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

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I suppose they could be thinking that with the evenly matched top GC contenders in this race, the final winning margin may be a matter of seconds not minutes.

He knows Roglic won the Vuelta on bonis.

 

[yaco]

Is going for bonus seconds rare for top GC riders? I haven't seen it before in a GT but in smaller races. (noob is noob)

Thomas did it in the 2018 TDF.

 

[SafeBet]

Nice to see Dainese take the win. I had almost lost all hopes for him.
Bardet did quite an impressive job in bringing him close to the front during the last km.

 

[Sciatic]

Nice to see Dainese take the win. I had almost lost all hopes for him.
Bardet did quite an impressive job in bringing him close to the front during the last km.

I would rather Bardet save all his energy for GC efforts, but I also think he is very team oriented so it’s not surprising to learn that he was in the lead out train.

 

[SafeBet]

I would rather Bardet save all his energy for GC efforts, but I also think he is very team oriented so it’s not surprising to learn that he was in the lead out train.

I don't even know if it was team orders or just him being a very good teammate. Dainese said the plan was to go for Bol today, but the Dutch wasn't feeling great in the final so the DS told Dainese he could sprint.

 

[Sciatic]

I don't even know if it was team orders or just him being a very good teammate. Dainese said the plan was to go for Bol today, but the Dutch wasn't feeling great in the final so the DS told Dainese he could sprint.

Wow, that makes his win even more amazing! And probably stunned him even more than if he was designated sprinter.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Great to see DSM winning in the biggest races.

A super professional, modern and likeable team, which is too often criticized; maybe because they cannot pay their riders the sums of money other teams can pay…

 

[tobydawq]

Great to see DSM winning in the biggest races.

A super professional, modern and likeable team, which is too often criticized; maybe because they cannot pay their riders the sums of money other teams can pay…

Or because the management is the biggest bunch of idiots in today's cycling?

 

[Salvarani]

Or because the management is the biggest bunch of idiots in today's cycling?

Idiots that seem to have some riders performing very well now and in the past while riding for them, so they cant be all the way horrible. Some riders their approach has not worked for... but isnt that any team or work place in reality? Everyone is never happy. Especially not in a large group with many individuals with different type of needs.

 

[RedheadDane]

Idiots that seem to have some riders performing very well now and in the past while riding for them, so they cant be all the way horrible. Some riders their approach has not worked for... but isnt that any team or work place in reality? Everyone is never happy. Especially not in a large group with many individuals with different type of needs.

This! There are probably riders out there, for whom the management style of EF would be absolutely horrible.