Giro d'Italia 2018 stage 15: Tolmezzo – Sappada 176 km

[webvan]

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Now we're seeing the kimd of gaps everyone expected on the Zoncolan. Excellent race.

Not really surprising, the hardest climbs don't make the biggest gaps, look at Fuente 2012.

 

[IndianCyclist]

Simon Yates has now entered the elite climbers group

 

[Salvarani]

Tom done

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

So the tactics are clear, they were just toasting Dumoulin. Smart tactic

 

[Alexandre B.]

White jersey competition should be ditched.

 

[DFA123]

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Simon Yates has now entered the elite climbers group

He's not just entered it, he's topped it on this form.

 

[TomLPC]

Lopez and carapaz. Not exactly contador and Rasmussen is it

 

[mosh1992]

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White jersey competition should be ditched.

Why?

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Suppose yates is the only one who has had the guts to attack this Giro, knowing where his weakness is (TT), he has decided to gain as much as possible when possible.

 

[webvan]

So much whining left and right, Dumoulin, Pozzo, Tibopino, appalling.

 

[Eclipse]

Giro is Yates's bar a crash then

 

[Jagartrott]

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You guys really think Dumoulin would not ride if he was strong? He’s cooked like the rest and realize they all need to work together.

He was very passive and that will not inspire the others to ride along. As a primary contender, you *have* to show your good intention, and *then* the others may work along.

Plus, why do you let Oomen work the climb before that? Very stupid riding by Sunweb and Dumoulin.

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

I was wrong. Great stage.

 

[red_flanders]

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Now we're seeing the kimd of gaps everyone expected on the Zoncolan. Excellent race.

That is because this year design is perfect, Zoncolan hard stage to tire legs, then proper hard well designed Sappada stage.

Definitely. That and the fact that the climbers feel they have to attack Doumolin.

 

[meat puppet]

DT is right. Yates just too strong.

Also this stage goes to show how non-dimensional a rider froome is. The moment it is not a w/kg winching match, he is completely useless (unless unca Brian is at the Helm)

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Those 4 chasers need to cooperate a bit better

 

[Forever The Best]

Excellent stage from the descent of Sant' Antonio.

 

[The Chicken]

Incredibly ballsy ride from Yates, no one wants this race more than him

 

[SlickMongoose]

They're still disorganised behind.

 

[DFA123]

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You guys really think Dumoulin would not ride if he was strong? He’s cooked like the rest and realize they all need to work together.

He was very passive and that will not inspire the others to ride along. As a primary contender, you *have* to show your good intention, and *then* the others may work along.

Plus, why do you let Oomen work the climb before that? Very stupid riding by Sunweb and Dumoulin.

I think it's a problem with being such a one-trick pony. If everyone knows you will exclusively ride to tempo on the climbs and destroy everyone in the TTs, they can exploit that pretty easily with some cooperation between them. The element of surprise from last year has well and truly gone.

 

[Alexandre B.]

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White jersey competition should be ditched.

Why?

‘Cause they are not contributing to the group.

 

[Rollthedice]

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Simon Yates has now entered the elite climbers group

He just passed that group.

 

[mosh1992]

Bad chasing...

 

[Hayabusa]

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Those 4 chasers need to cooperate a bit better

Indeed, Pinot and Pozz should be trying to bury Dumoulin here for the podium fight.

 

[burning]

It's baffling how a group of pro riders cannot cooperate on a flat road