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

[Carols]

Alberto and Vince being buddies; I'm in heaven LOL

 

[Alexandre B.]

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Alberto and Vincenzo having a chat, just because.
Alberto still super thin.

He rode the Tour de l'Ain cyclo earlier today.

 

[silvergrenade]

Surprising that Contador is so fit even now.

 

[Ciddaman]

Roglic 6 seconda sticky bottle deserve a penalty for sure. I can't understand why Roglic choose to go on with Tolhoek's bike instead to change with his second one. He lose 40" to avoid a 10" loss...

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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Roglic 6 seconda sticky bottle deserve a penalty for sure. I can't understand why Roglic choose to go on with Tolhoek's bike instead to change with his second one. He lose 40" to avoid a 10" loss...

inexperience.

 

[HelloDolly]

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Roglic 6 seconda sticky bottle deserve a penalty for sure. I can't understand why Roglic choose to go on with Tolhoek's bike instead to change with his second one. He lose 40" to avoid a 10" loss...

Pressure , inexperience ?

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

Alberto and Vincenzo having a chat, just because.
Alberto still super thin.

He rode the Tour de l'Ain cyclo earlier today.

This is crazy. I wasn't paying attention and then thought, 'wait, was that Berto'. I thought I was hallucinating because he was in France this morning

 

[Red Rick]

Alberto to Vincenzo: "And that's why I skipped Lombardia so many times"

 

[Libertine Seguros]

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BTW Landa didnt look so hot today on the climb

Agreed, even looked like Pedrero dropped him at one point. Herculean ride from him, even the Giro's graphics said it was Héctor, but bib #6 is Pedrero and it does make more sense given Pedrero has been 5th on Acebo when domestiquing for Carapaz and had very creditable finishes on Sierra Nevada, Cumbre del Sol and Los Machucos in the 2017 Vuelta. They're going to rely a lot on Amador and Pedrero I think, Sütterlin and Rojas will handle the flats, Carretero and Más the middle part.

 

[sir fly]

Excellent ride by the breakaway duo. Unfortunately, only one of them could win.
Congrats to Cataldo.
What yesterday was just a hint, today became more visible. The second rest day coming right on time for Roglič.
In fact, only Nibali looks like he could continue like this without the rest day.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Surprising that Contador is so fit even now.

He still rides about 300 to 400 km per week, so not that surprising

 

[Mayomaniac]

Re: Re:

Roglic 6 seconda sticky bottle deserve a penalty for sure. I can't understand why Roglic choose to go on with Tolhoek's bike instead to change with his second one. He lose 40" to avoid a 10" loss...

inexperience.

I don't know if he made the call or if Rabofail convinced him to stay on the bike.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

Roglic 6 seconda sticky bottle deserve a penalty for sure. I can't understand why Roglic choose to go on with Tolhoek's bike instead to change with his second one. He lose 40" to avoid a 10" loss...

inexperience.

I don't know if he made the call or if Rabofail convinced him to stay on the bike.

I was thinking, if Roglic didn't think about changing, it could be inexperience. But the DS's should have guided him in this instance.

 

[Carols]

Re: Re:

Roglic 6 seconda sticky bottle deserve a penalty for sure. I can't understand why Roglic choose to go on with Tolhoek's bike instead to change with his second one. He lose 40" to avoid a 10" loss...

inexperience.

I don't know if he made the call or if Rabofail convinced him to stay on the bike.

Indeed, didn't his DS have the sense to say I have 'your bike' here right now? Panic by everyone I guess!

 

[Valv.Piti]

Yeah, Pedrero was the one pulling (white glasses and shoes) the group on Civiglio, while Carretero was the Movistar rider on Sormano (the blue/black shoes as the only rider and black glasses). Both are in great shape and will be able to help in the area of 20-30 riders left possibly taking shifts.

I think Nibs will have a hardtime overthrowing Carapaz and Movistar, but maybe Lopez and Yates can help. I think Roglic is all about minimizing losses at this point and hoping to stay in striking distance.

 

[Pirazziattacks]

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BTW Landa didnt look so hot today on the climb

Didn't work for Carapaz, got dropped, and then gave Roglic something to bridge over to on the climb. 10/10 :lol:

 

[Escarabajo]

Carapaz reminds me how Yates was dominating last year. Anything can happen, but I don't think Carapaz will crack. He looks more confident than Yates was at this point. It was probably that TT. The one for this year is too short and Carapaz looks to be on supreme form so I doubt that he will lose too much time on the TT.

 

[red_flanders]

You gotta love Nibali! What a fun bike racer to watch.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Not sure if anyone mentioned it yet, but Polanc did a great job limiting the damage today as well. I could see him in the top-10 at the end of the race with a bit of luck.

 

[Laplaz]

Carapaz said before the Giro that he wants to do better than last year (4.). I thought he was crazy, but he proved me wrong.

 

[red_flanders]

Just saw the Cataldo interview. Seems like a really nice guy, happy for him to win.

 

[Gigs_98]

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Carapaz reminds me how Yates was dominating last year. Anything can happen, but I don't think Carapaz will crack. He looks more confident than Yates was at this point. It was probably that TT. The one for this year is too short and Carapaz looks to be on supreme form so I doubt that he will lose too much time on the TT.

Then again carapaz doesn't look nearly as strong as Yates last year. Nibali didn't even try to follow his attacks on stage 13 and 14 and I doubt carapaz could have dropped Nibali today. In fact I think Nibali looked a bit stronger than him. Still fun times ahead. There are more comfy places to be than 1:40 in front of Nibali who is looking to get better and better.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Carapaz said before the Giro that he wants to do better than last year (4.). I thought he was crazy, but he proved me wrong.

I really wanted to see him against Bernal in this shape. Damn crash. And Tom for that matter

 

[Rollthedice]

Twitter says Roglic bike car just stopped to take a piss when the puncture happened. Rabofail strikes again?

 

[HelloDolly]

Wiggo I think has been drinking ....calling out many 'bad' DSs on ES

Also he is in love with Nibali by all accounts