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Plaza is a machine, he's back again!
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Cannot believe that.
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still haven't found a bet, how about you CJ?
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I'd really like it all to come back together, I hate this guessing game with two races!
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Nope, just watching for fun at the moment. Can't pick the breakaway at the moment and then who knows who'll go for it from the peloton.
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It's a fun and interesting stage, very strange in its fluidity, but again really hard to pick a bet, not even a confident small lay.
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So, when considering an attacking descent for Nibali, have to make sure to determine the descent type. Nibali really needs it technical and super dangerous. These sinewy long descents are not really his thing.
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Would have thought the break require at least 3mins from the peloton, but now that the peloton is so depleted I'm not sure how it will affect things...
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...on the final climb that is...
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Update on Adam Yates please chaps
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Half a mind to bet on Plaza.. He keeps coming back!
All depends on where they kick the GC battle off from, if domestiques are spent and they don't take it up the break has a chance. Yates still with a man on the front of the GC group. Formolo and Jungels not with him. |
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The break is now really only TJVG and Landa, I think. The others are fading.
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Landa now goes fav. over Quintana. He has been finding solid support for a long time.
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Odds on, now. Landa.
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Landa doing all the work, btw.
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TJVG just sitting on...
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Commentators saying its flat at the top so if these two stay together TJVG should have the advantage. Big if that though.
GC group losing time on the second half of the break. They are running out of time for the win. |
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Agree mate.
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Think last km is cobbled !!
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My worry with TJVG is whether he will dig deep.
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Quintana has got nothing.
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Landa or TJVG, Landa has to go soon I think if he's going to take it.
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Yates off the back., monarch.
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Landa can break TJVG with a committed effort, I think. TJVG is weak, mentally.
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So clever Dumoulin, he saw Quintana blocked on the rails. Quintana manages to get back on.
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Cheers CJ
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How strange is this stage...
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Nibali versus Dumoulin versus Quintana = stale mate.
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Pinot could drop out of the sky and pitch this.
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Yates back on with the three main guys, monarch.
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Cannot believe Landa opened the inside door again.
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It's cobbled alright, with a big bloody drain down the middle -- rude finish!
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TJVG really needed that for his career, I agree, but he won't fool me, he is not a GC contender, and certainly not by winning this stage by a handful of seconds over some tired riders.
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By the sounds of it Mr Landa needs a few lessons. Congrats all the same to TJ. Think im right in saying a 1st grand tour stage win
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Good call by CJ with TJVG being the better suited in the finale -- showed a good turn of speed and was invited through by Landa.
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Yes monarch, first GT stage win.
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Good work today chaps. Look forward to watching the highlights later on. Sounded an interestng stage
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What I think can be taken from this stage is that Quintana put all his cards on the table, and he could barely show a pair of attacks which proved nothing, if that analogy works. Dumoulin rode smart throughout, not just when blocking Quintana on the rails, he showed he could attack too, and looked to have stretched Quintana a bit on that final climb.
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At least Quintana made an attempt a long way out to try something different......but after that it was the usual token efforts for 200 metres and not a cat in hell's chance of anybody making significant ground.
How the TV can say Dumoulin in not a climber when grand tour winners Nibali and Quntana can only drop him when he goes to the toilet ! |