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LeDuke
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by LeDuke

How can you bet on anyone but Dumoulin for the TT?

The few people that could match him in flat/rolling TT pace AND climbing strength (Froome, Thomas) aren’t racing.

Castroviejo or Moscon to medal. Roglic would have a good shot but isn’t doing the TT because of his crash.


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LeDuke wrote:
Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:15 pm
How can you bet on anyone but Dumoulin for the TT?

The few people that could match him in flat/rolling TT pace AND climbing strength(Froome, Thomas) aren’t racing.

Castroviejo or Moscon to medal. Roglic would have a good shot but isn’t doing the TT because of his crash.


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Jugi wrote:
Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:50 pm
I wouldn’t discount any of those guys. Roglic and Alaphilippe seem to be on an upward trajectory. Kwiato and Nibali seem like they have been saving themselves and preparing for the worlds during the latter part of the season (if not for the whole season in Nibali’s case).
Nibali broke his back in the Tour, remember. He hasn't been saving himself, he's been desperately trying to recover sufficiently in time to perform, unfortunately :cry:

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by themidge

But Viviani said 'Nibali is ready' with a knowing: :wink:

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bilwit wrote:
LeDuke wrote:
Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:15 pm
How can you bet on anyone but Dumoulin for the TT?

The few people that could match him in flat/rolling TT pace AND climbing strength(Froome, Thomas) aren’t racing.

Castroviejo or Moscon to medal. Roglic would have a good shot but isn’t doing the TT because of his crash.


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I’d love to be proven wrong, but I’m guessing Dennis will ship a minute to Dumoulin between the start of the climb and the end of the TT.


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by Wookski

LeDuke wrote:
Sat Sep 22, 2018 12:43 am

I’d love to be proven wrong, but I’m guessing Dennis will ship a minute to Dumoulin between the start of the climb and the end of the TT.


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Dennis is in excellent form, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a very close fight between D & D.

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by wingguy

themidge wrote:
Sat Sep 22, 2018 12:37 am
But Viviani said 'Nibali is ready' with a knowing: :wink:
I can't see it happening, but I'd love to be proved wrong!

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by coriordan

RR:
Valgren, Terpstra (is he riding) Alaphilpe, Poels, Valverde, Martin (D), Kwiat, Yates maybe, GvA or perhaps past it?

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by Rondje

coriordan wrote:
Sat Sep 22, 2018 8:33 am
RR:
Valgren, Terpstra (is he riding) Alaphilpe, Poels, Valverde, Martin (D), Kwiat, Yates maybe, GvA or perhaps past it?
Terpstra is only there for the TTT. Course is way to hard for him, he isn't a climber but a classics guy.
Dutch team: Dumoulin, Poels, Mollema (most likely the 3 leaders/protected riders), Kruijswijk, Kelderman, Oomen, Tolhoek, Weening.

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by coriordan

Ah righto. Wasn't sure the length of the climb.

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by kbbpll

Here's what the bookies say. A few days old though. https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/raci ... uck-394765

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by Wookski

kbbpll wrote:
Sat Sep 22, 2018 7:37 pm
Here's what the bookies say. A few days old though. https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/raci ... uck-394765
Not really- it’s what cyclingweekly says the bookies say (please don’t quote that publication again)

Odds as of today:
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by maquisard

Sagan better than Uran, Dumoulin, Martin and Fuglsang :noidea:

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by coriordan

Because he's famous and bookies odds represent the punters.

I think Dan looks like a good outside bet!

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by Rondje

Tom Dumoulin gave all his power and weight data (except for the TT’s) to Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad to analyse and report:
https://www.ad.nl/wielrennen/een-kijkje ... ~acf408ab/

Interesting fact is that the Giro was harder then the Tour.

It’s all in Dutch but Google translate can help you with that. For the Graphic:
Aantal klimmen = Amount of climbs
Klim kilometers = Amount of km’s climbed
Gemiddelde wattage op belangrijke klimmen = Average wattage on important climbs
..En in de laatste klim = And in the final climb

Incase you don't want to read the article but only want to see the graphic:
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