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May 2021
9:41am, 24 May 2021
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fraggle
Todays stage has been shortened - presumably down to weather conditions?, could make for more fun
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May 2021
9:42am, 24 May 2021
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larkim
That's a shame. But safety, rider health must come first.
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May 2021
10:27am, 24 May 2021
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Chrisull
Bernal's back may yet be an issue. Giro has had recent history of leaders (Yates, Kruisjwijk) blowing up and losing good leads.
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May 2021
10:29am, 24 May 2021
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SPR
I'd expect Bernal to beat Yates in a TT. I also expect Bernal to be better than Yates full stop. Class of the field and I expect the only reason he's here instead of the Tour is due to back concerns.
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May 2021
10:43am, 24 May 2021
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Gobi
I'm an optimist SPR
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May 2021
10:44am, 24 May 2021
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larkim
We're all talking about his back; but is he? Seen nothing so far to indicate any weakness, so I'm not expecting anything to transpire - and "all" he needs to do this week is hang in there with Yates. I read something somewhere (!) that suggested that Yates hadn't been well in the first week, thus explaining his lacklustre start. Maybe he'll come better in the final week, but Bernal has the easier position certainly, unless there's a group attack by a few of the top 5 simultaneously working to topple him. |
May 2021
10:48am, 24 May 2021
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The Mussile
There was an interview on the coverage the other day larkim, may have been the Breakaway on GCN+ where he said there had been some problems in the first week that he didn't want to talk about. Seemed on the face of it to be more than illness but that might be me reading too much into it
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May 2021
10:50am, 24 May 2021
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SPR
Bernal himself has talked about his back. Said he doesn't expects to have to manage it at least for this year. It's not about expecting something to transpire, it's understanding that it's possible something other than form could affect the race. Bernal was great last year up until his back issues started.
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May 2021
10:50am, 24 May 2021
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K5 Gus
Today's Giro stage shortened and 2 of the big climbs removed due to bad weather cyclingweekly.com |
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May 2021
10:50am, 24 May 2021
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larkim
But has he talked about it during this Giro? I didn't think he had?
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