Giro 2017, stage 18: Moena - Ortisei 137 km

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meat puppet said:
Don't see dumoulin losing much. It is simply the most efficient to just TT up the climbs, and this becomes more pronounced in the era of powermeters as long as the chaser does not panic and just keeps pushing the w/kg target programmed to his computer.
Actually Dumoulin stopped riding with the power meter function on in races because he likes it more to ride on 'feeling'
 
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Dekker_Tifosi said:
meat puppet said:
Don't see dumoulin losing much. It is simply the most efficient to just TT up the climbs, and this becomes more pronounced in the era of powermeters as long as the chaser does not panic and just keeps pushing the w/kg target programmed to his computer.
Actually Dumoulin stopped riding with the power meter function on in races because he likes it more to ride on 'feeling'
Didnt know that, kudos to him! In general, the point is valid though
 
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meat puppet said:
Quintana would have been caught if he went alone. I know the idea is appealing and romantic, but getting caught is the realistic outcome.
You say romantic; I say ludicrous. Rooted in the same physics that lords over comic books and romance novels in bookstores near you. Getting caught and passed would be the inevitable outcome.