2019 Giro d'Italia, stage 2: Bologna - Fucecchio, 205 km

[TourOfSardinia]

Bora H earned that: Pascal Ackermann takes it.
Did I see gaps?

 

[Red Rick]

Wonder how Bennett feels right now

 

[Salvarani]

Ackermann

Well done

Bora great today

 

[Climbing]

Sumptuous sprint.
Funny Vincenzo and Simon talking and patting each other at 60 km/h like good old friends, guess it's peace done.

 

[Hayabusa]

Gutted. If they'd have finished one second later, they'd have completed the stage in 4 hours, 44 minutes and 44 seconds.

 

[jaylew]

Ackermann already paying Bora back for selecting him. Gaviria well placed on Ewan's wheel but couldn't come around

 

[djconnel]

I was at the start in Bologna -- light to moderate rain and chilly. I actually seem to have water-damaged my laptop screen, unfortunately, since I had my backpack with me.... stupid.

Finish was impressive. Good to see Bora get payback for all that work: pulling most of the final 30 km.

 

[Laplaz]

Gaviria didn't had it

 

[Mayomaniac]

Re:

Gaviria didn't had it

Yes, he realized that he didn't have the legs when Ackermann started his sprint.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re:

Wonder how Bennett feels right now

I’d guess that he’s busy sitting on a sun lounger deciding which team to accept a big pile of money from.

 

[Eshnar]

I would have picked Ackermann before the stage, but I didn't expect a bunch sprint this big (as I also wrote in the preview).
I guess the head wind did not help. But it seems the pure sprinters still felt the effort.

 

[movingtarget]

Ewan faded. Impressive win by Ackermann. Viviani arriving in typical fashion, needed a bit more road.Not sure if the rider from Movistar continued, looked like he might have been concussed. Ugly looking fall.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Bora should keep Bennett and Ackermann and just get rid of this Slovakian guy...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I clearly underrated Ackermann. Never thought he (already) had it in him. Not once.

 

[Jagartrott]

Re:

Ewan faded. Impressive win by Ackermann. Viviani arriving in typical fashion, needed a bit more road.Not sure if the rider from Movistar continued, looked like he might have been concussed. Ugly looking fall.

He did not fade, as he sprinted Gaviria and Démare off his wheel. Ackermann was just a level beyond.

 

[Suck_Out]

De Plus +12:10

 

[HelloDolly]

Re:

De Plus +12:10

Did he crash ?

 

[HelloDolly]

Pascal Action Man

https://twitter.com/ukcyclingexpert/status/1127593369155309568


My favourite though is Team Idiots

 

[Gigs_98]

These kind of stages always disappoint. Remember stage 2 in 2017? I was genuinely surprised so many people thought there was a chance this would not end in a bunch sprint. Just don't forget the next stage that is actually harder than this comes on stage 6...ugh

 

[Laplaz]

These kind of stages always disappoint. Remember stage 2 in 2017? I was genuinely surprised so many people thought there was a chance this would not end in a bunch sprint. Just don't forget the next stage that is actually harder than this comes on stage 6...ugh

Agreed. I always thought this is going to be a sprint. Now 2 sprints + 1 uphill sprint before stage 6.

 

[Mayomaniac]

These kind of stages always disappoint. Remember stage 2 in 2017? I was genuinely surprised so many people thought there was a chance this would not end in a bunch sprint. Just don't forget the next stage that is actually harder than this comes on stage 6...ugh

With me having the defence of my Masters thesis in 9 days I'm actually not too upset about that, more time to learn.

 

[vladimir]

Re: Re:

De Plus +12:10

Did he crash ?

Nothing on Jumbo's Twitter yet, but I noticed that half the team was suddenly gone. Kuss and van Emden 9 minutes down and De Plus and Leezer at 12 minutes. So surely something must have happened!?

 

[Koronin]

Gutted. If they'd have finished one second later, they'd have completed the stage in 4 hours, 44 minutes and 44 seconds.

Wow, that could have cool if they'd found a way to finish 1 second later.

Nice stage win for Ackermann.

 

[Robert5091]

Chapeau Ackermann & Bora - they worked hard for their man. A couple of nasty crashes but the GC guys came home ok.

Jumbo to carry on letting the sprint teams lead the peloton? Seems they're getting a free ride.

 

[search]

Re: Re:

De Plus +12:10

Did he crash ?

Nothing on Jumbo's Twitter yet, but I noticed that half the team was suddenly gone. Kuss and van Emden 9 minutes down and De Plus and Leezer at 12 minutes. So surely something must have happened!?

I guess van Emden and Leezer did a bit of work early on?! And de Plus and Kuss are saved for the final week, so no surprise to see them taking it easy