2014 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 Barbaresco → Barolo 41,9 km ITT

[willbick]

what was that race a couple years ago that Pozzo won on a massive mountain?
was it Trentino? they were saying that was one of the highest mountains in a stage race

1200m

.......

 

[willbick]

quintana grew up on climbs of 3500 metres. where are they in europe? of course quintana like most colombians have advantage in altitude but this only happens when climbs are more than 2000 metres high

yes. thats what i am saying! you are a strange character, even when u agree with someone you make out like you disagree

 

[movingtarget]

Uran was no surprise with the win but the time gap was. Ulissi was the surprise. Nice rides by Majka and also Kelderman. Evans recovered in the last third of the race but must be disappointed to be beaten by so much. The only positive for him is BMC losing the jersey. Quintana out of sorts obviously the breathing problems effected him. Uran has a good gap on him now. Basso's ride was a good one considering he crashed on the downhill.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

yes. thats what i am saying! you are a strange character, even when u agree with someone you make out like you disagree

yes and there rarely are any 2000+ metres climbs in europe so this advantage isn't as much for quintana vs pozzovivo. should both ride in colombia. pozzo would get eaten by at least 20-30 colombians

 

[Lupi33]

yes. thats what i am saying! you are a strange character, even when u agree with someone you make out like you disagree

i think the rule is Colombians are the greatest rah rah rah regardless of the point being made

 

[alspacka]

People saying this Giro is over... no way. There are maybe 12 or 13 serious climbs yet, and they won't be ridden like they have been so far.

Anyone know what the biggest deficit to be overturned to win a GT is (without oppenent DNF)?

 

[burning]

yes and there rarely are any 2000+ metres climbs in europe so this advantage isn't as much for quintana vs pozzovivo. should both ride in colombia. pozzo would get eaten by at least 20-30 colombians

Like Oscar Sevilla?

 

[manafana]

jut amazing for Uran, has put in the work to be right for the Giro and it paid off and the type of rider to take the right risks.

 

[willbick]

yes and there rarely are any 2000+ metres climbs in europe so this advantage isn't as much for quintana vs pozzovivo. should both ride in colombia. pozzo would get eaten by at least 20-30 colombians

well i guess the Stelvio day is his big chance but maybe the parcours isnt ideal

 

[willbick]

People saying this Giro is over... no way. There are maybe 12 or 13 serious climbs yet, and they won't be ridden like they have been so far.

Anyone know what the biggest deficit to be overturned to win a GT is (without oppenent DNF)?

probably about 3 days in 1923!!!

 

[Lupi33]

just remember 2010
it could rain and you could get a split on a flat stage that turns the whole thing upside down

its already happened once this year

 

[alspacka]

probably about 3 days in 1923!!!

Haha true... in modernish era?

 

[movingtarget]

just remember 2010
it could rain and you could get a split on a flat stage that turns the whole thing upside down

its already happened once this year

I don't think the race is over but Uran looks very strong and no one is close except Evans who many think will just lose time on every mountain stage. I think Quintana is too far back. Pozzovivo is the one who could make things interesting in the mountains. Majka is also looking good.

 

[jens_attacks]

one of the most fascinating time trial i've seen. remembers of the mid 00's time trials in the vuelta a espana.it had sputniks, surrealism, unfortunately epic crash and uber strong riders.
i think untouchable war machines recharged their fuel maybe a little bit too early,we'll see how they go after the second rest day. after that there is a day quintana can attack from gavia. i think it's the only way to beat rigo. he's uber strong though

ulissi probably will take his revenge on monte grappa, destroying the clock
fabio aru and domenico will show no mercy already on oropa
should be fun!

 

[ILovecycling]

Yeah Quintana isn't going to win this Giro it seems.

Well everybody needs to attack Uran now, but based on what we have seen so far will be very hard to beat.

Both comments looks like they came from julyonly-fan,but thats not this case of course ,so Im asking why this premature predictions.And...
Ms Grappa and Mr Zoncolan says hello

If quintana can recover quick from his hip injury and cold, we could be in treat to a great long range attack, he has to try something now.

No he doesnt have to do suicide attack,its only 3 minutes and there are 6mountain stages and we still dont know where Uran is climbing wise,look at his Romandie climbing.I think he is still a big question mark,I think he will be in form but what if...(and Nairo is one of the best climbers,clearly better than Uran,when in slight form)

Do you really think he's going to recover in a couple of days?

No he is not going to recover till Oropa,but he won't lose any time there too imo.His real time hunting should start at Stelvio (needs big team effort tho),of course sooner the better,but I dont think he is able to drop Uran more than 15 seconds (which is just wasting energy) yet.

 

[Rollthedice]

Nothing's over. It is jut the beginning. I suspect Uran improved his TT in detriment of his climbing so we'll see.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

yes. thats what i am saying! you are a strange character, even when u agree with someone you make out like you disagree

ok maybe I was discussing with the wrong person then as I have no idea about usernames, especially without avatars. I never read usernamen

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Like Oscar Sevilla?

most of colombian domestc cycling can best be discussed in the clinic, sevilla especially

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

It is not because of this ITT. It's because Quintana hasn't looked himself yet so far. Also in the other stages

 

[Lupi33]

I don't think the race is over but Uran looks very strong and no one is close except Evans who many think will just lose time on every mountain stage. I think Quintana is too far back. Pozzovivo is the one who could make things interesting in the mountains. Majka is also looking good.

i dont think every mountain will be attacked by the contenders. there's too many of them.

Evans should be able to hang on in the attritional stages, but when the attacks come he'll lose time. just a question of how much and how many.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Nothing's over. It is jut the beginning. I suspect Uran improved his TT in detriment of his climbing so we'll see.

uran will climb just as well as last year. working on your itt doewsn't mean you become a lesser climber. but pls find any fisiologic evidence for this. and uran gained no weight btw to make this improvement

 

[theyoungest]

uran will climb just as well as last year. working on your itt doewsn't mean you become a lesser climber. but pls find any fisiologic evidence for this. and uran gained no weight btw to make this improvement

Lol, the one Colombian fails so Ryo puts his support behind the other. How surprising.

Quite an impressive TT from Rigo, let's say that he's done some training.

 

[ItalianGigolo]

Quite an impressive TT from Rigo, let's say that he's done some training.

SKY + Omega training = OP

 

[JRanton]

Uran! Beast.

I know I'm in the minority but I love long time trials. More entertaining than any other stage so far by a distance.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Uran! Beast.

I know I'm in the minority but I love long time trials. More entertaining than any other stage so far by a distance.

itt's are the best thing in cycling. the longer the better