Not sure Astana will let Fuglsang race the TT given he's there to support Nibali.Kruijswijk and Fuglsang will out-TT Valverde.
You're right there - I do rate Fulgsang highly (in the same bracket as Majka). Got a feeling Chavez might surprise a few too.Always smart to have two options in the GC for as long as possible. Fuglsang has looked extremely sharp lately, and should stay in the running if he can, especially considering the rest day.
Also, watch out for Pozzovivo tomorrow.
Good choice, one day I'll do a cycling holiday in Italy!!!These stages look absolutely marvellous, me and the boys are doing the Pyranees this summer, next month actually, but I may have to start looking towards Italy for cycling holidays in the summer. Some brutal climbs though....not sure it's remotely possibly to go steady up Mortirolo or half of these 10% average climbs.
Missed the last week and still catching up, but listening to the stage reviews on the Telegraph podcast (truly excellent btw). Far less processional at least than when the Astana team dominated that Giro won by Nibali. Mind you, it always was far less predictable than the other GT's. My favourite in many ways......How has it been this year? Been sometime since i saw this. Last I saw was when nibali won
Yeah, need to catch up like I said, but saw today's highlights and he just looks strong.......Doesn't look like he'll do a Van Gaarderen or a Porte and suffer a really bad day..Gotten used to seeing Nibali implode in Grand Tours now. Not been a great couple of years for him lately.
I reckon Kruijswijk has this. He doesn't look like he's going to crack, and you just don't lose three minutes in a stage race without having a really bad day on the bike.
Not really superman. He rode well the last two days but if Kruijswijk hadn't crashed I don't think he would have even troubled him.Astana perform tests and suddenly nubali is superman. Cycling