Giro d'Italia 2018 stage 19: Venaria Reale – Jafferau 184km

[DFA123]

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I'm watching Froome in religious silence. It's only him against nature now. It looks way too easy,like an "emotional" training session

I guess the Tour of South Africa he did in January was his psychological preparation for something like this.

 

[DNP-Old]

Legendary performance.

 

[lartiste]

This the best stage since attack of Chiappucci in stage to Sestriere .

Good lord, for the first time, Froome has really my full respect for his racing spirit and demonstration of self confidence. Even if he will not succeed, he will have my respect!

 

[webvan]

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Brilliant idea to wait a minute for a climber who's not strong enough to take turns and ride hard enough on Sestriere.

Yeah, pretty dumb in retrospect but the guys were probably just completely knackered and it sounded like a good idea at the time.

So Unzue just looked at Pinot and shook his head, ridiculous, these guys have no decency. When Reichenbach falls back and if Pozzo is far enough Pinot should just stop riding and call the two clowns on their bluff.

 

[Gigs_98]

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And it's not like the 2nd group is going slow. They have gained a minute on the third group on Sestriere.

 

[Salvarani]

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Froome's better managing his effort on shallow gradients than Dumoulin.

He's just a much better climber full stop if he's in top form. Which, out of nowhere, he now seems to be.

Out of nowhere, being so much better all of a sudden, is what bothers me

It was the plan all along to build into form for week 3, and all he has done is one attack which got 50s at most (?) and most from the decent.

I dont like that it was all calculating or planned like that either. "Just watch Froome in the last week" ***.

2 crashes. Dropped on several stages. Had a one-off good performance. Dropped the next day. Then all of a sudden an 80km attack to smash everybody else?

Nah.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Does anyone really think the Giro isn't over? Froome will be in virtual pink well before the stage is finished. I wouldn't bet on his being any worse off tomorrow for the escape than those who followed him.

He's going to be in pink with several minutes to spare. He can afford to have a small off day tomorrow.

 

[Bolder]

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I suspect the Dumoulin group made a tactical mistake - They needed to drill the last km of the Finestre to drop Carapaz and Lopez who have been no help in the chase and then chase harder in the valley.

Yeah, they were gaining on Froome on the last part, but then Pinot's mechanical happened, and Dumoulin slowed down to get him back. But if Dumoulin had just been on his own at the summit of Finestre, I'm almost certain he'd have caught Froome

Normally you'd think that 4 against 1 would limit losses at the very least, but Pinot racing smart, waiting for Reichenbach. I'm not sure Pinot trusts his form at the moment.

Dumoulin would have had to chase Froome alone...and at this point Pinot is racing against Pozzovivo, not Froome. And even if Dumoulin isn't feeling strong, he's saving a ton of energy by being out of the wind.

 

[Red Rick]

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Froome's better managing his effort on shallow gradients than Dumoulin.

He's just a much better climber full stop if he's in top form. Which, out of nowhere, he now seems to be.

Out of nowhere, being so much better all of a sudden, is what bothers me

It was the plan all along to build into form for week 3, and all he has done is one attack which got 50s at most (?) and most from the decent.

I dont like that it was all calculating or planned like that either. "Just watch Froome in the last week" ***.

2 crashes. Dropped on several stages. Had a one-off good performance. Dropped the next day. Then all of a sudden an 80km attack to smash everybody else?

Nah.

What was it what Sky said when Wiggins was winning the Tour?

You can't win by attacking form 10km out on a mountain in 2012?

 

[Salvarani]

I really hope they will take time back in the last climb

 

[VO2 Max]

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Brilliant idea to wait a minute for a climber who's not strong enough to take turns and ride hard enough on Sestriere.

Huge mistake. These are wide open roads, at 40secs you have a guy easily visible in front. At ~2min it's a proper chase regardless how much fire power you have.

 

[DFA123]

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I really hope they will take time back in the last climb

Dumoulin being in pink by about a minute at the end of the day would set up tomorrow nicely.

 

[sir fly]

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Froome's better managing his effort on shallow gradients than Dumoulin.

He's just a much better climber full stop if he's in top form. Which, out of nowhere, he now seems to be.

Out of nowhere, being so much better all of a sudden, is what bothers me

It was the plan all along to build into form for week 3, and all he has done is one attack which got 50s at most (?) and most from the decent.

I dont like that it was all calculating or planned like that either. "Just watch Froome in the last week" ***.

2 crashes. Dropped on several stages. Had a one-off good performance. Dropped the next day. Then all of a sudden an 80km attack to smash everybody else?

Nah.

It's not like he's riding for 80 kilometres against organized group. Practically it's mano a mano.
And, objectively, he's a class above everybody in that group. 4 times TDF winner.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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I really hope they will take time back in the last climb

you think that's in the script

 

[hoolaparara]

Yep, another race ruined by the wait for a guy's teammate who wasn't good enough to stay with them earlier.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Moto crash

 

[Salvarani]

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[quote="Red Rick[/quote]
What was it what Sky said when Wiggins was winning the Tour?

You can't win by attacking form 10km out on a mountain in 2012?[/quote]

You missed the point with was I was saying.

 

[Amazinmets87]

How strong is wind? How much more energy will Froome be expending?

 

[Vino's Mum]

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This is better than Fuente De, this is better than Galibier, this is the best thing ive ever seen

If Froome had been off the podium in some more GTs, I guess we'd have seen some more days like this.

I feel that we've been robbed now of a great era in cycling. If only Froome would have been riding for Caja Rural or Cofidis, we'd have got this every year.

Ha. At least we might get to see Froome and Bernal going from >100km out in July.

 

[Lexman]

Froomt to win the Giro and announces his retirement on monday LOL

 

[Jagartrott]

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It's not like he's riding for 80 kilometres against organized group. Practically it's mano a mano.
And, objectively, he's a class above everybody in that group. 4 times TDF winner.

Objectively, this is a joke.

 

[Gigs_98]

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Did Reichenbach drop again

 

[Rollthedice]

Motorbikes are giving up when Froome is coming.

 

[spalco]

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Yep, another race ruined by the wait for a guy's teammate who wasn't good enough to stay with them earlier.

Eh, it was a gamble. That it was a mistake in hindsight doesn't necessarily mean the decision was wrong at the time.

 

[phil-i-am]

Pinot's working hard to overtake Pozzovivo in GC and make a podium. The thing is, Lopez is only 30s behind him and didn't take a single pull. Will be more rested and is likely to leave Pinot in dust on the last climb.