2019 Giro d'Italia, stage 7: Vasto - L'Aquila 185 km

[SafeBet]

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UAE might as well chug Ulissi in the breakaway.

That would be the perfect scenario for a fuga bidone. UAE doesn't chase, nobody else takes responsability and Ulissi ends up with a 15 minutes advantage on the top GC guys.

Let me dream of L'Aquila 2.0

 

[Jagartrott]

Bakelants will try to be in the break, I'm sure. He has unfinished business in L'Aquila - he crashed en route to victory in 2010, ending up 10th.

 

[RedheadDane]

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I am goingfor Jens Bakelants or Gianluca Brambilla from the break

Jan's brother?
Didn't know he was in the race.
Didn't even know Jan Bakelants has a brother.

 

[Laplaz]

Conti to go in the break again, à la Van Avermaet

 

[Laplaz]

Big fight for the breakaway today

 

[Cookster15]

Classic breakaway parcours and race situation. GC teams need to keep an eye on time gaps to ensure nothing silly is allowed .

 

[King Boonen]

Hard start.

 

[Laplaz]

50.6 km in the first hour, not bad

 

[IndianCyclist]

Ackermann will easily win the points jersey if he reaches the end of the Giro

 

[Laplaz]

Gaviria DNF

 

[King Boonen]

Gaviria abandons.

 

[King Boonen]

Break possibly forming..?

 

[Climbing]

TBM not happy with the break?!

 

[King Boonen]

Waiting to see who's out front, but UAE and Bahrain Merida look to be working to bring it back.

 

[Rollthedice]

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TBM not happy with the break?!

There are a few Astanas and MS there I think.

 

[King Boonen]

The break is attacking itself, trying to shake someone who's up on GC?

 

[Sestriere]

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Gaviria abandons.

Anybody knows if he got ill or did the team possibly decide the Maglia Rosa was priority no. 1 now, so he went home? Doesn't really make sense otherwise as there are still three sprint stages ahead of the mountains.

 

[Laplaz]

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TBM not happy with the break?!

Nope. Bilbao, Izaguirre and Carthy in it.

 

[King Boonen]

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Gaviria abandons.

Anybody knows if he got ill or did the team possibly decide the Maglia Rosa was priority no. 1 now, so he went home? Doesn't really make sense otherwise as there are still three sprint stages ahead of the mountains.

No news so far.

 

[Climbing]

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TBM not happy with the break?!

There are a few Astanas and MS there I think.

Oh yeah, I guess Bilbao.

 

[King Boonen]

Didn't catch the whole group, but the ones I did were strong. Already got a minute, might be too strong for TBM and UAE to pull back.

 

[Salvarani]

Bilbao and Nieve in the break

 

[King Boonen]

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Gaviria abandons.

Anybody knows if he got ill or did the team possibly decide the Maglia Rosa was priority no. 1 now, so he went home? Doesn't really make sense otherwise as there are still three sprint stages ahead of the mountains.

No news so far.

Apparently he has pain in his left knee.

 

[Climbing]

Well, exciting stuff, could come out an hard stage, let's see!

 

[Amazinmets87]

Biggest GC threats in the break?