2019 Giro d'Italia, stage 5: Frascati - Terracina 140km

[Cinemaniak]

Gaviria with zero support from his team... That's not a very good sign, is it?

 

[Brullnux]

The best sprint stages are when there are these sorts of trains, about 1.5km ago there was a brilliant shot from the helicopter of riders trying to hatch themselves onto long lines of riders, moving into the wind and clearly struggling

 

[Brullnux]

Viviani...

 

[Laplaz]

And Ackermann wins

 

[fuiers]

That was close.

 

[More Strides than Rides]

DQS with a great leadout, just a few hundred meters too early.

Viviani stood still when Gaviria went.

 

[Brullnux]

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DQS with a great leadout, just a few hundred meters too early

Sabatini and Viviani just looked like they didn’t have the legs - senechal pulled out with what 400 to go? Should’ve been fine

 

[sir fly]

Thrilling sprint!
Ackermann in excellent shape. Imagine if he didn't have to slow down...
Also, the weather doesn't seem to affect him like some other riders.

 

[Climbing]

Lots of very tired legs...
Well done Ackermann, deserved.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Bora is rapidly starting to rival DQ and Astana..... imagine when Sagan starts performing again :O

 

[IndianCyclist]

With that Sam Bennett is surplus

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Viviani (damp squib )

 

[Red Rick]

Scenes of Nibali enjoying the rain lol.

 

[Climbing]

Rofl Vincenzo laughing it off in the downpur, no problem for the shark I guess.

 

[WKA311]

Tremendous job by Selig again to put Ackermann in position. And Ackermann seems to be the sprinter who suffers the least under these conditions.

 

[Mayomaniac]

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Gaviria with zero support from his team... That's not a very good sign, is it?

Molano got send home for clinic reasons and Consonni is fast, but only 60kg heavy, so him fightig for position with the other trains will always be difficult.
Things could be different at the Tour with Kristoff leading him out.
That said, Ackermann and Gaviria were on a different level than the other sprinters today.

 

[luckyboy]

Gaviria at 300m to go, Ackermann the only guy awake/able to follow. Démare started in a terrible position – would've been interesting if he started out where Viviani was. Viviani briefly started to go but just didn't have it??

 

[Red Rick]

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Rofl Vincenzo laughing it off in the downpur, no problem for the shark I guess.

He's looked into the eyes of his opponents.

Brown eyes.
Blue eyes.
Green eyes.

Eyes he'll shut forever in this Giro.

 

[Lequack]

Maybe every stage should have an extra "runoff" distance for sprinters to fight it out for the stage. Make it safe for the GC guys and for the sprinters, there is so much more room. The only reason GC teams are forces to sprint at the end now, is to keep their position, not to win the stage, but it makes it a lot dangerous.

 

[IndianCyclist]

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Maybe every stage should have an extra "runoff" distance for sprinters to fight it out for the stage. Make it safe for the GC guys and for the sprinters, there is so much more room. The only reason GC teams are forces to sprint at the end now, is to keep their position, not to win the stage, but it makes it a lot dangerous.

10 k runoff would be ideal. A lot of riders turn their heads to look for their teammates in the finale thereby making them susceptible to crashes.

 

[Bolder]

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Tremendous job by Selig again to put Ackermann in position. And Ackermann seems to be the sprinter who suffers the least under these conditions.

No gloves! I always like watching what riders wear in bad weather. I'm always surprised more don't wear full legwarmers, but it might be a macho thing not to.

 

[Lequack]

Weather for tomorrow: possible showers at the finish
Weather for Friday: cloudy, no rain
Weather for Saturday: showers at the finish
Weather for Sunday ITT: rain, thunderstorms

 

[Mayomaniac]

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Weather for tomorrow: possible showers at the finish
Weather for Friday: cloudy, no rain
Weather for Saturday: showers at the finish
Weather for Sunday ITT: rain, thunderstorms

Today they had bad weather and now 3 rather demanding stages, 2 of them over 235km long before a 50min ITT on sunday.
It might not be a first week with many relevant climbs, but the riders will feel it in their legs.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Oh yeah, this will be no easy start with the tension, bad weather and long stages. Then add two hilly timetrial at both ends and you have a pretty demanding first week, altho pretty uninteresting one. Now comes the 3 best road stages before the mountains on stage 12 tho, so it should be a bit more fun with some more opportunities for the break to win.

 

[Faserr]

Jan Ullrich will win this Giro Perfect weather for him :lol: