Giro 2017, stage 18: Moena - Ortisei 137 km

[Escarabajo]

Shut!! Dumo!!

What a beast!!

 

[Andro]

Re:

I still lol at how the Giro handed Porte a 3min penalty for having a rider from another team changing the wheel but a dude from another team like cataldo riding on the front for another rider .... :lol:

Because in this case you can always make the argument that Cataldo is pulling for his own chances of winning the stage. You couldn't make that argument with someone giving a wheel away.

 

[Rollthedice]

Only a ****storm can stop Tom.

 

[Vasilis]

It's funny how people applaud Cataldo for working with Nibali, while they attack any team for working with any Sky rider ever.

 

[Mr.White]

Dumoulin really strong, they need to try again

 

[Ikbengodniet]

Is this all movistar can do.. Dumoulin will smoke them on the last climb.

 

[lenric]

Re:

I still lol at how the Giro handed Porte a 3min penalty for having a rider from another team changing the wheel but a dude from another team like cataldo riding on the front for another rider .... :lol:

They're both italian. That's the reason.

 

[vcampbell]

No escape from Dumoulin, especially not after the diarrhea-gate.

 

[Irondan]

I must have a long delay in my telecast...

 

[Kwibus]

Re:

Doms set too slow a pace, we'll see what that took out of Dumoulin I guess

Indeed. Still 50km to go.

 

[dgodave]

Yikes! fast downhill!

 

[IndianCyclist]

Now the entire strategy of putting men is the break is destroyed

 

[DBotero]

Great ride for Dumoulin until now.I hope he can keep it at this level.

 

[Andro]

Amador and Anacona went too slow and allowed Tom back. Damn.

 

[King Boonen]

Re:

I must have a long delay in my telecast...

Yeah? Well I've got a meeting in 15 minutes

 

[spalco]

Re:

Dumoulin foils all plans

Quintana should have kept going alone, he had a very good gap. The guys left from the break didn't have anything left anymore.

 

[deValtos]

Re: Re:

I still lol at how the Giro handed Porte a 3min penalty for having a rider from another team changing the wheel but a dude from another team like cataldo riding on the front for another rider .... :lol:

Because in this case you can always make the argument that Cataldo is pulling for his own chances of winning the stage. You couldn't make that argument with someone giving a wheel away.

While this is true it leaves a bad taste to watch when we all know that Cataldo was not using his energy for Astana there. Not a big fan of riders doing that. Nibali already has a team ...

 

[sixtyten]

are there any other sunweb riders around, or is td alone?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Dumoulin will now *** in his pants for the final climb. Nobody will want to sit in his wheel. Causing an upset solo win

 

[Gigs_98]

Dumoulin had to work a lot on this climb but this is going absolutely perfectly for him. He isn't only back in Quintanas and Nibalis group, both have no teammates left now so if they want to drop him today it will have to be mano a mano

 

[red_flanders]

Re:

I still lol at how the Giro handed Porte a 3min penalty for having a rider from another team changing the wheel but a dude from another team like cataldo riding on the front for another rider .... :lol:

Do you really not see the difference? I mean, besides the fact that one is against the rules and the other isn't...

 

[shalgo]

Re:

I still lol at how the Giro handed Porte a 3min penalty for having a rider from another team changing the wheel but a dude from another team like cataldo riding on the front for another rider .... :lol:

Well, to be fair the "no mechanical assistance" rule is a clear bright-line that is easy to enforce. There would be too many difficult judgment calls in deciding when someone is riding just to help a rider from another team rather than to help himself or his teammates. But Cataldo's actions were still rather blatant.

 

[RattaKuningas]

If Cataldo was able to bring Nibali to Movistar guys then the pace had to be slow for sure.

 

[Forever The Best]

Lol... they should have gone at the first climb of the day
Now TD will limit his losses or even hang onto them.

 

[KGB]

TD easy and bossing little colombian.C'mon Tommy to Milan.