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Red Rick

Red Rick

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bambino said:
After yesterday, the only team with capabilities and will to drive hard starting from Col de Romme is Ineos. And even they might be vary because of Thomas. For JV and DQS as low pace as possible is advantage. UAE is dead after yesterday. Break can definitely succeed today and in peloton it will probably be matter of single rider attacks. Won't be suprised if Nibs is right there in the mix still good part up to Colombier, but will not be probably in the selected group to respond (late) attacks from the likes of Carapaz.

Though the wildcard called Movistar can do anything in the remit of imagination.
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The only way to deal with Pogacar is chaos and madness. Carapaz, Porte or Thomas in breakaway, those sorts of shenanigans

If I were Jumbo I'd just go for Van Aert or Vingegaard in the break again today.
 
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DoYouEvenRideBruh

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Well he was never going to hold Pog's wheel was he?

Now that the crazy talk of GC is over let's please go back to the original plan. It's not like Pog can single-handedly bring back every break in every mountain stage. Also Bahrain riders are soon going to complete their rotation for the stage wins, leaving some chances for the others.
 
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It's all coming together nicely. Getting some good training in while executing the biggest sandbag in orr history. Pure gold.
 
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Sure, he’s not having the best Tour imaginable, but on GC he is in front of one of the best climbers in this year’s race, Colbrelli, the next three riders in front of him are Thomas, Yates, and Fuglsang, so he can move ahead of them and really solidify his GC standing on the next mountain stage, and he is already in front of Higuita, Alaphilippe, Valverde, Porte, Kruijswijk, and Lopez. I mean, if this isn’t where he planned on being at this point in the Tour, then you might as well tell me he wasn’t going to ride for GC in this year’s Tour.
 
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DoYouEvenRideBruh

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It's honestly insane how many excellent GT riders are in this Tour as helpers or stage hunters. That's what will make it so hard for him to win a stage. Just take a look at the power O'Connor produced when he won the stage yesterday... not sure Nibali could have done much better than Quintana and Higuita from the break.
 
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Nibali, target Ventoux - to leave a mark. "This week, then stop"
www.gazzetta.it

Nibali, obiettivo Ventoux per lasciare un segno. “Questa settimana, poi mi fermo”

Lo Squalo punta a mercoledì con la doppia scalata al Gigante di Provenza e poi domenica al tappone pirenaico di Andorra con l’Envalira. Quindi si ritirerà per rifinire la preparazione per l’Olimpiade. Su Pogacar in giallo: “Me l’aspettavo così forte, ma attento alle trappole delle altre squadre”
www.gazzetta.it www.gazzetta.it
 
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DoYouEvenRideBruh

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The Gazzetta website is the worst. Anyway, yes, that's pretty much what we expected at this point: one more week in the race to try something in the relevant stages. There's only those two. Both look like long shots.
 
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Rollthedice

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DoYouEvenRideBruh said:
The Gazzetta website is the worst. Anyway, yes, that's pretty much what we expected at this point: one more week in the race to try something in the relevant stages. There's only those two. Both look like long shots.
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The supersonic thermonuclear trend in the peloton continues. Though from another perspective De Gendt's assesment of the current state of affairs in the peloton only confirms last year's Hindley and Hart Giro performances in relation with our old school champion. The young generation are going faster than who knows when and oddly enough they even surpass the endurance and recovery of athletes who in theory should be better based on age, experience and résumé. On top, for a thousand reasons Nibali had/has a hard time hitting his peak, whatever it was/is since he's with Trek. In a nutshell, I'm pessimistic with Ventoux, Andorra, Fuji and the rest.
 
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Red Rick

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Rollthedice said:
The supersonic thermonuclear trend in the peloton continues. Though from another perspective De Gendt's assesment of the current state of affairs in the peloton only confirms last year's Hindley and Hart Giro performances in relation with our old school champion. The young generation are going faster than who knows when and oddly enough they even surpass the endurance and recovery of athletes who in theory should be better based on age, experience and résumé. On top, for a thousand reasons Nibali had/has a hard time hitting his peak, whatever it was/is since he's with Trek. In a nutshell, I'm pessimistic with Ventoux, Andorra, Fuji and the rest.
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The same time as Froome in stage 10, just under 7 minutes ahead of Froome in stage 11, Nibali should retire ..............
 
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