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Giro d'Italia 2018 stage 16: Trento – Rovereto 34.2 km ITT

Eshnar said:
STAGE 16: Trento – Rovereto 34.2 km ITT

May 22nd

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Technical Overview:
The final ITT of the Giro comes after the final rest day, and it's quite an average one. Surprisingly, it is not sponsored by a wine, for the first time since 2013. From Trento, each rider will head south along the Adige River, for what is mostly a flat time trial. It is divided into three time sectors: the first, pan flat, ends in Aldeno at km 12.7. The second is mostly similar to the first, but features the only difficulty of the route, that comes at km 24, just before the time split in Nogaredo, but even if it looks like a wall on the profile, it doesn't reach 5% and it's around 1 km long. Nothing much. Finally, the third sector has some rolling terrain and a few tricky turns, but it shouldn't matter much. An ITT for pure specialists.

Final km
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What to Expect:
A 40' solo effort, consistent gaps between the specialists and the pure climbers.

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Trento
 
Re: Giro d'Italia 2018 stage 16: Trento – Rovereto 34.2 km I

I can still see Dumoulin taking pink here, but it's certainly not likely. One year ago I would have bet a lot on him losing clearly over two minutes on Dumoulin in this TT but after his climbing improved so much one just has to expect that he is a much better TT'er as well now. Anyway, quite remarkable that the guy who lost 3:45 to Froome in the Vuelta 2016 TT is suddenly expected to lose less than a minute to Dumoulin.
 
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The Chicken said:
If Dumo wins this Giro thanks to his strong TT then the entire race has been a joke and a farce. He hasn't shown enough in the mountains (yet) to deserve overall victory. We all know who deserves to win this bike race.
If Dumoulin wins because of his TT it means he has shown enough in the mountains. You might not like it, but that doesn't make it a farce.

I hate timebonusses and if Yates wins this Giro with less than 30 sec he won't be the fastest over the course. That sill wouldn't make the race a farce, but it would bug me.

I don't think either of those scenario's is likely because Yates seems strong enough to limit his losses in the TT and win some more time later.
 
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The Chicken said:
If Dumo wins this Giro thanks to his strong TT then the entire race has been a joke and a farce. He hasn't shown enough in the mountains (yet) to deserve overall victory. We all know who deserves to win this bike race.

Lol, People like you are the reason that GT are such pussy races These days.
If anything, Yates doesn't deserve a GT win if he manages to lose it in an abmisal 34km joke. :rolleyes:
 

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