Giro 2017, stage 14: Castellania – Oropa 131 km

[sir fly]

Quintana will be spending lots of energy next week.
More than he's been intending to.

 

[deValtos]

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Dumo to win the stage.

Climb suits him down to the ground.

 

[GraftPunk]

I think we're just being trolled this year.

 

[kingjr]

Pantani still much faster

 

[red_flanders]

Wow, interesting tactics and beast mode display from Dumoulin!

 

[meat puppet]

Luckily he warms down. That explains it

 

[Carols]

Major Tom!!!! OH MY Goodness!!!! Rampaging....breaks them all on a mountain!!
Shades of Indurain . Well Done Tom!!

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Whatever happens in the rest of the Giro, Dumoulin is now a serious contender for GTs.

That whole climb must have been unbelievably demoralising for Quintana. He even forgot his poker face on a couple of occasions when he looked back to see the pink giant lumbering after him relentlessly.

 

[SlickMongoose]

Yates took a good chunk of time over Jungels. Best Young Rider is probably his target now.

 

[Arredondo]

Such a shame Landa is out for GC.

He shows today he's one of the best climbers in the world!

 

[Sciocco]

Dumoulin to attack on Montirolo and win the stages by 8 minutes.

 

[Hayabusa]

Nevermind the double, if Quintana keeps riding like that he's going to end up emptyhanded this year.

 

[spalco]

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WHAT A BEAST! He really is the strongest guy in the race atm.

So smart too, absolutely perfectly measured his effort.

 

[benzwire]

Tom D. rode a really steady, controlled pace. Most said this type of climb favored him also. We'll see if he maintains next week. Hopefully Nibali will hit his peak and he and Quintana can challenge Tom.

 

[70kmph]

Classic stuff

 

[Brullnux]

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I said million times!!! This guy is the real deal, i say since day one, dumoulin will be the major threat to quintana

I thought you said Pinot was going to be?

We have a new Froome!

And he doesn't come from GB!!

VAI TOM!!! VAI!!!!

Nationalism at its finest

 

[hfer07]

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Holy ****, Dumoulin beats Quintana for the stage win on **** Oropa.

Who would've bet on that?

In all fairness- the whole stage with that kind of Climb suited Dumoulin like a globe- but to destroy the climbers without remorse was out of this world

 

[Climbing]

Nibali usual old mistakes, though there isn't much to do against this beast.

 

[Screecher]

Dumoulin is mightily impressive on those lower gradients. When it gets really steep he can´t follow Quintana, but he can gradually bring him back.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Nibali lost 43 seconds on what, 1,5 km? Quintana lost 14 seconds in *** 300 metres.

Amazing Tom, amazing!

 

[kingjr]

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Wow, interesting tactics and beast mode display from Dumoulin!

Froomoulin

 

[Tonton]

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WHAT A BEAST! He really is the strongest guy in the race atm.

- Good recovery by Pinot, Mollema destroyed

This.

Fantastic Dumoulin. Great stage finale.

 

[SeriousSam]

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What just happened? WTF!

Dumoulin is a beast!!!!!!!!!

it happened what already happened when he beat Froome in the Vuelta 2015. This kind of stages are good for him.

Good point.

Quintana was never going to break Dumoulin on a 20 min w/kg showdown, the road to victory for Quintana was always a multi-mountain stage with much more climbing, much more attrition.

But Dumoulin gained some valuable seconds today.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Movistar are going to have to go berserk from the first bump on multi-climb stages to isolate Dumoulin right from the start.

 

[dfromdub]

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Nibali usual old mistakes, though there isn't much to do against this beast.

I don't know... It looked to me like Nibs didn't really have it to stay with the other guys