2014 » Tour de Slovénie (2.1) 19.06- 22.06

[Gloin22]

Perfect finish for Yates - nice test of where he is post crash. All 3 days he's raced coming back so far have been right where he should be.

MTF is perfect finish for Simon? What?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Perfect finish for Yates - nice test of where he is post crash. All 3 days he's raced coming back so far have been right where he should be.

he will have no chance in hell even if the climb isn't very hard

 

[johnymax]

It's going to be difficult for Bole to follow the best. He said he feels a little bit tired and the climb might be too hard for him. Hope I'm wrong.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

MTF is perfect finish for Simon? What?

Have you seen the gradients. It looks to be a climb for following and then having a burn up in the last km.

 

[Arredondo]

Chalapud was one of the strongest on the climb yesterday, according to the site of Colombia. I'm curious to see if he can make some kind of difference on this relatively easy climb. But also Duarte and Pantano got a good kick at the end, so they are also dangerous.

 

[johnymax]

50km to go.Live ticker here. The riders have done the second climb of the day. The breakaway has 3min on the peloton (max gap was over 6min). There are six riders in the break (although the ticker says 7 but they give only 6 names):

Pavel Brutt (Katjuša)
Klemen Štimulak (Adria Mobil)
Edvard Theuns (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
Antonio Parrinello (Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela)
Andrea Fedi (Neri Sottoli)
Alessandro Malaguti (Vini Fantini-Nippo)

Moments ago there was a counterattack from the peloton. You are right. It was the one and only Stefano Pirazzi. And like always (well almost) his attack didn't work so he's back in the big group

 

[johnymax]

4 men remain in front:
Pavel Brutt (Katusha)
Klemen Štimulak (Adria Mobil)
Antonio Parrinello (Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela)
Andrea Fedi (Neri Sottoli)

Gap about 1 minute. Cannondale leading the chase. 20km to go. The riders are approaching the final climb.

 

[johnymax]

Riders are on the final climb. Break has been caught. Machado attacks. Still about 20 riders together.

 

[johnymax]

In front just Simon Yates, Francesco Manuel Bongiorno, Tiago Machado, Ilnur Zakarin, Jure Golčer and 2 more riders.

Edit: Now only Francesco Manuel Bongiorno, Tiago Machado, Ilnur Zakarin in front. Behind them Kristijan Koren, Damiano Caruso, Simon Yates, Emanuele Sella, Angelo Pagani, Matteo Rabottini, Eliot Lietaer. 5km to go.

 

[johnymax]

At 3km to go 30s for the three in front.
At 1km to go situation remains the same.

 

[Parrulo]

Machado can't win here, his first win must be a glorious 200k solo ride on a mountain stage of the Tour!!!

 

[johnymax]

And the winner is...nobody knows lol.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Machado 2nd.

 

[Parrulo]

Machado 2nd.

That much is obvious

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

That much is obvious

But he won the GC.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

1 Bongiorno 2 Machado & 3 Zakarin

 

[johnymax]

Bongiorno! Bardiani again. Congrats.

1. Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani
2. Tiago Machado (Por) Netapp Endura
3. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) RusVelo

 

[Parrulo]

Machado is worse than Rojas, at least Rojas wins the occasional **** small race

Oh well at least he takes the GC

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Machado is worse than Rojas, at least Rojas wins the occasional **** small race

Oh well at least he takes the GC

Machado to beat Costa at TDF

 

[MBotero]

So Zakarin was not good enough to drop this clowns,now that's a surprise

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Yates 4th.

 

[Hugo87]

Finally Machado probably will win something, he took the overall GC classification.

 

[vladimir]

Finally Machado probably will win something, he took the overall GC classification.

There is a stage tomorrow as well, isn't it???

 

[classicomano]

Machado will surely find a way to **** this up, bring on the echelons!

 

[Hugo87]

There is a stage tomorrow as well, isn't it???

Yes, but I don't understand your remark.

Machado won't win a sprint stage, so he will probably will win the GC.