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

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Nice takeaways. A few observations:

- Sosa will fade as soon as they hit multi-mountain stages.

- Why the hate on Martin? He is a decent climber who loves to go on the offensive. No shame in gaining time and places on breaks, especially when his gains are not extremely blatant.

- I think Skjelmose is better suited to mid mountain stages or stage hunting in breaks at the moment. His climbing level does not allow him to achieve more than a Top15 in a GT.

- Foss always starts slow on a GT. Let's see if he manages to bounce back.

Additions by my own:

- A shame Taaramae didn't manage to pull off the same trick as he did last Vuelta.

- This is probably Jan Hirt's best performance ever on a first mountain stage in a GT. The guy is going to crush the field on the last week, be wise to pick him as a winner on the Aprica stage.
Good write-up.

To Poels: I'm not sure if we can already draw that conclusion. Even at Sky he had days where he just saved his energy and got dropped early, and then a few days later he was one of the best climbers in the race.

I really don't like Gui Martin because he just plays a vital role in races so often while only riding for like 7th-12th place. For example in Catalunya he was never in contention for a podium spot, but when he got dropped big time during the Carapaz/Higuita raid he had his squad working big time just to get back to the Almeida group. It happens more often with him. Obviously, I should probably praise him for always fighting like a lion to get the best possible result, but I don't know I just really don't like him. I had a bit of the same back in the day when guys like Mollema would burn up their entire squad for an 8th place somewhere. Nowadays I like Mollema much better.

Agreed on the Poels part, his form yesterday wasn't too great, but he certainly should be able to improve over the next few weeks, so it's too early to say that he will not be an important factor for Landa/Bilbao this Giro.
 
Pretty easy answer even for a non-dutch. The team leaders clearly stated that their main goal is to win th tour. They haven't achieved that goal yet so it still remains the main focus. With Roglic loosing ground to Pogacar (and of course bad luck) they also invest in Vingegaard as a co-leader. So no real GC leader remains for the Giro. But Foss is a good rider who could have been a guy for the Top 5-6 here. I wonder what went wrong in the preparation for him.

Well, it was themselves who pulled Rasmussen from the race when they had the chance.
 
I drink limonade during most of my rides. Can't see why it'd be inferior to fancy sport drinks. It's healthier for sure

You are clearly not up to date to what it being used in the pro peloton. They measure pre race what I rider needs every hour and put it into their drinks. Limonade is something from a long long time ago....

It's not about a fancy sport drink...
 

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