2019 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1: Bologna - San Luca ITT 8km

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Red Rick said:
postmanhat said:
Is there any benefit to Roglic keeping hold of the Maliga Rosa? All the post-race time wasted as leader probably didn't help Yates last year
I'm not even sure he'll get a decent chance to give it away.

There’s a reasonable chance of a break winning tomorrow, particularly if the leader’s team are deliberately slack in chasing.
 
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RedheadDane said:
Bit of a weird question:
I assume the riders are eating dinner individually - for maximum recovery - and that makes me wonder; could Roglic actually eat dinner at the Hot Seat?

He's currently eating something.
 
Jul 25, 2012
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luckyboy said:
Jeremy Whittle on Twitter. Bizarre...

"Be a shame if it rained and cost Yates significant time, over a mere 8k TT in a three and a half thousand kilometre Grand Tour. Organisers bend over backwards to create a cliffhanger finale yet are quite happy for the weather to skew things. Don't really understand."

The organizers are supposed to control the weather? SMH

Commentary on Eurosport implies that Yates chose to take a late start.
 
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Zinoviev Letter said:
Red Rick said:
postmanhat said:
Is there any benefit to Roglic keeping hold of the Maliga Rosa? All the post-race time wasted as leader probably didn't help Yates last year
I'm not even sure he'll get a decent chance to give it away.

There’s a reasonable chance of a break winning tomorrow, particularly if the leader’s team are deliberately slack in chasing.
I imagine the sprinters will try tomorrow
 
Mar 20, 2010
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King Boonen said:
Carols said:
luckyboy said:
Jeremy Whittle on Twitter. Bizarre...

"Be a shame if it rained and cost Yates significant time, over a mere 8k TT in a three and a half thousand kilometre Grand Tour. Organisers bend over backwards to create a cliffhanger finale yet are quite happy for the weather to skew things. Don't really understand."

The organizers are supposed to control the weather? SMH

Commentary on Eurosport implies that Yates chose to take a late start.

He definitely Chose his start time:"The weather is just a prediction, nobody really knows," he stated..."Now I will also know the exact times of my rivals so I can also work around that and plan a strategy," he added.
 
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Carols said:
King Boonen said:
Carols said:
luckyboy said:
Jeremy Whittle on Twitter. Bizarre...

"Be a shame if it rained and cost Yates significant time, over a mere 8k TT in a three and a half thousand kilometre Grand Tour. Organisers bend over backwards to create a cliffhanger finale yet are quite happy for the weather to skew things. Don't really understand."

The organizers are supposed to control the weather? SMH

Commentary on Eurosport implies that Yates chose to take a late start.

He definitely Chose his start time:"The weather is just a prediction, nobody really knows," he stated..."Now I will also know the exact times of my rivals so I can also work around that and plan a strategy," he added.
It's understandable; there's definitely advantages to going last - which is why everyone usually does so. You get all the feedback from your team-mates as well as knowing the times to beat.

Gets a nice Gaviria shaped rabbit to chase down on the climb as well!
 
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Red Rick said:
Zinoviev Letter said:
Red Rick said:
postmanhat said:
Is there any benefit to Roglic keeping hold of the Maliga Rosa? All the post-race time wasted as leader probably didn't help Yates last year
I'm not even sure he'll get a decent chance to give it away.

There’s a reasonable chance of a break winning tomorrow, particularly if the leader’s team are deliberately slack in chasing.
I imagine the sprinters will try tomorrow

They will pass Mastromarco, home of Nibali when he started cycling seriously. So...
 
Jul 25, 2012
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I can understand it on a longer TT, but at this length it's basically baws oot so I'd be careful with weather. Looks like it has worked out for him though.
 

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Waterloo Sunrise said:
Singer01 said:
18 seconds at the split, he surely would have taken that at the start.


Errr no. But we'll see how he's paced it - if he can match Roglic on the climb it's a good start.
Why not, he is a better climber, if he loses 18 overall he would be over the moon.
 
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Poor Ciccone.

Edit: No, apparently not.

Incredible that Ciccone rode faster than THAT :eek:
 
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Singer01 said:
Waterloo Sunrise said:
Singer01 said:
18 seconds at the split, he surely would have taken that at the start.


Errr no. But we'll see how he's paced it - if he can match Roglic on the climb it's a good start.
Why not, he is a better climber, if he loses 18 overall he would be over the moon.

Because 3 seconds per KM on the flat is a pretty bad loss - only OK if he deliberately held back to attack the climb.
 

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Waterloo Sunrise said:
Singer01 said:
18 seconds at the split, he surely would have taken that at the start.


Errr no. But we'll see how he's paced it - if he can match Roglic on the climb it's a good start.
He lost a second. Excellent start for Yates.
Roglic, Nibali, Yates the winners today, in that order.
 
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Valv.Piti said:
Red Rick said:
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Red Rick said:
Could easily have 30s+ gaps here already

0% chance Dumoulin and Roglic don't get top 2 without crashing
I could easily Yates see finish second ahead of Dumoulin on this kind of time trial.
I'll have what you're smoking.
I quit cigarettes 2 years ago and Im not on da weeeed

Seriously, its not as unlikely as you think when you stated with 100% certainty that those two will end up top 2. But lets wait and see, I may end up looking like a fool.
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