Stage 18: Belluno - Rifugio Panarotta (Valsugana) 171 km

[Publicus]

Tomorrow is going to be very interesting.

 

[Ruby United]

Quintana got everything under control, looked like it was just a training session for him.

He could've put minutes into everybody had he wanted to. He's reserving himself.for tomorrows stage which he will win. I'm just a bit worried for as the climb only starts after 7k, in which he will lose a bit. I still think he will put up to 1-2 minutes into everybody

 

[Hugo87]

Rolland vs Aru vs Majka

That fight for 3rd is becoming legendary.

 

[damian13ster]

Gaps on this stage between top 10 in GC anyone?

 

[luckyboy]

I will bet money that Pozzovivo is in third after tomorrow

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

TT up the Grappa is just brutal. At last they're not going up the Capra side.

 

[Afrank]

He is done with GT's. People need to realize that now. I hope.

I'd have to agree, down to 9th, looks like he won't even be able to get a top 10 at this rate.

 

[Publicus]

Rolland vs Aru vs Majka

it should be a great battle. I think Majka comes out on top tomorrow, but loses it all on Zoncolan.

 

[movingtarget]

Rolland finally showing what he can do although he needs a decent TT tomorrow.

 

[Kokoso]

Lot of energy saving going on. Only Rolland really tried anything.

Incredible how many strong Colombian riders there are nowadays. I remember laughing when Ryo Hazuki promised Colombian domination a few years ago.

Ryo is saying lot of things. Some of them have to become true eventually, it's just simple likelihood

 

[cineteq]

Gaps on this stage between top 10 in GC anyone?

GC
1 Quintana
2 Uran +1:41
3 Rolland +3:29
4 Aru +3:31
5 Majka +3:31
6 Pozzovivo +3:52
7 Hesjedal +4:32
8 Kelderman +4:37
9 Evans +4:59
10 Kiserlovski +8:33

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Great race for 3rd... I cheer for Rolland.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Does this mean Aru is white jersey.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Lot of energy saving going on. Only Rolland really tried anything.

Incredible how many strong Colombian riders there are nowadays. I remember laughing when Ryo Hazuki promised Colombian domination a few years ago.

Well it certainly has proved to be a good forecast. Maybe a South America Tour will be on the cards one day ?

 

[movingtarget]

I'd have to agree, down to 9th, looks like he won't even be able to get a top 10 at this rate.

Realistically top 10 would have been the bet before the start.

 

[luckyboy]

Gaps on this stage between top 10 in GC anyone?

9 ARU FabioAstana Pro Team +2:43
10 QUINTANA NairoMovistar Team +2:46
11 URAN RigobertoOmega Pharma - Quick-Step ,,
12 POZZOVIVO DomenicoAG2R La Mondiale +2:49
13 ROLLAND PierreTeam Europcar ,,
14 MAJKA RafalTinkoff-Saxo ,,
15 LOSADA AlbertoTeam Katusha +2:54
16 HESJEDAL RyderGarmin Sharp +3:02

18 KELDERMAN WilcoBelkin-Pro Cycling Team +3:17
19 KISERLOVSKI RobertTrek Factory Racing ,,

21 EVANS CadelBMC Racing Team +4:24

 

[senatorrick]

Rolland on the rise and poor Cadel on the shelf!

 

[luckyboy]

Does this mean Aru is white jersey.

Quintana is

 

[GuyIncognito]

Does this mean Aru is white jersey.

Quintana is

 

[Netserk]

Quintana is

Yes, but Aru will wear it.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Uran to drop off the podium tomorrow.

Overall Forecast after tomorrow.

1) Quintana
2) Pozzovivo
3) Rolland or Aru as I don't know how strong Aru is at MTT?

 

[Publicus]

Does this mean Aru is white jersey.

I would think so.

 

[del1962]

I'd have to agree, down to 9th, looks like he won't even be able to get a top 10 at this rate.

Of course he will top 10, probably finish 9th, he must have 10 minutes on 11th

 

[Jspear]

I'd have to agree, down to 9th, looks like he won't even be able to get a top 10 at this rate.

Yes. This really doesn't even surprise me. Yesterday when I saw how small the time gaps were between 3rd and 7th, I knew he would at least drop back to 8th because the others have all been climbing so much better than him. Congrats to Arredondo! He deserves it....he's been up there often.

 

[damian13ster]

So without that farce on stage 16 we are most likely looking at:

Uran
Aru
Majka
Pozzovivo
Quintana
Kedlerman

in GC? And gaps just a few seconds except for Uran? Would make for an awesome racing in last week. Still, a race for 3rd (and I think Uran will fade tommorow so it might be for 2nd) will be epic.

Predictions for tommorow between those riders:

Aru, Majka, Pozzovivo (within few seconds)
Rolland (30 seconds down)
Uran (cracks, over a minute down)

Dont know what to make of Kelderman