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

[Red Rick]

Caruso surely didn't go all out in the opening time trial, he didn't know he'd fight for the first places.

But two minutes...
he would need an incredibly good day and Bernal an incredibly f*d up day.

He was probably a backup and there's no real need to save yourself in a prologue.

 

[BlueRoads]

He was probably a backup and there's no real need to save yourself in a prologue.

Yeah, not like save yourself, but I guess you go a bit faster if you know this is about your Giro win or podium.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

theres no way Caruso gains two minutes

This is basically like the TT in 2017 (30km flat). Back then Dumoulin in top form gained 1'24 on Quintana.
Caruso is not as good as Dumoulin in ITT. Bernal is at least equal if not better than Quintana at TT.

It's never going to happen

 

[Amazinmets87]

theres no way Caruso gains two minutes

This is basically like the TT in 2017 (30km flat). Back then Dumoulin in top form gained 1'24 on Quintana.
Caruso is not as good as Dumoulin in ITT. Bernal is at least equal if not better than Quintana at TT.

It's never going to happen

Thanks for info. We know what happened at the Tour last year, but that TT was longer and had a long climb.

 

[Red Rick]

theres no way Caruso gains two minutes

This is basically like the TT in 2017 (30km flat). Back then Dumoulin in top form gained 1'24 on Quintana.
Caruso is not as good as Dumoulin in ITT. Bernal is at least equal if not better than Quintana at TT.

It's never going to happen

I mentioned it multiple times in reference to Evenepoel not taking 2 minutes in Milan, but whatevs. Could make an argument Dumoulin was already fading then, but Caruso straight up is not an elite ITTer in the first place.

If he takes more than 30s I'll be pretty surprised.

 

[Savant12]

Caruso surely didn't go all out in the opening time trial, he didn't know he'd fight for the first places.

But two minutes...
he would need an incredibly good day and Bernal an incredibly f*d up day.

You go all in because your team leader might abandon i.e. Landa {see Sivakov below].

Martinez went faster than Bernal in the opening ITT. So did Castroviejo and Moscon [and Sivakov (but we know he's good for a crash)]

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Caruso might also be more affected by yesterday's effort than Bernal. Not even Jai Hindley would be able to lose the Giro if he had been in Bernal's shoes.

 

[topcat]

Caruso to gain one minute, finish second, celebrate for months and ride out his career in invisible mode. Bernal to rub his back during the tt and win the giro in a calculated unconvincing way. Summer to truly begin and in a few weeks Jumbo to ruin the tour.

 

[BlueRoads]

You go all in because your team leader might abandon i.e. Landa {see Sivakov below].

Martinez went faster than Bernal in the opening ITT. So did Castroviejo and Moscon [and Sivakov (but we know he's good for a crash)]

Which shows that Bernal is not such a great time trialer

Yeah, it's very unlikely that Caruso makes up 2 minutes...

 

[SafeBet]

Beautiful day on the route. It's a bit cloudy but there shouldn't be rain. Around 23 degrees. Road conditions are pretty good, a few sectors have been resurfaced.

This morning I went for a ride with some other aficionados and a couple legends of the sport. Nice to see Gianni Motta and Francesco Moser still going strong.

 

[roundabout]

I mentioned it multiple times in reference to Evenepoel not taking 2 minutes in Milan, but whatevs. Could make an argument Dumoulin was already fading then, but Caruso straight up is not an elite ITTer in the first place.

If he takes more than 30s I'll be pretty surprised.

A 67kg rider who can mostly keep up with a 60kg rider (assuming the weight difference is more or less correct) up the climbs should be able to take more than 30 seconds in a flat 30k TT.

But lets see.

 

[Rollthedice]

The distance between Bernal and Caruso is almost the same as what Carapaz had on Nibali in 2019. The last ITT was about half of this one and Nibali gained about 59 secs. Bernal is better than Carapaz but I sure hope Caruso will channel his inner Pog just to make things more interesting.

 

[SafeBet]

The distance between Bernal and Caruso is almost the same as what Carapaz had on Nibali in 2019. The last ITT was about half of this one and Nibali gained about 59 secs. Bernal is better than Carapaz but I sure hope Caruso will channel his inner Pog just to make things more interesting.

For reference, Caruso gained 1'03" on Carapaz in 17km in that same ITT.

 

[topcat]

Will Ganna put 2 minutes into Bernal?

 

[Red Rick]

Will Ganna put 2 minutes into Bernal?

Probably

 

[Mayomaniac]

Beautiful day on the route. It's a bit cloudy but there shouldn't be rain. Around 23 degrees. Road conditions are pretty good, a few sectors have been resurfaced.

This morning I went for a ride with some other aficionados and a couple legends of the sport. Nice to see Gianni Motta and Francesco Moser still going strong.

Does Francesco still look like he could beat up nearly all the riders today? I walked into him before the start of a stage of the TOTA a few years ago. He looked like a strong, older guy who had been doing manual labour all his life.

 

[Rollthedice]

Will Ganna put 2 minutes into Bernal?

At least.

 

[Red Rick]

For reference, Caruso gained 1'03" on Carapaz in 17km in that same ITT.

Carapaz dropped a huge turd in that TT tbh.

 

[SafeBet]

Does Francesco still look like he could beat up nearly all the riders today? I walked into him before the start of a stage of the TOTA a few years ago. He looked like a strong, older guy who had been doing manual labour all his life.

Don't know about the riders but he sure looked like he could beat me.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Will Ganna put 2 minutes into Bernal?

Most definitely.

 

[limak_]

Recon done.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Recon done.

Pink helmet looks cool.

 

[gunara]

There's no way Caruso will take 2 minutes but I can dream he'll find something and do an at least half-Pog monster ride to keep us thrilled despite yesterday all-out heroic

 

[gregrowlerson]

Carapaz dropped a huge turd in that TT tbh.

Typically poor tactics then from Movistar.

You want to be carrying extra weight for a flat time trial. Should have dropped that in the mountains.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Wasn't aware that Movistar season 2 was out.

That's fantastic news, although I'm not sure how they will do it without the small screen titans of Quintana and Landa, I'm sure old favourite Marc Soler will be up to his old tricks.