Giro 2017, stage 18: Moena - Ortisei 137 km

[Forever The Best]

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Where is Dumoulins tandem partner, Ten Dam?

Just dropped
Nibali and Quintana should go on this climb. Imo they should have gone even earlier.

 

[sir fly]

We're in the zone of action, I'm guessing.

 

[vcampbell]

Re: Re:

Where is Dumoulins tandem partner, Ten Dam?

Dropped.

Stream just shown it after I asked.

 

[jsem94]

TD isolated now. Let's see if someone tries to put pressure.

 

[SlickMongoose]

Attack, attack, attack. Force Tom to work.

 

[spalco]

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If Dumoulin actually wins this race, with this kind of team support, it would be one of the most impressive performances in recent memory imo.

 

[meat puppet]

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Finally Movistar doing something.

Well, they are positioning the pawns, which is good. but that's it until nq comes out to play.

 

[Forever The Best]

So they are making a train up these climbs? Seriously?
Their gains if they go on Pontives will be minimal, if any.

 

[Escarabajo]

Here it comes!

 

[Pricey_sky]

Jungles in big trouble for the white jersey!

 

[WheelofGear]

Jungels very very far behind.

 

[spalco]

Not even really a peloton anymore, maybe 20 left or something?

 

[Pricey_sky]

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Not even really a peloton anymore, maybe 20 left or something?

I counted 17.

 

[SlickMongoose]

Attaaaaaaaaaaaack!

 

[python]

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that was my recollection too - about 10 seconds or so. also if memory serves me right - i had not seen any official intermediate results - dumo was behind nibs/quintana about 1:20 by the last hilltop in that stage 16 and about 2:15 or so at the finish...

all from my recallection of the on-screen timing. which sometimes is crazy due to ceing fed from the gps updates...

No, as far as I remember, Dumoulin lost a bunch on the last 1 or 2 km of the ascent and then kept the gap stable down into the finish.

it is not easy to approximate accurately the timing gaps...when nibs attacked with 2 km to go, only quintana could follow. zak and pozzo were gapped with zak eventually bridging back before the topping. so i recall it was the 3 with the same time crossing the top. the on screen timing was not easy to read b/c they did not update all that often. yes, i agree, the last couple km to the top tom was losing more and more seconds. so perhaps 1:20 was the marker when it started to grow.

yet i do not recall it ever growing to over 2 minutes, while tom lost definately more than 2 minutes at the finish.

that is - he was descending slower than nibs and quintana...

 

[MantanaB6]

Does anyone have a working stream for the US? Just got booted off mine right before the action begins...

 

[WheelofGear]

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Jungels very very far behind.

Adam needs to put some more pressure on the GC group. The white jersey is within reach.

 

[Vroome.exe]

I think Jungels had a mechanical

 

[King Boonen]

Quintana marking Tam, Tam should let Nibali go if he attacks and call his bluff.

 

[DBotero]

I'm tired of that woman screaming in the background of the English stream.Any stream in other language,not geo-restricted?

 

[lenric]

Movi* over, group dismantled. Idiots.

 

[Inquitus]

This tops out with 51.7km to go, so about 4km of climbing left for the leaders.

 

[Dukerojo]

Nairo is alone in the group

 

[Arredondo]

Quintana bloody useless rider

 

[SlickMongoose]

Attack ffs.