2016 Giro d'Italia
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby Vass43 » Thu May 19, 2016 12:01 pm
Provided Nibali stays healthy i think in the final week his class and staying power will show out and its his Giro to lose
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby AndrewCowley » Thu May 19, 2016 7:32 pm
Boring partly because of the relatively easy course so far but also boring because of the weak GC field.
Contador should have picked this year for his Giro / Tour double. At least then Astana wouldn't be able to spend 2 weeks doing nothing.
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby MichaelB » Fri May 20, 2016 9:10 am
Anyway, I wonder what the result had been if Caleb had been on the other side of Greipel ? Probably no different as he probably put in enough effort to win, but was still close.
Roll on Stage 14
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby find_bruce » Sun May 22, 2016 6:49 am
Happy to have been wrong, stage was certainly animated, just not by the expected riders. Still plenty left before Torino. Tonight's uphill TT should see some more shake ups of the GC contenders.find_bruce wrote:Stage 14 looks brutal on paper - will anyone have the legs & courage to attack? An animated stage would be great but this Giro is shaping as a war of attrition
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby redsonic » Sun May 22, 2016 1:16 pm
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby MichaelB » Sun May 22, 2016 5:44 pm
ITT will be interesting
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby AndrewCowley » Sun May 22, 2016 6:07 pm
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby find_bruce » Mon May 23, 2016 7:26 am
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby DG1984 » Mon May 23, 2016 8:19 am
I only got to see the extended highlights, but even they were enthralling. Those climbs and descents were outrageous.MichaelB wrote:Cracker of a Stage (14 that is) and a great result for OGE, but also some of the others that lost time.
ITT will be interesting
Some fantastic photos are up on beardy's caravan. What a life that guy leads, paid to travel the world take photos and cycle amazing roads.
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby MichaelB » Mon May 23, 2016 8:33 am
Now he really has to attack over the last few mountain stages. He has the team for it, so could be REALLY interesting !!!
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby MichaelB » Wed May 25, 2016 8:49 am
Chaves's chase (great efforts from Howson & PLaza) reminded me a bit of Cadel going up Galibier.
Hoping like hell that Valverde doesn't beat him to a podium spot. That would really upset me !
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby AndrewCowley » Wed May 25, 2016 11:55 pm
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby find_bruce » Thu May 26, 2016 9:41 am
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby biker jk » Thu May 26, 2016 11:25 am
Piti's improvement came after the rest day so he "recovered" well, unlike Landa who must have made a mistake with his rest day "recuperation".find_bruce wrote:Just 2 big mountain stages to go, so I can't see Kruijswijk blowing up. I am with Michael about piti - a sudden improvement 2 weeks into a grand tour isn't at all suspicious
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby Gerry.M » Sat May 28, 2016 2:06 pm
No, he didn't blow up, instead went over the bars - poor bugger.find_bruce wrote:Just 2 big mountain stages to go, so I can't see Kruijswijk blowing up. I am with Michael about piti - a sudden improvement 2 weeks into a grand tour isn't at all suspicious
Looking forward to tonight's stage to see who can survive all three climbs, would be great for Chaves to win it.
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby AndrewCowley » Sat May 28, 2016 6:20 pm
A tame start but a brilliant 3rd week.
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby hiflange » Sat May 28, 2016 9:19 pm
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby DG1984 » Sat May 28, 2016 9:42 pm
Declared fit, definitely started.RobertFrith wrote:So is Kruiswijk out? Call me stupid but I can't see anywhere that he's retired. I figure you would with a broken rib but all the news I've seen is saying is that he's lost the lead..
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby find_bruce » Sat May 28, 2016 9:43 pm
Apparently Kruijswijk is startingRobertFrith wrote:So is Kruiswijk out? Call me stupid but I can't see anywhere that he's retired. I figure you would with a broken rib but all the news I've seen is saying is that he's lost the lead..
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby GAV!N » Sun May 29, 2016 8:23 am
I'd have to say one big factor was team support in the Mountains. Chavez was virtually solo while Nibbles always had numbers and always had people up the road.
Was great to see Uran try and help Chavez as well.
All in all a great Grand tour. It will be hard for the Tour to top that!
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby Gunlock » Sun May 29, 2016 9:04 am
Agreed. I wonder if OGE should have brought in one of the Yates brothers to help out in the mountains?GAV!N wrote: I'd have to say one big factor was team support in the Mountains. Chavez was virtually solo while Nibbles always had numbers and always had people up the road.
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby fat and old » Sun May 29, 2016 6:23 pm
Saving them for TDF, and less likely to hold onto them anyway.Gunlock wrote:Agreed. I wonder if OGE should have brought in one of the Yates brothers to help out in the mountains?GAV!N wrote: I'd have to say one big factor was team support in the Mountains. Chavez was virtually solo while Nibbles always had numbers and always had people up the road.
Heartbreaking to watch Chaves not even being able to hang on to Uran's offer
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby AndrewCowley » Sun May 29, 2016 7:15 pm
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby MichaelB » Mon May 30, 2016 10:41 am
He is great and despite not beaing able to support well in the mountains, the team still punched well above their weight.
Great effort & result.
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Re: 2016 Giro d'Italia
Postby redsonic » Mon May 30, 2016 11:59 am
I agree about Orica Greenedge's support. They were there when it mattered, and the team tactics looked faultless.MichaelB wrote:Brilliant GT, great to watch and LOVED Chavez interview at the end. Came 2nd and still rapt and no excuses.
He is great and despite not beaing able to support well in the mountains, the team still punched well above their weight.
Great effort & result.
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