Giro d'Italia 2013, 4th-26th May - [Spoilers]
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Wiggo lost that in the first half of the TT.
From the halfway point he put about 40 seconds into Dowsett, more into Nibali. The form is there, and Brailsford is saying Wiggo is putting out bigger numbers than he was in the Tour. If he stops riding downhills like my gran he can still win this giro
From the halfway point he put about 40 seconds into Dowsett, more into Nibali. The form is there, and Brailsford is saying Wiggo is putting out bigger numbers than he was in the Tour. If he stops riding downhills like my gran he can still win this giro
Noodley
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He may very well be, but he's ridden like a doofus so far. Maybe Brailsford need a doofus-scale as well?
lukesdad
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If its sunny and warm wiggo will win. If its cold and wet he won't
Pedrosanchezo
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Think it was Tirreno Adriatico on the final stage. It was the individual TT - interestingly Froome beat him though (TT not overall).
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smutchin
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Evans 2nd, well feck me ! Wanna give me odds for that podium in July Hont or smutchers ?
I'm not revising my opinion of Evans until we see how he gets on in the proper mountains. That's the real test.
Respect due to him though - he's looking in his best shape for over a year.
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wiggo has the potential advantage of two team mates in the top ten, climbers both. neither nibali, heysedal, evans or gesinck have even one, so should wiggo and uran/haino find themselves in an elite group with nibali, they can attack him relentlessly. uran and haino are close enough on gc the nibali would have to follow their attacks; he catches up, they stop attacking and when all are back together the next sky rider attacks and so on…
Flying_Monkey
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That's pretty much what I already said above...
smutchin
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It would be nice to see him go out in a blaze of glory but I still fear he won't be able to compete in the hills.
The Evans of two years ago wouldn't have been beaten by Nibali in a time trial. Not even a hilly one. The jury is most definitely still out.
Flying_Monkey
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BTW, for those who think Wiggins can't attack, here's what Inner Ring said about yesterday:
"rather than defending his lead for the next two weeks, Wiggins now has to attack. It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds, he went up yesterday’s final climb like a rat up a drainpipe"
Indeed he was second only on the final climb to... Cadel Evans - another rider who 'can't attack'. I'm hoping most of the conventional wisdom doesn't work out for this Giro.
"rather than defending his lead for the next two weeks, Wiggins now has to attack. It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds, he went up yesterday’s final climb like a rat up a drainpipe"
Indeed he was second only on the final climb to... Cadel Evans - another rider who 'can't attack'. I'm hoping most of the conventional wisdom doesn't work out for this Giro.
smutchin
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Nibali definitely looked done in on that final climb yesterday. Not as badly as Hesjedal but he was fading fast.
He could pay for that effort today if Sky put the hammer down on the two big climbs.
What's today's weather forecast?
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He could pay for that effort today if Sky put the hammer down on the two big climbs.
What's today's weather forecast?
Edit:
smutchin
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People actually think that? Blimey.
smutchin
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Fark this Di2 balls and racing slicks.
Stick to Good old friction shifters and Marathon +.
Wiggo does use mechanical shifters on his TT bike, for the simple reason that the levers give him a slight extension on his aero bars without breaking the UCI rules.
