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nogav1ca said:That certainly has to be a mistake. Atapuma was about 1:20 behind Talansky before today stage and today he gained a minute on him.
Anderis said:Bettiol 10th today. :surprised: Holy crap, he is really making a great progress recently. Really an all-rounder.
Escarabajo said:Great race. Enjoyed it.
What's up with Morton, why doesn't he go to Europe?
BigMac said:
As far as I could tell that actually was the stage podium. Oddly enough they did not show the podium ceremony of top three overall.BigMac said:Let's pretend that was the stage podium.![]()
Anderis said:BMC were trying attacks with multiple riders. Talansky responded by himself to one of those.
Anderis said:I think it might have been better than burning out his team and risking being isolated later. He doesn't work anyway.
Wow...wait, why wow? Who is he? Some long forgotten injury mared great Italian talent?Mayomaniac said:Wow, Manuel Senni is showing signs of life, he finished 7th on the stage and I think that managed to finish in the top 10 on gc.
The problem is- high pace on the flat might have actually burnt Dombrowski, since he isn't good in this kind of racing.Tank Engine said:It was somewhat strange. With several guys in the top 10, BMC were playing the numbers game, Atapuma and Eisenhart had been on the attack. Burning out his team (except for Dombrowski) would not have been a problem, since once you get to Empire Pass the rest of the team would not be of any use.
The Hegelian said:Morton has serious talent. I'd be amazed if he's not riding WT next year.
I have my doubts OBE will go there. Traditionally their Australian riders have come through the Cycling Australia development programs. If he gets a chance, I suspect it will be with one of the lower budget WT teams.GenericBoonenFan said:Perhaps Orica will take him as an extra mountain dom?
Anderis said:The problem is- high pace on the flat might have actually burnt Dombrowski, since he isn't good in this kind of racing.Tank Engine said:It was somewhat strange. With several guys in the top 10, BMC were playing the numbers game, Atapuma and Eisenhart had been on the attack. Burning out his team (except for Dombrowski) would not have been a problem, since once you get to Empire Pass the rest of the team would not be of any use.
There was also no certainty that Cannondale could hold on all of the attacks until the Empire Pass. If other teams joined BMC's crazy attacks, they could have burnt out when there was still some flat left, making Talansky vulnerable to big time loss.
PeterB said:As far as I could tell that actually was the stage podium. Oddly enough they did not show the podium ceremony of top three overall.BigMac said:Let's pretend that was the stage podium.![]()
He was a very good espoir climber, quite a few top 10s in various Italian hilly one-dayers and two mountaintop stage wins and a GC podium in the Giro della Valle d'Aosta in 2014 (at Les Marécottes and Breuil-Cervinia), so he was seen as a big prospect. He went pro start of last year (with BMC) and apart from a somewhat surprising top 5 in the 2015 Italian national time trial, has done nothing of any note since, until the top 10 in the final stage here.Kokoso said:Wow...wait, why wow? Who is he? Some long forgotten injury mared great Italian talent?Mayomaniac said:Wow, Manuel Senni is showing signs of life, he finished 7th on the stage and I think that managed to finish in the top 10 on gc.