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Stage 20: Saturday May 26th, Caldes/Val di Sole - Passo dello Stelvio 219km

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gerundium said:
The italians just made a pact against Hesjedal i think. None of them tried to ride for the win.

Or maybe everybody is just very tired. Hesjedal seems to be the strongest of the favorites , he should be in front.
 
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Scarponi and Purito are playing chicken. They hope Hesjedal will blow himself up if they keep playing it cool, then they'll take the spoils of war. But it's not working.
 
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And De Gendt leaves the easy slopes and gets to the hard ones now

When the favorites get there, I'm expecting Pozzo to attack
 
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What a Landis-like performance by DeGendt
This was all tactics (and balls), not Landis-like strength. Of course De Gendt was going to go faster than Vande Velde.
 
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Lol at Rolf Sørensen commenting on Danish TV2:

"If I was De Gendt's ds i would be standing on top of the car and I would have two bikes in each hand in case something happened."
 
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So happy for De Gendt. Even if he doesn't win the overall, he has an epic stage victory.
 
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5'16" from De Gendt to the maglia rosa group at 5km to go.

I believe that Vaughters said in an interview on Universal Sports that he thought the ascent of the Stelvio would be "tactical".

I'm hoping that subtle, sophisticated modern "tactics" end up losing the Giro to a guy who started the day in 8th place and rode with old-fashioned guts.