Giro 2017, stage 17: Tirano - Canazei 219 km

[Squirbos_19]

Montfort and Polanc potentially moving up a lot in GC today.

 

[WheelofGear]

Polanc to ride into top 10 today?

He is fighting with Formolo, Yates and Jungels for the young rider's jersey.

 

[WheelofGear]

Polanc is "4th" now.

 

[Nirvana]

Raisport still confusing Javi Moreno with Dani Moreno

 

[Anderis]

Re:

Raisport still confusing Javi Moreno with Dani Moreno

Polish Eurosport were confusing Sam Bennett and George Bennett all the time.

 

[Ricco']

UAE have Costa, Conti and Polanc in the chasing group and Mohoric at the front and I still don't see them near the front, even with Polanc now cracking the top-10.

 

[WheelofGear]

Re:

Polanc is "4th" now.

Sorry, didn't saw the riders up front.

The large group is still almost 4 minutes behind the leaders.

 

[klintE]

Re:

Polanc is "4th" now.

nope
He had almost 10 minutes to 4th Pinot
Chase group has ~6 minutes on peloton now
So he is virtually 9th just before SK and Yates

 

[WheelofGear]

Re: Re:

Polanc is "4th" now.

nope
He had almost 10 minutes to 4th Pinot
Chase group has ~6 minutes on peloton now

Check out my latest post.

 

[glassmoon]

Re: Re:

Polanc is "4th" now.

nope
He had almost 10 minutes to 4th Pinot
Chase group has ~6 minutes on peloton now

Check out my latest post.

eurosport ca tracker puts him 9:26 ahead of the pink group (peloton)

 

[klintE]

See it now. Anyway, his case is making this race more interesting

 

[Eagle]

Rolland seems to be waiting for the chase group

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Re:

Rolland's poor descending might have cost him the chance to win a stage with no descents in the last 140km...

 

[Mr.White]

Re:

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

To drop how? In TT mode? On a 2-3% gradient? Ain't gonna happen...

 

[Ikbengodniet]

Group is too big, nobody is willing to ride at the moment.

 

[SafeBet]

Teams put 4-5 riders in the break and then don't work. Mohoric and Brutt can go all the way if they don't start chasing seriously.

 

[glassmoon]

Brutt cracks

 

[capuldemetal]

brutt is done

 

[Nirvana]

It's the first time i'm watching the stage on Rai channels because i'm not at home so i can't watch Eurosport.
For almost an hour the live coverage was interrupted (since they shifted from Raisport to Rai2) to show an horrible talk show "about" the Giro, something terrible.

 

[woodburn]

Izaguirre trying to whittle down the chase.

 

[glassmoon]

Nairo drunk

 

[woodburn]

This thread is as bored as the peleton. Nairo almost fell off after trying to throw away bottle.

 

[SafeBet]

So Polanc now has a 10 minutes gap. Virtual 4th in GC.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Update? I dont know whats going on at all

 

[Frankschleck]

Will it come down to a sprint, or are the better climbers able to just tire everyone up on these small precentages?