Giro d'Italia 2021 Giro d'Italia, Stage 17: Canazei - Sega di Ala 193 km

[Lequack]

Remco to win this from a breakaway.

Also here is a neat graphs. Divergence from Bernal

 

[JosefK]

After the 2nd rest day, the first day back is a hard hill stage. On such days there are usually one or two higher placed GC casualties.

 

[Lequack]

This is a stage that Wiggins produced this beauty

View: https://youtu.be/kuRNYu_NXCc

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

This is a stage that Wiggins produced this beauty

View: https://youtu.be/kuRNYu_NXCc

"Anyone else would have just let it fall, he parked it like a perfect Sir". The commentary is pretty hilarious!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Remco to win this from a breakaway.

Also here is a neat graphs. Divergence from Bernal

Goes to show just how consistent Caruso has been.

 

[BlueRoads]

I just realized I now like every single rider in the top 10, although some more than others.
I would like Bardet to win a stage. Don't know how he will manage that, but it would be the icing and such.

 

[Rollthedice]

With Moreno Moser tomorrow's stage:

View: https://youtu.be/E1ZOqnO83OM

 

[huangho]

Landa's career is quite funny...

@Astana when he had the opportunity to be the alpha male, Aru won La Vuelta.
@Sky he was a domestique for Froome @Tour, because of his problems @Giro's GC
@Movistar he had to fight with Quintana/Valderde for the leadership
@Bahrain when he is the alpha male at last, he was unlucky once again @Giro and now Caruso is doing the race of his life.

Dude, this guy has my luck!!

 

[ice&fire]

Landa's career is quite funny...

@Astana when he had the opportunity to be the alpha male, Aru won La Vuelta.
@Sky he was a domestique for Froome @Tour, because of his problems @Giro's GC
@Movistar he had to fight with Quintana/Valderde for the leadership
@Bahrain when he is the alpha male at last, he was unlucky once again @Giro and now Caruso is doing the race of his life.

Dude, this guy has my luck!!

Add the Giro 2019 with Carapaz to his Movistar period

 

[Anderis]

Why go to Sky and then Movistar if you want to lead in a GT, though.

 

[huangho]

Add the Giro 2019 with Carapaz to his Movistar period

You are right!! Unbelievable...

 

[huangho]

H

Why go to Sky and then Movistar if you want to lead in a GT, though.

He was the leader of Sky @Giro, just unlucky.

With Movistar I don't know if they were more focused on Netflix project than the race itself

 

[Poursuivant]

Brutal final climb that. Massive gaps tomorrow.

 

[hfer07]

breakaway FTW
Egan will gain some more time on the GC contenders with a late attack

 

[Leinster]

Why go to Sky and then Movistar if you want to lead in a GT, though.

He had the lead in a GT with sky. He crashed, though.

Teams Landa has rode for in the past have won 4 of the last 8 Giri, 3 of the last 6 Vueltas, and 8 of the last 9 TdFs. By putting himself in there, he was giving himself the best chance to actually win a GT, not just compete.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Nibali to pull a Pereiro and make things interesting. Redrick to go missing in celebration.

 

[The Barb]

Probable breakaway stage but not a sure thing because:

• The break could take a long time to form;
• When it does form, it is possible there will be no strong climbers in it.

Nonetheless, I'm sticking with Bouwman. His legs still look great and he has enough power on the flat to get into it.

 

[Anderis]

He had the lead in a GT with sky. He crashed, though.

Teams Landa has rode for in the past have won 4 of the last 8 Giri, 3 of the last 6 Vueltas, and 8 of the last 9 TdFs. By putting himself in there, he was giving himself the best chance to actually win a GT, not just compete.

The problem with Landa was that some of his team changes were seemingly motivated by the fact that he wasn't always fully supported in his previous team. And then he chose the least likely team to fully support him on his next move.
He led a GT in Sky but he also worked for Froome on TdF so he could've got more opportunities in the same period of time at another team.

It's also debatable if being in the best team but being expected to do work for your team-mate or even being in a complex multi-leader scenario actually gives you a better chance to win a GT than being a fully supported leader at another decent team. Besides, pointing out that these teams won a lot of GTs is not a proof you need to be in one of those teams to win. It could have been some other teams with more wins if certain riders had made different career choices.

Anyway, Landa has left his team as soon as his contract ran out on 3 consecutive occasions, so he didn't really seem to have much confidence in that he had made the right choices.

 

[jaylew]

Another stage where Quickstep could have used Masnada, shame what happened. They now rely on Zubelmeida tempoing himself to 7th overall to get something out of the giro.

Almeida is like Ricco compared to Zubeldia. He doesn't strike me as the anonymous type at all.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Almeida is like Ricco compared to Zubeldia. He doesn't strike me as the anonymous type at all.

Never thought I’d see that comparison.

 

[movingtarget]

Landa's career is quite funny...

@Astana when he had the opportunity to be the alpha male, Aru won La Vuelta.
@Sky he was a domestique for Froome @Tour, because of his problems @Giro's GC
@Movistar he had to fight with Quintana/Valderde for the leadership
@Bahrain when he is the alpha male at last, he was unlucky once again @Giro and now Caruso is doing the race of his life.

Dude, this guy has my luck!!

He always has his best form riding for others.................no pressure maybe helps him.

 

[movingtarget]

Almeida is like Ricco compared to Zubeldia. He doesn't strike me as the anonymous type at all.

There is only one Zubeldia although Meintjes made a valiant attempt at imitating him for a few seasons there. But even Meintjes was clearly seen too often at the back of the main group in the mountains. Not a hall of fame ninja..............when Meintjes started appearing in breakaways his ninja dreams were over...........

 

[Panda Claws]

Now that looks like a nice profile!

 

[lenric]

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He was the leader of Sky @Giro, just unlucky.

With Movistar I don't know if they were more focused on Netflix project than the race itself

nah, as long as Movistar wins the team classification they're ok

 

[titan31]

There is only one Zubeldia although Meintjes made a valiant attempt at imitating him for a few seasons there. But even Meintjes was clearly seen too often at the back of the main group in the mountains. Not a hall of fame ninja..............when Meintjes started appearing in breakaways his ninja dreams were over...........

Barring that first time trial, Foss has done a good Zubeldia impression.

Also, outside the top 10 in 18th place but Nick Schultz, don't think I've seen him or heard his name once.