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On Sunweb's Youtube channel they had a clip of the morning of that stage on the bus, with Dumoulin being asked how the day will possibly go and how he was feeling that morning. He replied with "I'm fucked". Obviously they won't film and release 'proper' meetings etc, but it did strike me as being a bit weird.
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Makes it sound like a brilliantly planned and executed tactical victory.
If Dumoulin had the same meticulously planned and timed nutrition strategy, and 500-1000g of food and water to have to carry up the climbs, then I think he wouldn’t have shed so much time, and would have won the Giro.
Sky have engineered single stage decisive attacks to gain the yellow jersey, smash everyone on a fairly early mountain finish, and defend through the mountains and TT.
They have normally been less time gained, maybe because the contenders have been fresher.