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Stage 17 » Tirano › Lugano (134k)
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After all the recent excitement for the GC guys, this stage should give them a bit of a break. This is short at 134km, and primarily flat with just the one Cat 3 climb that comes very early on. This could well finish in a bunch sprint. We start today in Tirano, near the Swiss border. We head primarily West and almost immediately we hit the Cat 3 Teglio, which is a fairly straightforward ascent. This scenic parcours then takes the peloton through the Valtellina, through the Addo River valley towards the mouth of Lake Como. The roadway narrows all the way along the lakefront road to the short Croce di Menaggio climb. There's a few tunnels as we head towards Lake Como, and then as we run into the urban area of Lugano there's plenty of street furniture. The last few kilometres are primarily downhill. There are two hairpin turns with 3km to go. As we head round Lake Lugano the road flattens out. There's one last bend at 750m, but the home straight is 7m wide on the asphalt surface of Riva Vincenzo Vela. This should end in a bunch sprint. The sprint wins so far have been evenly shared enough to ensure all the sprinters' teams (Lotto, Trek & Lampre certainly) work together to bring back the break, and even though bad weather could again play a part there is nothing in the profile to suggest anything other than a sprint. I'll be keeping an eye on the price of Andre Grepiel.
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After all the recent excitement for the GC guys, this stage should give them a bit of a break. This is short at 134km, and primarily flat with just the one Cat 3 climb that comes very early on. This could well finish in a bunch sprint. We start today in Tirano, near the Swiss border. We head primarily West and almost immediately we hit the Cat 3 Teglio, which is a fairly straightforward ascent. This scenic parcours then takes the peloton through the Valtellina, through the Addo River valley towards the mouth of Lake Como. The roadway narrows all the way along the lakefront road to the short Croce di Menaggio climb. There's a few tunnels as we head towards Lake Como, and then as we run into the urban area of Lugano there's plenty of street furniture. The last few kilometres are primarily downhill. There are two hairpin turns with 3km to go. As we head round Lake Lugano the road flattens out. There's one last bend at 750m, but the home straight is 7m wide on the asphalt surface of Riva Vincenzo Vela. This should end in a bunch sprint. The sprint wins so far have been evenly shared enough to ensure all the sprinters' teams (Lotto, Trek & Lampre certainly) work together to bring back the break, and even though bad weather could again play a part there is nothing in the profile to suggest anything other than a sprint. I'll be keeping an eye on the price of Andre Grepiel.
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No Greipel or Henderson after their withdrawal. The fast men left are Modolo who won Stage 13, Viviani who won Stage 2 and Nizzolo who hasn't won anything yet but has been on the premises a fair few times.
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Bet £3.65 going best price about pretty much all the favourites, I've taken the 7/1 about Viviani. Suspect he may even team support tomorrow.
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Will be very interesting to see who is in the break tomorrow.
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Just looking at the final 3.5 kms -- looks like the perfect launching pad for a TT specialist having good sensations. Might be even easier if he was to find himself in the breakaway. There could also be a bit of a tailwind, which would assist the stage hunter.
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Small stage, not hard for 2-3 teams to control. But cant see value in any bet really...
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Hoping the sprinters teams don't infiltrate the break
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This is looking pretty good for the sprinters teams so far. There is a break of 3 up the road with 1 rider trying to bridge across.
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wait for the climb...
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Rumours around the race circulating that Alberto Contador is going home after today's stage
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Looks pretty safe for the sprinters teams
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Also Eurosport are absolutely hopeless mixing tennis and the Giro. *twiddles thumbs*
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Ahh sneaky, MC. Sneaky!
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Lugano is where Contador lives, along with Sergio Paulinho.
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Yes mate, Dan Lloyd's joke from twitter
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Pretty impressed we had 110 posts on yesterday's fred. Viva Il Giro. Viva Il Forum.
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All set for a bunch sprint.
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BMC making the race harder for Gilbert? Not steep enough to drop sprinters i think
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G'day gents, got in a bit late for this. Haussler, Chavanel, and Gilbert were my picks. Only managed to get matched with Gilbert, though. I think heard Chavanel was mentioned walking into the room -- any excitement with those other two?
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It looks quite excited on the front -- that final 3.5kms may very-well be the staging point for one to steal a march.
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Looks bloody fast -- tailwind will assist a breakaway -- can anyone confirm the manner of the wind?
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Hansen did a similar thing in 2013 stage 7 over a bumpy course at the Giro. Increased his lead, but he's still a fair way out.
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yes tailwind for most of the time. That final could be good to launch an attack for guys like durbridge or to teams like movistar or CCC to make it harder for grega bole or Lobato
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Sergio Paulinho driving the peloton on his roads :)
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Nice one, cheers EB. Pace really fast, but that final bump will retard the arrowhead a bit perhaps. Bunch sprint not assured, but positioning critical for the likes that can TT well.
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Hard to tell who is moving up on these narrow roads...
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small stakes on Grega Bole @80
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Added Chavanel to Gilbert, small stakes, also.
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Slagter goes for it!
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I think Slagter has gone a bit early here.
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Gilbert attacks
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Argh... Gilbert drawn out by Slagter, did not play the patience game!
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What a final, super narrow roads
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Wouldn't lay against Paolini, but won't back him as I'm suddenly stretched!
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lampre surely!?
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bunch sprint, perfect combo for Modolo
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Modolo Wins, perfect sprint!
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Sharpening arrow controlled perfectly by Lampre and Modolo it was. Clinical stuff, but I thought Haussler had a fair chance to do something.
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