Giro 2017, stage 12: Forlì – Reggio Emilia 229 km

[Laplaz]

Really not bad by Mareczko!

 

[Irondan]

Wow, Gaviria is something really special!

Can't wait till he hit's the Tour...

 

[Valv.Piti]

Too easy for Gaviria, he will win again tomorrow barring accidents I think. Orica and Ewan needs to at least give themselves a chance t win, horrible showing.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Great train from Bora... only to leave Selig out front too early at the end, so Bennett got swamped. If they had timed that 150 metres later it would have been old school HTC stuff. Zhupa was a bit unfortunate to try a Postlberger just as Postlberger hit the front.

By contrast, OPQS had little in the way of a dominant train but a great lead out and sprint. Their "train" used the Bora one to great effect.

 

[Akuryo]

Already 80 points lead for the jersey ...

 

[movingtarget]

Ewan seemed to get lost again the last 500 metres or so.

 

[Samamba]

Re:

Wow, Gaviria is something really special!

Can't wait till he hit's the Tour...

It's not like he needs to do a lot with that leadout train.

 

[Rollthedice]

Richeze, grande. Gaviria is good, it's nice to be a sprinter at QS.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Greipel was awful today, Lotto did a good job but he messed up completely by ignoring them.

 

[Akuryo]

Already 80 point lead for the jersey ... and still so humble. Just said that he may have the most victories in the Giro but Greipel is the best sprinter in the race.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Greipel somehow managed to mess up his leadout again. He needs to be more cool and follow his teammates, like when Hofland went to the front. No wonder Gaviria wins, when he's got such great trust in his leadout train and cleverly folloes Richeze around everywhere he goes.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Looks like Yates made the front group and gains a few seconds on the rest.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Petacchi is doing a good job with Gaviria, you noticed how he was adjusting his hair in the camera lens at that interview? Not bad, Nando!

 

[fowlyetti]

Re:

Looks like Yates made the front group and gains a few seconds on the rest.

Yeh, 6 seconds. This changes everything for him

 

[Akuryo]

Re:

Petacchi is doing a good job with Gaviria, you noticed how he was adjusting his hair in the camera lens at that interview? Not bad, Nando!

He already lives in Petacchis house, might as well copy the hair

 

[Samamba]

Re:

Greipel somehow managed to mess up his leadout again. He needs to be more cool and follow his teammates, like when Hofland went to the front. No wonder Gaviria wins, when he's got such great trust in his leadout train and cleverly folloes Richeze around everywhere he goes.

Greipel forgot his balls in Germany, not the first time.
Let's hope he brings them to the Tour because no way he's gonna beat Kittel like this.

 

[hfer07]

Gavi just smoked them out for the 3rd time

any doubts still?
too over hyped still?

 

[Pricey_sky]

Thomas loses another 30 seconds

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re:

Thomas loses another 30 seconds

How did he manage that?

 

[Frosty]

Beaten to it!

Sky weren't that far back with about 15-20k to go but lost out a lot as they were on the wrong side of that big roundabout with about 10km to go. I guess they then ended up on the wrong side of a late split in the peloton - a few Sky riders were really going hard towards the end passing dropped riders

 

[WheelofGear]

Gaps between the groups? Look like it.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Re: Re:

Thomas loses another 30 seconds

How did he manage that?

Said he was suffering with his injuries yesterday, spotted a couple of Sky riders in the main bunch at the end so wasn't as if they were all riding full gas to limit his losses, maybe stage hunting week 3?

 

[WheelofGear]

Re: Re:

Thomas loses another 30 seconds

How did he manage that?

Hard effort in the TT + swelling limps?

 

[WheelofGear]

Pozzovivo gains time on Kangert on a flat stage!

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re: Re:

Thomas loses another 30 seconds

How did he manage that?

Said he was suffering with his injuries yesterday, spotted a couple of Sky riders in the main bunch at the end so wasn't as if they were all riding full gas to limit his losses, maybe stage hunting week 3?

If he's in that much trouble it makes their decision to pull back Deignan yesterday seem bizarre. Surely at some point soon they have to do as you suggest and just go all out for stages. Let Thomas rest up and ditch about quarters of an hour on GC to set him up for the last week.