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PostPosted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:28 pm 
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so the first grand tour is upon us, but who will win? most of the favourites have had pretty low key build ups this year with only perhaps Nibali showing his hand. Evans and Basso have looked out of sorts or are aiming to peak for le tour instead. Hesjedal, wiggins and sanchez have opted for low profile build ups, training rather than racing in the most. Rodriguez may be worth a punt though he wont like the time trial in the middle. with no contador and froome in this could an outsider get in. the long time trial will surely be dominated by wiggins, the main question seems to be who can get the time back in the several big mountain stages

i think this is going to be a pretty open race, keeping out of trouble in week 1 will be a priority for the favourites, then the real racing starts. with no one in really great form, and several big names out i'm going for nibali to finally shake off wiggo in the big hills with hesjedal up there too, but keep an eye on taylor phinney, possibly the best of the outsiders






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PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:27 am 
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This has the chance of being a pretty boring Grand Tour tbh with the main contenders marking each other out of it.

Wiggins build up has surprised me this year after last year winning all but two of the stage races he entered. Either he is keeping his powder dry or......he is finding last year difficult to follow up.

Hesjedal has looked solid so far but he doesn't have the surprise package element this year - pretty sure that Garmin will throw the whole team behind him though and should finish top 5.

Nibali looks good so far and as long as the Astana team ride smartly then he has a solid chance of the win.

Basso is a spent force but will finish top 10.

Sanchez is top 5 material - won't challenge for the win

There are a few surprise packages this year in the mix. Can Betancour keep up his good form and get into a meaningful break to put some serious time into the main GC hopefuls?

Can Pozzovivo show the kind of form he had two years ago and be there or thereabouts (he can't TT at all though).

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Basso out anyway - got a cyst on his 'arris.






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Cav kicks ass once again - his team need some mechanics who know what they are doing. Every race they have a bike break at a critical time






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I think Nibali will win the Giro this year

Great start for Cav yesterday though

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Great start for Cav in spite of his team not having a clue. They came to the front far too early and he won in spite of his team.

Great TTT from Sky, Astana and Movistar. Appalling from anyone else who was fancied. Hesjadal has time he needs to make up.

Great stage yesterday - ignore what I said about the potential of this being a boring procession. I think yesterday was about Astana and Garmin telling Sky they weren't going to be allowed to boss the climbs this year.

I fancy Pozzovivo or Santambrogio for the win today.

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Been an interesting last few days.

Omega Pharma Quick Step worked well to deliver Cav to the line yesterday. Good lead out and great work by Steegmans.

Questions marks over what shape Wiggins is in. Remember 2010/11 when he was always in the wrong place getting caught up behind crashes? Remember 2012 when he and his team were not getting caught up in crashes? Well, looks like we're seeing the earlier vintage again.

40 riders were not caught in the crash yesterday. What on earth is Bradley doing more than 40 riders back?

Maybe he is so certain of putting 3 or more minutes into his GC rivals in the TT but he would do well to remember the broken collarbone that arguably robbed him of winning the 2011 Tdf.

For me the jury is out on Wiggo until after the TT.

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Haggis Fax wrote:40 riders were not caught in the crash yesterday. What on earth is Bradley doing more than 40 riders back?

He punctured and was just getting back. Not sure there was a lot he or the team could have done about it.

Tough one today. Barely a flat section in sight.






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That would certainly explain it - but he also lost time 2 days previous.

Today is described as medium mountains. Remind me never to go out on a ride with anyone who would describe today as 'medium mountains'.

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Haggis Fax wrote:That would certainly explain it - but he also lost time 2 days previous.

He did, and when you add it all up it appears to make a pattern, but I'm not too sure there's one to see. It has been a far from comfortable first week though.






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