2016 Giro d'Italia, Stage 18: Muggiò - Pinerolo (240 km)

[Eyeballs Out]

Moser was pinned - Trentin was really strong at the end - probably the fastest up the final wall

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Aww too bad for Moser, nice finale as far as the break was concerned though.Good ride by Trentin!

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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For goodness sake. What an anticlimax...

I kind of feel the same, but that's most likely because I don't have much love for the Etixx boys.

Sure great riders, but I just don't feel much for Etixx.

In reality it was ofcourse a great climax.

In the sense, that it was unexpected yes. But in the sense that the two main characters of the breakaway didn't fight it out head to head, it was a big anti-climax to have Trentin sneaking up from behind and steal the win.

 

[trevim]

Wow I need to watch this stage! Trentin is a brilliant, classy rider with so much talent. I hope he gets his monument sooner rather than later. Besides he's a complete team player who has done huge amounts of work for Jungels, Kittel and Brambilla. Really well deserved and always nice to see a "sprinter" winning a "mountain stage"

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Valverde to take a few seconds back?

 

[Pricey_sky]

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epic fail from Moser. Not even in the now that Trentin was coming...?

Easy to say typing on a forum. What could he do? Had he ridden harder on the final k he'd have been out sprinted by Brambilla. He gave it dig on the cobbled wall but couldn't drop Brambilla either. It was a great final, It was just unfortunate for him that it all aligned perfectly for Etixx.

 

[luckyboy]

Igor Anton ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Arredondo]

Best final this Giro. Holy ***!

 

[Bushman]

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Moreno Moser wtf? That was worse than Uran gifting Vino the Olympics...

If course it wasnt

 

[DFA123]

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Igor Anton ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Dimension Data probably have put in a call to team management - not happy at their exposure level so far.

 

[Billie]

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Igor Anton ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

for hire for everyone

 

[vedrafjord]

Etixx in getting tactics right shocker. They're having a great Giro too - 6 days in pink and 4 stage wins so far.

 

[Laplaz]

I really like Etixx in this Giro. Always attacking with Brambilla, Trentin, Jungels.

 

[Kwibus]

Re: Re:

For goodness sake. What an anticlimax...

I kind of feel the same, but that's most likely because I don't have much love for the Etixx boys.

Sure great riders, but I just don't feel much for Etixx.

In reality it was ofcourse a great climax.

In the sense, that it was unexpected yes. But in the sense that the two main characters of the breakaway didn't fight it out head to head, it was a big anti-climax to have Trentin sneaking up from behind and steal the win.

I don't know. Didn't him sneaking up from behind and surprising the otherwise likely winner make it a great finish? It kind of does ofcourse, allthough for me it was an anticlimax as well as I was hoping for Moser.

Without favouring riders it was a great climax imo.

 

[TomLPC]

Dutch Steve accidently dropping everyone

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Crossshweg bossing

 

[Scarponi]

Steve not even fazed

 

[Arredondo]

Kruijswijk is just as good then Bala on such a steep climb.

He will win this Giro, no doubt about that.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Got to hand it to SK

 

[BalearicBeats]

Re: Re:

For goodness sake. What an anticlimax...

I kind of feel the same, but that's most likely because I don't have much love for the Etixx boys.

Sure great riders, but I just don't feel much for Etixx.

In reality it was ofcourse a great climax.

Yeah, I feel like Trentin always wins in some lucky way, like Van Avermaets puncture in Paris-Tours last year and such... He is a smart rider nonetheless.

Great ride by Modolo and Arndt by the way! Modolo wasn't lying when he said he was climbing quite well!

 

[DNP-Old]

Valverde is a disgrace.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

SK just bossing this.

 

[Taxus4a]

Why Valverde stop everytime the leader lose some meters and he sprint at the end for nothing??

 

[Kwibus]

Easy steven. Take it easy boy.

 

[Gigs_98]

Why were they sprinting? That was completely useless or did Valverde have to demonstrate that he is the better sprinter than Kruijswijk?