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Ryder Hesjedal

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Will he finish in the podium?

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Afrank

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SafeBet said:
You mean Ryder doesn't deserve two threads after his performance today? :D
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He probably deserves 3! :D Very gutsy ride by him.

To be honest, not sure if he can make the podium. Maybe with a couple good tactical moves like today. Will have to wait and see.
 
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I dunno if he will. I'm not even sure this is the right thread to use I was sure he'd have had a thread from the 2012 Giro.
But... there's no doubt he got his toughness from the Scandinavian blood! A Viking is a Viking, even one living over in "Vineland". :cool:
 
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RedheadDane said:
I dunno if he will. I'm not even sure this is the right thread to use I was sure he'd have had a thread from the 2012 Giro.
But... there's no doubt he got his toughness from the Scandinavian blood! A Viking is a Viking, even one living over in "Vineland". :cool:
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I thought we need another poll thread.
 
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BigMac said:
Can you please move mine and SafeBet's posts here please, Afrank?
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Yep, just a sec.

Edit: unfortunately it puts it at the top because they were posted before Zam's original OP.

Put Zam's OP in a quote at the top.
 
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Zombie Hesjedal can do it for sure. He's relentless and you cannot stop his implacable advance.

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No he wont. Quintana, Aru, Uran, Majka, Pozzo and Kelderman are all clearly climbing better than he is. He'll be fighting with Rolland and Evans for a place in the lower top 10
 
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Holy **** that's genius, Eclipse.

He's looking at a nice, comfy top 8. Being behind those young explosive climbers isn't going to help him much, and I think we may have seen him empty the tank today a bit too far today. Then again, he is a zombie. Hopefully he gets some nice rest in the peloton tomorrow.
 
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Hesjedal will suffer in the MTT. He's a terrific rider for multi-mountain stages, but he might be too much of a diesel to close the gap to the podium.
 
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Dekker_Tifosi said:
Nah. Now he'll be looked at. Too close to go long range
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One would think.

However with only 55sec separating third and ninth, there should be some interesting dynamics; all will want to move up which will make it much more difficult for both Quintana and Uran to mark and Movistar/OPQS to control.
 
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