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

[richwallone]

Looked fairly nasty, tried to take his hand off the bar as he hit a bump and lost control and kinda rocketed sideways into the barriers. They might have had enough give to soften things a bit though

Yep, just bad luck... Hope he is OK, gets back and makes it in the time cut.

 

[Red Rick]

His time was already terribe before the crash if I saw correctly (something around 70th or so).

That's not too bad for MAL on a predominantly downhill ITT.

 

[roundabout]

What the hell are you even talking about. You posted the link with 7 top 10 ITT's out of 12 ITT's yourself. You were the one claiming he was never a good ITT'er, while clearly, he was. You were the one with the clinic insinuations based on this specific ITT. Yet if Almeida wasn't a good ITT'er as a youth, then almost nobody was. Maybe you should check results of junior and U23 ITT's of guys you DO consider "good ITT'ers". And see if they did any better.


He posted the link himself.

I'll repeat

3 top 10s were 10th places, 3 were prologues and 1 was a hilly ITT.

I don't think a stat line of 28-30-10 in major championships, clearly makes one a good ITT rider. But I see that you keep on ignoring that part.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I'll repeat

3 top 10s were 10th places, 3 were prologues and 1 was a hilly ITT.

I don't think a stat line of 28-30-10 in major championships, clearly makes one a good ITT rider. But I see that you keep on ignoring that part.

And you keep ignoring the part that today was also a short ITT, with very specific conditions. And you keep ignoring the part that even top ITTers rarely have better results in youth categories. Now you are the one moving goalposts as if multiple 10th places aren't indicative of being a good ITT'er. To that extent, that you feel the need to start insinuating clinic circumstances.

 

[Eclipse]

One of the next trio to overcook it? I hope not but easy to consider being a bit riskier when you're not riding so isolated from your rivals.

 

[Climbing]

GO Vinnie!

 

[TomLPC]

Nibs 151st at the 1st check, 25s down

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Nibali not using disk brakes
according to Rai's man on the moto

 

[Eclipse]

Issue for Lo Squalo? That looks a horror time on the first split

 

[Red Rick]

Nibali

Giro in the bag

 

[richwallone]

Nibs 151st at the 1st check, 25s down

The wind must have changed, stopped blowing from behind and help them up the little hill... Everybody is now in the 1:50 and something at the first time check.

 

[Gigs_98]

Nibali starting this TT in true Nibali fashion

 

[perico]

Was that TT check right?

 

[SarahtheDane]

Nibs 151st at the 1st check, 25s down

Looking good for the overall win!

 

[Red Rick]

Lads, it's happened.

Antonio > Vincenzo

 

[ice&fire]

Nibali

Giro in the bag

In whose bag?

 

[richwallone]

It looks like Lopez is out of the Giro. He still didn't cross the finish line and he's way past the OTL time...

 

[Hugo Koblet]

I think someting might be wrong with Nibali's time. I noticed that it said 20 seconds when he had been on the bike for like 5 seconds (before the the very first corner).

 

[Climbing]

At his start it already signed 20 sec, so wrong time for Vincenzo is wrong.

 

[roundabout]

And you keep ignoring the part that today was also a short ITT, with very specific conditions. And you keep ignoring the part that even top ITTers rarely have better results in youth categories. Now you are the one moving goalposts as if a 10th places isn't indicative of being a good ITT'er. To that extent, that you feel the need to start insinuating clinic circumstances.

1. 15 minutes is much different to a prologue.
2. Show the top ITTers who don't have better results. You claimed it, not me. And edit: and that would still be different to you original point.
3. You are the one with your own unique definition of too many top results to count, if now 10th places are considered.

Brambilla producing an absurd ITT at QS is a fact. It was what it was, but the fact that you made a connection with the clinic, suggests that even you don't have a credible explanation for that ride.

 

[Billie]

At his start it already signed 20 sec, so wrong time for Vincenzo is wrong.

Or he started too late?

 

[sir fly]

It looks like Lopez is out of the Giro. He still didn't cross the finish line and he's way past the OTL time...

Changed the bike.
Maybe it's about the transponder.

 

[ice&fire]

At his start it already signed 20 sec, so wrong time for Vincenzo is wrong.

Perhaps he's pulling a Delgado

 

[richwallone]

Wilco looked like a daredevil in that crouched downhill position on his aero bike... Looked freaking scary!!!

 

[richwallone]

Changed the bike.
Maybe it's about the transponder.

I hope so!!!