2019 C du Dauphiné stage 7 St. Genix - Les Sept 133.5 km

[Robert5091]

I think you've confused Fuglsang with the Ineos train.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

In my opinion it's between Nairoman, Fugggslang, Yateseseseses or Thinard Pinault

Manny Bookman, as Kirby likes to call him, has also looked strong and Dauphiné is his race more than any othe race.

 

[tobydawq]

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The final climb today is Fuglsang country.

No steep sections (steady 7 % all the way) and 19 k long, means his diesel engine can just keep going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going.......

.....Pinot will attack, Quintana will attack, Bardet will attack, Buchmann will attack, and every time people will think Fuglsang has dropped, but he just keeps going and going and going.....

A bit strange to say of a man who was this close to winning the Flèche Wallonne.

 

[tobydawq]

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In my opinion it's between Nairoman, Fugggslang, Yateseseseses or Thinard Pinault

Manny Bookman, as Kirby likes to call him, has also looked strong and Dauphiné is his race more than any othe race.

*other

 

[Robert5091]

No Froome, TommyD's gone home ... geezus, the Nibali voodoo is strong.

 

[tobydawq]

Why is everything always being attributed to Nibali? Even when he is not in the race...

 

[Robert5091]

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Why is everything always being attributed to Nibali? Even when he is not in the race...

He's just getting rid of the competition before TdF.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Why is everything always being attributed to Nibali? Even when he is not in the race...

He's just getting rid of the competition before TdF.

It was *** Pucchio who also almost took Nibali down.

If anything it's Ineos magic.

 

[Bushman]

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The final climb today is Fuglsang country.

No steep sections (steady 7 % all the way) and 19 k long, means his diesel engine can just keep going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going.......

.....Pinot will attack, Quintana will attack, Bardet will attack, Buchmann will attack, and every time people will think Fuglsang has dropped, but he just keeps going and going and going.....

I’m not so sure. Logically a long, steady climb without very steep sections should suit him but has he ever shown it? In the spring campaign this year he was tearing it up on short to medium lenght, quite steep climbs. We have no indications of his level on such long climbs.

 

[Robert5091]

https://racecenter.criterium-du-dauphine.fr/#/stageprofile

Five riders have been reported as non-starters this morning: Davide Ballerini (Astana), Jens Debusschere and Mads Würtz Schmidt (Katusha-Alpecin), André Greipel (Arkea-Samsic) and Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb).

Edit - I think the bookies are not taking bets on Ala being in the break today.

Edit 2 - http://inrng.com/2019/06/criterium-dauphine-stage-7-preview-7-laux/#more-35863

This should be Thibaut Pinot‘s day but word is he’s caught a cold ...

Pinot's gone down with the sniffles so he might not be 100%.

 

[wirral]

This break won't be allowed any time at all. (Lutsenko and Woods are in it)

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Re: Re:

The final climb today is Fuglsang country.

No steep sections (steady 7 % all the way) and 19 k long, means his diesel engine can just keep going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going.......

.....Pinot will attack, Quintana will attack, Bardet will attack, Buchmann will attack, and every time people will think Fuglsang has dropped, but he just keeps going and going and going.....

We have no indications of his level on such long climbs.

Except for his entire career

 

[Simurgh]

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https://racecenter.criterium-du-dauphine.fr/#/stageprofile

Five riders have been reported as non-starters this morning: Davide Ballerini (Astana), Jens Debusschere and Mads Würtz Schmidt (Katusha-Alpecin), André Greipel (Arkea-Samsic) and Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb).

Edit - I think the bookies are not taking bets on Ala being in the break today.

Edit 2 - http://inrng.com/2019/06/criterium-dauphine-stage-7-preview-7-laux/#more-35863

This should be Thibaut Pinot‘s day but word is he’s caught a cold ...

Pinot's gone down with the sniffles so he might not be 100%.

there's always gotta be something! Not that I expected him to win today's stage anyway - I'd still prefer Adam Yates or even Fuglsang here.

 

[starlord]

I would like to see Poels win

 

[wirral]

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I would like to see Poels win

Poels has undergone full bot conversion. Only interested in domming for Froome and other Brits. No longer interested in winning. Sad but true. Similar happened to Porte and Boasson Hagen. Very difficult to deprogram a bot.

 

[Bushman]

Re: Re:

The final climb today is Fuglsang country.

No steep sections (steady 7 % all the way) and 19 k long, means his diesel engine can just keep going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going.......

.....Pinot will attack, Quintana will attack, Bardet will attack, Buchmann will attack, and every time people will think Fuglsang has dropped, but he just keeps going and going and going.....

We have no indications of his level on such long climbs.

Except for his entire career

Alright, so tell me when he has ever beaten some of the best climbers in the world on a 19 k climb. He did so two years ago in this race, but he wont be given as much leeway now after his great spring

 

[Valv.Piti]

Think the great Manny Bukmann or NairoMÁN will win today, Simon/Adam Yates still for the overall.

 

[Velolover2]

Ala is amazing as a stage hunter.

How many Tour stages is he going to win this year? 1? 2? 3?

 

[Alexandre B.]

Watch for the storm, it should be crazy on the road.

 

[Velolover2]

Re: Re:

The final climb today is Fuglsang country.

No steep sections (steady 7 % all the way) and 19 k long, means his diesel engine can just keep going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going.......

.....Pinot will attack, Quintana will attack, Bardet will attack, Buchmann will attack, and every time people will think Fuglsang has dropped, but he just keeps going and going and going.....

We have no indications of his level on such long climbs.

Except for his entire career

He tend to suffer on single climb MTF stages that are turned into mountain time trials. Too high cadence for him.

Fuglsang is great on both smaller steep climbs and longer steady climbs but I think his true specialty is somewhat long, double digit monsters like Zoncolan and Angliru. We have seen that in Dauphine 2017.

Good thing about this stage that there are multiple high altitude climbs. It should favor a hardman like him a lot more.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Live pics now - heavy rain

 

[TourOfSardinia]

started to rain

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Cort pulling the break ahead of Lutsenko, break in single file.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

One Mitchelton rider pulling the peloton, ahead of Van Aert.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Lutsenko attacks, and EF rider goes with him.

Edit: It's Woods, ofcourse