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

[Faserr]

After Parma the wind is coming from the left according to windy.com. Should be strong enough for echelons. Don't know if anyone tries in the rain.

 

[WKA311]

Nico Denz in front group, maybe we'll see another Denz wet descending masterclass today. He loves the rain and closed Mohoric down in a wet descent a few years ago.

 

[Orbit501]

Are we going to have a break of twenty riders?

Yes. Twenty five riders to be precise. Most teams represented.

 

[spalco]

Nothing like getting up at 5:45AM to watch a race and there are no pictures....well every once in a while we see cyclists.

Wow a group of 20+ are off the front. Anyone who can win the Giro?

According to Giro live hub the riders are:
Quinten Hermans (IWG) and 202 Victor Campenaerts (TQA),
then:
67 FILIPPO ZANA (BCF) ITA: 137TH AT 10’45” Y 40TH IN MB
84 NICOLAS EDET (COF) FRA: 82ND AT 1’06”
114 MÁRTON DINA (EOK) HUN: 176TH AT 15’18” Y
116 FRANCESCO GAVAZZI (EOK) ITA: 95TH AT 1’18”
137 REIN TAARAMÄE (IWG) EST: 69TH AT 57″
145 ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI (ISN) ITA: 12TH AT 33″
215 AMANUEL GHEBREIGZABHIER (TFS) ERI: 134TH AT 10’41”
224 JOE DOMBROWSKI (UAD) USA: 90TH AT 1’12”

and

17 ANDREA VENDRAME (ACT) ITA
28 LOUIS VERVAEKE (AFC) BEL
36 FILIPPO TAGLIANI (ANS) ITA: 167TH AT 14’38”
38 NICOLA VENCHIARUTTI (ANS) ITA: 152ND AT 12’04’ Y
57 JAN TRATNIK (TBV) SLO
98 PIETER SERRY (DQT) BEL
127 ATTILA VALTER (GFC) HUN
174 NELSON OLIVEIRA (MOV) POR
183 CHRIS JUUL JENSEN (BEX) DEN
194 NICO DENZ (DSM) GER
214 KOEN DE KORT (TFS) NED
222 VALERIO CONTI (UAD) ITA

plus:

64 FILIPPO FIORELLI (BCF) ITA: 162ND AT 14’29”
68 SAMUELE ZOCCARATO (BCF) ITA: 103RD AT 1’28”
217 JACOPO MOSCA (TFS) ITA

Best is De Marchi at #12 with 33 seconds behind.

No immediate GC riders that I see. Nelson Oliveira maybe.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

That's a massive break. I don't see this not making it to the finish line. I like Valter or Conti for the win here.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Good opportunity for somebody like de Marchi, Quinten Hermans or Edet to get a Visconti '08 run in the maglia rosa while the main threats manoeuvre themselves behind. I'd also say Taaramäe, but 4km at 10% with a 2km run-in to the line sounds an awful lot like Xorret del Catí, and 12 years on that's still my defining memory of him.

Edit: spalco, Oliveira is at +32" so he's best placed. De Marchi is the better climber though.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Atilla will pillage and lay waste to this bike race

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Group of 25 ahead
Astana pulling the second group

 

[Mayomaniac]

Good opportunity for somebody like de Marchi, Quinten Hermans or Edet to get a Visconti '08 run in the maglia rosa while the main threats manoeuvre themselves behind. I'd also say Taaramäe, but 4km at 10% with a 2km run-in to the line sounds an awful lot like Xorret del Catí, and 12 years on that's still my defining memory of him.

Or Conti gets another run with the maglia rosa after 2019.

 

[Orbit501]

Good opportunity for somebody like de Marchi, Quinten Hermans or Edet to get a Visconti '08 run in the maglia rosa while the main threats manoeuvre themselves behind. I'd also say Taaramäe, but 4km at 10% with a 2km run-in to the line sounds an awful lot like Xorret del Catí, and 12 years on that's still my defining memory of him.

Edit: spalco, Oliveira is at +32" so he's best placed. De Marchi is the better climber though.

Continuing the feel good factor from Taco's glorious win yesterday. De Marchi taking the Maglia Rosa today would be absolutely brilliant!

He always loves a day in the break. Seems to be going better than ever this season too.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Good spot on Conti, he's one of the best placed in the group too.

PCS now telling us Ganna is pulling.

With Montalcino and Zoncolan on the route, yesterday giving us a break surviving in a flat stage due to miscalculation and now an Apennine stage with a large and uncontrollable break and the maglia rosa coming to the front, the race has the potential to give off some serious 2010 vibes.

And, you know, the more 2010 Giro vibes we can get, the better, right?

 

[BlueRoads]

Poor Ganna. Wears pink and will have to work all day in rain and wind to keep a 25men group in check.

 

[Taxus4a]

Are we going to have a break of twenty riders?

Big group of 25, but the break was made in the flat, so we will se how many of the remain one hour later

 

[railxmig]

Good opportunity for somebody like de Marchi, Quinten Hermans or Edet to get a Visconti '08 run in the maglia rosa while the main threats manoeuvre themselves behind. I'd also say Taaramäe, but 4km at 10% with a 2km run-in to the line sounds an awful lot like Xorret del Catí, and 12 years on that's still my defining memory of him.

Edit: spalco, Oliveira is at +32" so he's best placed. De Marchi is the better climber though.

Dombrowski's here. He may as well be next Arroyo. He was 12th in 2019. Back then he was a EF twins with Carthy but it was Carthy who blew up.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Please make it a first pro win for Pieter Serry.

 

[Carols]

My pick for the days winner is JOE DOMBROWSKI

 

[Netserk]

Will Nizzolo sprint again? Who knows, there might be some points left.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Conti, Hermans, Valter, Vervaeke, Dombrowski, Taramae, De Marchi, Serry... there are guys who could go far today.

 

[sir fly]

Long and attritional day in front of the screens too.
Hopefully the picture improves.

 

[spalco]

Do Ineos really care or are they half-assing this? I don't think they are very good at negotiating peloton business.

 

[Taxus4a]

Hard day according to pictures

 

[Rollthedice]

The GPS seems stuck at 6'13"-14". In about 5km the road will go up.

 

[sir fly]

Makes you wonder how none of the GC contenders sneaked in the breakaway under these conditions.
The absence of overall danger makes things a bit cleaner.

 

[Kazistuta]

Under normal circumstances this would be Contis for the taking (actually picked him for todays stage i Velon manager). We all know what bad weather does though, so hard men like De Marchi, Hermans and Serry might actually be better in the end... if it comes down to a breakaway win.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Makes you wonder how none of the GC contenders sneaked in the breakaway under these conditions.
The absence of overall danger makes things a bit cleaner.

Because non of the other teams would let the break go?