Giro d'Italia 2022 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11: Santarcangelo di Romagna – Reggio Emilia 203 km (Wednesday, May 18th)

[Netserk]

From @Eshnar's excellent 2022 Giro d'Italia: Stage-by-stage Analysis thread: https://forum.cyclingnews.com/threads/2022-giro-ditalia-stage-by-stage-analysis.37819/#post-2691569

Stage 11: Santarcangelo di Romagna – Reggio Emilia 203 km
Wednesday, May 18th, 12:20 CET

Technical Overview:
The typical stage going along the Via Emilia. Flat and straight. The only twist this year is the fact that it is a long stage (for this Giro standards…), probably due to the detour that the peloton will take just after Bologna, that will prevent this stage from having literally zero turns.

Final km:

What to expect:
Bunch sprint

Reggio Emilia

 

[saunaking]

lol shoot me now.
another breakaway formed in km 1

 

[Ricco']

See you all on thursday.

 

[Samamba]

Demare with ease. Only one with a good train left. Cav will miss Morkov, Ewan, well, he's in horrible form and has only Kluge and Schwarzmann left, that's just not going to happen.

 

[Remy55]

Pozzovivo ftw

 

[Amazinmets87]

Wind?

 

[Sciatic]

So the full name on the Giro site is:
SANTARCANGELO DI ROMAGNA - REGGIO EMILIA PARMIGIANO REGGIANO FOOD STAGE

When does the food come into play? Maybe instead of inserting cobbles or Strade bianche to toughen up a flat stage, they have to sit down to a big Italian meal halfway through the stage?

 

[search]

Wind?

yeah, quite strong actually. But from the east, so tailwind most of the day - if there's gonna be some crosswind action, then most likely inside the final 20k, I'd say.

 

[Red Rick]

Damn this 2nd week is so bad.

 

[Cookster15]

What were they thinking? I just hope no crashes.

 

[Eclipse]

I believe this might be charitably described as very boring

 

[ice&fire]

This looks like the perfect stage for a full day meeting in the office.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

If it's a strong tailwind it could be over in 2 hours then it's beer o'clock, super!

 

[Faserr]

yeah, quite strong actually. But from the east, so tailwind most of the day - if there's gonna be some crosswind action, then most likely inside the final 20k, I'd say.

Isn't it tail/side wind? That could cause echelons. 25 km/h and stronger gusts. I think it will be fast and nervous. Hopefully no favorites crash out.

 

[search]

Isn't it tail/side wind? That could cause echelons. 25 km/h and stronger gusts. I think it will be fast and nervous. Hopefully no favorites crash out.

on the windy thing (what looks like dirt on the screenshot are all animated wind arrows) it looks more like tailwind for all the early part. Full crosswind in the end then (although the first half goes through city centers, so may be sheltered)

 

[SHAD0W93]

Cav might not have won today but that doesn’t mean he can’t start tomorrow.
Hopefully no crashes on the last two turns!

Demare with ease. Only one with a good train left. Cav will miss Morkov, Ewan, well, he's in horrible form and has only Kluge and Schwarzmann left, that's just not going to happen.

Cav can always ship along the FDJ train.

 

[Bonimenier]

Gaviria will take this

 

[Mayomaniac]

Hard pass for me.
Replacing this one with an ITT between 2 nice looking cities wouldn't have been that hard...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It's the cheese stage, so I fully expect the former Paris-Camembert winner Lilian Calmejane to hit the breakaway and take a glorious win or the other fomer cheese race champion Valverde to win the sprint.

 

[JosefK]

The course profile looks like a bunch of titans sandpapered the whole thing and went over it with a steamroller.

 

[yaco]

No problems for Ewan.

 

[Mayomaniac]

It's the cheese stage, so I fully expect the former Paris-Camembert winner Lilian Calmejane to hit the breakaway and take a glorious win or the other fomer cheese race champion Valverde to win the sprint.

Given the quality of the stage it should be the Puzzone stage, even if it's not taking place in Moena di Fassa (Puzzone is a smelly cheese from that area, the name literally means stinker)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Given the quality of the road it should be the Puzzone stage, even if it's not taking place in Moena di Fassa (Puzzone is a smelly cheese from that area, the name literally means stinker)

I hope Puzzovivo wins that one.

 

[search]

I hope Puzzovivo wins that one.

I think he changed his name too long ago to still be allowed to apply for that

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I think he changed his name too long ago to still be allowed to apply for that

That's probably true. But as long as he wins a stage it doesn't have to be that one anyway.