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I think we can safely say he smashed it today !!! One of the finest Stage race performances from a Brit
Agreed, as was yesterday.
I hope he makes it but I just wonder about energy conservation, esp if he’s now having lots of media duty instead of sleeping it off whenever he can
fingers crossed for the TT
Rooting for Yates not because he's British, but because his ride so far has been aggressive, entertaining and full of heart.
That said, I kind of want him to get pumped in the TT so he has to go on the rampage again next weekend.
What an exciting race, Yates is so impressive, I really thought he'd gone too early at around 17km to go, just shows how good he is both tactically and also his power output in last 5 kms. Doesn't matter if he wins race or not now, he's established himself as one of the best GC riders. Is he riding tdf or the vuelta?
It's been a titanic contest between such contrasting riders, some wonderful elan from Yates but some real gutsy grinding from Dumoulin he's not letting the Jersey go without a fight to be only 2.10 back in this kind of terrain is quite an achievement!
The giro and veulta are so much more exciting than the tour.
I also like that eurosport show the wattages the guy ls are putting out. Is this now a standard thing that will be on every grand tour?
The giro and veulta are so much more exciting than the tour.
The Giro has been for most of the twenty odd years I’ve watched it. The Vuelta became interesting when they moved from those huge flat stages across deserts - when was that, ten years ago?
Bloomin' 'eck. That was fabulous. I thought Simon looked like Robert Millar in his heyday.
Great ride form him there, is he lined up to do the Tour Double?
I would have thought a Giro Vuelta double would be a good idea.
His brother is pencilled in as the TdF leader isn't he?
That’s a great video - the team come over very well.
This is a great example of why having the right TT on the right day of a grand tour is so important. It's a "general" classification, the best all round rider, and too often the courses have been made to make it the best climber or the best TTer win. This race seems to have it just about perfect, and it is making for some of the best racing I've seen in a long time,
Agreed, a lot better than having a TT right at the end as well
Yes great Racing. Yates will be 30 seconds down maximum Tuesday evening overall. He will easily take the jersey back in the mountains.
Superb riding from Yates. Absolutely delighted for him. Couldn't believe it when he went from so far out but made for a great spectacle. And, to be fair, great to see the effort Dumoulin made to get himself back into it when he was briefly dropped.
Oh and always love the team videos they make. The one where they re-created that day's Giro stage with plastic toys was hilarious.
perhaps we are seeing why age catches up quickly to GC grand tour riders is it it's effect on your powers of recovery that gets you in the end ?
My money is on Chaves to win today's stage.
early bench mark from Tony Martin 40:14
How did Peterson do? He was being towed around by treks T5 Van 😉
do you mean Pedersen ? 41:04
Yeah, soz predictive txt..
getting quite wet out on parts of the course now, some "cobbled" corners look lethal!
Rohan Dennis just set a good start
Just Dumoulin and Yates left to start.
both looked tense !
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Thibaut Pinot comes through the first intermediate and he loses 1:14. That's a huge amount of time this early on.
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40 dead for Rohan Dennis
So Dennis up by 14s, Froome dropping time should see RD back in the top 10, Aru move up somewhere and Chris?? Pinot out of it by now
tom 17 down on Dennis
Jeez Pozzovivo looks bad on a TT bike!
38 down at inter 1 for Yates, TD 17s Down so in the right range
Yates is doing OK !
Yates 38secs down (on Dennis) at the first split
Tom doesn't look his usual silky self
19s back for Tom, holding on there
Tom 19 down on Dennis
ooo minute 7 for Yates so 48s lost so far,
48 secs down on tom !
sly edit there 😉
So Dumolan 22s down on Dennis, what can Yates do?? 3mins to go
come on lad push!
1:37 down, come on Simon YATES!!!!
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So 1:15 lost today, very tidy and all in the plan I hope
fantastic!
Great job Yates! Keep it up for the next few days and it's yours!
Amazing result for Yatesey! But how much has it taken out of him? His team need to protect him now from all the inevitable attacks in the mountains, expect him to ride defensively now!