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

[sir fly]

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Why does this have to be in a Friday? Gonna sit in a particle physics seminar until 1600. They're probably past Sestriere until I'm home :sad:

Let them know your p, you'll be able to watch entire broadcast in that case.
... Or. at least, try to make a joke about the principle to let you go. Be inventive.

 

[staubsauger]

Smartphone or tablet, headphones, Sport 5 Israel stream.

 

[Rollthedice]

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Why does this have to be in a Friday? Gonna sit in a particle physics seminar until 1600. They're probably past Sestriere until I'm home :sad:

That's nothing. I had a workshop during the stage to Risoul, Giro 2016 when Nibs and the snow bank turned the race upside down. Got the info on the mobile from this wonderful forum and the CN ticker. Thing is I had a Dutch guy who was busier than me during the workshop but I made sure to keep him up to date. Needless to say he didn't have a particularly fun afternoon.

 

[GraftPunk]

I'm not sure who is going to win, but I feel confident that Yates will be out of the pink jersey this time tomorrow. And like you other suckers, I'll be keeping up at work via this thread.

 

[red_flanders]

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https://imgur.com/a/QmSkziO#Zcv1T9f

O wow.

Holy smokes.

This could be the best stage race course I've ever seen.

 

[Red Rick]

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Why does this have to be in a Friday? Gonna sit in a particle physics seminar until 1600. They're probably past Sestriere until I'm home :sad:

You can record it and watch the stage delayed. I did that in most of the stages so far.

That explains everything

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Angelito has done well in the snow in the past too eh?

Cmon Superman, fly.

 

[Gigs_98]

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Why does this have to be in a Friday? Gonna sit in a particle physics seminar until 1600. They're probably past Sestriere until I'm home :sad:

You can record it and watch the stage delayed. I did that in most of the stages so far.

That explains everything

:lol:

 

[RedheadDane]

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Why does this have to be in a Friday? Gonna sit in a particle physics seminar until 1600. They're probably past Sestriere until I'm home :sad:

Sneak out!

That is an attitude I cannot endorse


Don't go in the first place.

You're right Red Rick.
Sestriere, all you need to do is convince the people of the seminar that watching cycling can help you learn about particle physics.

You might have to get a bit creative...

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

Prediction of GC Rider Placement (Confidence Level: 5%):
Superman
Yates +23"
Froome st
Pozzovivo st
Dumoulin +1'47"
Pino st

 

[Tonton]

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Work has screwed me and I'm so excited for this as a stage T_T

I hope it delivers for you all

Yeah, i can't watch it either.

...same here ...the stage is set for an epic stage.

 

[The Barb]

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

I wonder if Yates is beginning to regret gifting four seconds to Chaves earlier on.

 

[Gigs_98]

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

I wonder if Yates is beginning to regret gifting four seconds to Chaves earlier on.

In my opinion there are two possibilities.
1.) This was just a bad day and tomorrow he'll be back to the level he had earlier in the race. In that case he'll win anyway
2.) He is really fading and the time he lost on two kilometers today is an indicator for how much he'll lose in the coming days. In that case he is gonna lose pink anyway.
Ofc there is the theoretic chance that this might have cost him the giro victory but that's extremely unlikely.

 

[LPP68!]

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

Work has screwed me and I'm so excited for this as a stage T_T

I hope it delivers for you all

Yeah, i can't watch it either.

...same here ...the stage is set for an epic stage.

I 'win' this one. I have to work until 9:30. I have a subscription to the Eurosport Player, so you would say I at least could watch it 'as live' in the evening BUT my girlfriend comes home friday evening after she has been abroad for a week, and will be leaving again saturday afternoon, so you can imagine she needs and deserves my full attention. Basically I can watch the friday stage during the final of the saturday stage...

 

[Red Rick]

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I wonder if Yates is beginning to regret gifting four seconds to Chaves earlier on.

