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Or stage 22 might fit them well!
That is strange logic. You could have have said they can peak later better. But they got dropped. And not because they wanted to.
I thought there would be bigger gaps in GC considering the weather conditions - Except for Almeida and Bennett there were no disasters on GC.
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Whoever is surprised by Almeida should have seen last Giro that he is no natural born climber. He can hang on, but he is no Contador / Landa / Vlasov / Bernal. He has a very good TT and is relatively light but that's it.
Evenepoel could be the same kind of rider, but because he hung on until long, we still don't know, it was an atypical day with the rain, and guys like Evenepoel not in top racing shape suffer more in those circumstances. The fact that Yates wasn't there as well, should be more shocking to the Evenepoel doubters.
It's clear Bernal is showing signs of the 'old' Bernal. I really hope so at least. Vlasov is my dark horse, and I hope Landa keeps attacking, and Carthy stays in the mix as well. We are up to a great Giro it seems.
Evenepoel could be the same kind of rider, but because he hung on until long, we still don't know, it was an atypical day with the rain, and guys like Evenepoel not in top racing shape suffer more in those circumstances. The fact that Yates wasn't there as well, should be more shocking to the Evenepoel doubters.
It's clear Bernal is showing signs of the 'old' Bernal. I really hope so at least. Vlasov is my dark horse, and I hope Landa keeps attacking, and Carthy stays in the mix as well. We are up to a great Giro it seems.
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Let's hope his contract at his new team has been signed already.
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It's a funny comment, but everyone starts somewhere. What fun would it be not to make predictions and just analyse results in hindsight?
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He rode for BMC for many years, that's probably the reason why.De Marchi's English is surprisingly good for an Italian
At all Portuguese, there is no need to apologize on behalf of your people, fans are the same everywhere. You should have seen the German forums during peak Ullrich years I just posted this out of impulse because I was stunned at how openly he was wishing someone harm
I just posted this out of impulse because I was stunned at how openly he was wishing someone harm
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yeah but then... why is he at the Giro?
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It's the Lanterne Rouge jinx. Still thinking of how they persistently, though jokingly, entertained Roglic losing the leader's jersey due to an accident before the final PN stage..
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Yes, this is my take. I don't really think Bennett is a GC rider; more like a good mountain domestique.
I didn't think Almeida would crack -- lose some time, maybe. But I actually think DQS is glad that the leadership issue is settled so early. Almeida and Masnada can work for Remco now; if Remco isn't ready to challenge for GC then they all can hunt stages.
The rest of the GC riders looked fine; Bernal needed to take back some time today, although he might have showed more than he wanted to -- his form looked really, really good. He might also have been testing his back, too.
Dombrowski raced strong and smart. Chapeau bas!
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Because he likes high mountains and hard mountain stages and there isn't a gt that has those and nice weather. The Tour also features more kms of ITT...
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He is far from not being an attacker. He usually attacks when his shape is good. He did so back in the Vuelta, in the Dauphines hes been riding for GC before focussing on the Tour, he did it at Basque Country etc.
It's just that he can't do it often because he lacks the explosiveness and needs to choose his moments right, to not get closed down immediately with ease by others.
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It's a good result, but not great for Evenepoel. I don't think there's a way to bend this into him being the main favorite for the GC.It's a funny comment, but everyone starts somewhere. What fun would it be not to make predictions and just analyse results in hindsight?
If anything Evenepoel has typically more excelled on the short stuff than on the big climbs.
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Hard stage in the conditions and some surprising climbs. Nice win for Dombrowski. I thought the two leaders were going to hang on but the final climb was too much for them. Landa and Bernal looking pretty good.
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I know, but Ganna is riding for Ineos a couple of years and the difference between the two is noticeable
To be fair, Moscon is a superb one-day racer and Sivakov has not looked his sharpest since the Dauphine last year. I'm not sure Martinez is here for GC so maybe he didn't go all out?
moscon is on a good form from trentino, also he (like Bettiol who also did well today) is a classics guy, he probably felt good in tough conditions
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