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

[KZD]

Fedaia and Torino stage ended up saving this Giro but stillone of the worst editions I've watched

 

[Pinot's goat]

Bahrain riding like the new Movistar. Have no idea what their tactic was.

Ride slow because Landa didn't feel great and they had a man up the road?

 

[noob]

The squirrel wasn't a fluke after all

 

[staubsauger]

I'm not gonna say Hindley doesn't deserve this. That would be too harsh. If they put Fedaia first, followed up by Pordoi and Carapaz loses 2 minutes it's more defining. So partly Vegni is the one to blame too

BUT

It wasn't even his own attack, but Kämna working hard that blowed Carapaz. I've seen Levi Leipheimer doing more attacks than Hindley. And the American wasn't really well liked as a rider.

This really was Bardet's golden chance to win a GT. Too bad he fell ill. But things like these happen.

Almeida absolutely deserved to win this Giro d'Italia. Even if it would have been lame like 2002 Savoldelli. If not for Covid-19, they really would've needed to show something in order to distance the Portuguese before the final TT.

Hindley now was the best of the rest. Maybe he gets a bit too much negativety based on how disappointing this stage has been. That's unfair. Especially since like I said, reverse cols and it's a very dominant display.

 

[Climbing]

Without knowing too much about Hindley - was there a reason for his 2021 underperformance?

Very bad luck, very happy for him, though I hope he will be more aggressive in the future.

 

[saganftw]

i dont buy carapaz being ill, if that was true they would not put tulet and monsieur sivakov on the front to pull for him, he was also first to attack, it looked like he just bonked because he didnt just lose time, he completely shat the bed...in the end formolo was trying really hard not to pass him in the finish

anyway great way to win for hindley, it was shaping up to be another close giro he was gonna lose

bardet and almeida are punching air right now, they could get something out of this edition, especially bardet

landa as usual rides to the level of his oposition and dissapoints everyone, so at least that hasnt changed

 

[Ilmaestro99]

This is probably the only time I'm dissapointed by Landa's way of racing.
Maybe he didn't feel great, but with him being like 4min ahead of Nibali and Bilbao he should have gone yolo on the Pordoi, or at least send Bilbao on the attack.

I am also dissapointed. It makes sense to try and is a shame he didn't but the legs aren't at the 2015-17 level.

I'm dissapointed by his mentality. Probably won't get the opportunity to win a gt again and he said he's happy to ride for podium.

 

[ppanther92]

Very bad luck, very happy for him, though I hope he will be more aggressive in the future.

Crashes? Illness?

 

[Rollthedice]

Now will they/you start to take Hindley more, much more, seriously? It's not easy to build a reputation from two cursed Giri.

He has to be more present during the year but basically he's just a very good climber with added sprint skills. Normally that doesn't win you a Grand Tour.

 

[movingtarget]

Ride slow because Landa didn't feel great and they had a man up the road?

Mmmmm.........

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Gorgeous final mountain stage, seeing the beautiful scenery on tv each morning these past few days has been a treat.

Congrats to Covi and Hindley, unless something catastrophic happens in the time trial Hindley should be able to bag it. It would be Australia's first Giro win I believe, wooooooooo!

 

[Faserr]

Without knowing too much about Hindley - was there a reason for his 2021 underperformance?

He had serious problems with saddle soreness. It probably didn't help that he was riding for DSM who are only fixing problems with mostly stupid protocols. He also broke his collorbone late in the season.

 

[SafeBet]

Fedaia and Torino stage ended up saving this Giro but stillone of the worst editions I've watched

Fedaia did?
I'm super happy because my favorite rider won but the racing was again uninspiring.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

While most of the stage was boring (except the views) the last few kilometers were...wow! Fedaia delivered and so did Hindley. I expected him to try but didn't know if he would be able to drop Carapaz but what an amazing piece of climbing by Jai! Soon afterwards it turned out that Carapaz had a weaker day (also probably paid for following HIndley initially) but I don't think even an in-form Carapaz would be able to match Hindlay today. The last few kms were his ride for history, for Giro glory. Congrats! The race was overturned in a dramatic fashion just one day before the end.

