Giro d'Italia 2018 STAGE 4: Catania – Caltagirone 198 km

[GuyIncognito]

Since I don't see it mentioned, the king of asian races - Guardini - DNFed in the first stage back in europe

 

[DNP-Old]

Lol, according to Ten Dam UAE went all out while Dennis and Dumoulin were taking a leak.

 

[Cookster15]

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Froome has always been very close in these kinds of finishes, not really winning them, but rarely losing time on stuff like this. This is his worst result on a climb like this since his breakthrough.

Froome has even won these kind of finishes. I remember when Froome won the stage to La Planche des Belles Filles in the 2012 Tour on an even tougher finish. Not looking good for him or Sky at this point.

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

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Froome saying he got held up at critical point in last km which is why he lost time, didn't see it, did anybody else ?

I didn't, uff, if yes, I hope it was the reason to lose these ca 20 sec. Go my Warrior!

 

[Valv.Piti]

Very nice stage. I wonder how many times Lopez are going to be horrible on these kind of finishes for commentators to understand thats his actual level on stages like this, even in great shape. My favourite for Etna.

Funny to see Froome being this bad. First the prologue, now this. Very slow, but steady decline.. for some reason I think he focused even more on endurance and sustained power this season, thats the vibe Im getting for him. Couple that with a later peak and this is what you get.. I think he will be one of the best in the 3rd week in the mountains, maybe the best, but I definitely don't think he should be considered the favourite anymore. That title belongs to Tom.

Some of the same tomorrow and then Etna. Nice trifecta of stages on Sicilia, good job.

 

[Blanco]

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Froome has always been very close in these kinds of finishes, not really winning them, but rarely losing time on stuff like this. This is his worst result on a climb like this since his breakthrough.

Froome has even won these kind of finishes. I remember when Froome won the stage to La Planche des Belles Filles in the 2012 Tour on an even tougher finish. Not looking good for him or Sky at this point.

Planche is 5km long climb, not comparable at all, but I agree he's one of the better GC guys in these finales.

 

[dutchdescent]

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The Froome era is over, he was egg beating at some point on the left hand side but he was going nowhere and as soon as the pedal was put to the metal by some of the boys he disappeared from sight. On Etna it will be painful to watch.

Froome never was too convincing on those types of finishes, probably why he dodged the Ardenne classics. But still by his standards it's not good. The big question is if it's his form in general or the result of the crash ? He needs to at least finish with the front group on Etna.

Lol, remember early tour stage of 2016 with finish atop mur de Huy? Froome head and shoulders above the rest bar Purito who won it. Against a fresh field. Same stage Dumo and Cance crashed hard right before the run in.

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

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Very nice stage. I wonder how many times Lopez are going to be horrible on these kind of finishes for commentators to understand thats his actual level on stages like this, even in great shape. My favourite for Etna.

Funny to see Froome being this bad. First the prologue, now this. Very slow, but steady decline.. for some reason I think he focused even more on endurance and sustained power this season, thats the vibe Im getting for him. Couple that with a later peak and this is what you get.. I think he will be one of the best in the 3rd week in the mountains, maybe the best, but I definitely don't think he should be considered the favourite anymore. That title belongs to Tom.

Some of the same tomorrow and then Etna. Nice trifecta of stages on Sicilia, good job.

So it looks like it wasn't so funny.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Very nice stage. I wonder how many times Lopez are going to be horrible on these kind of finishes for commentators to understand thats his actual level on stages like this, even in great shape. My favourite for Etna.

Funny to see Froome being this bad. First the prologue, now this. Very slow, but steady decline.. for some reason I think he focused even more on endurance and sustained power this season, thats the vibe Im getting for him. Couple that with a later peak and this is what you get.. I think he will be one of the best in the 3rd week in the mountains, maybe the best, but I definitely don't think he should be considered the favourite anymore. That title belongs to Tom.

Some of the same tomorrow and then Etna. Nice trifecta of stages on Sicilia, good job.

So it looks like it wasn't so funny.

You would have to be a bit more specific...

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

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Very nice stage. I wonder how many times Lopez are going to be horrible on these kind of finishes for commentators to understand thats his actual level on stages like this, even in great shape. My favourite for Etna.

Funny to see Froome being this bad. First the prologue, now this. Very slow, but steady decline.. for some reason I think he focused even more on endurance and sustained power this season, thats the vibe Im getting for him. Couple that with a later peak and this is what you get.. I think he will be one of the best in the 3rd week in the mountains, maybe the best, but I definitely don't think he should be considered the favourite anymore. That title belongs to Tom.

Some of the same tomorrow and then Etna. Nice trifecta of stages on Sicilia, good job.

So it looks like it wasn't so funny.

You would have to be a bit more specific...

Of course, if he really had some troubles in last km.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

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Very nice stage. I wonder how many times Lopez are going to be horrible on these kind of finishes for commentators to understand thats his actual level on stages like this, even in great shape. My favourite for Etna.

