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Pozzovivo and it seems like Pelizotti still got it. His brother wasn`t horrible yesterday and reduced the peleton to 40 riders with a little more improvement he could be useful. His best mountain helper Javier Moreno was out early in both Grand Tours this year.
If those four are healthy and Visconti decides to work instead of chasing stage wins (great job yesterday by the way) they are as good as any team not named Sky.
I would like to see better support on flat stages with cross wind and echelons. Remember Westra during the Tour 2014...he did an incredible job on the cobbles and was able to lead the peleton for 100+ kms (even on some medium mountain stages).
People like Knees or Kyrienka are underrated by the common cycling fan but there aren`t a lot of guys in the field with the ability to pace the peleton for hours. Cyclists and managers know how valuable these riders are...Knees for example got a 2 year contract extention.
A week ago I thought that his team was complete trash but it seems like they peaked for second and third week.
whittashau said:
Pozzovivo and it seems like Pelizotti still got it. His brother wasn`t horrible yesterday and reduced the peleton to 40 riders with a little more improvement he could be useful. His best mountain helper Javier Moreno was out early in both Grand Tours this year.
If those four are healthy and Visconti decides to work instead of chasing stage wins (great job yesterday by the way) they are as good as any team not named Sky.
I would like to see better support on flat stages with cross wind and echelons. Remember Westra during the Tour 2014...he did an incredible job on the cobbles and was able to lead the peleton for 100+ kms (even on some medium mountain stages).
People like Knees or Kyrienka are underrated by the common cycling fan but there aren`t a lot of guys in the field with the ability to pace the peleton for hours. Cyclists and managers know how valuable these riders are...Knees for example got a 2 year contract extention.
A week ago I thought that his team was complete trash but it seems like they peaked for second and third week.
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Ion Izaggire, Sioutsu and Navardauskas were supposed to ride this Vuelta, I can only imagine with these guys dedicated, healthy and in form what can happen. Let's not forget for next year besides Pozzo there's Gorka too who can be very valuable.
skippo12 said:
Ion Izaggire, Sioutsu and Navardauskas were supposed to ride this Vuelta, I can only imagine with these guys dedicated, healthy and in form what can happen. Let's not forget for next year besides Pozzo there's Gorka too who can be very valuable.
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He had only Delfino there, and I think he worked enough but the other guys looked to me that they don't care too much.
portugal11 said:
He had only Delfino there, and I think he worked enough but the other guys looked to me that they don't care too much.
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Voodoo strikes again. Magic Nibali Voodoo.
Nibali must have saved a million lives in his previous life to get such good karma
Nibali must have saved a million lives in his previous life to get such good karma
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He always puts pressure on the opponents, it is not his fault that people can't stay on their bikes. But he definitely contributes in making other people do mistakes.
If anything, he has been an unlucky rider, as he could have an Olympic and rainbow jersey among other races, if he did not crash at the end. But as he said, is part of the game, not bad luck.
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He always puts pressure on the opponents, it is not his fault that people can't stay on their bikes. But he definitely contributes in making other people do mistakes.
If anything, he has been an unlucky rider, as he could have an Olympic and rainbow jersey among other races, if he did not crash at the end. But as he said, is part of the game, not bad luck.
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First time Froome fell very close to Vincenzo, they were going fast enough. Nibs implies that they didn't slow down for Froome, they were pulling to catch Contador, you don't play a waiting game with 10 K to go.
Anyway hopefully Contador will have the legs to stress Froome more along the way. Nibali needs another strong guy who attacks and invents something in order to break the train and put Froome in difficulty. As for today, regardless of what some overexcited posters here have suggested, him joining Berto would have been a bad idea for both, Froome would have never let them ride away.
Anyway hopefully Contador will have the legs to stress Froome more along the way. Nibali needs another strong guy who attacks and invents something in order to break the train and put Froome in difficulty. As for today, regardless of what some overexcited posters here have suggested, him joining Berto would have been a bad idea for both, Froome would have never let them ride away.
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We all know that there's only one song that truly fits Nibali: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04F4xlWSFh0 
Sorry for posting a bad Nu Metal song in the Nibali thread.
Sorry for posting a bad Nu Metal song in the Nibali thread.
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After this musical intermezzo and the good vibes inside Bahrain team - "Vincenzo gives us good feelings – says Giovanni Visconti, at his tenth Grand Tour – and this is so much motivated for us", we can look forward with hope for a very important weekend.
I'd say tomorrow mano a mano in the last 4k and total war on Sunday.
I'd say tomorrow mano a mano in the last 4k and total war on Sunday.
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Tomorrow is almost a monoclimb stage, hope he doesn't blow himself up in following. Plenty of tougher multi mountain stages to come where he can strike
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Then I woke up one and half hour later and went to sleep a few minutes later.
About Nibali, if he doesn't gain around a minute on Froome on Sierra Nevada he has very low chances of winning the race.
I fell asleep 5 minutes before you posted this yesterday.lenric said:
Then I woke up one and half hour later and went to sleep a few minutes later.
About Nibali, if he doesn't gain around a minute on Froome on Sierra Nevada he has very low chances of winning the race.
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I'm not too worried of today, although it is single MTF, there is around 100km of legbreaker terrain before it. Not an easy stage in any regards and definitely harder than i.e Blockhaus stage in Giro. And the last climb should favor Nibs in terms of gradients.
I hope Bahrain will put their lesser doms to work hard before the final climb in case other teams won't drill it.
Dekker_Tifosi said:
I'm not too worried of today, although it is single MTF, there is around 100km of legbreaker terrain before it. Not an easy stage in any regards and definitely harder than i.e Blockhaus stage in Giro. And the last climb should favor Nibs in terms of gradients.
I hope Bahrain will put their lesser doms to work hard before the final climb in case other teams won't drill it.
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