Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2024 Stage 17: Selva di Val Gardena/Wolkenstein in Gröden – Passo Brocon, 159.0k

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He needs to pull himself together if he doesn't want to destroy his stat of winning at least a stage in all his Grand Tours.
He's been unlucky in that all the hilly sprint stages haven't been hard enough to drop Milan (who is no Kittel) and all the hilly stages have been too hard for Groves. Maybe third week he's fresher than others?
 
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Steinhauser with a bike change but seems very relaxed about it. Probably quite aware that the breakaway isn't driving it hard at all.
Yeah, the gap not going out isn't really due to the UAE tempo, but rather the break really soft-pedalling. A large group is coming back to the peloton, so it's not like UAE is drilling it.
 
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Pogi is mean.

He probably reflected a bit on how much of his youth he spent being angry with Quintana's passivity.
The way the breakaway is riding, they're basically hoping for some charity from the peloton. There's no Voigt, De Gendt or Chavanel in there, that's for sure. Rui Oliveira, Ben Swift and Seb Molano are currently riding faster than Quintana et al.
 
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Why are UAE even working, if not for another stage win? Here's an idea, put Majka or Novak etc. in the break, and make other teams chase. It's like they don't know any other tactics than working at the front.
 
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What's up with Pogacar and Steinhauser? Pog positively mentioned him quite a few time after the stage on Sunday, seemed to have his attack in high regards. No he's marking him as if he is a GC threat, any context?

Employee poaching.

Steinhauser with a bike change but seems very relaxed about it. Probably quite aware that the breakaway isn't driving it hard at all.

Pogi will surely wait.
 
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This years pog is pushing much of the peleton away from pro races to race 1.&2.Hc races. At this rate i doubt many riders will do a race where pog is present. Savage😅
 
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Why are UAE even working, if not for another stage win? Here's an idea, put Majka or Novak etc. in the break, and make other teams chase. It's like they don't know any other tactics than working at the front.

Why would someone else chase Majka or Novak?

They are just riding a steady tempo, the break is riding super slow.
 
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