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

[Savant12]

Hopefully, this time someone has Thomas' Garmin.

 

[RedheadDane]

Something I've been wondering; is it Alex - or at least the remains of Alex - causing trouble?

No, not Dowsett! The storm. (Having remains of Alex Dowsett - or anyone - all over the place, would just be a mess.)

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Something I've been wondering; is it Alex - or at least the remains of Alex - causing trouble?

No, not Dowsett! The storm. (Having remains of Alex Dowsett - or anyone - all over the place, would just be a mess.)

And bearing in mind his condition, that would also be more worrying than for most too.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Impressive time by Foss, the only well-performing youngster Logic never got excited about

Because there is nothing to get excited about. (Also Bjerg & Ries).

 

[RedheadDane]

And bearing in mind his condition, that would also be more worrying than for most too.

Yeah... didn't even think of that part.

 

[spalco]

Kind of scary TT for what it is; no idea if the organisors could have expected this, but they'll probably have to take some criticism for it.

 

[tobydawq]

Because there is nothing to get excited about. (Also Bjerg & Ries).

Alright then.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Disc is not a big issue with gusts of wind.
Deep rim on the front is the issue.

Perhaps, but wouldn't the extra weight from leaning on the TT bar make the front wheel a little bit more controllable?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Kind of scary TT for what it is; no idea if the organisors could have expected this, but they'll probably have to take some criticism for it.

Not their fault that the wind is blowing so hard that it's causing problems while the road is protected by buildings. The descent isn't that problematic.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

If Campenaerts is right that there is oil on the road, Thomas would be well advised to spend less time hugging the painted white lines, or was that just on the descent? I don't recall quite what Campenaerts said now, it just struck me that Thomas was continually hugging and traversing the paint.

 

[Jan the Man]

van emden and thomas both looking more comfortable than dennis

 

[Volderke]

Perhaps, but wouldn't the extra weight from leaning on the TT bar make the front wheel a little bit more controllable?

Response of a gust of wind is much faster on a TT bike because of more weight to the front (in my experience). You can better control small gusts, but big gusts (like in between high buildings on that descent) are really scary.
As far as I can see, Dennis really had the worst of the worst in terms of wind gusts. It already seems to be better now.

 

[Salvarani]

I think Dennis was just really unlucky, he caught the worst gusts of wind so far. You could see it.

Now it looks better again.

Gusts of wind might just come randomly. It will be a lottery today.

 

[fuiers]

G is looking good.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I think Dennis was just really unlucky, he caught the worst gusts of wind so far. You could see it.

Now it looks better again.

Gusts of wind might just come randomly. It will be a lottery today.

Sorry for responding to you, but Foss, hardly a worldclass ITT'er, rode at the same time as Dennis and was 17s faster than Dennis.

 

[Salvarani]

G is looking good.

Indeed.

 

[SafeBet]

I think Dennis was just really unlucky, he caught the worst gusts of wind so far. You could see it.

Now it looks better again.

Gusts of wind might just come randomly. It will be a lottery today.

Or perhaps he's just a worse bike handler? Or stops fighting easily when things don't go his way?

Foss rode with the same conditions and had a great time. Dennis probably just gave up when he felt unsafe.

 

[SarahtheDane]

A little help from my fellow danes: where to watch the giro? Eurosport are showing Binck Banck tour now.

 

[Red Rick]

Zakarin finished safely, and seems to have lost the least amount of time on the descent.

 

[Salvarani]

Or perhaps he's just a worse bike handler? Or stops fighting easily when things don't go his way?

Foss rode with the same conditions and had a great time. Dennis probably just gave up when he felt unsafe.

Yes, having trouble with the wind might have caused the "bad" time trial. His position on the bike and how hard he could push. Unlucky.

Not that he is bad.

Others might not had the same gusts of wind, or simply handled it better.

 

[Jan the Man]

G some 14 seconds up on vam emden at 3km to go

 

[TomLPC]

Zakarin finished safely, and seems to have lost the least amount of time on the descent.

Jesus christ it must be bad then

 

[Netserk]

Kind of scary TT for what it is; no idea if the organisors could have expected this, but they'll probably have to take some criticism for it.

For a wide, straight road with a slope of -2 %?

Or criticism for making the wind blow like that?

 

[SafeBet]

Will be close between G and Almeida. Yates time looks better and better.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The other thing is that Dennis serves as a great scout for Thomas as well.