 

[hfer07]

quite uncommon to see Carapaz blowing up like that and when it mattered the most .... but as I stated many times, Hindley was the real threat to Carapaz & Landa if a considerable gap wasn't made prior to the ITT.......

Congrats in advance to Hindley for his Giro d'Italia victory

 

[ppanther92]

He had serious problems with saddle soreness. It probably didn't help that he was riding for DSM who are only fixing problems with mostly stupid protocols. He although broke is collorbone late in the season.

Always amazed that DSM gets it apparently right for Bardet now. Thanks!

 

[tobydawq]

UAE are a ****ing disgrace, it's rather hilarious I have to admit

Would you elaborate?

 

[staubsauger]

Without knowing too much about Hindley - was there a reason for his 2021 underperformance?

He also crashed hard at the Tour of the Alps and DSM really had a bad season until the Vuelta a Espana in fall.

 

[movingtarget]

Without knowing too much about Hindley - was there a reason for his 2021 underperformance?

Injury and illness in the first few months of the season.

 

[Pirazziattacks]

I'm not gonna say Hindley doesn't deserve this. That would be too harsh. If they put Fedaia first, followed up by Pordoi and Carapaz loses 2 minutes it's more defining. So partly Vegni is the one to blame too

BUT

It wasn't even his own attack, but Kämna working hard that blowed Carapaz. I've seen Levi Leipheimer doing more attacks than Hindley. And the American wasn't really well liked as a rider.

This really was Bardet's golden chance to win a GT. Too bad he fell ill. But things like these happen.

Almeida absolutely deserved to win this Giro d'Italia. Even if it would have been lame like 2002 Savoldelli. If not for Covid-19, they really would've needed to show something in order to distance the Portuguese before the final TT.

Hindley now was the best of the rest. Maybe he gets a bit too much negativety based on how disappointing this stage has been. That's unfair. Especially since like I said, reverse cols and it's a very dominant display.

I don't get the thing about Hindley not attacking. He put in his only real sustained attack of the race and that combined with Kämma's pace was too much for Carapaz.

 

[fbjim]

I don't get the thing about Hindley not attacking. He put in his only real sustained attack of the race and that combined with Kämma's pace was too much for Carapaz.

Wheelsucker Hindley is now a meme because some Nibali fans got upset during the Torino stage so now it's real and everyone will post it as fact

 

[JosefK]

While most of the stage was boring (except the views) the last few kilometers were...wow! Fedaia delivered and so did Hindley. I expected him to try but didn't know if he would be able to drop Carapaz but what an amazing piece of climbing by Jai! Soon afterwards it turned out that Carapaz had a weaker day (also probably paid for following HIndley initially) but I don't think even an in-form Carapaz would be able to match Hindlay today. The last few kms were his ride for history, for Giro glory. Congrats! The race was overturned in a dramatic fashion just one day before the end.

Those of us who were posting and grumbling throughout the earlier part of the stage knew it would spur the DS's to spice things up at the end, and it worked. We saved the Giro.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Wheelsucker Hindley is now a meme because some Nibali fans got upset during the Torino stage so now it's real and everyone will post it as fact

Didn't really attack in the 2020 Giro, didn't really attack this race either as Carapaz was dropped while Kämna was still on the front. One of the most negative GC riders I've ever seen, and you can go back through my post history to see I didn't criticise his tactics in the Torino stage.

 

[fbjim]

I only blame the organizers to an extent here and the lack of a mid-race TT was a far bigger problem than the mountain stage design IMO. Like I can't really blame anyone for Blockhaus ending in an uphill sprint, and both Aprica and the Slovenian stage were good terrain for an attacking-minded rider. Unfortunately Bardet and Yates either retired or dropped off the pace early, so whoops.

 

[movingtarget]

I don't get the thing about Hindley not attacking. He put in his only real sustained attack of the race and that combined with Kämma's pace was too much for Carapaz.

Hindley had to test the waters but I'm sure he was as surprised as anyone by Carapaz's performance...............