Giro d'Italia 2021 Giro d'Italia, Stage 9: Castel di Sangro - Campo Felice (Rocca di Cambio) 158 km (Sunday May 16)

[Panda Claws]

Very impressive by Bernal. People will point to Evenepoel's weakness but he is still fourth. The other GC men were not stronger than him.

Bernal just a class on his own here.

 

[KZD]

Remco recovered well in the end but Bernal is too strong right now. Vintage stuff

 

[limak_]

What a shame last climb wasn't longer, he'd put at least 3 mins on Remco.

 

[luckyboy]

Remco recovered very well there actually, but that's not a good marker for Zoncolan.

Don't think there was ever any realistic chance of him matching Bernal there or the high mountains.

Looks like race over already, barring Bernal's back problem or a crash. Nobody will be close to him.

 

[sir fly]

The jersey may be very useful on the gravel roads of Tuscany.

Great stage.
Congrats.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Evenepoel is tactically clueless.

This is the problem when you're eight levels above everybody else most of the time - you don't have to develop a tactical mind.

 

[roundabout]

Vlasov could be a dark horse here. In recent years, all Russian contenders have been appalling bike handlers so this would have been a guaranteed timeloss for them. He looked good here though.

Looked like pretty compact surface to me, so it was probably slightly less challenging

 

[dutchdescent]

Want to hear the excuses

 

[Carols]

Bernal rides Away! Nice move lad, Kudos!

Im sorry to see Attila go, he was fun.

 

[Panda Claws]

We have yet to see if Bernal can actually make such an attack stick for longer than 1-2 km. If he can't then this race is definitely not over.
I don't think even the most hardcore Remco fanboys are surprised that Bernal is capable of distancing him in short attacks.

That does not equate to him being able to simply put minutes into Evenepoel over a long-range attack.

 

[perico]

Nice win by Bernal. Ciccone the best of the rest and looks really good ahead of the big mountains.

 

[spalco]

Bernal is the best, but only a small gap, nothing decided. He might still regret not pushing his advantage when he had the chance.

 

[tobydawq]

First GT stage win for Bernal. Nice.

 

[Big Doopie]

Remco recovered very well there actually, but that's not a good marker for Zoncolan.

looks like montalcino stage may be harder for him.

 

[Lequack]

Bernal loooked good at Strade Bianche as well.

 

[Savant12]

Want to hear the excuses

Remco hasn't been upgraded with the aerodynamics gravel package.

 

[roundabout]

Don't think there was ever any realistic chance of him matching Bernal there or the high mountains.

Looks like race over already, barring Bernal's back problem or a crash. Nobody will be close to him.

I wouldn't read too much into a 600m attack

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Looked like pretty compact surface to me, so it was probably slightly less challenging

You underestimate Zakarin and Menchov's ability to fall over. Remember it was also raining.

 

[Mayomaniac]

To me it looked like Remco was clearly suffering on the steep ramps, but crawled time back on the flat.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

The Bag now 2:12 away.

 

[Breezy1985]

We have yet to see if Bernal can actually make such an attack stick for longer than 1-2 km. If he can't then this race is definitely not over.
I don't think even the most hardcore Remco fanboys are surprised that Bernal is capable of distancing him in short attacks.

That does not equate to him being able to simply put minutes into Evenepoel over a long-range attack.

Don't think he was able to ramp up the speed on the gravel bit he is looking good

Crazy it's his first GT stage win

 

[Savant12]

Moscon was a monster, as well.

 

[HelloDolly]

Bernal head and shoulders above the rest and we are nto even in the high mountains stages yet

Ciccone second best in the race

 

[Red Rick]

We have yet to see if Bernal can actually make such an attack stick for longer than 1-2 km. If he can't then this race is definitely not over.
I don't think even the most hardcore Remco fanboys are surprised that Bernal is capable of distancing him in short attacks.

That does not equate to him being able to simply put minutes into Evenepoel over a long-range attack.

Bernal isn't really a 5 minute climber.

 

[limak_]

Looked like pretty compact surface to me, so it was probably slightly less challenging

Pretty comapct? Never seen a smoother gravel in my life, they treated it with a roadroller before as you could see