2020 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1: Monreale – Palermo 15 km ITT

[Volderke]

missed the record by 0,04k/hr! (Verbrugghe: 58.84 - Ganna 58.8)

 

[sir fly]

No speeding ticket.
Just the jersey.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

he was not

João Almeida

João Almeida (born 1998-08-05 in Caldas da Rainha) is a professional road racing cyclist from Portugal, currently riding for UAE Team Emirates - XRG. His best results are winning GC Itzulia Basque Country and winning GC Tour de Suisse.

www.procyclingstats.com

but that's magic of team that made Brambilla finish 5th in a long ITT in the Giro once

Take it to the clinic.

Almeida has done some very good ITT's in the U23 and juniors. He wasn't always consistent but he had far too many top placings to act like this guy comes from nowhere, while ignoring todays specific conditions. You just posted a list of 7 out of 12 top 10 finishes.

 

[johnymax]

Interested to see Vlasov

 

[More Strides than Rides]

Good footwork by Haga

 

[Red Rick]

So my initial prediction was right, and my later prediction was wrnog.

I feel conflicted.

 

[KZD]

Almeida's time is incredible but Ganna is a time-trial monster, I can't see anyone beating him.

 

[BlueRoads]

Commentator: Zabel here tries to do something his father has never done.

 

[sir fly]

1984 Olympics canoe...
Sounds familiar.

 

[roundabout]

Take it to the clinic.

Almeida has done some very good ITT's in the U23 and juniors. He wasn't always consistent but he had far too many top placings to act like this guy comes from nowhere, while ignoring todays specific conditions. You just posted a list of 7 out of 12 top 10 finishes.

You can go ahead and list those 'far too many top placings' then, because I don't see them.

Edit: and yes, but 3 of the top 10 finishes are 10th, 3 in prologues, and 1 in a hilly TT

 

[perico]

I’m not as familiar with Ganna apart from his TT skills. Can he climb at all or is he more of a hybrid Tony Martin/Castroviejo type who can dom-climb but don’t really have much chance to turn into a GC threat in the future.

 

[TomLPC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1312381261659467776

Pretty risky strategy there given the conditions

 

[BlueRoads]

I’m not as familiar with Ganna apart from his TT skills. Can he climb at all or is he more of a hybrid Tony Martin/Castroviejo type who can dom-climb but don’t really have much chance to turn into a GC threat in the future.

Ganna, climb? GC threat??

 

[Red Rick]

I’m not as familiar with Ganna apart from his TT skills. Can he climb at all or is he more of a hybrid Tony Martin/Castroviejo type who can dom-climb but don’t really have much chance to turn into a GC threat in the future.

Chonky boy won't win mountains

 

[perico]

Ganna, climb? GC threat??

That’s what I was asking. I’m not familiar with him other than seeing him in TTs. To be fair, they said the same thing about Rohan Dennis, and while he isn’t a contender, he’s improved to the point he can hang on in the mountains at the TdS, and Geraint Thomas...

 

[ngent41]

I’m not as familiar with Ganna apart from his TT skills. Can he climb at all or is he more of a hybrid Tony Martin/Castroviejo type who can dom-climb but don’t really have much chance to turn into a GC threat in the future.

He is listed at 193m tall and 76 kg, definitely not a gc threat

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

You can go ahead and list those 'far too many top placings' then, because I don't see them.

Like i said, you just posted a list of 7 top 10s out of 12 races. And those don't even take into account national titles or podiums.

Maybe you should compare his ITT's to those of Ganna as U23/junior - 2017 & before, and you'll be amazed that the difference will be a lot smaller than you think.

 

[Netserk]

~0.7 seconds too slow for the record.

 

[sir fly]

Considering all the circumstances, I can imagine Ganna pushing as hard as he can up Etna.

 

[richwallone]

After Ganna finished, the Italians just packed the timing equipment and stopped posting intermediate time checks...

Giro d'Italia 2020 Stage 1 (ITT) results

Giro d'Italia 2020 Stage 1 (ITT) from Monreale to Palermo was won by Filippo Ganna before João Almeida and Mikkel Bjerg. Filippo Ganna was leading the general classification.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[roundabout]

Like i said, you just posted a lost of 7 top 10s out of 12 races. And those don't even take into account national titles or podiums.

Maybe you should compare his ITT's to those of Ganna as U23/junior - 2017 & before, and you'll be amazed that the difference will be a lot smaller than you think.

Seems like you just moved the goal posts and Almeida actually doesn't have far too many top placings like you claimed.

 

[TomLPC]

Chonky boy won't win mountains

We need a !remindme <time> bot on this forum.

You're likely right as he's a unit but I've been burnt by "those track lads will never win up a mountain" before.

 

[Red Rick]

We need a !remindme <time> bot on this forum.

You're likely right as he's a unit but I've been burnt by "those track lads will never win up a mountain" before.

I'm talking about this Giro for starters.

 

[Eclipse]

Not a good ride for Vlasov

 

[Eyeballs Out]

After Ganna finished, the Italians just packed the timing equipment and stopped posting intermediate time checks...

Giro d'Italia 2020 Stage 1 (ITT) results

Giro d'Italia 2020 Stage 1 (ITT) from Monreale to Palermo was won by Filippo Ganna before João Almeida and Mikkel Bjerg. Filippo Ganna was leading the general classification.

www.procyclingstats.com

Tissot timing seems to have died before Ganna got to the 2nd split. PCS just going off tv picks now

Edit: Back now it seems