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

[Mozart92]

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disgusting

An adjective that suits you well.

 

[Pharazon]

Re: Giro d'Italia 2018 stage 19: Venaria Reale – Jafferau 18

Froome 27 seconds ahead of Dumoulin...

does that include the 11 bonus seconds?

 

[DFA123]

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Ohwell

That was frustrating

Seriously, that was one of the greatest stages of modern cycling?!

VMT. Not sure why you watch cycling if you can't enjoy that stage, regardless of which riders are your favourites. That was incredible entertainment for three hours.

 

[3wheeler]

Thats why the top guys get paid the big bucks. !

 

[ontheroad]

Is he the first holder of all 3 grand tours simultaneously. He should just retire now.

 

[Ataraxus]

Re: Giro d'Italia 2018 stage 19: Venaria Reale – Jafferau 18

Froome 27 seconds ahead of Dumoulin...

More than that. There are at least 11 sec boni Froome gained

 

[Red Rick]

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Ohwell

That was frustrating

Seriously, that was one of the greatest stages of modern cycling?!

I feel like it was more of an insult to my intelligence, but whatever.

It makes this whole race seem staged.

 

[spalco]

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I'm speechless, this is undoubtedly one of the most exceptional sporting performances I've ever seen.

exceptional...

Well..., how would you phrase it? :lol:

 

[luckyboy]

Congrats to Carapaz for a great future stage victory!

 

[Baldinger]

I'm really torn about this.

 

[DFA123]

Re: Giro d'Italia 2018 stage 19: Venaria Reale – Jafferau 18

Dumoulin is around 40 seconds behind Froome. It's over.

Must be kicking himself for not trying to bridge alone in the Finestre descent...

Yep, letting that gap go out to two minutes on a descent was a terrible error of judgement.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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disgusting

I'm going to find a stream to watch the hammer race, that should be more enjoyable

 

[PremierAndrew]

Chapeau to the man with the biggest cojones in Italy right now

 

[Vino's Mum]

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Is he the first holder of all 3 grand tours simultaneously. He should just retire now.

Merckx
Hinault
Froome

Just let that sink in.

 

[d-s3]

One may dislike Froome but credit should be given where it's due - this was Contador-style attack with actual performance to back it up.
Great racing.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Amazing stage. The greatest performance I've ever witnessed in this sport (and in any sport for that matter). Major chapeau to Froome, what a champion.

 

[bigcog]

Well that was rather impressive, if he holds on tomorrow, mightly impressive.

 

[DenisMenchov]

What did I just watch. Surreal

 

[Brullnux]

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Dumoulin is around 40 seconds behind Froome. It's over.

Must be kicking himself for not trying to bridge alone in the Finestre descent...

Yep, letting that gap go out to two minutes on a descent was a terrible error of judgement.

Perhaps, but Dumoulin looked spent and did let Reichenbach do a lot of work on the flat. If he hadn't been the time might've just been lost elsewhere.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Ohwell

That was frustrating

Seriously, that was one of the greatest stages of modern cycling?!

VMT. Not sure why you watch cycling if you can't enjoy that stage, regardless of which riders are your favourites. That was incredible entertainment for three hours.

How is it still entertaining when you realize one man is 20 leagues above the rest? Just killed all the excitement.

 

[ice&fire]

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Ohwell

That was frustrating

Seriously, that was one of the greatest stages of modern cycling?!

I feel like it was more of an insult to my intelligence, but whatever.

It makes this whole race seem staged.

After all it's called a stage race

 

[Eshnar]

Well I might have been a tad too pessimistic about this stage in my preview

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

oh well.. tom did well..unfortunately Froome is about 3 classes better than anyone right now , while a week ago hed drop 40 seconds on a mole hill

 

[woodburn]

Re: Giro d'Italia 2018 stage 19: Venaria Reale – Jafferau 18

Dumoulin is around 40 seconds behind Froome. It's over.

Must be kicking himself for not trying to bridge alone in the Finestre descent...

Yep, letting that gap go out to two minutes on a descent was a terrible error of judgement.

Don't think it would have mattered. No guarantee he would have caught him and would have wasted a lot of energy that he obviously needed. Bigger issue was Reichenbach and Pinot were not big help and Lopez and Carapaz were none.

 

[Oliwright]

Re: Giro d'Italia 2018 stage 19: Venaria Reale – Jafferau 18

The crowd cheering at the finish! https://twitter.com/giroditalia/status/1000031170074152962