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Zakarin would rather have a stage win despite killing his team today

wtf

Up to 20!

no bonuses for the GC boys?

wow!

Definitely no bonus for Quintana, back of the group. What a job by Dumoulin.

Fair one. Bit gutted VN didn’t take the stage, he looked a bit slow at the end though.

blimey, tomorrow’s going to be quite a day

Only 15 seconds conceded by Tom today. He should be back in pink tomorrow.

Great ride by Pinot for the win too. And good work by Zakarin for kicking it all off.

Should be good tomorrow, TD has looked on empty at the end of the last two stages, so will see how he recovers for tomorrow

Dumoulin should be able to stick over a minute into Quintana, no problem (assuming he’s not ruined himself over the last couple of days). Nibali isn’t far enough ahead. I’d guess it’s Tom’s race to lose now in some respects.

Nibbles and Quintana would have been hoping for a lot more time today, neither of them seem to have the form to really bury TD. Think it might be the rising of a new generation. If Froome is in form then Tour going to be a snoozefest, Vuelta hopefully good as usual though.

From cyclingnews…

The updated GC sees Nibali just 39 seconds behind Quintana while Pinot is now third at 43 seconds. Dumoulin is now 53 seconds back in fourth place.

On paper an easy win for Dumoulin but this is the last day of a GT so who knows who’ll have the legs! Fingers crossed for big Tom.

Will be interesting to see what Quintana does for the Tour. Not seen much to worry Froome. Did he come in undercooked building for the Tour thinking it would be more straightforward?

Think he came in to ride himself into shape for the tour

TD would be much better positioned with a strong team

TD would be much better positioned with a strong team

Conversely I think Nairo would be nowhere in GC without a strong Movistar team to protect him on pretty much everything other than the very steep bits.

TD would be much better positioned with a strong team

So, off to …… next year

anyone care to take a punt on that ?

Someone’ll be upset – unless Nibs retires and he goes to BM (he may have too many morals for that though!)

@scaredypants, reported on Eurosport TD has signed with sunweb until 2021 this morning.

Good finale today, and keeping some interest going into the TT tomorrow

I like Teebow Peeno, so glad he took the stage. TD should be able to get enough to win tomorrow.

I think TD will stay where he is, although Sky are said to be interested. Trek maybe, with Contador on the wane?

Makes tomorrow very interesting. Dream would be Dumloulin to win, Pinot 2nd and anyone but Nairo or Nibali 3rd, Zakarin maybe?

1. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) 90hrs 00mins 38secs
2. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Bahrain) +39secs
3. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ) +43secs
4. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Sunweb) +53secs
5. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha) +1min 15secs
6. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita/AG2R) +1min 30secs
7. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Trek) +3mins 03secs
8. Adam Yates (GB/Orica) +6mins 50secs
9. Bob Jungels (Lux Quick-Step) +7mins 18secs
10. Davide Formolo (Ita/Cannondale) +12mins 55secs

@scaredypants, reported on Eurosport TD has signed with sunweb until 2021 this morning.

Wow – wonder who they’ve promised him as domestiques

stage 10 results (I know it’s probably meaningless but it’s a reference point at least)

1 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:50:37
2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:49
3 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:56
4 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:01:40
5 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 0:02:00
6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:07
7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:13
8 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:02:15
9 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:02:16
10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:17
11 Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:02:18
12 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:02:19
13 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:02:23
14 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Sunweb 0:02:27
15 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:35
16 Jan Bárta (Cze) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:36
17 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 0:02:39
18 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:02:41
19 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0:02:42
20 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:02:43
21 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:50
22 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:02:51
23 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:02:53

Just hope no one has a mechanical

Don’t forget that team looks much weaker as they lost his best domestique to the motorbike.
But i agree, he wouldn’t have signed without some commitment on buying in some more support.

Wow – wonder who they’ve promised him as domestiques

Looking to resign Wilco Kelderman, Laurens ten Dam and Sam Oomen. Maybe pick up some Quickstep riders as well if they don’t find a sponsor

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK1VGZHUpno[/video]

language timothy!

And there was me half expecting today’s stage to be boring… Best one yet, sitting on the edge of my seat for the last 20k or so, with everyone putting in a proper fight.

