2017 Giro d'Italia, Stage 4: Cefalú - Etna 181 km

[Mr.White]

Landa to attack, Movistar and Bahrain to chase, few of the favorites to drop (hopefully Thomas), it all comes back for last km and Pinot or Yates to win.

 

[The Chicken]

LOL you people know nothing about the sport of professional cycling. Adam Yates will win this stage (and the GC).

 

[Flamin]

I think a (strong) break has a very decent chance to go all the way. Should be a big battle to get in it or maybe even a really big group with some dangerous guys might just get away.

Not expecting too much from the top favourites other than testing each other out and some more serious digging in the closing kilometers.

 

[klintE]

Nairo has a little problem.
He is under pressure. He is under pressure because he simply has to win this race. (He is virtual leader since he announced his ṕarticipartion in Giro )
So theoretically he should respond every time when serious attack from (reduced) peloton occurs.
I expect 2 race in one and many attacks from guys like Landa, Thomas, Kruswijk, Zakarin etc.

 

[Krokro]

@TankEngine Im not saying that they are gonna attack stupidely but knowing Zakarin and his time deficit already im saying he might try something. Just some assumption for an unpredictable stage.

If you call a big a sprint as possible after a hard climb ballistic, then that's the sort of ballistic I'm thinking of, but ballistic seems far too strong a word for that. I think it's an ideal stage for Zak (in the end I predicted that he'd win).

I'm thinking (and hoping) that it will be something like his win in Paris-Nice last year (the association with the rider who came second then is, of course, only entirely intentional), rather than the sprint against Stoneface in Romandie (if I remember correctly) a year ago

Let's say I Kirby'd myself on that one, ballistic might be too strong for what we could expect. Big question mark to me is Quintana/Nibali form and Sky tactics with their dual leadership.

 

[Red Rick]

Estimated finishing time?

 

[Squire]

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This isn't the TDF and I heard on this forum that the depth of climbing outside of the GC contenders and stage hunters isn't good. It's a steep MTF. Will there be domestiques able to chase down a serious attack, making the headwind a big hindrance to attacking?

Sky and Movistar are the only GC players bringing good climbing teams, but the two of them should be good enough to control attacks in a headwind if it's not one of the absolute top contenders. In addition to that, I'd say that Cannondale and Astana are so strong that if they just go all-out attack in the big mountain stages, they can collect a few stage wins.

 

[Tank Engine]

Let's say I Kirby'd myself on that one, ballistic might be too strong for what we could expect. Big question mark to me is Quintana/Nibali form and Sky tactics with their dual leadership.

There are always lots of questions before the first MTF. Also, Rosa might well play a very important role in the Sky plan (either defending or attacking, he should be strong on such a finish and the others shouldn't let him gain serious time).

 

[Escarabajo]

My picks for the stage: Yates, Pinot or Thomas.

 

[rick james]

This is the kind of stage in the first week of a GT that Contador is sooo missed



anyways...... I expect either a breakaway winner or Landa/Pinot/G to out sprint the rest of the GC contenders with no gaps whatsoever....

What the hell? why even post crap like this?

Because they miss AC on this kind of stage.

he has nothing to do with this race, stop talking about him like he would make a difference with he field today

 

[Red Rick]

This is the kind of stage in the first week of a GT that Contador is sooo missed



anyways...... I expect either a breakaway winner or Landa/Pinot/G to out sprint the rest of the GC contenders with no gaps whatsoever....

What the hell? why even post crap like this?

Because they miss AC on this kind of stage.

he has nothing to do with this race, stop talking about him like he would make a difference with he field today

Because reactions like these make it so much better. Report if you have complaints.

 

[deValtos]

First MTF of a GT, missing Froome is the bigger deal here cause you know he'd put the team to work and launch the move. Having said that the race being over on stage 4 might not be too exciting.

 

[SHAD0W93]

I hope it isn't boring because I look forward to your guys reactions while the race is going on.

 

[Rollthedice]

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I hope it isn't boring because I look forward to your guys reactions while the race is going on.

Even Gan Varderen is feeling really good, it will be a great show!

 

[ThePirate81]

Adam Yates ftw!

 

[Pantani_lives]

Almost everybody expects Quintana to win the Giro, but almost nobody expects him to win tomorrow.

 

[DFA123]

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My picks for the stage: Yates, Pinot or Thomas.

I was thinking the same three have good chances! Difficult to call which of them would win a sprint from a small group if everyone just race conservatively until the last km.

Maybe Landa as well if he goes early and no-one takes up the chase in time.

 

[Climbing]

Nibali stage and pink.

 

[deValtos]

Tejay got this. He's going to surprise some people tomorrow.

 

[Volderke]

I expect Quintana to follow moves and finally try to get rid of most about 5kms from the top, but with that flat last K he probably will end up with faster finishers.

 

[Laplaz]

My man for tomorrow is Mollema.

 

[The Chicken]

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Tejay got this. He's going to surprise some people tomorrow.

lol :lol:

 

[klintE]

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Tejay got this. He's going to surprise some people tomorrow.

Its' not that crazy as it seems
But I would rather put on Thomas/Landa trying show something. Hope they won't "kill" each other.
Landa said recently that today he wouldn't take orders like he did in the 98th Giro. Will see

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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Almost everybody expects Quintana to win the Giro, but almost nobody expects him to win tomorrow.

It's because Quintana is usually at his best in the 3rd week. He is mostly just following the wheelsw early in the race.

Tomorrow I expect people like Thomas, Zakarin, Mollema, Pinot...

 

[jens_attacks]

g wins tomorrow