2019 Giro d'Italia Stage 16: Lovere - Ponte di Legno 194 km

[Red Rick]

Nibali keeps tactically blundering

 

[Scarponi]

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Nibali looked fresh as a daisy, there's still hope.
Look out tomorrow after an harsh day.

He should have put a bit more into the attack then

 

[Carols]

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Nibali looked fresh as a daisy at the finish line

Good he still has to get rid of Carapaz

 

[Escarabajo]

What is going on with Lopez. That performance is the weirdest thing since Froome!

 

[JosephK]

Re: 2019 Giro d'Italia Stage 16: Lovere - Ponte di Legno 194

Roglic not fully cracked, but best hope is probably for 3rd on this Giro. Podium is not a lock, either.

 

[Simurgh]

Nibali looked like he wanted to rip Hugh's head off at the line

 

[IndianCyclist]

When Ciccone completely eclipsed his leader Mollema

 

[LaFlorecita]

Legendary ride by Ciccone - love it

 

[IndianCyclist]

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What is going on with Lopez. That performance is the weirdest thing since Froome!

too cold i think

 

[Poursuivant]

Landa very strong today.

 

[Escarabajo]

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Congrats to Ciccone!

Motorpacing today was just pathetic.The literllay stole the Giro today from Roglič.

Come on. Give us a break. He lost it on his own.

 

[HelloDolly]

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So the answers are getting revealed:

Nibs vs Carapaz

anybody else is fighting for 3rd

Not imo ...
Nibaki V Landa

Thought Carapaz was losing wheel today on climb

 

[Carols]

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Roglic not fully cracked, but best hope is probably for 3rd on this Giro. Podium is not a lock, either.

I sure hope he podiums. He'll have done it against tremendous odds. Crappy team support and crappy team Car support, 2 crashes and a bad stomach.

 

[King Boonen]

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No team cars behind the Carapaz/Nibs group, so gap is probably short to Roglic.

It is plenty of cars behind

No TEAM cars dude - which means the gap is less than a minute

You're wrong. He's 1'20" behind.

Too many posts to follow properly, but the ones I saw seemed to align with what I thought the likely gaps were.

 

[Ataraxus]

With Gavia, things would have been a bit different.

 

[Carols]

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Congrats to Ciccone!

Motorpacing today was just pathetic.The literllay stole the Giro today from Roglič.

Come on. Give us a break. He lost it on his own.

Nah his team and even his team car all let him down

 

[fuiers]

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Roglic not fully cracked, but best hope is probably for 3rd on this Giro. Podium is not a lock, either.

Landa is close but I think he will not crack that bad and if he drops from podium in the mountains he will gain back time in the TT.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Roglic wasn't strong enough. Not even with Movistar team at his back would he have pink today.

As it was obvious in Romandie, Roglic peaked too early.

 

[Poursuivant]

Didn’t someone give Ciccone a jacket at the top of Mortirolo and he threw it away in a rage cos it had a bottle in?

 

[Escarabajo]

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What is going on with Lopez. That performance is the weirdest thing since Froome!

too cold i think

Most likely. Getting dropped on the flat when he looked strong on the climb looks like he got very cold.

 

[SafeBet]

Roglic had troubles following the group he was with on the false flat. I'm not sure he will recover from this, looks to be fading.

 

[Mayomaniac]

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What is going on with Lopez. That performance is the weirdest thing since Froome!

Probably got a hunger knock or too cold on the descent because he wasn't wearing a jacket.
What a win for Ciccone, he deserved to win a big stage.

 

[Climbing]

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What is going on with Lopez. That performance is the weirdest thing since Froome!

too cold i think

Most likely. Getting dropped on the flat when he looked strong on the climb looks like he got very cold.

A bit of the same problem Carapaz had when they the flat after the descent, you have to cover yourself it's cycling 101!
Moviestar slowed a bit, then he looked fine after a while, but you can't get those risks!

 

[F_Cance]

Good that they didn't do Gavia. Not sure if the stage would have been that good with Gavia.


Grande Ciccone. So deserved.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Unless Roglic somehow bounces back, which i think is unlikely, then Landa could still finish on the podium. Actually, with todays rain, and Carapaz visually hurting due to cold and rain (and not getting a jacket), i wouldn't be surprised if he gets sick the next few days.