2014 Tour de France July 23, Stage 17: Saint-Gaudens - Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet 1

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Who will win stage 17?

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Jan 3, 2011
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kurtinsc said:
Purito needs to go again soon and try to shake Majka, right? Or will he be content to fight with him for the points?

He wont shake Majka. But he will be able to outsprint him. Also Majka's goal is the stage win so he wont use to much energy on the KOM sprints but be happy with 2nd and then aim to take the motherload on the last climb
 
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kurtinsc said:
Purito away from Majka? Seems to be what the ticker indicates.

Yes he is. Maybe trying to conserve energy for the later climbs? Maybe out of strength? Who knows?
 
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kurtinsc said:
Purito away from Majka? Seems to be what the ticker indicates.

yeah. Orders by Riis I think. He wants Majka to conserve energy to win the stage (and get 40 points on the last climb), and not waste to much energy fighting Purito on the first climbs.

Or he simply doesnt have the legs. time will tell.

Great stage so far.