Giro d'Italia 2022 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12: Parma – Genova 204 km (Thursday, May 19th)

[glassmoon]

Bardiani missing lol

 

[Lequack]

Lol Bardian chasing the break.

 

[Samamba]

I will never understand how you miss a big break like this. I know Israel is bad, but this bad?

EDIT: LMAO Bardiani

 

[Faserr]

This stage is funny. ProConti chasing .

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Bardiani being Bardiani.

 

[Samamba]

The funny thing is that they have absolutely no chance of reeling them back in

 

[Samamba]

That last climb should be hard enough for the real climbers like Kelderman to drop the fast guys like Cort, VdP, Albanese, etc. right?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

To be fair I do expect the GC teams will start pulling relatively early, you don't want to let the likes of Kelderman and Hamilton back in the GC.

 

[Red Rick]

Fuga Bidone

 

[Lequack]

A break like this never happens on sprint stages, because then the stage would not be boring.

 

[gregrowlerson]

That last climb should be hard enough for the real climbers like Kelderman to drop the fast guys like Cort, VdP, Albanese, etc. right?

Probably. But can he and only 1 or 2 other climbers then hold off a big bunch?

 

[glassmoon]

The funny thing is that they have absolutely no chance of reeling them back in

it's just punishment from the race director for missing the break...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

That last climb should be hard enough for the real climbers like Kelderman to drop the fast guys like Cort, VdP, Albanese, etc. right?

Three-quarters of the breakaway will want to attack ahead of the final climb, not so easy for the climbers to just brute force this. Also, Cort and Albanese in particular climb very well on their day.

 

[Mayomaniac]

With MVDP, Consonni, Albanese and Vendrame pretty much all the top guys that you'd expect to be there if it came down to a reduced sprint are in the breakaway (even if Vendrame's sprinting ability has been less than impressive this season), so I really don't know why anyone is pulling behind.

 

[noob]

I definitely would want Kelderman back in GC. He's always so unlucky

 

[Tour de Berghem]

Masterpiece by Androni and Bardiani, out from one of the few break that can win.

The most incredible thing is that we are talking of a 22 riders break.
ZERO riders out of 22

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I could resume my jokes about the wildcard teams for this chasse patate, but I'm a lot more interested in how Israel and UAE managed to miss the break after trying to get involved all day...

 

[Tour de Berghem]

I definitely would want Kelderman back in GC. He's always so unlucky

I hope the same. I think that he is in a very good shape, but on Blockhaus was very unlucky

 

[Mayomaniac]

it's just punishment from the race director for missing the break...

The one Bardiani guy who should be in a breakaway like this is probably Zoccarato, but he's out of the race because of a crash. 3rd at the last Italian NC while being in the initial breakaway, the guy has a great engine and is kinda wasted on a team like Bardiani.

 

[search]

Three-quarters of the breakaway will want to attack ahead of the final climb, not so easy for the climbers to just brute force this. Also, Cort and Albanese in particular climb very well on their day.

Vendrame as well, at least if he's anywhere close to last year's shape. Van der Poel actually looks like the worst climber in there (from those bigger names), on paper.

 

[The Barb]

I’m standing by Bike Exchange. Sobrero can be the powerhouse on the flat and descents for Hamilton to go on the last climb.

Hamilton is underrated. Still 20-1 but will surely be one of the 2 or 3 strongest on the climb.

 

[Red Rick]

Bardiani needs to get relegated. Make additional tiers if need be

 

[noob]

Imagine if Uno-X had been here, just saying.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Wilco has never won a road stage, so I'll support him I suppose, although being Dutch, I expect a parade of elephants to be crossing the road as he's about to take it.

 

[Faserr]

20min back Ineos were chasing Kämna I think. Thats why they were riding. Kämna was nearly bridging up but stopped after he saw Ineos chasing. Bora wants Kelderman staying there.