The TT looks made for Dumoulin, but it could be tight still. I reckon Nibali will give it a good go too.

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@scaredypants, reported on Eurosport TD has signed with sunweb until 2021 this morning.
Wow – wonder who they’ve promised him as domestiques

Yeah you’d hope he’s going to get some proper worker ants.

His plight has reminded me of Cadel Evans, always battling away on his own, probably against dopers too…

Well well.

Not a bad stage by any stretch of the imagination was it. Nibz and Quinty still lack that spark and tomorrow it’s theirs to loose, considering the time differences.
However.
Tom has to put in a blinder of a TT.

Nice riding by Molema et all, Tom has some friends which he’ll repay as only the Dutch can do.

Got to thank Tom’s bowels for setting up a dramatic finish. If it wasn’t for that he’d probably be in pink now with a minute in hand. Incredible really that he’s thrown away so much time and will still likely win the Giro over Quintana and Nibali. Tenacious stuff.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZXWcsfUuRk[/video]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQxiUotmUsc[/video]

Phew, another cracking stage.

I know we all love Tommy D, but Rob Hatch needs to dial it down a bit really.

TD did a lot of work hauling the second group home. I wonder what his legs will feel in the TT.

I reckon Tom will be relishing today’s TT after day after day of stressful defending in the mountains. He’s looked fatigued at the end of 5 hour high mountain stages, but today’s 35 mins or so of effort won’t be a problem.

true, but the dynamic duo burnt a lot of matches out there creating the gaps too; neither had anything left for the bonus points.

It’ll be tactically interesting too….. with Tom D going out 4th last the others will know his splits but won’t have an ultimate time to aim for until they’re 80% finished as well, so does he go out fast to eat up their advantage early and put them under pressure, or do they ride an equal split hope adrenaline gets them home in the last 5-10km…

I may be beer in hand shouting at my TV later.

And despite the (IMHO) less than fair poo-ttack earlier, I hope it’s sorted by men on bikes rather than by mechanical problems.

Another point I think someone made is that Quintana will be in a stock pink skin suit whereas Dumoulin will be in his sunday best. I don’t think Quintana’s actually the threat, Nibali’s the better TTer so he’ll have potentially been glad to avoid riding in borrowed kit?

I think this is the first time I’ve ever looked forward to watching a time trial

Another point I think someone made is that Quintana will be in a stock pink skin suit whereas Dumoulin will be in his sunday best.

Yes that was me. Endura spent thousands on optimising everything about Quintana’s skin suit (special fabrics, placement, seams, etc.) so going to the Giro sponsors suit, despite it being made for him, will still cost him seconds.

Stage 21 Monza > Milan The Full Gas Shoot Out

The start of the ITT is set on the home straight of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza (already stage twon in 1949 and 1985). After completing one lap of the circuit, the stage course takes the pit lane and passes behind the paddocks to enter the Monza Park. The route then emerges from Villa Reale (first time split), then proceeds along wide, straight and well-paved avenues. In Sesto San Giovanni, the route takes the railway underpass. The second time split is taken upon entering Viale Italia. From here on, the course runs almost straight up to 2 km from the finish in Piazza Duomo. As far as Milan is concerned, it counts 8 stages with start and finish, 47 starts and 77 arrivals (last arrival in 2015). In the stage finale, the route first runs on wide avenues, and then on narrowed roads over the last few hundred metres, with several consecutive 90-degree turns over the last 100 – 150 metres, before entering Piazza Duomo. The home straight (150 m) is on 6-m wide stone-paved road.

