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

[Breezy1985]

Moscon was a monster, as well.

Oh god what has he done this time

 

[Vasilis]

Really interested to see what Ciccone can do in the rest of this race.

 

[luckyboy]

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

Would love to know where Evenepoel is taking time on Bernal apart from the time trial... The last week isn't the Alto Colorado or Foia.

 

[RedheadDane]

10

ALMEIDA João

Deceuninck - Quick Step

6

,,

Good to see he's being serious about that Most top-10s Without a Win competition!

 

[Volderke]

Bernal the absolute best in the race (for the moment).
It bodes well for when he wants to attack and take more time in the high mountains.

I wonder why Remco was so far back though. He still finished 4th but was in the last 5 riders when Bernal attacked. He seems to diesel his way up and could probably still resist a longer attack by Bernal, but Bernal is no slouch either over longer distance. He proved that in the Tour already.

 

[Escarabajo]

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.

Come on man. We haven't even seen the first real mountain stage!

 

[KZD]

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

Why?
Its a very different kindof effort much less explosive

 

[Red Rick]

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

Depends on who drops you on a climb like this. If it's Purito, sure doesn't mean that much. But it's Bernal, pretty much a pure climber.

 

[Lequack]

Roglic and Pogacar must be glad Bernal is not riding the Tour this year in this form.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Oh god what has he done this time

Sporza should give Remco a doll so that he can show us where he touched him.

 

[SantiBotero]

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

Bernal was a level above in every single stage so far. He's got this

 

[Red Rick]

Roglic and Pogacar must be glad Bernal is not riding the Tour this year in this form.

Roglic and Pogacare would get 1/2 here

 

[Breezy1985]

Bernal was a level above in every single stage so far. He's got this

"In the bag" would you say ?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

10

ALMEIDA João

Deceuninck - Quick Step

6

,,

Good to see he's being serious about that Most top-10s Without a Win competition!

Yeah, he has find some form again after being out of the top 10 for six days straight(!)

 

[titan31]

Why?
Its a very different kindof effort much less explosive

My expectations for Zoncolan are Ineos train riding until the last 2-3k where Bernal attacks. It doesn't look like Remco can cover that attack imo.

 

[Panda Claws]

Bernal isn't really a 5 minute climber.

Neither is Evenepoel.

I'm not saying that it's unimaginable that Bernal crushes Evenepoel over an 8 km attack on Zoncolan and takes minutes. Only that I am not going to make such a conclusion based on Bernal taking the odd 5-10 seconds in short attacks. That was a possibility I considered before the Giro.

 

[roundabout]

Would love to know where Evenepoel is taking time on Bernal apart from the time trial... The last week isn't the Alto Colorado or Foia.

Maybe nowhere, but what happened today is not really indicative of how things will look on the longer climbs

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

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

Yep. Once again.

 

[JosefK]

The Bag has spoken. Tag 'em and bag 'em, boys!

 

[Volderke]

For all the talk about Bernal being superior, the difference is 15 seconds at the moment (16 (edit from 12 s) seconds from bonusses) to Evenepoel, and 21 seconds to Vlasov (less bonus seconds).

I am a Remco fanboy, but neutral fans should be happy that Evenepoel and Vlasov are still there, or we wouldn't have a race.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Want to hear the excuses

First race in 9 months
First GT
Gravel doesn't suit him (we've known for 2 years)
Did not have a perfect prep after recovering from a near death/career-ending injury
Not as punchy (we've known for 3 years)
Not at 100%
Lost a whopping 10 seconds

 

[dutchdescent]

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.

 

[Anybody_but..]

Marvellous Sky >>>>> Ineos
Amazing Froome>>>>> Bernal
And Pogacar & Remco as well as JV train as the most dangerous rivals.

 

[roundabout]

Depends on who drops you on a climb like this. If it's Purito, sure doesn't mean that much. But it's Bernal, pretty much a pure climber.

I think Bernal has a pretty decent kick. Not Purito, certainly, but he is far from a tempo climber

 

[Keram]

That was Van derPoel-easque attack from Bernal here. Mighty impressive.