2019 Giro d'Italia Stage 14: Saint Vincent-Courmayeur 131 km

[Sestriere]

No idea what AG2R is doing these days...

 

[IndianCyclist]

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Haller, known as the next Pantani, is leading the peloton on a 1st category climb

Rowe was the previous incarnation in the TDF :lol:

 

[Pharazon]

Re: Re:

Haller, known as the next Pantani, is leading the peloton on a 1st category climb

Rowe was the previous incarnation in the TDF :lol:

god i remember that. it was painful to see

think he almost went otl the next day though

 

[Rollthedice]

Ion and Caruso up the road.

 

[Ciddaman]

Why is Movistar so passive today?

 

[Pharazon]

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Why Movistar is so passive today?

they have Amador up the road

 

[Ciddaman]

Re: Re:

Why Movistar is so passive today?

they have Amador up the road

Ah, sorry! He is the best descender of the bunch I think.

 

[armchairclimber]

Ciccone is having quite the race. He certainly set his stall out for the KOM competition.

 

[ice&fire]

Jumbo is keeping the break at a distance to be caught before the summit of San Carlo

 

[IndianCyclist]

Nibali might decide to apply the Kruijswijk tactic to Roglic and put him out of the GC race, considering that there are so many descending opportunities.

 

[Gigs_98]

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Nibali might decide to apply the Kruijswijk tactic to Roglic and put him out of the GC race, considering that there are so many descending opportunities.

Roglic is a significantly better descender than Kruijswijk though. Doubt that tactic is gonna work.

 

[ice&fire]

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Nibali might decide to apply the Kruijswijk tactic to Roglic and put him out of the GC race, considering that there are so many descending opportunities.

Roglic descends better than Nibali

 

[IndianCyclist]

Descending under GC pressure might affect his ability/concentration

 

[TomLPC]

Re: Re:

Haller, known as the next Pantani, is leading the peloton on a 1st category climb

Rowe was the previous incarnation in the TDF :lol:

god i remember that. it was painful to see

think he almost went otl the next day though

Letting Rowe/stannard lead over several HC mountains over a number of years, whilst ending up with no teammates anyway makes me think the non-sky teams only have themselves to blame, painful is right.

Luckily the riders here are a bit more capricious so maybe it won’t be a reoccurring theme

 

[ice&fire]

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Descending under GC pressure might affect his ability/concentration

Sure, it did affect his concentration under olympic gold pressure

 

[Climbing]

I guess Roglic wanna give a signal on San Carlo, unless he got triggered from Vinnie talk show!

 

[johnymax]

Roglic will give them a lesson today. Nibali better thinks twice next time he opens his mouth

 

[Jagartrott]

I've decided I will never, ever visit Tel Aviv or Jerusalem.
Every single commercial break, ffs.

 

[Ataraxus]

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I guess Roglic wanna give a signal on San Carlo, unless he got triggered from Vinnie talk show!

Looking at how the gap dropped and how motivated Lotto team is at front, it gave me the same impression.

 

[yetiyeti]

If Roglic is smart then he just laughs off what Nibali said and ride his own race. Nibali wants to bait him into poor decisions. Roglic might have the form to back it up, but why take the chance with a good lead already? I do think he'll burn more matches today with a less vertical day tomorrow and a rest day Monday though.

 

[Rollthedice]

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Roglic will give them a lesson today. Nibali better thinks twice next time he opens his mouth

Can't wait.

 

[ice&fire]

For Roglic it may be enough if his opponents have no teammates after San Carlo and everyone is riding on his own

 

[Ataraxus]

This climb has Landa written all over it.
Can't wait.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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I've decided I will never, ever visit Tel Aviv or Jerusalem.
Every single commercial break, ffs.

But it's sunny there ???

 

[Rollthedice]

Here we go.