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

[spalco]

To be honest and correct, weighing more (or better: more weight for the same aerodynamics) will make you faster on a downhill.

I've read that some riders used to pick up ballast on mountain passes to be faster downhill in the olden times.

 

[Netserk]

they are like descent finales on sprint stages, a completely gratuitous way to make standard crashes much worse.

Depends on the descent. Most are safer in an ITT than at the end of a stage.

 

[tobydawq]

How much will he lose to Thomas? 45 seconds? 40?

Much less, I think.

 

[Red Rick]

So much wind on the background at the start

 

[Red Rick]

Much less, I think.

I think the main differences will be made in the final 5km.

 

[Red Rick]

Moto trying to get in front of Dennis gave me a panic attack.

 

[Savant12]

Lots of wind on this course.

 

[Volderke]

This must be the Giro.
Motorbikes riding just next to you at 70K/hr with gusts of wind.

 

[Red Rick]

What happeend to Covili? He's almost 4 minutes down on 2nd intermediate

 

[Salvarani]

Feels like the wind is getting worse

 

[LaFlorecita]

What happeend to Covili? He's almost 4 minutes down on 2nd intermediate

He must have crashed ? Looks like he will be OTL

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Don’t remember seeing Dennis move around so much on a bike.

 

[Jan the Man]

Dennis not on the tri bars on a straight- shows the strength of the wind

 

[Cance > TheRest]

This is barely rideable conditions with disc wheels

 

[BlueRoads]

The heaviest will win unless he crashes.

 

[Andy262]

Jeez, look at that wind!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The wind looks dire now, they may have to neutralise the stage if it gets even worse...

 

[LaFlorecita]

The heaviest will win unless he crashes.

Max Walscheid missed a big opportunity here!

 

[Savant12]

Yates much be happy now for starting earlier than the other GC favorites.

 

[Red Rick]

The heaviest will win unless he crashes.

I wouldn't fancy my chances there tbh.

 

[SafeBet]

Terrible time by Dennis.

 

[spalco]

Really bad time from Dennis, the wind must be terrible.

 

[SafeBet]

Not sure Ineos made a very sensible choice having all their main riders start close to each other.

 

[Faserr]

Zabel beats Sagan with the road bike

 

[BlueRoads]

Noo! Rick Zabel in mountain jersey...?!