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Mayomaniac said:Break caught after 43km, Lampre chased pretty hard. I don't get it, just keep the gap under control, why would you go after the breakaway right away?
Yeah, it was a strong breakaway, but Bardiani and Movistar (?) could have helped them, they had noboy in the breakaway, it's a great stage for Colbrelli and Valverde could have tired to gain some bonus seconds.Anderis said:That break was very strong for flat terrain, 9 men and some of them were really good TT-ists. It would be really hard to control and if Lampre didn't expect other teams to help them later, then no wonder they decided to catch it early.
Mayomaniac said:New breakaway formed after 72km, Laengen (Iam), Vorobyev (Katusha) and Bertazzo (Wilier), after 10km the have already gained 5'42". Even if it's just a small breakaway, those guys have big engines, so someone has to control the gap.
Edit: now over 8min for the breakaway.
Those guys at the front are going to feel quite lonely. A three-man breakaway isn't that great.Taxus4a said:The quetion is which team is now going to work...it looks like nobody rely to won the stage without a breakaway...
It was the right thing to do.Nirvana said:On Raisport they said that Dumoulin retired.
Yeah, but the gap is almost 11min right now and Laengen and Vorobyev are strong TT specialists, it's not that easy.CheckMyPecs said:Those guys at the front are going to feel quite lonely. A three-man breakaway isn't that great.Taxus4a said:The quetion is which team is now going to work...it looks like nobody rely to won the stage without a breakaway...
CheckMyPecs said:It was the right thing to do.Nirvana said:On Raisport they said that Dumoulin retired.
Poland -> olympicsjsem94 said:Yup. I wonder if he'll stick to the same program now though. Dumoulin is a breath of fresh air to GC speculation wherever he goes.