2019 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1: Bologna - San Luca ITT 8km

[HelloDolly]

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I think on such a short course a bike change is fraught with risk

If the course were longer then maybe...Remember Bergen but that didnt always workout well as far as I remember

For most GC men a road bike with bars seems sensible.Most advantage they can get is on the climb and even on road bikes their flat section performance wont be too much in jeopardy

The one with the biggest dilemma will be Dumoulin who could one would surmise be stronger on the flat than Roglic & Yates. Can he push home that advantage and include a bike change ? Or will he lose it on a road bike with bars

Remember Bergen, 3km climb similar to this at the end. Dumo TT biked all the way up and destroyed the field.
Dumoulin also famously won the Alto de Aia TT in Itzulia against steep hill specialist Purito... I think he is feeling confident on his TT bike here

Yes Tom has just come out and said the course is like Bergen and he is confident
That climb in Bergen is so steep ...I walked up it and marvelled at how steep it was in places

I hope Tom wins as it will give him confidence and prepare us for the pure climber versus the TT climber battle

 

[Lequack]

First round at the @GoZwift - @giroditalia event in Palazzo Grassi, Bologna. Conor Dunne from the @yallaACADEMY wins the first race on Zwift's first course simulating Stage 1 at the Giro d'Italia!

 

[Red Rick]

Is there gonna be a time limit tomorrow?

 

[Lequack]

Whole 21 stages of Giro profile in one pic:

 

[Sciatic]

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Whole 21 stages of Giro profile in one pic:

That also looks like an accurate projection of what our heartbeats will look like watching each stage--and suggests we could be close to comatose watching race action by the end of the 1st week . . . (but perhaps have our cardiac rhythms shocked to higher rates at the end of the 2nd?)

 

[Koronin]

Hopefully I can find a "replay" of the stage tomorrow. I am looking forward to this ITT. Hopefully someone will have up loaded it to Youtube at some point.

 

[klintE]

Top 3 on the first stage shall be top 3 overall, methinks.

 

[Lequack]

14 Big Photos from the Pre-Race Press Conferences — rcs
http://www.steephill.tv/2019/giro-d-italia/pre-race-photos/stage-01/

 

[Eshnar]

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Hopefully I can find a "replay" of the stage tomorrow. I am looking forward to this ITT. Hopefully someone will have up loaded it to Youtube at some point.

you know tomorrow is still Friday right

 

[Koronin]

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Hopefully I can find a "replay" of the stage tomorrow. I am looking forward to this ITT. Hopefully someone will have up loaded it to Youtube at some point.

you know tomorrow is still Friday right

Right. My week gets screwed up when I have a day off in the middle of it.

 

[Poursuivant]

Fancy Dumoulin to pip Roglic.

 

[armchairclimber]

Nibs looks skinnier than I can remember seeing him.

 

[Lequack]

In a few minutes there will be a team presentation live.
TEAMS PRESENTATION, THURSDAY 9 MAY, 21:30 CET / 9:30:00 PM GMT+0200 - PIAZZA MAGGIORE, BOLOGNA
http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/route-2019/

 

[Rollthedice]

Savio on stage, Smoke on the water easy listening version background for Androni.

 

[Rollthedice]

CCC on an ACDCZZTOP mix plus Amaro Antunes.

 

[Red Rick]

DD on Enter Sandman.

 

[Rollthedice]

AG2R on some sort of imitation of Iggy Pop without Iggy.

 

[Lequack]

 

[Rollthedice]

Formolino looks like a school boy.

 

[Rollthedice]

TGBM's ears are on stage.

 

[Red Rick]

Eye of the Tiger is ruined for me for the next 3 weeks

 

[Rollthedice]

Who are these Ineos? Got it, they have one Henow.

 

[Lequack]

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Who are these Ineos?

Some newcomers.

 

[Rollthedice]

Landani looks around and he is alone, no Valverde, no Quintana.

 

[Rollthedice]

Dire Sunweb Straits.