Giro d'Italia Stage 18: Morbegno – Cesano Maderno, 144km

[DarkBlue]

PCS just updated to show Vacek in the break!

Pedersen will ride for him later on and he'll win.

 

[SafeBet]

Perhaps UAE is waiting confirmation that no GC rider is in the front group and is keeping it close just in case?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Beautiful view over Lake Como to Dongo.

shame Ayuso can't see it

 

[gregrowlerson]

I wonder if someone with too much time on their hands has calculated what the record percentage of total mountain points on offer in a GT scored by a singular team is. This effort by Astana must be up there.

You have a while until you 'have' to put together the 2026 Giro stage by stage analysis, right?

 

[Boehmand]

PCS just updated to show Vacek in the break!

Pedersen will ride for him later on and he'll win.

Not on a flat finish.

But when it starts to break up close to the end, he may let Vacek go, because in a reduced sprint Pedersen doesn't really need a lead out, and it forces the other fast guys to work.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

are all Astana in the break

goes to show how powerful motivation is

 

[Boehmand]

One Eye-uso

Just got Brian Holm to tell your joke on national Danish TV

 

[Devil's Elbow]

This is the first time I've ever seen a 40-rider break work together to any extent.

 

[Boehmand]

As someone pointed out in here yesterday, with Ulissi in the break, Astana should let him take the KOM points, because they could conceivably end up top 3 in that competition.

Nobody is catching Fortunato and Scaroni anyway.

 

[pastronef]

I want the 3 Tudor in the break outfox them all and win

 

[Boehmand]

De Bondt again trying to outsprint Pedersen

 

[noob]

Oh dear I switched out for a couple of minutes then TV showed points classification points and I mistakenly thought it was the breakaway. That would've been THE break for ages

 

[Pantani_lives]

144 km? Roger De Vlaeminck did that before breakfast.

 

[Cycling111]

My top 3 picks from the poll:

Roglic-Ayuso-Landa

DNF-DNF-DNF

 

[gregrowlerson]

Oh dear I switched out for a couple of minutes then TV showed points classification points and I mistakenly thought it was the breakaway. That would've been THE break for ages

Astana are dominating the GC

 

[search]

De Bondt again trying to outsprint Pedersen

it actually would make sense for Pedersen to take it a bit easy. Or does he want to win the TV classification as well?

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Ayuso is very talented but there seems to be an element of chasing or desperation about him ...cant really express what I mean..but a sense of unease

Needs a new team with backing and a considered approach to stepping up...maybe a Vuelta first

 

[noob]

WATERFALL

 

[Gratemans]

WATERFALL

Don't go chasing it now!

 

[dgodave]

I want to live in that hilltop farm.

 

[noob]

Don't go chasing it now!

One of the better songs ever made!

Also I'm obsessed of waterfalls!

 

[Boehmand]

Don't go chasing it now!

Yeah, he should stick to the rivers and lakes he's used to!

 

[gregrowlerson]

My top 3 picks from the poll:

Roglic-Ayuso-Landa

DNF-DNF-DNF

Can you pick Pogacar to win the Tour?

 

[gregrowlerson]

I must be seeing things.....Armstrong, Contador and Klöden working well together in the mountains.

 

[yaco]

I am surprised that we don't see this tactic of sprinters going into the break in the third week of a GT. As long as you have 2 or 3 teammates then its easier then controlling a stage all day.