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

[Eclipse]

Great effort from MVDP.

Yates ride truly extraordinary.
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Lots of other good rides but no real mega surprises elsewhere (for better or worse)

Really great circuit - actually enjoyed watching a TT

 

[Netserk]

 

[Ricco']

Yates shipping 10 minutes @ Etna incoming

 

[Mayomaniac]

A bit embarrassing for all the specialists to be beaten by Yates and Van der Poel, it wasn't even down to the climb either...

Nibali was one of the fastest before the final climb, bike handling skills were the main factor.

 

[StryderHells]

Well I guess BEX are happy with the change to Giant this year.

 

[gunara]

Hope he doesn't use up his good days quota too early

 

[Mayomaniac]

Yates shipping 10 minutes @ Etna incoming

Only if Sobrero starts climbing like the best version of Yates

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Pfffft Mathieu

 

[Red Rick]

A bit embarrassing for all the specialists to be beaten by Yates and Van der Poel, it wasn't even down to the climb either...

VdP wins 20s having no regard for own safety, Simon Yates just does Yates things for better or worse

 

[JosefK]

This was a course for strong bike handlers with punchy power. Yates won a TT in Paris-Nice a few years ago with similar characteristics.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

TBF we need to see what Yates is doing on the long climbs to make pronouncements on his form. In the Vuelta a Asturias he crushed everybody on the 2-3km climbs which this finale was similar to (but easier than, as El Violeo and Carabanzo are very steep) but had a complete pajará on Acebo.

However, the fact that you don't know which version of him will turn up on any given day is what makes him compelling. Having him and Supermán in the same race is good for unpredictability.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

GC

 

[Mayomaniac]

Well I guess BEX are happy with the change to Giant this year.

They also have Pinotti working with the riders on their TT skills.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Nibali was one of the fastest before the final climb, bike handling skills were the main factor.

Bike handling shouldn't be an issue for any specialist though...

 

[sir fly]

Not sure today's handfuls will come that handy throughout the 3 weeks.

 

[JosefK]

Really nice effort from Tom D. This was a very technical course (braking and reaccelerating required many times)--not his forte.

 

[StryderHells]

They also have Pinotti working with the riders on their TT skills.

That I didn’t know, combine both and that helps explain why BEX have done so well here.

 

[ppanther92]

2018 Simon Yatestrong incoming

For 2 or 3 weeks?

 

[AlfaLum]

TBF we need to see what Yates is doing on the long climbs to make pronouncements on his form. In the Vuelta a Asturias he crushed everybody on the 2-3km climbs which this finale was similar to (but easier than, as El Violeo and Carabanzo are very steep) but had a complete pajará on Acebo.

However, the fact that you don't know which version of him will turn up on any given day is what makes him compelling. Having him and Supermán in the same race is good for unpredictability.

On Acebo he also got dropped within the first kilometers to be fair. I think it was just an off day for him, which he has more often. But on his good days he is also great on the longer climbs.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

My G'd I hope Tom D. doesn't retire all of sudden again.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I find myself rooting for Yates to take pink early only so I don't have to watch that terrible wannabe-Gerolsteiner jersey..

 

[Breh]

I don't get why people are surprised by this MVDP performance.
Didn't he deliver a very good performance in the TdF ITT last year on a course that suited him far less? This was a 10 minute effort with alot of turns, right up his alley imo.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

On Acebo he also got dropped within the first kilometers to be fair. I think it was just an off day for him, which he has more often. But on his good days he is also great on the longer climbs.

Sure - I mean, he's won the Vuelta and was my pick for KOM in the 2019 Tour before the annulments and abbreviations took a couple of HC climbs off the menu when he was in super form. He's a super climber when in form, but form is evanescent and variable, and Simon Yates' form is more evanescent and variable than most.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I find myself rooting for Yates to take pink early only so I don't have to watch that terrible wannabe-Gerolsteiner jersey..

Yea but then all the domestiques will have to sit on the front and you'll see even more of it.

 

[AlfaLum]

Sure - I mean, he's won the Vuelta and was my pick for KOM in the 2019 Tour before the annulments and abbreviations took a couple of HC climbs off the menu when he was in super form. He's a super climber when in form, but form is evanescent and variable, and Simon Yates' form is more evanescent and variable than most.

True, I also wouldn’t be surprise to see him collapse somewhere. But the chances of it happening in a hilly stage are similar to it happening in a stage like Blockhaus for me.