Giro d'Italia 2022 Giro d'Italia, Stage 4: Avola – Etna 170 km (Tuesday, May 10th)

[sir fly]

Alright... Everything according to expectations.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

yates fans breathe everywhere.

 

[noob]

OMG JuanP voice!

 

[Mayomaniac]

If this Giro had more kms of ITT I'd actually back Kämna as Bora's best gc option in this race.
He likes bad weather and loves multi-mountain stages.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Ineos are so stupid again. They pull all climb for nothing except to drop Nibali and Dumoulin, meanwhile their rivals do nothing except a little sprint on the finale to maintain the form

 

[Rackham]

That was a full thermonuclear Carapaz attack at the end there.

 

[Faserr]

If Kämna didn't go for that flyer on stage 1 he'd probably have tappa e maglia.

Yes, but perhaps he wouldn't be allowed in the group then.

 

[HelloDolly]

Ineos are so stupid again. They pull all climb for nothing except to drop Nibali and Dumoulin, meanwhile their rivals do nothing except a little sprint on the finale to maintain the form

Burned Shivakov plus expend Richie on the front ....so weird

 

[gregrowlerson]

I still think they made a deal. Kämna could've easily gotten the 5 extra seconds he needed there at the end but decided to sit up early and celebrate, think that was intentional.

They probably did, but on the 50th anniversary of The Godfather, never trust the word of a rival.

 

[AlfaLum]

Ineos are so stupid again. They pull all climb for nothing except to drop Nibali and Dumoulin, meanwhile their rivals do nothing except a little sprint on the finale to maintain the form

Nah I don’t know. I think they also do this to reduce the stress in stages to come. They got rid of quite a few teams with GC ambitions here like Jumbo, Cofidis, Astana. So now they have established themselves as the team that controls the race, which is what they like.

 

[perico]

First pink Jersey for Spain since The Great One, and Juan Pedro turned pro after riding for The Contador Foundation.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Ineos are so stupid again. They pull all climb for nothing except to drop Nibali and Dumoulin, meanwhile their rivals do nothing except a little sprint on the finale to maintain the form

Tbf, making it a bit harder to see if Yates was feeling the crash wasn't a bad idea.
Nibali still finished ahead of Mollema, at least that's something.

 

[JosefK]

yates fans breathe everywhere.

Yatesy, always teetering on the edge of brilliance and disaster.

 

[SafeBet]

A few guys I thought could be wild cards in this Giro have already lost minutes (Gall, Skjelmose, Foss).

 

[titan31]

Lopez should keep that jersey to Blockhaus anyway, and I'd assume Trek will defend it until then too.

 

[tobydawq]

OMG JuanP voice!

Yeah, I don't see a big career in commentating for him

 

[Mayomaniac]

Yes, but perhaps he wouldn't be allowed in the group then.

Yeah, that's a fair point.

 

[HelloDolly]

If Kämna didn't go for that flyer on stage 1 he'd probably have tappa e maglia.

Short of being abused again. thjs is why Kamna needs to ride GC ...he can climb, he can TT , he is talented and smart
Better bet than other Bora GC guys for me

EDIT : Plus you never know what you can do until you do it

 

[Ilmaestro99]

We said it cannot be won the Giro on this stage, but it can be lost. Jumbo and Astana out the Giro today.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Lopez should keep that jersey to Blockhaus anyway, and I'd assume Trek will defend it until then too.

Kämna in Rosa after stage 9, you heared it here first!

 

[Earns1985]

17 GC riders in the end finished in the same time.

Nice to see, that Ciccone after his not optimal preperation is in there. Also Buchmann (who also attacked ones) seems to be a serious contender..

 

[gregrowlerson]

Nah I don’t know. I think they also do this to reduce the stress in stages to come. They got rid of quite a few teams with GC ambitions here like Jumbo, Cofidis, Astana. So now they have established themselves as the team that controls the race, which is what they like.

This.

Also next MTF isn't for 5 days. Domestiques can rest a little.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Short of being abused again. thjs is why Kamna needs to ride GC ...he can climb, he can TT , he is talented and smart
Better bet than other Bora GC guys for me

A bit more kms of TT in this race and he'd be the best option for gc for Bora.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I think thats a fine Etna stage tbh. Some long-shot outsiders lost time (Dumo, Nibali) and some interesting young riders (Foss, Skjelmose etc), while an intestine break fought it out. Not bad for a pretty tame MTF.

 

[Mayomaniac]

17 GC riders in the end finished in the same time.

Nice to see, that Ciccone after his not optimal preperation is in there. Also Buchmann (who also attacked ones) seems to be a serious contender..

The problem with Buchmann is that he really suffers cold, rainy weather (unlike his teammate Kämna who actually likes it), that's always gonna be a bit of a problem for him at the Giro.