They know that Ineos has the lead so the break has 150% chance of winning today.
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Contador: "See, that's me. I won the Giro, do you believe me now?"
"Were you under par, 'Pa?"
Incredible how many teams were seemingly asleep when this group went, difficult to turn it around now .
"Any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up today is a bum."
We do it because we can get away with it.
If this sticks and the peloton gives them 10 minutes, it's almost impossible to see Bouwman losing it unless he crashes.
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Bouwman hasn't even been good in the last few breaks, he might drop 10 minutes himself.
Isn't that what they also said about a jumbo rider on stage 19 six years ago?
Not sure about that one, the final climb is short enough that the winning move could go before it. Also, Bouwman will be a lot more tired than someone like Schmid who's spent half the race in the grupetto looking after Cavendish.
Yeah but Kolovrat is too hard for rouleurs to have a gap before the final climb.
This break is awful. As if teams are actively trying to not win a stage
Okay, I'm gonna go full PWU here
But I expect a stalemate on GC cause Hindley suddenly trusts his ITT only to lose it by 25s to Carapaz in the final ITT.
But I expect a stalemate on GC cause Hindley suddenly trusts his ITT only to lose it by 25s to Carapaz in the final ITT.
As it stands, the podium will be Carapaz, Hindley and Landa. All three riders have finished in their respective positions on the podium in previous Giros (i.e. Carapaz 2019, Hindley 2020, Landa 2015).
The last time this happened in a Grand Tour was the 2014 Vuelta (Contador, Froome, Valverde). In the Giro, the last time this occured was 1968, when Merckx triumphed ahead of Vittorio Adorni and Felice Gimondi.
Obviously this is rare but especially so in the Giro, the Grand Tour with the most varied startlist from year to year, and where the defending champion tends not to show up in recent years.
For reference, the last time this happened in the Tour was 2001, when Armstrong, Ullrich and Beloki repeated the previous year's podium.
The last time this happened in a Grand Tour was the 2014 Vuelta (Contador, Froome, Valverde). In the Giro, the last time this occured was 1968, when Merckx triumphed ahead of Vittorio Adorni and Felice Gimondi.
Obviously this is rare but especially so in the Giro, the Grand Tour with the most varied startlist from year to year, and where the defending champion tends not to show up in recent years.
For reference, the last time this happened in the Tour was 2001, when Armstrong, Ullrich and Beloki repeated the previous year's podium.
Guys, Kolovrat is brutal. It's like 10 km of 9%+.
A classics rider like Schmid should lose at least 2 minutes at the top to Bouwman. I'd give Attila Valter a slightly better chance, If I had to name a rival.
A classics rider like Schmid should lose at least 2 minutes at the top to Bouwman. I'd give Attila Valter a slightly better chance, If I had to name a rival.
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