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So should we also then be kind and accept that you chose Caleb Ewan for the second time.   Of course I don't know if you want to get +100 points, but if that is your plan, feel free to go

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some fans doesnt know how to behave,disgrace

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since ski jumpers are beating bike riders

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Yeah that was a dumb move from Viviani :facepalm:

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How 72 cyclists can finish in winning time? 

Because one group is counted as one 'unit' across the finish line. If not, you'd get some seriously dangerous stuff every single time with every GC rider wanting to be all the way in the front, where there's already 30+ riders fighting for sprint positions, and several people wanting to be in the very same spot at the very same time is something physics solves with death and despair :p 

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Here we go.

 

 

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Just now, heywoodu said:

Because one group is counted as one 'unit' across the finish line. If not, you'd get some seriously dangerous stuff every single time with every GC rider wanting to be all the way in the front, where there's already 30+ riders fighting for sprint positions, and several people wanting to be in the very same spot at the very same time is something physics solves with death and despair :p 

Thanks!

What do you think about Roglic position right now? I am not a cycling expert but it looks that winning time trial in 1st stage will be sufficient for an overall victory.

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Thanks!

What do you think about Roglic position right now? I am not a cycling expert but it looks that winning time trial in 1st stage will be sufficient for an overall victory.

The Giro has yet to start in terms of GC, so a few seconds in hand after one serious stage is in no way enough, at all :p 

 

Which doesn't change that in my opinion (and in that of pretty much most cycling fans) he was the big favourite and he still is. I don't think much has changed in that (at least for me) with that one stage, it has happened a gazillion times riders who looked steady lost a lot of time in the 3rd week (or the opposite).

 

On Thursday and (especially) Sunday we'll get a better picture and then on 24 May we'll get going to the real stuff. There's some stuff in between not every rider is gonna like, but probably not enough to make some serious gaps.

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The Giro has yet to start in terms of GC, so a few seconds in hand after one serious stage is in no way enough, at all :p 

 

Which doesn't change that in my opinion (and in that of pretty much most cycling fans) he was the big favourite and he still is. I don't think much has changed in that (at least for me) with that one stage, it has happened a gazillion times riders who looked steady lost a lot of time in the 3rd week (or the opposite).

 

On Thursday and (especially) Sunday we'll get a better picture and then on 24 May we'll get going to the real stuff. There's some stuff in between not every rider is gonna like, but probably not enough to make some serious gaps.

Thought so. 

His shape still confuses me. I watch cycling since 1992, i followed all the greatest riders but i have never seen such dominance by anyone of them. He won all 3 tours this year (100% sucess),he is almost invincible in time trials. He almost finished in top 3 in last TDF,he is usually in top 3 in every race he participates in. If tour consists of 10 stages he will be in top 3 at least 6 or 7 times. He is almost invincible. 

I like him from his NC era, but this is real mistery for me. Cant explain this at all.

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Thought so. 

His shape still confuses me. I watch cycling since 1992, i followed all the greatest riders but i have never seen such dominance by anyone of them. He won all 3 tours this year (100% sucess),he is almost invincible in time trials. He almost finished in top 3 in last TDF,he is usually in top 3 in every race he participates in. If tour consists of 10 stages he will be in top 3 at least 6 or 7 times. He is almost invincible. 

I like him from his NC era, but this is real mistery for me. Cant explain this at all.

Reminds me of Froome in 2013: won Oman, second in the Tirreno, won the Criterium International, won Romandie, won the Dauphiné and then went on to absolutely shatter everyone in the TDF (two years after his first magic Vuelta appearance at the end of yet another totally useless year) :p 

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Reminds me of Froome in 2013: won Oman, second in the Tirreno, won the Criterium International, won Romandie, won the Dauphiné and then went on to absolutely shatter everyone in the TDF (two years after his first magic Vuelta appearance at the end of yet another totally useless year) :p 

Cant explain but i will call those 2 years ( Froome in 2013 and Roglic 2018...) primes of cycling overall. At least in last 2 decades.

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