Giro d'Italia 2022 Giro d'Italia, Stage 5: Catania – Messina 174 km (Wednesday, May 11th)

[Devil's Elbow]

Not sure what's worse: nobody setting any sort of pace in the peloton up the climb when the fastest sprinter is the worst climber or the breakaway losing ground regardless.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Ah, there we go.

 

[Red Rick]

Not sure what's worse: nobody setting any sort of pace in the peloton up the climb when the fastest sprinter is the worst climber or the breakaway losing ground regardless.

Devils Elbow complaining about WC team level is the new LS Sepp Kuss hate

 

[Lequack]

YES! MVDP starting to deliver!

 

[sir fly]

Great shots.

 

[tobydawq]

They don't have a camera moto at the back of the peloton???

 

[ruamruam]

Procyclingstats are reporting that Cavendish is struggling to hold onto the peloton

 

[Laplaz]

Ewan dropped apparently

 

[Lequack]

Whole Qucikstep team dropped.
And Caleb Ewan as well.

This is a great chance for MVDP.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Whole Qucikstep team dropped.

Minus two riders, Vansevenant is certainly in the peloton and I think Schmid hasn't been told to drop back either.

Edit: nope, it's Ballerini in the peloton and not Schmid.

 

[Tour de Berghem]

Lotto Soudal needs to drop other sprinters and they have a chance. But will they? Milano Sanremo showed you can drop sprinters even on shallow climbs.

Ewan himself dropped by Alpecin pace

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Crazy how Ewan can punch with the best on the Poggio's, do the same on stage 1 of this race, then be the first to drop on a climb like this a few days later.

 

[tobydawq]

Why are Bora pulling??

Edit: Okay, they probably weren't.

 

[Lequack]

Ewan himself dropped by Alpecin pace

Ewan just wants to keep an eye on Cavendish from the back.

 

[tobydawq]

Minus two riders, Vansevenant is certainly in the peloton and I think Schmid hasn't been told to drop back either.

I think Ballerini is in the peloton.

 

[Red Rick]

Crazy how Ewan can punch with the best on the Poggio's, do the same on stage 1 of this race, then be the first to drop on a climb like this a few days later.

Affected by the crash I reckon.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Affected by the crash I reckon.

It's happened in the past too though, for example in the first stage of the 2020 Tour.

 

[sir fly]

Alpecin needs to be careful not to drop too many riders which could later merge with Cav and Ewan(?) and make the chasing easier.

 

[Netserk]

Not bad.

 

[Bonimenier]

Ewan is really having the time of his life this Giro

 

[spalco]

It's happened in the past too though, for example in the first stage of the 2020 Tour.

Different prep/focus than in a one-day-race? It's surprising though, I agree. It can easily still be a mass sprint today though, maybe he's just gambling.

 

[topcat]

Petrol bomb the stage 4 thread, sticky the stage 5 thread, hit the red bull and get stoked about a few sprinters getting dropped on the Portella.

It's happening and the stage 4 thread is in ashes.

 

[Bonimenier]

Alpecin needs to be careful not to drop too many riders which could later merge with Cav and Ewan(?) and make the chasing easier.

IWG, ISN and UAE should probably help after climb.

 

[Samamba]

Affected by the crash I reckon.

Naa he's always horrible on longer climbs. Climbing worse than Cav a bit weird tho.

 

[MartinGT]

IWG, ISN and UAE should probably help after climb.

Surly they will. They're only 3' behind.