2014 Giro d' Italia: Stage 14 Aglie - Oropa (162 km)

[scholar]

It's a good thing blind people can't see this or it would be offensive

It's offensive anyway, but that still made me laugh.

 

[murali]

i dont think Uran should be discounted.

let us accept that he doesn't have the punch of the likes of Quintana. But he can climb pretty decently.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

i was right about him lacking ability to follow pure climbers. looks like he tried (naively) and got cooked

he didn't try to follow pozzo or quintana anywhere. he immediately dropped pace to have poels take over. pls if you ever try to watch cycling again. be sure to actually turn the tv on

 

[Lupi33]

great finish, apart from Quintana wheelsucking a bit, he and Pozzo could have gained at least 20 s more.

i dunno what the problem with tactically marking your rival is
this whole thing about wheelsucking is getting old

they cant all be Ricardo Ricco

 

[Lanark]

And why should Evans follow Quintana? He should only follow Uran at this point, because he won time in the TT to everybody else, so why should he loose energies pursuing Quintana and Pozzovivo?
That will be Evans objective when Pozzo and Quintana are closer, probably Tuesday or Wednesday.

Uran payed his TT effort. Tomorrow he'll be better.

The itt was 2 days ago, if he still suffers so much from that, he'll lose 10 minutes on the Zoncolan.

Evans didn't choose to follow Uran, as should be completely obvious. You domt lose time on a mtf unless you have to. If he waits till Quintana and Pozzo are close to him before he starts following them, he has already lost the race.

 

[Arnout]

i dunno what the problem with tactically marking your rival is
this whole thing about wheelsucking is getting old

they cant all be Ricardo Ricco

If Quintana is confident he can put enough time on his rivals in the upcoming week good on him. If not, it might come back to haunt him.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

you don't thnik Uran was pretty cooked?

he didn't look cooked cooked. that's for sure

 

[deValtos]

he didn't look cooked cooked. that's for sure

Pretty sure he asked if he looked cooked, not if he looked cooked cooked

... and he did look cooked actually.

 

[Lupi33]

If Quintana is confident he can put enough time on his rivals in the upcoming week good on him. If not, it might come back to haunt him.

plenty of opportunities left
got to keep something in the bank with all the massive mountains to come

 

[whittashau]

He looked fairly damn cooked.

 

[Arnout]

It's not about looks though, it's about time gaps. I doubt Uran voluntarily lost time on all his major opponents.

 

[TANK91]

Thats you with your blind fanboy posts of Colombians and Rujano. How many times i have seen you call riders like Evans wheelsucker i have lost count, yet Quintana wheelsucked, what is your response to that?.

Also we all get it it was part of the plan Uran thought yes ill conserve energy and lose some seconds, also why not get dropped by my teammate Poels. You dont give credit to many riders apart from Colombians like your silly responses to DT as if you though Kelderman would do this well?. Cant wait till Wilco top 5's.

 

[Afrank]

If anyone finds any information on that guy that was hit by the moto pleas post. Hoping that he is okay.

 

[hfer07]

A breakaway will conquer the stage while the GC riders will be marking one another until Pozzo bursts in rage, escapes towards the finish line & gains a minute. Rigo keeps the Magglia Rosa, Evans begins to wheel-suck & Quintana gets a bit better, but he appears to have a master plan in motion......

Feels good to be right

 

[Tournesol]

i dont think Uran should be discounted.

let us accept that he doesn't have the punch of the likes of Quintana. But he can climb pretty decently.

A voice of reason,how do so many know that is Uran finished,at this point its one bad day and he's still in pink.Huge overreaction on Uran's chances IMO.

 

[Red Rick]

Yeah, Ryo, Uran dropped and even forgot to sprint because he was enjoying the landscape and Quintana forgot to attack Pozzovivo cause he was actually busy trying to find the proof for Fermat's conjecture in his mind cause you know, they're Colombian

 

[red_flanders]

he didn't look cooked cooked. that's for sure

He just thought it would be fun to concede a few extra seconds for no reason?

 

[red_flanders]

A voice of reason,how do so many know that is Uran finished,at this point its one bad day and he's still in pink.Huge overreaction on Uran's chances IMO.

I think that's fair. Could also just have been a bad day. If that's all he concedes on a bad day, he is looking pretty good. Tomorrow will tell all.

 

[lenric]

The itt was 2 days ago, if he still suffers so much from that, he'll lose 10 minutes on the Zoncolan.

Evans didn't choose to follow Uran, as should be completely obvious. You domt lose time on a mtf unless you have to. If he waits till Quintana and Pozzo are close to him before he starts following them, he has already lost the race.

Yeah, right, because, at this stage, their recovery capacity is as good as it was 2 weeks ago, plus him being less capable as a climber than Pozzo and Quintana. Good game bro.


Evans followed Uran, because Uran is his main rival at this point. Plus, he's not as good as Quintana and Pozzo in the mountains, so why should he waste energie trying to follow them? He simply chose to follow Uran, because trying to follow the duo PQ and risking breaking the engines and loosing even more time to Uran was a dumber choice.

 

[Lupi33]

Yeah, right, because, at this stage, their recovery capacity is as good as it was 2 weeks ago, plus him being less capable as a climber than Pozzo and Quintana. Good game bro.


Evans followed Uran, because Uran is his main rival at this point. Plus, he's not as good as Quintana and Pozzo in the mountains, so why should he waste energie trying to follow them? He simply chose to follow Uran, because trying to follow the duo PQ and risking breaking the engines and loosing even more time to Uran was a dumber choice.

exactly what i've been saying

 

[Them Bones]

So i guess with Siutsou out, 20 year old Sebastian Henao is the new leader for SKY He's at least their best placed rider overall from what i can tell.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Yeah, Ryo, Uran dropped and even forgot to sprint because he was enjoying the landscape and Quintana forgot to attack Pozzovivo cause he was actually busy trying to find the proof for Fermat's conjecture in his mind cause you know, they're Colombian

Well, that's really stupid of Quintana then.
Fermat's theorem was proven years ago.

 

[Walkman]

And why should Evans follow Quintana? He should only follow Uran at this point, because he won time in the TT to everybody else, so why should he loose energies pursuing Quintana and Pozzovivo?
That will be Evans objective when Pozzo and Quintana are closer, probably Tuesday or Wednesday.

Uran payed his TT effort. Tomorrow he'll be better.

Why would he?

Yesterday he was smashing everyone and even if he won, every other contender did a maximum effort. Today Uran actually looked cooked. If anything, he should be worse tomorrow.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Why would he?

Yesterday he was smashing everyone and even if he won, every other contender did a maximum effort. Today Uran actually looked cooked. If anything, he should be worse tomorrow.

Precisely. After the TT he looked like he could do it again. Today he looked like a corpse. He'll be lucky if he isn't worse tomorrow

 

[Tournesol]

I think that's fair. Could also just have been a bad day. If that's all he concedes on a bad day, he is looking pretty good. Tomorrow will tell all.

Definitely,we need more evidence than one bad day to rule him out.