In my opinion there are two possibilities.
1.) This was just a bad day and tomorrow he'll be back to the level he had earlier in the race. In that case he'll win anyway
2.) He is really fading and the time he lost on two kilometers today is an indicator for how much he'll lose in the coming days. In that case he is gonna lose pink anyway.
Ofc there is the theoretic chance that this might have cost him the giro victory but that's extremely unlikely.

It's probably a mix.

He's not gonna drop everyone easily and win by minutes, but while the trend is going downwards, today was still under expectation on that trend.

Dumoulin's attack completely fried him. That hurt. Dumoulin couldn't really take turns afterward with Pozzo and Froome either.

 

[huge]

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I don't buy that the climb didn't suit him. It was either an off-day or he was just bluffing.

Pozzovivo was there with Froome and Dumoulin. And you'll expect him to be worse than Yates on "time trial climbs".

Second time today that I read smilar non sense: he was bluffing.

Who would be so dumb to lose half a min in GC on purpose (out of 56 secs)???????
For what advantage? Convince all the opponents that he is beatable? That he can be attacked and they should try as much as possible? Yes. Very smart.

 

[Inquitus]

Decent article and some pictures of the state of the Finestre ahead of tomorrow's stage.

https://www.efprocycling.com/gruber-gallery-finestre-giro-preview/

 

[Koronin]

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I wonder if Yates is beginning to regret gifting four seconds to Chaves earlier on.

I think I will repeat Valverde's comment about Nibali getting a handful of time bonus seconds over him at the 2016 Giro when he didn't know they were up for grabs. "The final time gaps will be larger than those handful of seconds. If I loose the Giro by 4 seconds I will have made much bigger mistakes than this." I think that is fitting for this as well.

 

[Red Rick]

Yeah, hindsight is 20/20. Gifting the stage to a teammate is super sensible in that spot. Couldn't really have anticipated that Chaves wouldn't be much use after the 2nd restday.

 

[Cookster15]

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

I wonder if Yates is beginning to regret gifting four seconds to Chaves earlier on.

In my opinion there are two possibilities.
1.) This was just a bad day and tomorrow he'll be back to the level he had earlier in the race. In that case he'll win anyway
2.) He is really fading and the time he lost on two kilometers today is an indicator for how much he'll lose in the coming days. In that case he is gonna lose pink anyway.
Ofc there is the theoretic chance that this might have cost him the giro victory but that's extremely unlikely.

Thanks, a good summary of my thoughts. Based upon what we have seen as of today we don't really know which is the correct answer. We will all be kept in suspense until tomorrow.

I also think Lopez might continue to rise above the GC pack.

Nice that the Giro ends with a mountainous sting in its tail of multiple mountain stages. The 2018 edition is adding to the mystique of the Giro d'Italia !

 

[jsem94]

I will be away for the whole day. When I get home, Eurosport Player and chill. Those images of Finestre, looks like it could be grueling. Powerful riders are better generally on gravel because of traction, but then again it's steep as hell. We'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Yes, the stage that I have looked forward to the most in this Giro. And now with added suspense!

 

[Laplaz]

Can't wait for tomorrow, altough i don't want to have too much expectations. GC guys have to be brave tomorrow and risk something, in especially Froome and MAL.

 

[Gigs_98]

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Decent article and some pictures of the state of the Finestre ahead of tomorrow's stage.

https://www.efprocycling.com/gruber-gallery-finestre-giro-preview/

This doesn't really have anything to do with the racing, but looking at these pictures I really hope no fans will get injured tomorrow. Usually there are thousands of fans standing where there is still snow this year and at some of these spots you don't want to slip.

 

[Inquitus]

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Decent article and some pictures of the state of the Finestre ahead of tomorrow's stage.

https://www.efprocycling.com/gruber-gallery-finestre-giro-preview/

This doesn't really have anything to do with the racing, but looking at these pictures I really hope no fans will get injured tomorrow. Usually there are thousands of fans standing where there is still snow this year and at some of these spots you don't want to slip.

What I took from it is the Gravel top seems very very wet, and may impact the stage tomorrow, its more cyclocross than Strade Bianchi from those pictures.