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Presumably it was just after you posted that he crashed.,...
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Damn, did I curse him? I'm not watching. He'll probably still win.
One bloke out on his now from the original breakaway...........about to be caught On the final climb of the day, 36K to go............. |
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Put a dogleg corner on a narrow Italian street, and you bring the whole peleton down, put one on a wide Californian street and everyone sails round it....
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Sagan wins again................
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Sagan wins again................
![]() "The GC guys will be pulling their punches until the real climbing days like Big Bear and Mt Baldy. I think a 40-man group could get over the final climb together. The winner will be a guy who can climb but also sprint." |
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Still more cycling up tonight on ITV4 - they start off their coverage of the Halford Tour series, British city centre cycling. Usually good races and up-and-coming riders - there's a few riding the Giro this week who were doing the Halfords Tour the last couple of years.
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Still more cycling up tonight on ITV4 - they start off their coverage of the Halford Tour series, British city centre cycling. Usually good races and up-and-coming riders - there's a few riding the Giro this week who were doing the Halfords Tour the last couple of years.
You get what they refer to as Division 3 teams popping up in the World Tour races sometimes........I think there might be one in the Giro Would these british teams be a division below that ? The most famous name I heard was Ed Clancy from the track pursuit team who was riding |
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I was surprised how many Aussies and overseas riders were in these British teams.............what level are these teams ?
You get what they refer to as Division 3 teams popping up in the World Tour races sometimes........I think there might be one in the Giro Would these british teams be a division below that ? The most famous name I heard was Ed Clancy from the track pursuit team who was riding The Tour of California is not a World Tour race, so can invite a mixture of all three levels. The Halfords Tour Series has a few Continental teams, but the rest are a level below that. But these races aren't sanctioned by the UCI, so I guess they can invite whoever they like. Looking at their website, most of the teams seem to have one or two riders who've ridden professionally in the past... but I would guess most of them have day-jobs... |
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Some are young up and comers. Jack Bauer and Ian Stannard in the Giro at the moment were in it the last couple of years.
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Can't say I'm too keen on these cycling-free days :yawn:
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Can't say I'm too keen on these cycling-free days :yawn:
thread has died the death a bit recently............even Cav's last stage win went unannounced............
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If you were the predict the Sky Tour De France line up now, who would you go for. There seem 5 certainties, two more almost that but the last couple would depend on their strategy.
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Rest of this week should be good in the Giro
thread has died the death a bit recently............even Cav's last stage win went unannounced............ ![]() |
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What's interesting is that he seems determined to win the sprinter's jersey, he is contesting the early intermediates before the breakaways get established.
I was kind of assuming he would climb off this week until he contested that intermediate .........as you say, that would indicate that he's going for the jersey He's in for a tough week if he continues |
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do you think he'll finish ?
I was kind of assuming he would climb off this week until he contested that intermediate .........as you say, that would indicate that he's going for the jersey He's in for a tough week if he continues |
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If you were the predict the Sky Tour De France line up now, who would you go for. There seem 5 certainties, two more almost that but the last couple would depend on their strategy.
Rogers Porte Siutsou Zandio Barry Boasson Hagen Eisel Cavendish ...would be my team. |
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do you think he'll finish ?
I was kind of assuming he would climb off this week until he contested that intermediate .........as you say, that would indicate that he's going for the jersey He's in for a tough week if he continues The only danger now in Rodriguez winning a couple of stages and nicking the points jersey in the process. It'd be a shame really, because you have to admire his grit after that big crash in Denmark. Hopefully more breakaways will succeed this week and scoop up the points. |
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Rogers Porte Siutsou Zandio Barry Boasson Hagen Eisel Cavendish ...would be my team. |
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Rogers Porte Siutsou Zandio Barry Boasson Hagen Eisel Cavendish ...would be my team. |
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No Froome in there ? I'd have him in but not sure who to leave out. if Cav isn't really going for green i'd swap him for Cav. Crazy I know but overall that could be a better bet for GV rather than take a rider who won't make Paris
The rest depend on strategy. EBH doesn't fit directly into either but is too good not to go, Rogers could do jobs for both. That leaves 2, at least one will be part of the Cav train. Suitsov should go. |
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Brad, Froome and Porte are certainties. So are Cav and Eisel if fit. Cav could win 5 of the first 7 stages.
The rest depend on strategy. EBH doesn't fit directly into either but is too good not to go, Rogers could do jobs for both. That leaves 2, at least one will be part of the Cav train. Suitsov should go. Regarding Froome... I know he's good, but he's been ill again this year and hasn't really done enough racing to justify a Tour spot IMO. Sioutsou is consistent as a rider and work in the mountains and on the flat. |
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Bit of a non event stage in the Giro today as the riders took another unofficial 'rest day' before the big mountains
10 man breakaway allowed more than 10 minutes plus with the closest one 30 minutes down on GC...........peloton rolled along in their own time |
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The Giro hasn't really caught on this year, has it ?
Maybe we were spoiled with 3 fantastic grand tours last year Anyway, for the record, Cav got outsprinted today !........... ![]() The guys, David and Sean, had a good chat about the likely Sky selection for the Tour. Their feeling was that this years parcours is tailor made for Brad with a lot of time trialling and this year probably represents the best chance he'll ever have of a win. As such they'll probably pick the team around Brad and Cav will climb off after a 10 days or so and go home to prepare for the Olympics |
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Enjoyed the discussion about whether the points jersey is a sprinters jersey
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Just coming on to comment about the Cav discussion. Although he will have finished the Giro arguably he hasn't extended himself in order to win the points jersey. Most of the challengers have given up early. Whether he can genuinely compete at the Tour and then the Olympics remains to be seen. Whether Sky will be so keen to put all eggs in one basket after last year is another question.
The Giro just seems to be a warm up for the Tour and apart from the Italians there are none of the big name riders in it. A shame because it has been fairly open this year but difficult to work out where it is going i.e. who is going to win it and when. |
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