Giro d'Italia 2021 Giro d'Italia, Stage 7: Notaresco – Termoli 181 km

[wheresmybrakes]

3 of the first 4 in the poll ticked, not a bad start.

 

[Climbing]

Fun fact, Giro passed in front of my house just 10 mins ago.
Ain't that fun? Last year it did too, just going the opposite direction
Curious about next year at this point !

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Valter White has become Jesse Pinkman

 

[MrTea1976]

Fun fact, Giro passed in front of my house just 10 mins ago.
Ain't that fun? Last year it did too, just going the opposite direction
Curious about next year at this point !

Through your house?

 

[Climbing]

Through your house?

Yeah, getting worried

 

[Breezy1985]

Fun fact, Giro passed in front of my house just 10 mins ago.
Ain't that fun? Last year it did too, just going the opposite direction
Curious about next year at this point !

Did you show the peleton your trophy cabinet

 

[tobydawq]

What on earth happened before that sprint? Why did Qhubeka have riders up there who could take the points instead of Nizzolo?

 

[SafeBet]

What on earth happened before that sprint? Why did Qhubeka have riders up there who could take the points instead of Nizzolo?

Perhaps they pulled too hard and Nizzolo coldn't follow?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Perhaps they pulled too hard and Nizzolo coldn't follow?

Nizzolo knew he couldn't take second, so it wasn't worth the effort.

 

[Keram]

I think they pulled mainly downhill and then Oss started pulling for Sagan and made a split. Nice work from this duo.

 

[spalco]

Still 70km left, ugh.

 

[staubsauger]

Birgit Nössing just caught out Migels, Aldag & Voigt on German Eurosport by asking them if they know Rocco Siffredi!

(As the peloton passed Ortona, his hometown.)

 

[frisenfruitig]

Ewan is going to be hard to beat with that little bump at the end I guess. Hoping for Sagan though, it looks like he's doing his best to find his best legs again. I really hope we do get to see Sagan at his best again, would be very interesting to see how he can do against WVA and MVDP. He's only 31 years old but it feels like it's been so long since we've seen him at his absolute peak.

 

[Volderke]

Yeah, getting worried

That would remind me of Cafe Maxens in Baardegem, Belgium.
A cyclocross race went through the cafe. ..

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj_SP9nMolw


images of riders going through around 3:40

 

[Fernandez]

Sprinters have too many oportunities in GTs, when nobody really care about flat stages.

 

[Panda Claws]

Sprinters have too many oportunities in GTs, when nobody really care about flat stages.

This Giro has very few flat stages though.

 

[Fernandez]

This Giro has very few flat stages though.

Flat stages should be like TTs nowadays, one or two per GT

 

[johnymax]

This Giro has very few flat stages though.

Vuelta enters the chat...

 

[RedheadDane]

Simon Pellaud in the break. What a surprise...

 

[johnymax]

Flat stages should be like TTs nowadays, one or two per GT

Yes. And reduce them to less than 100k like they have reduced the length of TTs.

 

[Keram]

This stage made me think there is so much difference between some classics and this type of stage in GT. Seriously. Like different sport. From fun perspective. Also I realized Italy has nicer nature than Spain. Mostly.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Flat stages should be like TTs nowadays, one or two per GT

Just reverse them. 160-200 km. ITT and 8-30 km. flat stages

 

[broppo]

This stage made me think there is so much difference between some classics and this type of stage in GT. Seriously. Like different sport. From fun perspective. Also I realized Italy has nicer nature than Spain. Mostly.

italy is more green, but it also depends on the time of year of course, the vuelta is ridden when its warmer.

 

[BlueRoads]

Birgit Nössing just caught out Migels, Aldag & Voigt on German Eurosport by asking them if they know Rocco Siffredi!

(As the peloton passed Ortona, his hometown.)

Ah, so it's Birgit Nössing? Then I have to apologize, I confused her with someone else.

 

[Lequack]

This stage made me think there is so much difference between some classics and this type of stage in GT. Seriously. Like different sport. From fun perspective. Also I realized Italy has nicer nature than Spain. Mostly.

It's like watching pre-scripted shows. You let some guys from the wildcrd teams go, they have to or else their teams don't get invited next year, basically bullied into doing a whole day effort with no chance of winning. Big teams have a day off and then there is a race for the last 5 kms.