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

[Orbit501]

Another really uplifting outcome today.

Dombrowski getting a well deserved big stage win. De Marchi in the Maglia Rosa.

Really lovely to see!

I'm not at all bothered by little GC action today. Plenty of time for that, and wise from them all not to be taking risks this early on wet descents.

 

[IndurainsTdF1994]

This ride tells us a lot, but not everything. Some riders have problems dealing with rain and cold.

That is a good result. I'm pretty sure he will improve during the race. His competitors better drop him in the first two weeks before he regains full power.

His first race back, a GT at that, and he is going to peak in the third week? After already having won 5 stages by that point? ...

 

[carton]

Great ride by Dombro. What an example of keeping on keeping on. Amazing to see him take his first big win.

 

[BlueRoads]

With the weather this doesn't tell too much about general form, but surely:
Almeida out
Bernal looking very good for now
very good result for the skinny guys Vlasov and Carthy, Bardet not too bad, too
Evenepoel solid
Buchmann out of contention, even if his form might improve

 

[Potomac]

I'm very surprised about Almeida

 

[postmanhat]

Ciccone probably has the legs, but I don't know if a hothead like him has the right mindset to ride for the gc in a gt.

Yep. I assumed he'd be stagehunting and possibly going for the KOM jersey. But that seems to be Mollema's role now?

If Ciccone is going for GC, he's certainly going to liven up a few stages at the very least

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Class

He's wishing Remco to do well, with a "break a leg".

 

[perico]

No, he was in the Nibali group at 2:11.

See my edit

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Mikel Landa the best climber in the world the only rider that rides with ballz, Aupa Mikel! It is your giro.

 

[brrrrrr]

ok fine i want to apologize to all remco fans that i thought almeida is a way better climber

 

[Mayomaniac]

With the weather this doesn't tell too much about general form, but surely:
Almeida out
Bernal looking very good for now
very good result for the skinny guys Vlasov and Carthy, Bardet not too bad, too
Evenepoel solid
Buchmann out of contention, even if his form might improve

Buchmann hates this kind of weather and has a history of underperforming when it's cold and rainy (not racing before the Giro probably wasn't that smart either...). He could still bounce back in the high mountains.

 

[Froome]

Class

Where you found that? What a jerk. i'm portuguese and that guy is embaracing us. If joao almeida lost many time today it's is fault, not quick step's fault or remco's fault. Ridiculous.

 

[Eclipse]

Really nice stage. Super happy for De Marchi

Very interesting that Yates wasn't in the front group. Was it a classic case of a Yates brother riding too far down the pack? Hedging bets towards the latter stages?

Bernal looked super which is a delight. Strong from Carthy too continuing to cement his place as a top grand tour climber.

a good shuffle with lots of possibilities

 

[Red Rick]

His first race back, a GT at that, and he is going to peak in the third week? After already having won 5 stages by that point? ...

No you don't get it. The high mountains clearly suit him the most, despite having raced 0 high mountain stages at the WT level before.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Think stage 6 with a more steady summit finish should suit Evenepoel better. Can mash that big gear much easier than he could on today's steep climb

Evenepoel doesn't climb with a big gear.

 

[Panda Claws]

When Merckx won his first mountain stage, headlines were "sprinter now wins in the mountains".

Really? I got baited by the casters again then lol.

 

[houtdffan]

Remco's performance today looked very similar to Contador's 13 years ago

Difference is, Remco doesn't have the amount of TT km to make up the difference like Contador had

 

[IndurainsTdF1994]

Mikel Landa the best climber in the world the only rider that rides with ballz, Aupa Mikel! It is your giro.

I really hope not for the poor guy! Riding with legs feels like a much more efficient way to go..

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Yates/Evenepoel didn't get dropped, they just didn't attack. We won't know their true level til at least stage 9

this...if there are no attacks, you get dropped...there were attacks

 

[HelloDolly]

Landa and Bernal looked the best with Carthy and Vlasov not too far behind

Almedia is not a climber ..A fact that upsets some people but its true

 

[Escarabajo]

Remco's performance today looked very similar to Contador's 13 years ago

Difference is, Remco doesn't have the amount of TT km to make up the difference like Contador had

And how is that?

 

[GuntherL1]

Buchmann hates this kind of weather and has a history of underperforming when it's cold and rainy (not racing before the Giro probably wasn't that smart either...). He could still bounce back in the high mountains.

Absolutely. All GC riders who disappointed today may come back with a vengeance during the next few weeks. All, besides Almeida because he'll have to obey team orders from now on.

 

[titan31]

Biggest losers are Jumbo with both Bennett and Foss losing time.

Lesser losers are Bora (Buchmann lost time and Fabbro was nowhere) and probably QS as doubt they wanted Almeida to lose that much time.

 

[BlueRoads]

Buchmann hates this kind of weather and has a history of underperforming when it's cold and rainy (not racing before the Giro probably wasn't that smart either...). He could still bounce back in the high mountains.

Yes, but since he's not an attacker I think it's going to be too late by then.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Looks like Fabbro never made it back to the main bunch after Mohoric started drilling it on the descent and gaps opened, almost 11min behind the Bernal group...