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Kurgan Gringioni
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because of descending skills?
One can make a very convincing argument that if Savoldelli did not
possess his awesome descending skills, he would not have won last
year's Giro. In the stage to Zoldo Alto, he dropped the other three
major contenders on the final descent and Basso went ballistic on the
subsequent final climb to bridge the gap. Simoni blew, it was worth 21
seconds there and one minute one second to DiLuca.
The penultimate stage saw Savoldelli get dropped for 2:30 on the
penultimate climb by Simoni/DiLuca/Rujano, but Savoldelli's descending
skills brought together the remnants of the early break and the final,
shallow climb saw the larger group bring back all but 1 minute of that
gap to preserve Savoldelli's lead.
Can anyone recall someone winning a GT like this because of descending
skills? The only other race where I can recall descending skills being
a decisive factor was the 1991 Milan-San Remo when Kelly caught
Argentin on the descent of the Poggio.
thanks,
K. Gringioni.
One can make a very convincing argument that if Savoldelli did not
possess his awesome descending skills, he would not have won last
year's Giro. In the stage to Zoldo Alto, he dropped the other three
major contenders on the final descent and Basso went ballistic on the
subsequent final climb to bridge the gap. Simoni blew, it was worth 21
seconds there and one minute one second to DiLuca.
The penultimate stage saw Savoldelli get dropped for 2:30 on the
penultimate climb by Simoni/DiLuca/Rujano, but Savoldelli's descending
skills brought together the remnants of the early break and the final,
shallow climb saw the larger group bring back all but 1 minute of that
gap to preserve Savoldelli's lead.
Can anyone recall someone winning a GT like this because of descending
skills? The only other race where I can recall descending skills being
a decisive factor was the 1991 Milan-San Remo when Kelly caught
Argentin on the descent of the Poggio.
thanks,
K. Gringioni.