Giro d'Italia 2021 Giro d'Italia Stage 3: Biella - Canale 190 KM

[Keram]

How many points is there at the finish?

 

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How many points is there at the finish?

25. Category c) stage

 

[Red Rick]

Nizzolo to get 2nd, likely winning the sprint behind a sole winner making an unlikely attack stick to make it a bit more painful.

That's Ewan music you're playing

 

[brrrrrr]

Hopefully ponomar in the break and then riding everyone off his wheel to take the win .. happy days

 

[Panda Claws]

What is it with all the random Ponomar hype?

 

[johnymax]

I expect Cavagna to attack somewhere, somehow. A Cavagnattack!

 

[broppo]

Moscon for the win

 

[titan31]

What is it with all the random Ponomar hype?

I guess just cos he's 18. An 18 year old winning a Giro stage would be pretty exceptional

 

[BlueRoads]

What is it with all the random Ponomar hype?

Because it's a boring stage and we want something exceptional to happen.

 

[Velolover2]

This is a hilly stage. In theory, a lots of sprinters can be dropped here. I'm pretty sure Groenewegen, Viviani, perhaps even Merlier and Ewan can be dropped here. But there is a GC stage tomorrow so I don't know how committed the teams are. Punchy stage hunters should give it a shot.

 

[Escarabajo]

This is a hilly stage. In theory, a lots of sprinters can be dropped here. I'm pretty sure Groenewegen, Viviani, perhaps even Merlier and Ewan can be dropped here. But there is a GC stage tomorrow so I don't know how committed the teams are. Punchy stage hunters should give it a shot.

I know Sagan is committed to drop the bunch of incapable of climb sprinters!!!

 

[SHAD0W93]

For some moments I wasn't sure whether you were making fun of toby or protesting against the dot degradation or I was truely going insane.

What was the OG title?

 

[Bonimenier]

What was the OG title?

It just said stage 2 instead of 3. Nothing spectacular

 

[johnymax]

This is a hilly stage. In theory, a lots of sprinters can be dropped here. I'm pretty sure Groenewegen, Viviani, perhaps even Merlier and Ewan can be dropped here. But there is a GC stage tomorrow so I don't know how committed the teams are. Punchy stage hunters should give it a shot.

Poggio Ewan laughs at those hills. Will Poggio Ewan be there tomorrow, though?.

Anyway, this is a sprint stage profile I like to see. With some ups and downs. Give the attackers a chance and make the sprinters and their teams work.

 

[Velolover2]

Poggio Ewan laughs at those hills. Will Poggio Ewan be there tomorrow, though?.

Anyway, this is a sprint stage profile I like to see. With some ups and downs. Give the attackers a chance and make the sprinters and their teams work.

So you are predicting a pure bunch sprint with no fast guys getting dropped? Except perhaps the worst climbers like Groenewegen.

 

[Tigerion]

So you are predicting a pure bunch sprint with no fast guys getting dropped? Except perhaps the worst climbers like Groenewegen.

If Ewan has his MSR form he would be the last of the sprinters dropped, if they could drop him at all. But does he have his MSR form?

 

[johnymax]

So you are predicting a pure bunch sprint with no fast guys getting dropped? Except perhaps the worst climbers like Groenewegen.

I think I see it similar as you see it. A reduced bunch sprint, with some pure sprinters being dropped. But I wouldn't rule out the late attackers. I just wanted to point out, that if Ewan is as strong on the climbs as he was in M-S, it's going to be hard to drop him.

In other words, tomorrow is a stage for Sagan.

 

[Velolover2]

If Ewan has his MSR form he would be the last of the sprinters dropped, if they could drop him at all. But does he have his MSR form?

Last climb features a 15% ramp at the end. There is a different of going up Hatta Dam for 200 m and going up a 15% ramp after having done 4 hills. And there is bonus seconds at the top, so there will be attacks from the puncheurs.

 

[movingtarget]

Ewan might wait for easier pickings but it all depends on how its raced. Bit of a wasted stage, too bad they had to make changes to the route.

 

[starlord]

Sagan vs Nizzolo for the win with guys like Bevin and Consonni fighting for 3rd place.

Looking at Bevin's ITT result, he doesn't seem to be in a good shape.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Looking at Bevin's ITT result, he doesn't seem to be in a good shape.

Yes, but he got 2 podiums at Romandie, so his sprint was decent before the DNF.
How good is Melier's climbing? I have no idea how to rate him in this kind of stage.

 

[Ranagazoo]

Textbook reduced bunch Sagan win seems the most obvious outcome. But that random ramp at 5km to go sounds tasty, especially if it's coming out of a turn

 

[Keram]

This is one of stages which Sagan should have picked for win this Giro. He cant relly on bunch flat stages.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

I think we are going to see some wonderful racing full of attacks over those hills in the end, with so may riders having a chance at the maglia rosa. Could be a great show. Live images in 15 minutes. Can't wait!

 

[MartinGT]

Sagan FTW