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

[Hugo Koblet]

Some guys are forgetting that Almeida is second and he is really good!

I don't think anyone is forgetting Almeida.

 

[richwallone]

Nice win for Ganna. No competition for him. Representing the WC jersey with pride!!!

 

[Eclipse]

Yep. Will be reslaughtered in the last week.

If anything I think this has set us up for a really exciting race.

Thomas was always going to ride defensively but now the others really need to get at him.

Now we have a whole pack of great climbing talent who need to get at him for major time already on an incredible parcours and without strong teams to support the leaders.

Meanwhile Yates only knows how to ride aggressively so he will undoubtedly attack Thomas but he can also be a platform for the other guys to try work with or jump to in the early weeks.

Call me an optimist but I think we're in for some awesome stages and they're going to really stretch G.

Can't wait

 

[sir fly]

Can it be that some of the GC riders (Nibali above all) started later because of the broadcast and the show in general?

 

[Wvv]

Anyone that chose to watch the Giro over the Binckbank Tour today is so damn wrong.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

McNulty much faster than the other late starters

 

[johnymax]

Not a good ride for Vlasov

Not a bad ride in the end if you look at the rest of GC contenders.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Nice win for Ganna. No competition for him. Representing the WC jersey with pride!!!

He must hope that the Olympics will be held next year, so he can justify the new bike.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Good thing Ineos' mountain train is very weak, unless Thomas is the strongest climber in the race, odds are it will be mayhem. Possibly already on the Etna.

 

[huangho]

The trees are talking about the wind...

 

[Eclipse]

Not a bad ride in the end if you look at the rest of GC contenders.

Yeah, he must have been one of the first to suffer the condition change it seems

 

[Red Rick]

Wtf was that from Fuglsang

He was told there were stages after today and there was this GC thing.

 

[SafeBet]

Pippo holding both the Rosa and the Rainbow

 

[huangho]

Majka 2' down

 

[titan31]

If anything I think this has set us up for a really exciting race.

Thomas was always going to ride defensively but now the others really need to get at him.

Now we have a whole pack of great climbing talent who need to get at him for major time already on an incredible parcours and without strong teams to support them.

Meanwhile Yates only knows how to ride aggressively so he will undoubtedly attack Thomas but he can also be a platform for the other guys to try work with or jump to in the early weeks.

Call me an optimist but I think we're in for some awesome stages and they're going to really stretch G.

Can't wait

This is 2020 and this is the Giro. Half the high mountain stages probably get cancelled due to bad weather.

 

[Forever The Best]

Good thing Ineos' mountain train is very weak, unless Thomas is the strongest climber in the race, odds are it will be mayhem. Possibly already on the Etna.

In before random domestiques of Sky suddenly turn into elite climbers.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Yeah, he must have been one of the first to suffer the condition change it seems

Vlasov started 45 minutes before Fuglsang, Nibali and Kruijswijk. The wind was faster at that time.

 

[Red Rick]

Well, can't say I'm happy about this result. The giro is obviously far from over but that was still a hug blow for some contenders.

Please take reasonable takes somewhere else.

I have verified the time and it's 12 past overreact

 

[Lequack]

This race is really missing Remco Evenepoel, he could rival Geraint Thomas in the ITT's.

 

[Red Rick]

This race is really missing Remco Evenepoel, he could rival Geraint Thomas in the ITT's.

This race is really gonna miss voodoo memes if it keeps going like this. Again.

 

[richwallone]

This is 2020 and this is the Giro. Half the high mountain stages probably get cancelled due to bad weather.

I hope not... I want to see some carnage and snow and blizzard in the Alps... I'm fully expecting a flashback to Andy Hampsten's 1988 Gavia climb!

 

[Bonimenier]

This race is really missing Remco Evenepoel, he could rival Geraint Thomas in the ITT's.

At least his team would have let him start earlier as they did with Almeida.

 

[tobydawq]

Race over for Nibali and co.
Thomas has this in the bag, unless Yates can spring up a surprise. The wind has ruined it.

Lol. The hardest Grand Tour in living memory, and you say this after 15 kilometres.

 

[richwallone]

And Sagan is off to a good start in the Giro. He has the first 2 points, even if in the wrong jersey competition

 

[RedheadDane]

And Sagan is off to a good start in the Giro. He has the first 2 points, even if in the wrong jersey competition

Maybe he has decided to switch things around a little?