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Aug 27, 2023
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Anyone else watching the Giro?
I'm crying...how unlucky can Roglič get with crashes, and not one was his fault this time...today he'll probably abandon the race...99% of riders would stop days ago.

Del Toro is looking strong, wouldn't mind him winning.
But at end i hope Simon Yates has redemption on Saturday on Finestre climb (where he lost the race in 2018).
 
Aug 27, 2023
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Yep exactly right. Roglič has now abandoned the race with another crash during the rain-soaked stage 16.
RBH is an amateur team, should have send him home on Sunday...dude couldn't even get up on a bike yesterday and today he was barely walking.

Roglič is once again a test dummy in an inexperienced team...it's like Visma all over again...if they were serious team 5-6 years ago he'd had 2 more grand tours.
 

mjromeo81

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Aug 29, 2022
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But at end i hope Simon Yates has redemption on Saturday on Finestre climb (where he lost the race in 2018).
You called it!

2018: Yates loses 38 mins to Froome and loses the Maglia Rosa on the Colle delle Finestre

2025: Yates, 1:21 behind takes more than 5 mins from Del Toro to take the Maglia Rosa on the Colle delle Finestre

Full circle.
 

JCK

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JCK
May 11, 2004
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I can't stand Lisa Bike but they had a great stage yesterday. I don't like UAE either but I do admire Pogacar and I wanted Del Toro to win. But damn, that was the most stupid decision from a team to let Del Toro wait for Carapaz and Carapaz to wait for Del Toro.

Don't tell me experience or anything, when you see the third in GC attacking you on a climb, you follow and defend your jersey. You don't wait and defend the podium.

Well done Simon, you deserve it.
 

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