2018 Giro d'Italia stage 11: Assisi – Osimo 156 km

[TMP402]

Another sneaky moving up the order from Formolo.

 

[bassano]

I am curious how yates will handle last week

 

[armchairclimber]

Yates is in some serious form. And what an attacking rider. Great to watch. Dumoulin is pretty impressive too ... holding onto a man about half his size.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Formolo...

 

[PremierAndrew]

If I was yates, I'd be concerned by how strong Dumoulin suddenly looked today

 

[Stella0596]

Good performance by Yates, but I feel like Dumoulin is getting better, which would be awesome for the Zoncolan.

 

[EroicaStradeBianche]

After today, Dumoulin on his way to the first back to back Giro victory since Indurain

 

[ontheroad]

I'd make Dumoulin favourite after today but Yates is clearly the best climber in the race. He needs another 1:30 on Dumoulin for the expected TT loss.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Great ride by Yates, but I hope he doesn't burn himself out for the last week by trying to gain as much time as possible now in preparation for the TT. Once big Tom hammers him in the TT he may regret not saving some effort for later in the race. Froome gone, TD great effort, Pozzo good, even Aru wasn't too far behind, Pinot biding his time.

 

[Scarponi]

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If I was yates, I'd be concerned by how strong Dumoulin suddenly looked today

Exactly if he had attacked earlier on the other stages he could have pulled more time. Worrying his biggest attack yielded only 2 seconds

 

[EroicaStradeBianche]

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I'd make Dumoulin favourite after today but Yates is clearly the best climber in the race. He needs another 1:30 on Dumoulin for the expected TT loss.

Climbers will be seen on the high mountains, Yates for sure has been the most explosive so far

 

[MuskyOurSaviour]

Dumoulin is getting stronger but he aint no better climber than Yates. As long as Yates picks off bonus seconds and gets enough margin for TT he should win it still

But of course Yates may have well overpeaked, 3rd week will be glorious

 

[GraftPunk]

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If I was yates, I'd be concerned by how strong Dumoulin suddenly looked today

This. He's going to need to figure a way to gain more time before the TT I think. Dumo appears to be timing his peak for the right time.

 

[shalgo]

What happened to Woods? Was he caught up in the crash? I would have thought that this finish suited him.

 

[Climbing]

Dumo looked very strong today indeed, but this finale suited him perfectly and he always did well in this type of effort.
Seems to be on last year level.

Yates really impressive though...

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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I'd make Dumoulin favourite after today but Yates is clearly the best climber in the race. He needs another 1:30 on Dumoulin for the expected TT loss.

Not so sure about that. I don't think Pinot and Pozzovivo are much behind him on the real climbs. Yates has just been a lot smarter so far, which makes his climbing form seem better than it is.

 

[Laplaz]

Didn't expect that from Dumoulin, quite impressive. Yates, well, he is in top form, so it was expected.

 

[canarydan23]

It's still definitely advantage Dumoulin but if Yates continues like this he will give himself a decent shot at winning.

As a Brit I'm just delighted to be watching a compatriot compete for a Grand Tour win without making it a snoozefest!

 

[Red Rick]

The main question is how the climbers will stack up to each other when climbs are ridden all out from further out instead of riding them negative split. Only losing 2s to a punchier climber was a huge effort from Dumoulin.

 

[Climbing]

Re: Re:

I'd make Dumoulin favourite after today but Yates is clearly the best climber in the race. He needs another 1:30 on Dumoulin for the expected TT loss.

Not so sure about that. I don't think Pinot and Pozzovivo are much behind him on the real climbs. Yates has just been a lot smarter so far, which makes his climbing form seem better than it is.

It's easy to be smarter when you're stronger! :lol:

 

[craigmalone]

I think Pozzo could eat into a lot of time on Zoncolan tbh. He's the best climber there for that sort of gradient over such a long time

 

[movingtarget]

Dumoulin was holding the gap but Yates impressive yet again.Seems like game over for Froome for good this time. Wellens attack was optimistic. Not sure why he didn't wait till closer to the finish. Decent ride also by Dennis.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re: Re:

I'd make Dumoulin favourite after today but Yates is clearly the best climber in the race. He needs another 1:30 on Dumoulin for the expected TT loss.

Not so sure about that. I don't think Pinot and Pozzovivo are much behind him on the real climbs. Yates has just been a lot smarter so far, which makes his climbing form seem better than it is.

It's easy to be smarter when you're stronger! :lol:

No, the two factors are unrelated in this case.

 

[hfer07]

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If I was yates, I'd be concerned by how strong Dumoulin suddenly looked today

I was thinking in those terms too. The finale suited Yates perfectly and that attack was well timed BUT Dumo reacted late to that, and yet he managed to limit the damage down to 2 mere seconds......

So Dumo is rising while Yates is at peak.......

 

[Red Rick]

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I think Pozzo could eat into a lot of time on Zoncolan tbh. He's the best climber there for that sort of gradient over such a long time

Pozzovivo isn't the best at anything, which is why he rarely ever wins.