Giro d'Italia 2021 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1: Torino - Torino 8.6 km ITT

[Eshnar]

Van Garderen is still racing?

 

[sir fly]

By the look of things, there are too many turns to break 58kph.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Kluge already beating Campenaerts' time.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Chatting on the RAI

 

[Panda Claws]

Could Eurosport stop buying all the TV rights ffs. I just want to be able to watch this on Sporza instead of this weak-ass English commentary.

 

[BlueRoads]

Kluge already beating Campenaerts' time.

So I was wrong. Kluge is going for GC, too.

 

[Zoef-Lightning]

From 1935, guy in the back is climbing while having a smoke. You don't see that nowadays

Could be an energy gel. But what a fantastic picture. Cycling in its purest form. Those strade bianche or cyclocross roads were the rule rather than the exception, especially in the mountains.

 

[red_flanders]

Van Garderen is still racing?

I’d call it more...participating, than racing but yeah...

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Kluge already beating Campenaerts' time.

Castroviejo first now.

 

[Salvarani]

Castro takes the lead

 

[johnymax]

Kluge already beating Campenaerts' time.

I don't know why on ES Hatch and Kelly were talking about him as a big favourite. Didn't he say multiple times this season he didn't do a lot of TT training and has been medioce (for his standards) in every TT he's taken part.

 

[SafeBet]

Will the winner go under 9 minutes?

 

[Panda Claws]

Had Campenearts been born just a few years earlier he would have enjoyed crazy publicity as the best Belgian TT'er by far. I wonder if getting beaten by both WVA and Evenepoel hit his confidence a bit too hard.

 

[Salvarani]

Had Campenearts been born just a few years earlier he would have enjoyed crazy publicity as the best Belgian TT'er by far. I wonder if getting beaten by both WVA and Evenepoel hit his confidence a bit too hard.

Perhaps... but NTT or Qhubeka might not have been the greatest team for him either.

 

[Zoef-Lightning]

Normally, Ganna should win. If he is in a normal form. Which he has not confirmed in recent weeks. Cavagna second. Evenepoel maybe third. Or at least top five. Otherwise it would turn out that he is still far short. In the past, Campenaerts could be a contender for the top three. But the first part of the season, Campenaerts transformed to a cobblestone "classic" rider. Not sure he had enough time to become a time trialist again.

 

[Salvarani]

Leon Sanchez saved that flat tire pretty good in that curve.

 

[sir fly]

Will the winner go under 9 minutes?

Possibly.

 

[Tim Cahill]

DQT have done a fantastic job drumming up hype by having this be the young boys first race back, the giro organisers must be delighted. Hopefully a few of them make it even more interesting by honouring the Giro tradition of talking some smack about their rivals in the press, Nibali or Simon Yates both have it in them and are likely candidates.

 

[johnymax]

Cavagna should win today.

 

[sir fly]

What's the time limit today?

 

[RedheadDane]

Sanchez, new worst time.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1391007306377273345

View: https://twitter.com/RikVerbrugghe/status/1391007306377273345

 

[Savant12]

Bilbao looks better on his TT bike than road bike.

 

[sir fly]

Nice mix at the top of the standings so far.

*400 meters shorter than published... interesting.

 

[Lui98]

Bilbao in 8th provisional place, +10.44 seconds from Castroviejo