Giro d'Italia 2022 Giro d'Italia, Stage 20: Belluno – Marmolada 168 km (Saturday, May 28th)

[Velolover2]

you said it

Makes you wonder if the sports directors are lurking this forum.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Still in 4th tbf which is good

Yes, but probably the quietest GC top 5 he's ever done. Much better than was expected three weeks ago but still not really a fitting final GT, imo.

 

[Rollthedice]

Nibali went out with a whimper after all.

He kept his fourth, all that could be done. Suffered like a dog for that. The legs of better days are gone.

 

[skippo12]

Even in such turdish affair, someone deserves is more than other, congrats!
Best NetApp climber since Leopold König

For one Tour Buchmann was the only guy that could follow Pinot and Bernal in the mountains. Shadow of that rider still managed to finish this years Giro in the top 10.

 

[70kmph]

Hindley saves cycling

 

[Tim Cahill]

Ineos should've brought Tao, the big Scotsman wouldn't've let this happen

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Crapass.

Disclaimer: the above is merely posted for comical purposes and does not represent the poster's personal feelings.

 

[Carols]

Chapeau Hindley! Rode that like the Winner should! Definitely the Strongest Man . And Chapeau to Covi, brought home that stage win!
Grande finale mountain in the Giro!

 

[Valv.Piti]

Ineos should've brought Tao, the big Scotsman wouldn't've let this happen

I wonder if Tao could crack the top-20

 

[carton]

Well done Hindley and Bora. Smart racing, saved their bullets for when they were most effective and made them count.

Fine ride by Carapaz and Landa and their teams. They kept on pushing the pace and attacking to the last even if they could never gap Hindley and left themselves isolated and exposed to counters. As a spectator, hard to ask for more.

And a final kudos to Covi, great to see UAE get a win after some tough luck and narrow misses.

 

[JosefK]

So if we apply the mathematics of logic:
(1) If Tao Geoghegan Hart > Hindley (from TGH's Giro win), and
(2) Hindley > Carapaz, then
(3) TGH > Carapaz

 

[Ilmaestro99]

What a joke of a race. I missed 80km of the stage because I was busy, tuned in for bottom of Fedaia, and was stunned to find out nobody had attacked.

Carapaz had the chance to gain 40 seconds on Hindley in Blockhaus if he rode with more commitment. But even that might not have been enough

 

[AlfaLum]

Well at least we must have like five-six nominations for the Zubeldia award already after this first GT of the season. Absolutely horrendous Giro this one.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Ineos should've brought Tao, the big Scotsman wouldn't've let this happen

Tao is too busy cementing his status as a one-hit wonder in Norway.

 

[movingtarget]

Didn't expect that. Pretty rare for Carapaz to crack like that. Hats off to Hindley.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

First time in my life I am disappointed with Mikel Landa.

 

[ashhutch1997]

Maybe it was more Carapaz cracked than him being that much stronger. Neither tried so we will never know haha

It's a shame really as it could of been a decent last week. Wouldn't suprise me if Carapaz had the illness that Richie Porte had tbh....

 

[Rollthedice]

Yes, but probably the quietest GC top 5 he's ever done. Much better than was expected three weeks ago but still not really a fitting final GT, imo.

The other top fives were 11 podiums and one fourth in Tour 2015 so it's easy to pick this one as the quietest.

 

[postmanhat]

Amazing how quickly Ineos are falling down the GT hierarchy. And given his other commitments, will have wait 2 years at least to see if Pidcock is a genuine contender.

 

[tobydawq]

So assuming he doesn’t win tomorrow, Hindley wins w/o winning a stage? I’m glad he’s winning but that kinda speaks to a lackluster Giro.

Again, he won on Blockhaus...

I'm just reading through the thread now, so this time around, I have probably done a quadruple Red Rick but I don't care.

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

Well done Hindley and Bora. Smart racing, saved their bullets for when they were most effective and made them count.

Fine ride by Carapaz and Landa and their teams. They kept on pushing the pace and attacking to the last even if they could never gap Hindley and left themselves isolated and exposed to counters. As a spectator, hard to ask for more.

And a final kudos to Covi, great to see UAE get a win after some tough luck and narrow misses.

Who are you and why are you on this forum?

Jk, I like to see some positivity in this sea of comments

 

[red_flanders]

People keep forgetting Blockhaus.

Totally forgot. Well good. Hate a GT win w/o a stage win.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Except for Hindley and Carapaz, no change in GC all the way down to 17th. Don't think I've ever seen that on a final mountain stage.

 

[AlfaLum]

Tao is too busy cementing his status as a one-hit wonder in Norway.

Tao will take Hart from this giro performance by Hindley. The first time he is not hit by sickness we will be in for quite the showing.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Congrats AC!

Thank you. I'd like to thank my wife, my family, the ozone layer...