Giro 2017, stage 17: Tirano - Canazei 219 km

[Orbit501]

How bizarre.

 

[DNP-Old]

Gaviria for his 5th in a bunch sprint if those 3 will really form the break of the day.

 

[klintE]

BTW, this would an excellent stage for G Thomas.

 

[Orbit501]

This is better, some action going on behind after all now.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Re:

Not sure what to expect. Gut feeling is that the GC teams will want a break.

"Gut feeling" and "wanting a break" should be phrases under a moratorium after yesterday's events.

 

[Eagle]

Michal Schlegel (CCC Sprandi Polkowice), Giulio Ciccone (Bardiani-CSF), Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing) and Julen Amezqueta (Wilier-Selle Italia) in between now

 

[saganist]

bahrain-merida pushing

 

[The Barb]

Ridiculous. It's like Stage 4 when the break was destined to win but hardly anyone interested. Today there's a great chance at a stage win and only 3 teams can be bothered. Makes no sense.

 

[Orbit501]

Nibs' team working now. This could be another epic Bergamo stage again. Here's hoping.

 

[DNP-Old]

Bahrein wants to test Dumo it seems.

 

[WheelofGear]

Re:

Nibs' team working now. This could be another epic Bergamo stage again. Here's hoping.

Sounds good. I would like to see Nibali try something today.

These semi-hard stages late in the race suit him.

 

[klintE]

Dumoulin in TT mode in last 30 km should be able to drop someone.
If he's okay after yesterday problems

 

[Eagle]

Huge group after getting away now

 

[Dukerojo]

Anyone with a good link?

 

[DanielSong39]

Luis Leon Sanchez for the win?

 

[capuldemetal]

https://www.firstonetv.eu/Live/France/L%27Équipe-21-27

in french.no live images yet

 

[Eagle]

40 man chase group behind the front 3, no names yet

 

[saganist]

Valerio Agnoli (Bahrain-Merida), Ben Gastauer, Quentin Jaurégui (Ag2r La Mondiale), Jesper Hansen (Astana), Enrico Barbin, Lorenzo Rota (Bardiani-CSF), Tejay Van Garderen, Manuel Senni, Francisco Ventoso (BMC Racing), Jan Barta, José Mendes (Bora-hansgrohe), Michael Woods (Cannondale-Drapac), Felix Grosschartner, Lukasz Owsian, Branislau Samoilau, Michal Schelgel (CCC Sprandi Polkowice), Jérémy Roy (FDJ), Maxime Monfort (Lotto Soudal), Gorka Izagirre, Rory Sutherland (Movistar), Christopher Juul-Jensen (Orica-Scott), Laurens De Plus, Dries Devenyns (Quick-Step Floors), Natnael Berhane, Omar Fraile, Jacques Janse Van Rensburg, Kristian Sbaragli, Daniel Teklehaimanot (Dimension Data), Martijn Keizer (LottoNL-Jumbo), Salvatore Puccio (Team Sky), Simon Geschke (Team Sunweb), Peter Stetina (Trek-Segafredo), Rui Costa, Valerio Conti, Jan Polanc (UAE Team Emirates), Julen Amezqueta, Matteo Busato, Ilya Koshevoy (Wilier-Selle Italia)

 

[DenisMenchov]

So whole Dimension Data is in the break?

 

[Anderis]

Will DDD control things within the break to have Sparagli sprinting for victory?

 

[starlord]

It seems only Russians are not present.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Re:

It seems only Russians are not present.

Pavel Brutt is at the front.

 

[Jagartrott]

Obvious Monfort win is obvious.

 

[starlord]

Re: Re:

It seems only Russians are not present.

Pavel Brutt is at the front.

Yeah, my bad. Interestingly, only one Astana guy.

 

[Anderis]

Ventoso, Sbaragli, Puccio, Geschke and Conti look like the best bets for me.