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

[Stringer Bell]

Ineos getting everything they deserve for boring everyone senseless during this Giro. They are allowed to put riders in breaks. You can put riders in breaks and fight for GC (see Bora). It is not rocket science or beyond the wit of man. Why do they feel the need to be so boring?

 

[carton]

Or slow down the pace!!

Yeah, they do this sometimes control the pace when their leader isn't feeling all that well. But they don't really slow it down, they just push it hard but not too hard, have to be subtle and ambiguous enough that other contenders think they're setting up an attack.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

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KLUGE Roger
Lotto Soudal7:11:06

The reddest laterne / blackest maglia since...

 

[Netserk]

Hindley can actually sprint, no way he has zero acceleration.

Basso could sprint, Evans could sprint. A different story to a violent attack uphill. Contador had no sprint, yet very violent attacks.

 

[gregrowlerson]

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

This Giro could have done with some heart.

 

[Carols]

Hugh Carthy has to be one of the most ugly looking creatures on the bike in the peloton (riding style, skinny-long legs and arms, long torso...). But I am happy that he is back, today he was 2nd best guy from the peloton behind Hindley. Promising for next goals in the season.

Only surpassed by Froome for ugliness on a bike

 

[Red Rick]

Only surpassed by Froome for ugliness on a bike

Froome looks like a piece of art compared to Carthy on the bicycle.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Froome looks like a piece of art compared to Carthy on the bicycle.

Yeah, I still remember his fluid Angliru'2020 performance. Perfect execution of efficient power.

 

[Lequack]

Only surpassed by Froome for ugliness on a bike

Froome just copied the most efficient insect, the praying mantis. If you think like a praying mantis, you become one.

 

[staubsauger]

Basso could sprint, Evans could sprint. A different story to a violent attack uphill. Contador had no sprint, yet very violent attacks.

Pantani & Rasmussen as well had no sprint, but were able to create a gap uphill.

Di Luca had a superb uphill sprint, but his accelerations on Blockhaus didn't bother Menchov too much.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

149150▲1
KLUGE Roger
Lotto Soudal7:11:06

The reddest laterne / blackest maglia since...

To be fair, he's 'only' the maglia nera by 15 minutes, that isn't a particularly big gap.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Kämna did a quite good job in the end, I have to admit. Toying with Crapaz and then dropping him certainly was no bost for his moral.

Kamna was never the new Klöden.

Spoiler

He was the new Porte all along.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Pantani & Rasmussen as well had no sprint, but were able to create a gap uphill.

Saying that Pantani was able to create a gap uphill is a slight understatement though

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

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

He's 65 kg and a Londoner of Irish extraction. Unless you know of another Tao.

 

[Red Rick]

Pantani never attacked he just drafted the motobikes the longest.

 

[gregrowlerson]

There was a moment when Hindley had a devil and an angel perched on his shoulders.

The little devil on his left shoulder whispered in his ear

"It's okay Jai. No need to do anything. You'll win this Giro in the time trial tomorrow. Forget about 2 years ago"

The angel meanwhile, refused to whisper. He reached in his back pocket, took at a gigantic megaphone - Jai had no idea how it fit in there - and the angel just screamed the undying words:

FEDAIAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

The little devil was Mick freakin Rogers.

I have no idea who the angel was, but it probably wasn't Simon Gerrans.

 

[samhocking]

How much below level was he given this?

Could well be coming down sick with the same virus as Porte, but could just be a bad day as happens to any rider occasionally.

 

[HelloDolly]

Remco rode wrong Giro, he could've won this one

No he wouldn't ...he cant descend or climb high mountains

Give it a rest will you

This giro was poor for excitement but it was very very hard and rode hard for 2.5 weeks which people dont seem to understand
This idea that the riders didnt ride hard is a ridiculous fallacy as is the one that everyone else would have won by a mile
Only Pog or Rog could have done better imo
Probably Bardet, Martinez , Vlasov and Caruso would have been around the same as the Giro p[odium but maybe would have produced more excitement

Remco could have been in pink early but not in the final week

 

[Rollthedice]

Pantani never attacked he just drafted the motobikes the longest.

Apparently Hindley faster on Fedaia than Pantani in 1998.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Would you elaborate?

I'm not his biggest fan admittedly, but I felt their leader was in with a genuine shot of at least a GC podium and was limiting his losses very well earlier in the Giro, however his teammates were nowhere to be seen at all crucial moments. It isn't lack of form either, as shown with Covi's excellence today and with Formolo's earlier breakaway stage. I get the impression from races like this and Catalunya that their directors are telling them unless Pogacar is racing to just go out and do your own thing.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Hindley putting the ghost of Evans twenty years ago to rest.

Pink Richie, don't worry. One day you will learn from the maestro of control Vincenzo Nibali, and learn to measure your efforts.

 

[samhocking]

Apparently Hindley faster on Fedaia than Pantani in 1998.

Hopefully much of the top end of the peloton is faster than Pantani by now, those guys back then ate crap, trained crap, ignored science and favoured old wives tales like removing the middle of their bread to climb faster Coppi & Anquetil nonsense. They never found out it was all nonsense because they didn't need to find out because they d0ped to find performance anyway.

 

[Pinot's goat]

No he wouldn't ...he cant descend or climb high mountains

Give it a rest will you

This giro was poor for excitement but it was very very hard and rode hard for 2.5 weeks which people dont seem to understand
This idea that the riders didnt ride hard is a ridiculous fallacy as is the one that everyone else would have won by a mile
Only Pog or Rog could have done better imo
Probably Bardet, Martinez , Vlasov and Caruso would have been around the same as the Giro p[odium but maybe would have produced more excitement

Remco could have been in pink early but not in the final week

Caruso lol. Mas and Vingegaard would be better names than some that you have listed.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Froome and Carthy riding uphill still looks better than Pozzovivo on the flat (and sometimes on climbs as well).

 

[Ripper]

Hopefully much of the top end of the peloton is faster than Pantani by now, those guys back then ate crap, trained crap, ignored science and favoured old wives tales like removing the middle of their bread to climb faster Coppi & Anquetil nonsense. They never found out it was all nonsense because they didn't need to find out because they d0ped to find performance anyway.

WTF?