If Movistar didn’t take up the chase then I think that a team like UAE (since Costa was apparently on a decent day) or even Jumbo (with bonus points possible) would have chased instead. Having a tiring solo rider 15-20 seconds up the road with 10k or 5k to go should be enough enticement for most teamS with a few guys left in the group to take up the chase.
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- Apr 6, 2016
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Bagioli DNF 
His first GT, so kind of understandable. Don't know the reason though.
His first GT, so kind of understandable. Don't know the reason though.
- Nov 16, 2013
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- Feb 20, 2012
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- Sep 27, 2020
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Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Quoted for truth. Hopefully next season this relatively easy stage winning will be over for Roglic. Seeing how he is 31, he doesn't have too many years left (probably) and let's see how long he can keep this ease in acceleration but if that is the new norm for 2-3 years now at every Grand Tour that he participates in, we might have just switched one GT nuissance (le froome) for another...
Roglic is not bad for a sprinter. Blocked there by Costa otherwise it would've been closer. He didn't win a single stage in the red jersey, only 2nd places. He needs his turtle mojo. I think he just secured his green jersey. Green Roglic, best Roglic this year.
- Feb 20, 2012
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- Jun 3, 2009
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Some Quickstep rider crashed with around 50k to go. I didn’t see who it was but could it have been Bagioli?Bagioli DNF
His first GT, so kind of understandable. Don't know the reason though.
- Jan 29, 2020
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Nah, that was Steimle.
He's probably tired or having some physical issues. Yesterday he was already in the very last group of 4 riders with Bennett and today as soon as the road started to rise you could see him having trouble following the (at that moment easy) pace of the peloton.
- Jul 10, 2014
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Oh no, a GC contender who is an actual all-rounder, not just a climber. The horror
Making reduced sprints interesting for the GC shake-up and making GC involved in more stages So bad for the spectacle "we" is just you buddy 
- May 5, 2010
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LoL. Costa getting declassified... for pushing Cort. Not that getting pushed hampered Cort much...
Plus, it was cool to see how fiery and pissed Roglic was (about just missing a win) just after crossing the line, you could see him exclaim “f@&k “
- Feb 20, 2012
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EF now have as many GT stage wins in 2020 as they had in 2015-2019 together.
You would think that after 4 stages and getting 6 more seconds he would be pleased but apparently not. He won by 1 second the ITT so it all evens out in the end. The most important thing is that he doesn't seem to be tired after yesterday giving his acceleration at the end. If he didn't feel good, he won't be in contention, Carapaz didn't even try.
- Jul 10, 2014
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Bagioli DNF
His first GT, so kind of understandable. Don't know the reason though.
Damn. Really thought he'd be doing well in these last 3 stages. Shame
well it would be fine if his team would work for it, but now teams do all the work and then Roglic often finishes it off, I just find it annoying to look at.Oh no, a GC contender who is an actual all-rounder, not just a climber. The horror
- Sep 2, 2011
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With Bagioli abandoning, only 2 Italian riders are left in the race.
I believe that's the fewest Italian riders finishing a GT since the 1987 Vuelta.
I believe that's the fewest Italian riders finishing a GT since the 1987 Vuelta.
No team had lead out options, except maybe for MoviStar - And when a dangerous rider like Cavagna is up the road with less than 10 kms to go with a reduced peleton, then if you ride to bring him back, then you probably don't have a lead out left.
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That's fair. Personally I prefer to have many different winners in a race, and don't like cannibals dominating races and collecting stage wins en masse, but to each his own. What's up with your smilie overload?Oh no, a GC contender who is an actual all-rounder, not just a climber. The horror
people who overload with smilies often think they know it all and have narcissistic personality disorders.
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