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Without an italian win after 16 stages , he was gonna get dragged by the italian public. Plus it's not like Sky would ever help him. They are not the generous types.

He is still behind, he needs some more voodoo.

Quintana is not letting go for now

Landa almost caught. Is this going to be that coveted italian win.

Then why isn't FFS Nibali going, or at least trying to see if Quintana isn't well. No shark from Nibali

Why are Quintana and Nibali not going.. Nibali doesn't want to work for Quintana, and Quintana doesn't want to work for Quintana..

Too much gels on an empty stomach our commentators speculate. The group waited for him a while, but he was over a minute and it was impossible any more.

Judgement day is finally here. If something has to happen it must be in todays kings stage. If Terminator Tom manages to stay in pink tonight, then everyone else should kiss their chances goodbye. Enough with the safe BS riding, Quintana, Nibali need an old-fashioned long range attack already from Stelvio and not wait for Santa Maria if they don't want to get only scrapings.

Come on, first Scarponi, now Nicky Hayden What awful few weeks, simply no words.. RIP !!!

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Thankfully, they are over now and we can get to the interesting stuff.

The Gaviria show, very boring

Wow Cannondale wins, what's up with that.

Snakebite collapsing like a stack of cards is so NID....

You mean 2 time Giro winner and 2 time Tour podium finisher Ivan Basso. Doesn't seem like a bad idea. Of course i know what you mean, but frankly there aren't many clean people to give advice from the 1995-2010 period, so it's not like he has a big choice.

Please Wright keep it together!!

The crashes with cyclists around Europe are increasing in alarming rates.

Such a good stage today, it's going to be fun from the beginning. The shark to do some crazy downhill riding, like in the good old days, as to get a few second back. If that happens, i wonder who would try and chase him, or if the rest are going to be playing it safe.

[hide] Knockout Round May 18th - May 21st, 2017 8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal Match Quarterfinals Central European Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 May 18th 2017, h. 16:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Russia 3 Czech Republic May 18th 2017, h. 16:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne United States 2 Finland May 18th 2017, h. 20:15, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Switzerland 2 Sweden May 18th 2017, h. 20:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Canada 4 Germany [/hide]

A question? So Sharapova is denied WC from Roland Garros for both main draw and qualifying. But if she wins or goes deep in Rome, she would be back in the top 100. Then is she going to be allowed or still not, because she hasn't registered for the tournament prior in the year? I have forgotten how the whole registering was done.

My expectations were on point, just that Dumoulin should have made a minute less. Quintana and Nibali are going to have a big problem with him. He has a 2.20 and 2.50 ahead of them, plus another 2 minutes comming in the last TT, that's 5-6-7 minutes needed in the mountains. Of course with the third week being so tough, it is very likely he would have a bad day, but would it be such a bad day. Plus the others aren't immune to one too, especially Nibali, who still isn't looking promising. He gained good on Quintana, but the colombian was exceptionally bad, ideally Nibali should have been 1.30-1.40 behind Dumoulin. The other thing is that without the crash, Thomas would have been 30s to a minute from Dumoulin and in prime position for the win. He is in great shape and would have been the last one to stick with Quintana on Blockhaus. Sky should be kicking themselves.

Of course it isn't sure, but at least you get a fair chance to compete and the best team gets the quota. And there aren't any made up tournaments that forbid european teams from competing..

Non-GS rider Dumoulin to win the stage, put 2 minutes on Quintana and take the pink. Time to see if Nibali is ready to fight with Quintana. If he can't take back at least 30 seconds, things would be looking gloom for the italians.

Roger Federer to miss Roland Garros. My interest in the tournament just plummeted. Rafito to continue dancing on the mud and end the year as number 1 And the beginning of the year was so magical..