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Yeah, Contador already leading the maglia rossa with 46 points 
Hope he wins the maglia verde back as well.
Hope he wins the maglia verde back as well.
- Mar 19, 2009
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Ryaguas said:
He finished about 6 minutes behind Contador. On such a stage that is not even close to really bonking!
Elminutobueno said:
VEO7 is an awfull chaine to see cycling, go to eitb if you are able to get the basque
BTW, epic stage today, one of the hardest ever, some riders more than 8 hours... never seen
Now, Anton and Nieve to stay calm, they will ride solid Nevegal TT then to the attack in Finestre... that stage is 12 km longer than today... eveything can happen in Finestre+sterrato+sestriere+240 km
- Mar 13, 2009
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Just wanted to ask again --
when's the last time we had a major grand tour stage where 1 through 15 were all on different teams?
when's the last time we had a major grand tour stage where 1 through 15 were all on different teams?
- Mar 19, 2009
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Arnout said:
He already said before the giro that he wasn't there for the GC and that he and his DS would expect some harder loses at some days. For this as a goal he's actually done quite well so far. And he still might get a very decent GC spot. That is not his prime form, atleast that' is what was comunicated.
- Jun 14, 2010
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whittashau said:
Unfortunately for Nibbles Finnestre descent is only about 1/2 of the climb, and far less steep.
So Scarponi has plenty and plenty of climbing to get a gap and Squalo only has 1/2 the distance and 1/3 of the altitude drop to get that back.
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The Hitch said:
well to be fair it isn't even clear that scarponi will be able to drop nibali. both have had bad days in the past 2 weeks.
this was a very gutsy ride by nibali. he really knows how to suffer on a bike. and i am glad that he at least tried one way or the other do something to gain time on contador, even knowing those attacks would be pointless.
do you guys think he can gain time on the 2 stages this week that end with some downhill in them?
- Jun 7, 2010
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The Hitch said:
The stage Nieve won probably (as I haven't really checked) had more climbing.
- Mar 13, 2009
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Let's not forget that without the painful time loss in Orvieto due to bad luck, Rujano would now have been 2nd at 3'30 from Contador.
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El Pistolero said:Yeah, Contador already leading the maglia rossa with 46 points
Hope he wins the maglia verde back as well.
Nieve bumped him back to third place in the KOM. I guess a lot will depend on breaks.
I was actually trying to page back to your remarks about tifosi, which someone quoted. I read that Contador accepted a ride to the hotel in a helicopter after Saurday's stage. I wonder if the race was worried about him trying to ride his bike back down the mountain past the fans to the team bus? (Riis rode down on the back of a moto)
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Parrulo said:
Wouldnt count on it.
stage 17- The Passo Tonale will probably be raced weakly, Apica is a false flat so there wont be much of a selection going into the descent.
The descent is good but there is 8.2k of pan flat after it so Nibali would have to get some gap on the descent to even hold on.
Stage 18 - Passo di Ganda is harder but not much and 30k out, then theres little sectionsof climb and descent, and then there is the descent.
The descent is not as steep and there is 6k of pan flat after it.
Nibali needs to gain a bit of time on Finneste like he did on Zonc and the rest on a 32k tt.
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roundabout said:
stage 16:
cat.3 Alto de la Cabruñana - 6,6km @ 4,8%
cat.1 Puerto de San Lorenzo - 10,0km @ 8,5%
cat.1 Alto de la Cobertoria - 8,1km @ 8,5%
MTF Alto de Cotobello - 10,1km @ 8,2%
stage 20:
cat.3 Puerto de la Cruz Verde - 5,1km @ 7,1%
cat.1 Alto del León - 7,8km @ 6,9%
cat.1 Puerto de Navacerrada (north side) - 7,0km @ 7,5%
MTF-E Bola del Mundo (incorporating Puerto de Navacerrada south side) - 21,6km @ 6,3%
Both have a cat.3 followed by 2 cat.1s to precede the finishing climb. There should be no disputing that San Lorenzo and la Cobertoria are tougher than León and the north side of Navacerrada, especially considering the climbs are closer together in stage 16. However, the finishing climb is harder on stage 20.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Let's not forget that without the painful time loss in Orvieto due to bad luck, Rujano would now have been 2nd at 3'30 from Contador.
Nope, he wouldn't get nearly as much freedom as he did after that bad day.
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Freedom!?!?!?Scirea said:
He went with Contador. He didn't go in ANY early break.
And everybody tried to limit the damage or go with Contador...so he did not get ANY freedom.
Fail argument. Try again.
People were frustrated with the cancelling of Crostis. On previous days Conta was cheered on.Dekker_Tifosi said:
Scirea said:
I don't think he has been given any freedom at all. His attacks have been marked by AC nobody else was able to stay with them in Etna and Grossglockner.
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