1 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina 13:45:00
2 Marcin Bialoblocki (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 13:46:00
3 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 13:47:00
4 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 13:48:00
5 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 13:49:00
6 Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF 13:50:00
7 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina 13:51:00
8 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Sunweb 13:52:00
9 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 13:53:00
10 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 13:54:00
11 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data 13:55:00
12 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF 13:56:00
13 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 13:57:00
14 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors 13:58:00
15 Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin 13:59:00
16 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 14:00:00
17 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 14:01:00
18 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 14:02:00
19 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott 14:03:00
20 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF 14:04:00
21 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky 14:05:00
22 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 14:06:00
23 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal 14:07:00
24 Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina 14:08:00
25 Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 14:09:00
26 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 14:10:00
27 Matej Mohoric (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 14:11:00
28 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 14:12:00
29 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 14:13:00
30 Twan Castelijns (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 14:14:00
31 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 14:15:00
32 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac 14:16:00
33 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors 14:17:00
34 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14:18:00
35 Jan Bárta (Cze) Bora-Hansgrohe 14:19:00
36 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 14:20:00
37 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-Scott 14:21:00
38 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 14:22:00
39 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 14:23:00
40 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 14:24:00
41 Aleksei Tcatevich (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 14:25:00
42 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 14:26:00
43 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 14:27:00
44 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin 14:28:00
45 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Team Sunweb 14:29:00
46 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 14:30:00
47 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 14:31:00
48 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 14:32:00
49 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 14:33:00
50 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 14:34:00
51 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data 14:35:00
52 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-Scott 14:36:00
53 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 14:37:00
54 Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 14:38:00
55 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 14:39:00
56 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team 14:40:00
57 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Orica-Scott 14:41:00
58 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ 14:42:00
59 Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 14:43:00
60 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina 14:44:00
61 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 14:45:00
62 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data 14:46:00
63 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 14:47:00
64 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 14:48:00
65 Julen Amezqueta (Spa) Wilier Triestina 14:49:00
66 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 14:50:00
67 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 14:51:00
68 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team 14:52:00
69 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF 14:53:00
70 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 14:54:00
71 Adam James Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 14:55:00
72 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Cannondale-Drapac 14:56:00
73 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14:57:00
74 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 14:58:00
75 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 14:59:00
76 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) FDJ 15:00:00
77 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 15:01:00
78 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 15:02:00
79 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 15:03:00
80 Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 15:04:00
81 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 15:05:00
82 Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier Triestina 15:06:00
83 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15:07:00
84 Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team 15:08:00
85 Felix Großschartner (Aut) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 15:09:00
86 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 15:10:00
87 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 15:11:00
88 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 15:12:00
89 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 15:13:00
90 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 15:14:00
91 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Sunweb 15:15:00
92 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 15:16:00
93 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 15:17:00
94 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 15:18:00
95 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 15:19:00
96 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 15:20:00
97 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 15:21:00
98 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data 15:22:00
99 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 15:23:00
100 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 15:24:00
101 Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data 15:25:00
102 Jose Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 15:26:00
103 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 15:27:00
104 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 15:28:00
105 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 15:29:00
106 Carlos Verona (Spa) Orica-Scott 15:30:00
107 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky 15:31:00
108 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team 15:32:00
109 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 15:33:00
110 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ 15:34:00
111 Cristian Rodriguez (Spa) Wilier Triestina 15:35:00
112 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 15:36:00
113 Jose Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 15:37:00
114 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Hansgrohe 15:38:00
115 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 15:39:00
116 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 15:40:00
117 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 15:41:00
118 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 15:42:00
119 Michal Schlegel (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 15:43:00
120 Rudy Molard (Fra) FDJ 15:44:00
121 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 15:45:00
122 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 15:46:00
123 Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 15:47:00
124 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15:48:00
125 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac 15:49:00
126 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 15:50:00
127 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 15:51:00
128 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Bahrain-Merida 15:52:00
129 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 15:53:00
130 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky 15:54:00
131 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-Scott 15:55:00
132 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 15:56:00
133 Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team 15:57:00
134 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin 15:58:00
135 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team 15:59:00
136 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 16:00:00
137 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 16:01:00
138 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 16:02:00
139 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 16:03:00
140 Stef Clement (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 16:04:00
141 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 16:05:00
142 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 16:06:00
143 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 16:07:00
144 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 16:08:00
145 Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky 16:09:00
146 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 16:10:00
147 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 16:11:00
148 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ 16:14:00
149 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 16:17:00
150 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 16:20:00
151 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 16:23:00
152 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 16:26:00
153 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 16:29:00
154 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors 16:32:00
155 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 16:35:00
156 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 16:38:00
157 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 16:41:00
158 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 16:44:00
159 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 16:47:00
160 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 16:50:00
161 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 16:53:00
162 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 16:56:00

Flat to downhill course has got to favour the natural TT rider.

Would love to see Tom get this. As above this is going to be one of the few grand tour time trials I’ll try and watch rather than simply look at the times later.

But first a ride!