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From the Giro perspective nothing changes much after Remco's Poland raid, by now we all know what he's capable of. What we don't know is how can he handle three weeks with an infernal third one. It will be interesting next week to see both go head to head in Lombardia. Before, on Wednesday he'll start Gran Piemonte.
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Not sure if the likely start list quality is high quality enough to make that third week brutally hard, though. Maybe, maybe not.
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Initially he wasn't supposed to ride Gran Piemonte, then rumors put him on the starting list. Now it's official, he will not ride Gran Piemonte, Trek announced the team. Next race, Il Lombardia.
Yet another change of plan. Seems like he'll ride Piemonte after all.
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"Look at me, I'm the backup brother now"
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I reserve my gut punches exclusively for those who consider him a lucky rider
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That's the talk but where on such a short notice? It also costs a lot of money, I can't see anybody spending right now on cycling events.
Probably going to cost potential organizers a lot less than during a regular season though. UCI is probably quite desperate to find a replacement so the organizers will have to pay them way less.
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Here's the team for GdL:
Bauke Mollema (NED)
Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
Giulio Ciccone (ITA)
Gianluca Brambilla (ITA)
Koen de Kort (NED)
Nicola Conci (ITA)
Jacopo Mosca (ITA)
Directors: Adriano Baffi (ITA), Paolo Slongo (ITA).
Bauke will wear number one. Nibali from Trek Segafredo website:
"Now, I have less than five days of competition. Although the feeling at Milano-Sanremo was good, there are still too many variables to take into account for Saturday.
It's really difficult to have a clear idea of what the race might be like, but we knew that also before the restart. That said, on Saturday I feel confident I can have a good race. At Milano-Sanremo I lacked a bit of sharpness, but the signals on the condition confirmed to me that I am in the right direction. Also, let's not forget that with me there will be a well-equipped team. I believe that together we can implement a common strategy."
Bauke Mollema (NED)
Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
Giulio Ciccone (ITA)
Gianluca Brambilla (ITA)
Koen de Kort (NED)
Nicola Conci (ITA)
Jacopo Mosca (ITA)
Directors: Adriano Baffi (ITA), Paolo Slongo (ITA).
Bauke will wear number one. Nibali from Trek Segafredo website:
"Now, I have less than five days of competition. Although the feeling at Milano-Sanremo was good, there are still too many variables to take into account for Saturday.
It's really difficult to have a clear idea of what the race might be like, but we knew that also before the restart. That said, on Saturday I feel confident I can have a good race. At Milano-Sanremo I lacked a bit of sharpness, but the signals on the condition confirmed to me that I am in the right direction. Also, let's not forget that with me there will be a well-equipped team. I believe that together we can implement a common strategy."
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Kinda expected, by himself as well I think.
Kinda his normal season approach, altitude, some racing, altitude, some multi day racing, Giro.
Let's see if and where the WRR happens, all in for the third.
If Covid doesn't stop everything again of course.
Kinda his normal season approach, altitude, some racing, altitude, some multi day racing, Giro.
Let's see if and where the WRR happens, all in for the third.
If Covid doesn't stop everything again of course.
He needs to tone down the voodoo.
Jokes aside...he was okay today but it feels like he was in a better shape in march. Maybe it just isn´t easy to peak for classics in mid august when he wants to be at his best in october. He certainly looks better than Carapaz. And if there is one rider that usually knows how to peak late in the season it is Nibali.
On a side note: I really hope that his teammates will pay him back for the work that he did in the italian one day races. You won´t find many riders with his palmares that (even on a bad day or in mediocre shape) are willing to sacrify their own ambitions for a younger rider like Ciccone.
Jokes aside...he was okay today but it feels like he was in a better shape in march. Maybe it just isn´t easy to peak for classics in mid august when he wants to be at his best in october. He certainly looks better than Carapaz. And if there is one rider that usually knows how to peak late in the season it is Nibali.
On a side note: I really hope that his teammates will pay him back for the work that he did in the italian one day races. You won´t find many riders with his palmares that (even on a bad day or in mediocre shape) are willing to sacrify their own ambitions for a younger rider like Ciccone.
Looked pretty good tbh. The gaps were big due to the hard racing though. It looks like he is getting there for the Giro.
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He was the strongest Trek rider on the Muro, but had cramps on the Civiglio climb, so he did the right thing and worked for his teammates. You'd never see Aru doing something like that...
actually Ciccone was the only rider still in the group. Nibali and Mollema had a small gap.
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