.
It is being reported: http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/453527/freire-out-of-giro-with-illness.htmltheyoungest said:Look a few reactions above your own. This is far from certain.
If Freire starts, I'm not so sure.Sasquatch said:Greipel should take his second points jersey in a row. (He won it easily at the Vuelta last year).
theyoungest said:If Freire starts, I'm not so sure.
hughmoore said:How would Greipal go in the prologue given its flat and not that far? Or is not a focus for the sprinters?
Hugh
Jamsque said:Greipel isn't really one for the ITTs, even short ones. The best he has done in the last few years is 5th in the prologue of the Tour of Austria two years ago, but that was just 1.5km. I'd be amazed if he made the top 10, in fact I think he'll struggle to finish close enough to have a chance at getting the Maglia Rosa on time bonuses.
Jamsque said:Greipel isn't really one for the ITTs, even short ones. The best he has done in the last few years is 5th in the prologue of the Tour of Austria two years ago, but that was just 1.5km. I'd be amazed if he made the top 10, in fact I think he'll struggle to finish close enough to have a chance at getting the Maglia Rosa on time bonuses.
Jamsque said:Greipel isn't really one for the ITTs, even short ones. The best he has done in the last few years is 5th in the prologue of the Tour of Austria two years ago, but that was just 1.5km. I'd be amazed if he made the top 10, in fact I think he'll struggle to finish close enough to have a chance at getting the Maglia Rosa on time bonuses.
This prologue is actually quite long, for a prologue. Any longer and it would be called a TT. I think it's a little too much for a sprinter.hughmoore said:How would Greipal go in the prologue given its flat and not that far? Or is not a focus for the sprinters?
Hugh
theyoungest said:This prologue is actually quite long, for a prologue. Any longer and it would be called a TT. I think it's a little too much for a sprinter.
auscyclefan94 said:They are not calling it a prologue but a stage. Don't get why they have to call the opening short tt a prologue? Just call it a stage. Doesn't make a difference.
auscyclefan94 said:They are not calling it a prologue but a stage. Don't get why they have to call the opening short tt a prologue? Just call it a stage. Doesn't make a difference.
issoisso said:UCI rules:
<8km -> Prologue
>=8km -> Stage
Used to be 10 until a couple years ago
auscyclefan94 said:But what is the point of calling it a prologue. So an 8 km tt is a stage but an 7.9km tt is a prologue. Seems a bit ridiculous to me.
issoisso said:Different points for season rankings.
Anyway, a prologue isn't officially a stage. It's just there to sort people out in some sort of order for whenever the first TT comes up and so that someone will wear the classification leader jerseys
auscyclefan94 said:If it is only to sort out the order why does the time count to it then? Seems a tad stupid imho.