Yesterday’s stage, rather predictably, didn’t bring around
much action with the main favourites exhausted after the first mountaintop
finish and Astana happy to coast along with Sky at the head of the Peloton. Sir
Bradley Wiggins, now in fourth behind Rigoberto Uran, confirmed what most
feared when unable to lvie with the best climbers on the Altopiano Del
Montasio’s 20% slopes, and while he did well considering that he has been below
par with a chest infection, (and he had also become quickly isolated following
the blowout of Sergio Henao), his chances of taking even a podium look slim,
for all that few had an answer to Team Sky’s oday’s stage however (a short,
sharp burst at 11, with 34KM’s of flat after a Category 4 climb, should be
fiercely contested, with only stage 21 guaranteed to end in a sprint finish on
profile.
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| Happier days. |
In a Giro low on sprint finishes, Mark Cavendish (our tip
for the red jersey which now looks extremely threatened by Cadel Evans) has
taken the two flat stages and should do so again today if positioned correctly
– in deed he’s quite a tempting bet at 8/11. The men to follow him once again
should be Elila Viviani – who used his climbing ability to steal points in the
race for the red jersey two days ago –and Nacer Bouhanni, who was poorly positioned
when there was last a sprint but has impressed a lot this year, and both look
each/way value once again.
Advice
1 pt each/way Nacer Bouhanni (10/1 Bet Victor)
1 pt each/way Elia Viviani (7/1 Bwin)
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