Giro d'Italia 2021 Giro d'Italia, Stage 21: Senago – Milano 30.3 km ITT

[titan31]

Thx. I was waiting for your post.

Why would anyone be waiting for my post

 

[Panda Claws]

Why would anyone be waiting for my post

I'm still waiting for your DM myself.

 

[Red Rick]

Why would anyone be waiting for my post

So I don't have to post the same thing tbh

 

[Mayomaniac]

So 5 Italians inside the top 10 of the ITT, impressive!

 

[Andy262]

Well done Caruso. Great three weeks..

 

[titan31]

Yeah I remember all the other riders in the past few decades who have 2 GT wins before the age of 24.

I'm sure he would've lost a lot of time to the guys who trailed in miles behind him on Giau lol.. What a great argument

I mean GT winning isn't the only thing that makes a good rider and they didn't clarify it as one of the best GT riders we've seen in decades.

In the last 10-20 years I'm not sure you can easily say Bernal is better than Pogacar, Sagan, Ala, WVA, VDP, Froome, Roglic, Contador, Nibali, Valverde, Boonen, Cancellara etc

 

[Red Rick]

I mean GT winning isn't the only thing that makes a good rider and they didn't clarify it as one of the best GT riders we've seen in decades.

In the last 10-20 years I'm not sure you can easily say Bernal is better than Pogacar, Sagan, Ala, WVA, VDP, Froome, Roglic, Contador, Nibali, Valverde, Boknen, Cancellara etc

The argument for Bernal is his age,

Then you look at Pogacar and just say"oops"

 

[luckyboy]

Riders who won the Giro and Tour in the past 30 years: Bernal, Nibali, Froome, Contador, Pantani, Indurain

 

[groogster]

Close!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1399017698248568832

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1399017698248568832?s=21

As I predicted yesterday Almeida would take more or less 1 minute on Martinez. Just short by 6 seconds

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Only one rider in the top 10 finished in the top 10 today. That's underwhelming.

Also how the bell did Keisse end up doing his best ITT ever?

 

[ppanther92]

Close!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1399017698248568832

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1399017698248568832?s=21

Almeida would not have finished higher even if he hadn't had to wait for Evenepoel!!!1!1!!

 

[Tim Cahill]

"Riding home in Pink.. unifies a nation!"

Yeah lets see how that works out...

 

[jaylew]

Great win. First rider to win Giro and Tour before 25 since Merckx.

 

[Gigs_98]

Oh my god get a room

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I mean GT winning isn't the only thing that makes a good rider and they didn't clarify it as one of the best GT riders we've seen in decades.

In the last 10-20 years I'm not sure you can easily say Bernal is better than Pogacar, Sagan, Ala, WVA, VDP, Froome, Roglic, Contador, Nibali, Valverde, Boonen, Cancellara etc

Definitely above Ala, Rogla and WVA on current palmarès. Current palmarès also has him above Tadej and VDP but they've also got the best chances of the above to rectify that.

 

[Panda Claws]

The argument for Bernal is his age,

Then you look at Pogacar and just say"oops"

I think Bernal can still be one of the biggest talents even if Pogacar is even bigger. Something that we will find out eventually.

My main problem is that they said 'riders' instead of 'talents' and I can get past that because else we are just taking everything far too literally. I'm pretty sure that the Eurosport guys would clarify they meant talents when asked. Their job to be hype.

 

[ppanther92]

Oh my god get a room

Brailsford and Bernal?

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Congratulations to Bernal, happy for him, dominated when on top and kept control when things started slipping at the end.

(Still suspect there was an underlying back issue that was being managed in the last few stages, given the way he was walking, perhaps it'll come out at some point)

 

[saganftw]

i mean those political comments are pretty cringeworthy, thank god an american didnt win, that would be insufferable

 

[titan31]

The argument for Bernal is his age,

Then you look at Pogacar and just say"oops"

I mean I can understand that but we're in a period where in general riders are winning things a lot younger than they used to. They're being given a lot more chances now than they had been imo, and maybe there's an argument around doping which kept veteran guys stronger for much longer in the past.

 

[Big Doopie]

Only one rider in the top 10 finished in the top 10 today. That's underwhelming.

Also how the bell did Keisse end up doing his best ITT ever?

this.

almeida arguably the best all-rounder of the giro.

 

[topcat]

Riding for Ineos is like kissing your sister.

 

[Red Rick]

What a Pr**k Wiggo is!

Wait that's real and not some fake tweet generator?

 

[mountainroad]

this.

almeida arguably the best all-rounder of the giro.

My vote goes to Bernal.

Second to Caruso.

 

[ppanther92]

Wait that's real and not some fake tweet generator?

That cannot be real