Giro 2017, stage 16: Rovetta – Bormio 222 km

[Climbing]

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Some serious lack of balls detected a bit everywhere.

Maybe Oropa left a bigger effect than we think. Too afraid of a counter?

I guess but was thinking more about Nairo, after all he has team mates in front...

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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No offense to the Maglia Azzurra, but I don't really get why a rider of Landa's class is going for it. Desperation?

If he can get that and a couple of stage wins, from the position he's in, it's not such a bad Giro?

Who was first over Mortirolo?

 

[Irondan]

Well that was a rather anticlimactic Stelvio climb...

 

[46&twoWheels]

Landa went for the Cima Coppi because he was not allowed to go for Cima Scarponi.
Frustration?

 

[staubsauger]

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No offense to the Maglia Azzurra, but I don't really get why a rider of Landa's class is going for it. Desperation?

If he can get that and a couple of stage wins, from the position he's in, it's not such a bad Giro?

He should've won it in 2015 anyway. So nothing's wrong if he saves his 2017 Giro with the blue jersey!

 

[Rollthedice]

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Wasn't the idea to make Dumoulin tired?

What are Movistar doing?

Wainting foe Nairos attack that will never come.

 

[Eagle]

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No offense to the Maglia Azzurra, but I don't really get why a rider of Landa's class is going for it. Desperation?

If he can get that and a couple of stage wins, from the position he's in, it's not such a bad Giro?

Who was first over Mortirolo?

Luis Leon

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Just hope they all stay safe on the decent so we can have a fight on the next climb. Quite disappointed at the moment.

 

[glassmoon]

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No offense to the Maglia Azzurra, but I don't really get why a rider of Landa's class is going for it. Desperation?

If he can get that and a couple of stage wins, from the position he's in, it's not such a bad Giro?

Who was first over Mortirolo?

Lulu, as a courtesy of Fraile and Landa - it was a Cima Scarponi.

 

[Mr.White]

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If Quintana does not attack is because he is not feeling very strong now!

I would attack with one leg if I was him, with 3 men up front and such deficit to Dumoulin. He doesn't have a heart of a champion...

 

[Escarabajo]

LOL. Movistar showed their cards. They should have let Anacona come back to the leaders group.

 

[Ataraxus]

Quick Step killing it?

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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No offense to the Maglia Azzurra, but I don't really get why a rider of Landa's class is going for it. Desperation?

If he can get that and a couple of stage wins, from the position he's in, it's not such a bad Giro?

Who was first over Mortirolo?

Lulu, as a courtesy of Fraile and Landa - it was a Cima Scarponi.

That sounds like a nice gesture. Good to hear

 

[Escarabajo]

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If Quintana does not attack is because he is not feeling very strong now!

I would attack with one leg if I was him, with 3 men up front and such deficit to Dumoulin. He doesn't have a heart of a champion...

Correct, but that is not his personality. He is also relying on attrition for all the remaining of the stages.

 

[PremierAndrew]

What's nibali doing? Doesn't get much better than the Stelvio descent to gain time if you need to gain 6 minutes on someone

 

[Irondan]

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If Quintana does not attack is because he is not feeling very strong now!

I would attack with one leg if I was him, with 3 men up front and such deficit to Dumoulin. He doesn't have a heart of a champion...

Nairo has a history of not attacking until the last moment, this is no different. As much as everyone wants a Contador style raid through the mountains it will never happen with Nairo Quintana.

 

[Gigs_98]

Movistar has three men up the road, Dumoulin one...
Movistar: Let's not attack, too risky, there is at least a 5% chance that attack wouldn't be successful.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Grow balls, Nairo.

 

[webvan]

What happened with Anacona was rather strange...you don't see that very often !

 

[Rollthedice]

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What's nibali doing? Doesn't get much better than the Stelvio descent to gain time if you need to gain 6 minutes on someone

He has nobody in front, there's a valley coming.

 

[SafeBet]

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What's nibali doing? Doesn't get much better than the Stelvio descent to gain time if you need to gain 6 minutes on someone

And then ride alone for 70 km?
Again, with such a weak team, his only strategy is riding defensively and be opportunistic in the finale.

 

[deValtos]

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What happened with Anacona was rather strange...you don't see that very often !

It's interesting because it means that the Movistar DS's and Quintana were diasgreeing on tactics and not communicating that well with each other.

 

[PremierAndrew]

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What's nibali doing? Doesn't get much better than the Stelvio descent to gain time if you need to gain 6 minutes on someone

He has nobody in front, there's a valley coming.

Well he's not winning the Giro like this either

 

[SeriousSam]

Perhaps Quintana just doesn't feel that good today. It's not like he's immune to having worse days

 

[Gigs_98]

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What's nibali doing? Doesn't get much better than the Stelvio descent to gain time if you need to gain 6 minutes on someone

Probably he doesn't want to attack because he has no teammates in front? Maybe that makes sense since Nairo would probably call his teammates back if Nibali becomes a big danger for him. Still a bit disappointing.