Funny to see Froome being this bad. First the prologue, now this. Very slow, but steady decline.. for some reason I think he focused even more on endurance and sustained power this season, thats the vibe Im getting for him. Couple that with a later peak and this is what you get.. I think he will be one of the best in the 3rd week in the mountains, maybe the best, but I definitely don't think he should be considered the favourite anymore. That title belongs to Tom.

Some of the same tomorrow and then Etna. Nice trifecta of stages on Sicilia, good job.

Lopez was brought to a standstill in that Zeits crash otherwise he would probably have finished with the other GC contenders

 

[WheelofGear]

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Very nice stage. I wonder how many times Lopez are going to be horrible on these kind of finishes for commentators to understand thats his actual level on stages like this, even in great shape. My favourite for Etna.

Funny to see Froome being this bad. First the prologue, now this. Very slow, but steady decline.. for some reason I think he focused even more on endurance and sustained power this season, thats the vibe Im getting for him. Couple that with a later peak and this is what you get.. I think he will be one of the best in the 3rd week in the mountains, maybe the best, but I definitely don't think he should be considered the favourite anymore. That title belongs to Tom.

Some of the same tomorrow and then Etna. Nice trifecta of stages on Sicilia, good job.

Lopez was brought to a standstill in that Zeits crash otherwise he would probably have finished with the other GC contenders

Lopez has one of the worst "punches" in the peloton. He wouldn't have finished in the Dumo-Dennis-Pozzo-Pinot group not matter what.

 

[Blanco]

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Very nice stage. I wonder how many times Lopez are going to be horrible on these kind of finishes for commentators to understand thats his actual level on stages like this, even in great shape. My favourite for Etna.

Funny to see Froome being this bad. First the prologue, now this. Very slow, but steady decline.. for some reason I think he focused even more on endurance and sustained power this season, thats the vibe Im getting for him. Couple that with a later peak and this is what you get.. I think he will be one of the best in the 3rd week in the mountains, maybe the best, but I definitely don't think he should be considered the favourite anymore. That title belongs to Tom.

Some of the same tomorrow and then Etna. Nice trifecta of stages on Sicilia, good job.

So it looks like it wasn't so funny.

You would have to be a bit more specific...

Of course, if he really had some troubles in last km.

Yeah he had, he wasn't going as fast as others did

 

[Netserk]

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Lol, according to Ten Dam UAE went all out while Dennis and Dumoulin were taking a leak.

<3

 

[Arnout]

Uff Chaves didn’t look great, in great for, he should be with the best here. Been some time since he was at the cutting edge.

 

[Red Rick]

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Lol, according to Ten Dam UAE went all out while Dennis and Dumoulin were taking a leak.

<3

Apparently people believe in catching Dumoulin with his pants down

 

[Pantani_lives]

Wellens looked pretty impressive. I wasn't sure if he would be explosive enough for that finish today. Going with the mini attack in the penultimate km was a good idea, so he didn't have to fight for a good position. For his international recognition this is a great step. He's winning more often than he used to. Moreover he knows now that he can perform in hot weather as well.

 

[staubsauger]

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Lol, according to Ten Dam UAE went all out while Dennis and Dumoulin were taking a leak.

<3

Apparently people believe in catching Dumoulin with his pants down

Aru gets more likable year by year.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Karma that he lost time then

 

[Robert5091]

Chapeau Wellens! Pozzovivio & Yates looking good & TommyD must be overjoyed with 54 sec over Froome.

 

[Breh]

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Wellens looked pretty impressive. I wasn't sure if he would be explosive enough for that finish today. Going with the mini attack in the penultimate km was a good idea, so he didn't have to fight for a good position. For his international recognition this is a great step. He's winning more often than he used to. Moreover he knows now that he can perform in hot weather as well.

I think this was one of his few victories(the only one?) not coming from an attack.

His list of wins is becoming impressive.

 

[Netserk]

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Wellens looked pretty impressive. I wasn't sure if he would be explosive enough for that finish today. Going with the mini attack in the penultimate km was a good idea, so he didn't have to fight for a good position. For his international recognition this is a great step. He's winning more often than he used to. Moreover he knows now that he can perform in hot weather as well.

I think this was one of his few victories(the only one?) not coming from an attack.

His list of wins is becoming impressive.

 

[jflemaire]

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The Froome era is over, he was egg beating at some point on the left hand side but he was going nowhere and as soon as the pedal was put to the metal by some of the boys he disappeared from sight. On Etna it will be painful to watch.

Froome is always painful to watch.

 

[Breh]

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Wellens looked pretty impressive. I wasn't sure if he would be explosive enough for that finish today. Going with the mini attack in the penultimate km was a good idea, so he didn't have to fight for a good position. For his international recognition this is a great step. He's winning more often than he used to. Moreover he knows now that he can perform in hot weather as well.

I think this was one of his few victories(the only one?) not coming from an attack.

His list of wins is becoming impressive.

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Thanks!

 

[Escarabajo]

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Uff Chaves didn’t look great, in great for, he should be with the best here. Been some time since he was at the cutting edge.

He didn't look bad to me. In fact if we consider that he had a mediocre showing in the preparation races to the Giro this result is actually encouraging IMHO.