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2015 Paris-Nice, Stage 7: Nice - Col d'Èze 9.6km ITT

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BigMac

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So everything comes down to this. What a spectacular run in we had with today's stage.

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Think it'll be a SKY double. Porte 1st and G. Thomas 2nd. Also the less steeper parts favourise them both, especially G. Thomas.

Fuglsang always disappoint when he's under pressure. Spilak will do fine, and Kwiatkowski will also do good, but will be beaten by both SKY riders. The big question is only if Gallopin can loose with under 36 second to Porte. Thinks it's gonna be +/- 5 seconds whether he looses or win.
 
Jagartrott

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Re:

rm7 said:
Think it'll be a SKY double. Porte 1st and G. Thomas 2nd. Also the less steeper parts favourise them both, especially G. Thomas.

Fuglsang always disappoint when he's under pressure. Spilak will do fine, and Kwiatkowski will also do good, but will be beaten by both SKY riders. The big question is only if Gallopin can loose with under 36 second to Porte. Thinks it's gonna be +/- 5 seconds whether he looses or win.
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If it favourised Thomas, it should also favourise Gallopin, because they are very similar riders.
The time Gallopin climbed the last ascend yesterday is only a bit slower than Porte/Thomas, but he was all alone.

So I'm going to go with Gallopin for the overall.
 
murali

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unless something bad happens, i think Gallopin is going to win PN.

i am betting on majka for stage win.

regarding porte, thomas, i am not sure. both of them crashed yesterday, both of them had to work real hard to catch up with kwiato.
kwiato did too much work yesterday, so he too is going to be affected.
 
Kazistuta

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Hell no, even if Gallopin is in great form, he won't withhold a super strong Porte. And I really don't think the hard work of yesterday will influence a 20 minute effort today for any of the riders. If Gallopin holds on to a top5, he should be happy. He's a worse time trialist than the five guys behind him, although Costa and Fuglsang might be too much behind him.
 
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murali said:
unless something bad happens, i think Gallopin is going to win PN.

i am betting on majka for stage win.

regarding porte, thomas, i am not sure. both of them crashed yesterday, both of them had to work real hard to catch up with kwiato.
kwiato did too much work yesterday, so he too is going to be affected.
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I think like yourself that he worked hard yesterday that it will slightly affect him and his best performance today. It's hard to see past Porte for the overall now unless the crash has had some impact on him. Gallopin will have to have the ride of his life to hang on.
 
W4llenquist

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Riders will face strong headwind in the final part of time trial. It will favour Thomas. Let's not forget he has beaten Kwiatkowski in Algarve and was pretty close to Martin. 4,5% avg climb should suit him perfectly. If Porte is able win the race so is Thomas.
 
DBotero

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Judging by their tweets the Sky duo seems ok,but if Gallopin can recover well i think he still has a chance to hold the jersey.If we add Kwiatkovski and Fuglsang this should be a great battle. Or maybe Rui Costa will crush them all.
 
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