Giro d'Italia 2017 STAGE 20: Pordenone – Asiago 190 km

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Feb 18, 2015
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KGB said:
Gigs_98 said:
I think this last week is a perfect example for how a bad route can influence the racing. This is the third stage in a row where riders were all over the road extremely early on but at the end nothing happens before the final climb. We just had a climb where the peloton was reduced to 8 riders 8 (!!!) kilometers from the top of the climb but it was not possible to use that situation for an attack. If they had used the southern side of the Grappa the race would probably look completely differently right now.
I think this more about how good riders are and how they race each stage.What exciting you could expect from Quintana?Nibali is just not who was a few yrs ago etc.
But if riders wouldn't want to attack from far away how is it possible that the race was blown apart so far from the finish for the third time in a row. The problem is that on stage 18 and yesterday as soon as Dumoulin had caught the front group there was no terrain go get away again and today an attack before the last 8 km of that climb would have been complete suicide.
 
May 26, 2009
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lol at the UAE guy trying to get a bottle but riders riders kept passing between him and the car
 
Mar 28, 2011
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Prepare yourself for another Rabo-Sunwebo-Blanco-Belkin-Cloggie-eat too much bad cheese-argue with your teammates-lose to Germany/Argentina/anyone in the final-crack under the pressure-get over confident-make schoolboy errors-Dutch disappointment-massive-fail.

It's inevitable but you fall for it and get your hopes up every time. It's a genetic fault on the bottling gene.
 
Feb 20, 2012
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Great, now we go to prerecorded interviews in a language I don't speak. *** brilliant.
 
Jul 11, 2015
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Will we see the typical Dutch bottling today or tomorrow?

Being English I can surely sympathise, it's still funny though
 
Feb 20, 2012
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Now Tom, 2nd time at this climb of your life thingy. 2nd attempt at this win a GT thingy.

Gaan met die banaan
 
Mar 13, 2009
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TomLPC said:
Will we see the typical Dutch bottling today or tomorrow?

Being English I can surely sympathise, it's still funny though
It's indeed like the English national football team.
 
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Visconti abandoned. I really hope it's just really bad legs. Because it's not a good sign to have to abandon with just a single climb left in the Giro.