Giro d'Italia 2018 stage 5: Agrigento – Santa Ninfa 153 km

[fantomas]

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Quick analysis, Froome not in great form. Everyone else looking pretty good. Astana to go mental tomorrow to launch MAL on the volcano

Yeah, he seemed to be struggling a bit on the steep part before the final approach.

Let's hope you're right about MAL. Wouldn't mind early fireworks.

 

[HelloDolly]

Schachman is so strong

And look at Pozzovivo ...he is on fire

 

[markene2]

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Bananito no longer in the top 10.

Thought i saw him in the peloton though

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Froome was going backwards on the steepest part of that hill, while every other GC contender moved up in that part. I really wonder tomorrow.

1) He was faking *** and destroys everyone
2) He is good, but can't really create a difference, like Tour 2017
3) He is really bad and loses all hope of winning the Giro

 

[Squire]

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Bananito no longer in the top 10.

Thought i saw him in the peloton though

He's 11th. Goncalves moves past him because of bonus seconds.

 

[Netserk]

He is 11th.

 

[May0maniac]

Battaglin is an underrated rider, in 2016 he did a lot of work for Kruijswijk and was probably his best domestique in the mountains.

 

[DNP-Old]

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Bananito no longer in the top 10.

Thought i saw him in the peloton though

He's 11th. Goncalves moves past him because of bonus seconds.

You're right.

 

[Rollthedice]

Bilbao obvious leader now for Astana.

 

[deValtos]

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Froome was going backwards on the steepest part of that hill, while every other GC contender moved up in that part. I really wonder tomorrow.

1) He was faking **** and destroys everyone
2) He is good, but can't really create a difference, like Tour 2017
3) He is really bad and loses all hope of winning the Giro

Or

4) Bad but as is customary for first MTF nothing happens and Froome crosses the line last in the leading group of 15 riders. Other rides miss chance to win Giro as Froome rides into form in 3rd week ...

 

[May0maniac]

Battaglin's teammate threw away his bottle with 500m to go and almost made Poels crash, you shouldn't do something like that right before a sprint.

 

[Irondan]

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Battaglin's teammate threw away his bottle with 500m to go and almost made Poels crash, you shouldn't do something like that right before a sprint.

I saw that when it happened and thought it was pretty stupid. I thought these guys knew better than that.

It was pure luck that nobody crashed..

 

[Samamba]

As predicted, congrats Battaglin.
Final wasn't hard enough.

 

[yetiyeti]

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Battaglin's teammate threw away his bottle with 500m to go and almost made Poels crash, you shouldn't do something like that right before a sprint.

That was awful. Will he get a fine for that? That's a really dangerous move.

 

[Carols]

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Chapeau Battaglin! Nice recovery by Pozzo, phew. Poor MAL

Poor indeed. He went straight when he had to turn.

To quote Matt Stevens, he "went agricultural"... :lol:

I know I was LMBO!!!!

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

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Bilbao obvious leader now for Astana.

No. We haven't even hit one mountain yet?

 

[Kwibus]

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Battaglin's teammate threw away his bottle with 500m to go and almost made Poels crash, you shouldn't do something like that right before a sprint.

I guess that had to be Benett then.

 

[movingtarget]

Easy win for Battaglin. Dennis another good ride to position himself and seemed comfortable without having the kick to compete with the others. It seems Sky appear and disappear on cue in these hilly finishes. Pozzo and Yates were active.

 

[fantomas]

Brambilla lost over a minute. He is riding for GC, right? What a joke.

 

[ppanther92]

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Brambilla lost over a minute. He is riding for GC, right? What a joke.

His whole year seems like a big joke with all the talk about free roles and leadership.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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Brambilla lost over a minute. He is riding for GC, right? What a joke.

His whole year seems like big joke with all the talk about free roles and leadership.

#FreeEg

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Brambilla lost over a minute. He is riding for GC, right? What a joke.

Perhaps he was caught up in that crash

 

[shalgo]

The best thing for Brambilla is to lose enough time that he gives up on GC and focuses on stage-hunting.

 

[fantomas]

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Brambilla lost over a minute. He is riding for GC, right? What a joke.

Perhaps he was caught up in that crash

Very likely, but still.

 

[ice&fire]

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The best thing for Brambilla is to lose enough time that he gives up on GC and focuses on stage-hunting.

We just have to wait until tomorrow