2019 Giro d'Italia Stage 15: Ivrea - Como 232 km

[Ciddaman]

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RAI keeps saying Roglic is using someone elses bike since he got a puncture, not sure if it is true

Roglic had the Tolohek bike. This is the reason of his bad descent I think. Great Squalo!

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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Nibs get 52s back from Roglic

More like 40 seconds. He got no bonus seconds and his group finished 11 seconds behind the winner

 

[armchairclimber]

Nice for Cataldo. Entertaining finale.

 

[Gigs_98]

I know Nibali's descending is overrated with some people calling him best descender in the peloton or stuff like that but I still always love days like these that prove those guys claiming he is just average are completely wrong as well

 

[dfromdub]

So that explains why Roglic was not confident descending

 

[Alexandre B.]

Vincenzo Nibali less strong than Richard Carapaz on the flat.

Unless voodoo, the race is over.

 

[Rollthedice]

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Nibali kingmaker

Civiglio 2017 level climbing by Carapaz, Nibali

 

[BullsFan22]

What a shame for Roglič, a mechanical, Movistar pick up the pace, he gets back on, limits the damage to Nibali on the final meters of the climb, then he crashes and loses 40 seconds to the leaders. He didn't deserve that. Nibali again benefitting from someone else's misfortune.

 

[HelloDolly]

Re: Re:

RAI keeps saying Roglic is using someone elses bike since he got a puncture, not sure if it is true

Roglic had the Tolohek bike. This is the reason of his bad descent I think. Great Squalo!

Oh yes it is ...esp if brakes other way round

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Cataldo sits on for the entire climb, then has the nerve to get moody with Cattaneo sitting on him in the run-in.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Carapaz was flying on the flat btw hahaha. This kid is in some serious shape.

 

[HelloDolly]

What a shame for Roglič, a mechanical, Movistar pick up the pace, he gets back on, limits the damage to Nibali on the final meters of the climb, then he crashes and loses 40 seconds to the leaders. He didn't deserve that. Nibali again benefitting from someone else's misfortune.

What ?

This is bike racing ...crashing , descending all part of the game...everyone wins and loses ..strange ...should they just sit up ??

 

[Red Rick]

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Nibali kingmaker

Civiglio 2017 level climbing by Carapaz, Nibali

Mythical 3rd week incoming

 

[JosephK]

What a shame for Roglič, a mechanical, Movistar pick up the pace, he gets back on, limits the damage to Nibali on the final meters of the climb, then he crashes and loses 40 seconds to the leaders. He didn't deserve that. Nibali again benefitting from someone else's misfortune.

But it looks like the shark has no answer for Carapaz. In the time trial, despite Nibali's strong performance, Carapaz was only a few seconds slower. Carapaz is the clear favorite, at this point.

 

[scapewalker]

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Carapaz was flying on the flat btw hahaha. This kid is in some serious shape.

Looked like he was going 5km/h faster than nibs. INSANE!

 

[WKA311]

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Vincenzo Nibali less strong than Richard Carapaz on the flat.

Unless voodoo, the race is over.

3rd week everything can change.

 

[Salvarani]

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Vincenzo Nibali less strong than Richard Carapaz on the flat.

Unless voodoo, the race is over.

Carapaz could run out of steam. It is an endurance race after all.

 

[Bolder]

Great final 50 km.

Roglic is very, very lucky to still be in the race. Think having to chase back -- exceptionally sticky bottle notwithstanding -- took too much energy. That crash could have done some real damage even though he wasn't going all that fast.

Yates again looked really strong. For the sake of the race I wish he hadn't bottled that second TT. Nibali did as expected and shows he's up for the win.

 

[Valv.Piti]

What a shame for Roglič, a mechanical, Movistar pick up the pace, he gets back on, limits the damage to Nibali on the final meters of the climb, then he crashes and loses 40 seconds to the leaders. He didn't deserve that. Nibali again benefitting from someone else's misfortune.

You are bound to have some misfortune through 3 weeks, especially when you don't have a team. And not only Nibali, but also Carapaz cashed in. Also lets not forget he was dropped in the first place.

 

[huge]

What a shame for Roglič, a mechanical, Movistar pick up the pace, he gets back on, limits the damage to Nibali on the final meters of the climb, then he crashes and loses 40 seconds to the leaders. He didn't deserve that. Nibali again benefitting from someone else's misfortune.

What ?

This is bike racing ...crashing , descending all part of the game...everyone wins and loses ..strange ...should they just sit up ??

Just ignore him.
Just trolling against Nibali.

Whoever has ridden a bike knows that a crash like Roglic's is only his own fault and has nothing at all to do with fortune.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Cataldo sits on for the entire climb, then has the nerve to get moody with Cattaneo sitting on him in the run-in.

Noticed that too. Cheeky ***

 

[Salvarani]

So Roglic will probably get a time penalty also?

 

[whittashau]

What a shame for Roglič, a mechanical, Movistar pick up the pace, he gets back on, limits the damage to Nibali on the final meters of the climb, then he crashes and loses 40 seconds to the leaders. He didn't deserve that. Nibali again benefitting from someone else's misfortune.

Yes, Nibali always has so much luck. So much so he literally got his back broken by a dumb fan's camera strap

 

[yetiyeti]

This a fun Giro - there are enough riders within striking distance that it's very much up in the air.

 

[HelloDolly]

Yates helped Carapaz on the flat