Giro d'Italia 2022 Giro d'Italia, Stage 2: Budapest – Budapest 9.2 km ITT (Saturday, May 7th)

[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-2691558

Stage 2: Budapest – Budapest 9.2 km ITT
Saturday, May 7th, 14:00 CET

Technical Overview:
So, the “prologue” is now stage 2 instead. It is a short and technical time trial that accounts for 35% of the total ITT kms of this race, so the specialists really need to make it count… The riders will start from Heroes’ Square and make a nice tour of the city, eventually reaching and crossing the Danube, after which they will face a short climb that will bring them to the finishing line in front of Matthias Church. This climb, (GPM4, 1.3 km at 4.9%) starts with a very decent 300m at over 9%, before easing off in the final km.

Final km:

The Climbs:

Budapest: GPM4, 1.3 km at 4.9%
Very steep at the beginning, just a false flat in the end. The sudden change of gradient might make things interesting in an ITT.

What to expect:
As in all short time trials, a specialist to win and some gaps between the GC men, but nothing too important.

Budapest

 

[Netserk]

(Source: ammattipyoraily)

Harm Vanhoucke starts 14:00 as the first rider, Mathieu van der Poel starts 16:55 as the last rider.

 

[RedheadDane]

Just a reminder:
Whoever wins this stage, will be the first non-Ganna winner of a Giro ITT since Haga, BC!

 

[Escarabajo]

Dumoulin sounds like he means business!!!

 

[Netserk]

14'' is a nice cushion, I think Van der Poel will keep pink.

 

[Red Rick]

Dumo sounds really optimistic in general.

 

[HelloDolly]

MVDP will keep the jersey tomorrow

 

[gregrowlerson]

Dumo sounds really optimistic in general.

I will wait for Alberto's prediction.

 

[HelloDolly]

How much would you give me for Kelderman in pink on Tuesday ?

 

[Netserk]

Castroviejo, Van Emden and Affini should be the only early starters able to do a top-10?

 

[SafeBet]

14'' is a nice cushion, I think Van der Poel will keep pink.

Yeah I think VDP has proven he can dig deep in TT when he needs to. And the route looks perfect for him: short, explosive, techcnical.

Dumoulin will give him a run for his money though.

 

[johnymax]

Castroviejo, Van Emden and Affini should be the only early starters able to do a top-10?

Where is Tratnik? I can't see him in the results yet. He was involved in a crash towards the end of the stage. Too bad...he was aiming for maglia rosa on the second stage. I hope he isn't injured and can continue in this Giro.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Where is Tratnik? I can't see him in the results yet. He was involved in a crash towards the end of the stage. Too bad...he was aiming for maglia rosa on the second stage. I hope he isn't injured and can continue in this Giro.

He finsihed with Vanhoucke at 9:08 behind. I doubt he wold have been able to take pink anyway, but it wasn't a great start for him.

 

[Red Rick]

Yeah I think VDP has proven he can dig deep in TT when he needs to. And the route looks perfect for him: short, explosive, techcnical.

Dumoulin will give him a run for his money though.

I'm not sure VdP is as good as last year during the Tour though. Every short TT he's done he's basically been losing the equivalent of 20s or more on such distance.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Dumo sounds really optimistic in general.

which is really unlike Dumo. So either he does a Yates. (tell everyone you are great but suck) or he is on to some great form here

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I'm not sure VdP is as good as last year during the Tour though. Every short TT he's done he's basically been losing the equivalent of 20s or more on such distance.

idk about the TT. But today itself he told the team he had fantastic legs.

 

[sir fly]

Can 11 minutes be beaten?

 

[DaLong]

Repeated accelerations out of the 20 some odd turns? Hmm if only there was a rider with supreme acceleration here...

 

[Laplaz]

Repeated accelerations out of the 20 some odd turns? Hmm if only there was a rider with supreme acceleration here...

TGBM?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

TGBM?

Jakub Mareczko

 

[Ilmaestro99]

If he doesn't crash, Landa could make his least ever time loss in a ITT

 

[wheresmybrakes]

14'' is a nice cushion, I think Van der Poel will keep pink.

Oh man, I read that as 14 inch, then realised 14 inch isn't much of a cushion.

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1522606951825301504

View: https://twitter.com/Lotto_Soudal/status/1522606951825301504

 

[Lequack]

If he doesn't crash, Landa could make his least ever time loss in a ITT

He's been training his ITT

https://twitter.com/x/status/1522578372446105601

View: https://twitter.com/RF3punto0/status/1522578372446105601

 

[Red Rick]

He's been training his ITT

https://twitter.com/x/status/1522578372446105601

View: https://twitter.com/RF3punto0/status/1522578372446105601

This guy TTs