2016 Giro d'Italia - Stage 7 Sulmona – Foligno 211 km

[StryderHells]

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In the GC they showed Uran was 10th but before the stage he was 11th... maybe one has lost time today?

Chaves

 

[Cance > TheRest]

More importantly, Nizzolo increases his 2nd place tally in the giro to 8.

Don't get the Ewan bashing. When has he ever proven that he's a top sprinter anyway?

 

[Rollthedice]

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Greipel saves Lotto's Giro.

Didn't they just won yesterday's stage too?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re: Re:

In the GC they showed Uran was 10th but before the stage he was 11th... maybe one has lost time today?

Chaves

What happened?

 

[Jspear]

Why all the Ewan hate? He's 21...it's okay if he's getting beaten by these guys right now. He will improve.

 

[gunara]

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Greipel saves Lotto's Giro.

Didn't they just won yesterday's stage too?

It's the old Movistar joke, I guess.

 

[StryderHells]

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In the GC they showed Uran was 10th but before the stage he was 11th... maybe one has lost time today?

Chaves

What happened?

No idea but his name was missing from the top 10 unless it was a mistake

 

[the delgados]

Ewan is still a kid.
Kudos to his lead-out, who brought him to the front. That was super impressive.

 

[luckyboy]

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Everybody talking about Ewan like he's some has-been. Does anyone know how old he is?

 

[Guybrush]

Kudos to the Gorila. i feel sorry for Nizzolo, always so close

 

[DBotero]

Impressive stuff from Greipel.He come from around 8th position to claim this one.

 

[More Strides than Rides]

It's interesting to watch the top four's final 200m. Modolo and Ewen are even with eachother, Greipel and Nizzolo in their respective wheels. Greipel and Nizzolo both move at the same time, and suddenly Greipel is ahead by a bike length.

Ewen's sprint was nothing to do with his in/experience. He just doesn't have the power to turn the pedals. Good job by his team, though.

Greipel is just better than the rest. Him and Kittel make up the Froome/Contador/Quintana level of sprinters.

 

[StryderHells]

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Why all the Ewan hate? He's 21...it's okay if he's getting beaten by these guys right now. He will improve.

Yep I think he is doing pretty well for a 21 year old

 

[Rollthedice]

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Why all the Ewan hate? He's 21...it's okay if he's getting beaten by these guys right now. He will improve.

Yep I think he is doing pretty well for a 21 year old

So is Greipel soon to be 34.

 

[johnymax]

Italian friends or anybody else...if anybody knows, where can I write an email to contact Silvio Martinello or Francesco Pancani?

 

[MartinGT]

Gotta love the Gorilla

 

[StryderHells]

Chaves lost 9 seconds today and no reports of a mechanical or crash

 

[DNP-Old]

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Chaves lost 9 seconds today and no reports of a mechanical or crash

So did Firsanov and Hesjedal.

 

[StryderHells]

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Why all the Ewan hate? He's 21...it's okay if he's getting beaten by these guys right now. He will improve.

Yep I think he is doing pretty well for a 21 year old

So is Greipel soon to be 34.

Yeah he is a beast and has gotten better with age

 

[Asero831]

Chaves and Nibali out of top 10?

 

[Red Rick]

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Why all the Ewan hate? He's 21...it's okay if he's getting beaten by these guys right now. He will improve.

Yep I think he is doing pretty well for a 21 year old

Thing is that sprinters develop totally differently from other specialists. Sprinters start to dominate from very early on. Gavaria, who is like the same age, was there at the pointy end of MSR.

 

[huangho]

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Chaves lost 9 seconds today and no reports of a mechanical or crash

It seems that there were a small cut in the end, sorry for him, but this is Giro, you gotta be awake everytime!!

 

[Jspear]

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Chaves and Nibali out of top 10?

Nibali is 8th in the GC. Chaves lost 9 seconds.

 

[Guybrush]

NIbali was in the main bunch, Chavito and Amador were in the +9 group

 

[Jancouver]

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Why all the Ewan hate? He's 21...it's okay if he's getting beaten by these guys right now. He will improve.

Yep I think he is doing pretty well for a 21 year old

He will be 22 in two months but dont worry, he will keep winning all those Aussie pre-season crits and stages at the TDU.

I have to agree with the other poster about the lead-out. Very impressive!