Giro d'Italia 2021 Giro d'Italia, Stage 4: Piacenza - Sestola 186 km

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Id lean towards Conti, Hermans or Valter

I'd also say Hermans, if he didn't waste too much energy at the beginning. Him and Campenaerts must have been alone at the front for like 20-30k?!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

ASO never has this issue. Been some bad weather in the mountains in recent years in the tour, and coverage has continued

Much bigger budgets in the Tour than the Giro, though. I will say that I would have preferred the money going towards fixing these issues than broadcasting every stage in full...

 

[Laplaz]

Images are back

 

[sir fly]

We got the winner!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

We got the winner!

Who?

 

[saganftw]

so it seems like breakaway will hold with so many wet downhills

 

[SafeBet]

so it seems like breakaway will hold with so many wet downhills

Yeah not many Basque Astana riders to drop the peloton here.

 

[Red Rick]

so it seems like breakaway will hold with so many wet downhills

Do I hear the sound of Nibali?

 

[sir fly]

Who?

The picture broke...

 

[spalco]

Ah a break from the break, Taaramae, Hermans, Jensen.

 

[titan31]

This seems silly from Intermarche here. Should have sat in longer in the main break and do it at the end of Montemolino

 

[MartinGT]

Do I hear the sound of Nibali?

Ganna bossing the peloton at the moment. We shall see! FORZA NIBALI!

 

[Velolover2]

The Montemolino muro coming up next. I don't think the break will be intact after that climb.

 

[Eclipse]

Interesting fracture in the main bunch

 

[Escarabajo]

Well. It is easy to break the group in the descent with rain!

 

[ciranda]

Id lean towards Conti, Hermans or Valter

Nicolas Edet will be one of the best I think. Christopher Juul-Jensen is usually mostly a helper for others but I remember a stage in Pais Vasco where he was in a break with de Gendt and stayed away longer. Also his one victory in a road race was a tough stage in Tour de Suisse in heavy rain.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

If some GC guy races this hard, numerous relevant riders will ship time. Everyone looks miserable.

 

[titan31]

I don't really get how with the work we can see Ganna doing and the peleton so spread out that Taaramae and Hermans are gaining time on him. I'd say GPS might be wrong

 

[JosefK]

Not just wet, but cold. There will be suffering.

 

[spalco]

If some GC guy races this hard, numerous relevant riders will ship time. Everyone looks miserable.

Certainly, but on the other hand sometimes conditions are so hard that nothing really happens.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Ganna bossing the peloton at the moment. We shall see! FORZA NIBALI!

 

[MartinGT]

According to Brian Smith the Intermache guys will have been smashed off their heads last night.

He's now babbling on about smuggling booze into the scengen area. What a douche.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Certainly, but on the other hand sometimes conditions are so hard that nothing really happens.

Yeah, that’s the problem.

 

[F_Cance]

Looks like the fight for the stage win will be boring. Never understand how a group can just throw away the chance to win a stage. They had a gap of like 10 seconds following the descend and just let it open even more then.

 

[Skalman]

Who is in virtual pink at this point?