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

[GraftPunk]

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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.

Those last few days are going to be interesting for sure.

 

[The Chicken]

It would make a mockery of the event and the sport if Dumoulin were to win this. He never animates the race, never attacks, all he can do is his specialism which is riding along in a straight line on his own on the flat. What a joke. For the good of the event, Yates needs to win this, or at least anyone but Dumoulin.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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It would make a mockery of the event and the sport if Dumoulin were to win this. He never animates the race, never attacks, all he can do is his specialism which is riding along in a straight line on his own on the flat. What a joke. For the good of the event, Yates needs to win this, or at least anyone but Dumoulin.

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[Climbing]

Another one for the ignore button.

 

[movingtarget]

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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.

Yes he will need a super day on one of the MTFs to be a chance for the podium.

 

[SlickMongoose]

Froome should lose 30 minutes tomorrow and go stage hunting in week 3. I don't thnk he will though.

 

[Red Rick]

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It would make a mockery of the event and the sport if Dumoulin were to win this. He never animates the race, never attacks, all he can do is his specialism which is riding along in a straight line on his own on the flat. What a joke. For the good of the event, Yates needs to win this, or at least anyone but Dumoulin.

Meanwhile applauding Yates for riding agressive for basically doing Purito's for 2 weeks now.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Impressed by DUMO. Yates looks extremely strong still. Pinot a little disappointing today but not a disaster. We can finally write off Froome.
Exciting last few km although I would have liked to see Luisle win.

 

[Ivan_Basso_77]

Too bad for Domenico... Another very good display, but Yates was just too explosive for him. The Briton is really awesome. Dumoulin seems to be on the right track. This Giro is a real rising crescendo. Looking forward to the mountains this weekend.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Konrad is back in the top 10 !

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Dumoulin is growing...how long can Yates hold this form?

 

[luckyboy]

Another great showing by Yates but everywhere he has gained time has basically been a short, explosive hillclimb so far.

Caltagirone and today were like that, Etna was in the last 2km, Gran Sasso was a sprint to the line. Dumoulin can't match these efforts (did a great job today) but he can TT back to attacks on those Dolomite/Alpine multi-mountain stages.

 

[SafeBet]

Dumoulin is a beast on these hills. Hardly surprising he could limit his losses.
Yates aggressive and incredibly strong. Very curious to see what Mitchelton does on the Zoncolan.
And Formolo is in the best shape of his life. A pity he crashed on the way to Etna, he'd be fighting for the podium otherwise.

Froome not improving, Aru maybe just a bit, Woods very disappointing.

 

[SlickMongoose]

The Giro so far has suited Yates perfectly, and he's ridden it beautifully. Zoncolan will be an entirely different kind of test though, and he needs to gain a big chunk of time. I can't wait.

 

[movingtarget]

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Impressed by DUMO. Yates looks extremely strong still. Pinot a little disappointing today but not a disaster. We can finally write off Froome.
Exciting last few km although I would have liked to see Luisle win.

Sort of sums up Pinot. He leaks too much time on stages where he shouldn't.

 

[skippo12]

Schachmann with a great performance again. Will be interesting to see what he can do in the timetrial.

 

[SafeBet]

Schachmann with a great performance again. Will be interesting to see what he can do in the timetrial.

To think this is his first GT

 

[Ruudz0r]

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Dumoulin is a beast on these hills. Hardly surprising he could limit his losses.
Yates aggressive and incredibly strong. Very curious to see what Mitchelton does on the Zoncolan.
And Formolo is in the best shape of his life. A pity he crashed on the way to Etna, he'd be fighting for the podium otherwise.

Froome not improving, Aru maybe just a bit, Woods very disappointing.

Woods crashed I think with about 4K to go

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Impressed by DUMO. Yates looks extremely strong still. Pinot a little disappointing today but not a disaster. We can finally write off Froome.
Exciting last few km although I would have liked to see Luisle win.

Sort of sums up Pinot. He leaks too much time on stages where he shouldn't.

Can't win them all, and he hasn't really dropped any time before. He limited the damage anyway. Let's see what he can do on the Zoncolan.

 

[ontheroad]

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It would make a mockery of the event and the sport if Dumoulin were to win this. He never animates the race, never attacks, all he can do is his specialism which is riding along in a straight line on his own on the flat. What a joke. For the good of the event, Yates needs to win this, or at least anyone but Dumoulin.

Is that you Adam?

 

[The Chicken]

Ha!

 

[movingtarget]

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Impressed by DUMO. Yates looks extremely strong still. Pinot a little disappointing today but not a disaster. We can finally write off Froome.
Exciting last few km although I would have liked to see Luisle win.

Sort of sums up Pinot. He leaks too much time on stages where he shouldn't.

Can't win them all, and he hasn't really dropped any time before. He limited the damage anyway. Let's see what he can do on the Zoncolan.

Sure, there is plenty of climbing left.

 

[RedheadDane]

Chris Juul-Jensen (about Yates): "He's as cool as a polar bear's toenails."
Is that a common saying in English?

 

[Alexandre B.]

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Impressed by DUMO. Yates looks extremely strong still. Pinot a little disappointing today but not a disaster. We can finally write off Froome.
Exciting last few km although I would have liked to see Luisle win.

Sort of sums up Pinot. He leaks too much time on stages where he shouldn't.

Thibaut is not a puncheur.

 

[slosada]

The fanboyism from Waterloo, the chicken and the other new user account, is reaching record levels. Hating a teammate that is very likeable because it's perceived as a menace for their own agenda, hating a GT rival for being able to keep the distance short...

At this rate, you guys will succeed at making us cheer against Yates