Giro d'Italia 2022 Giro d'Italia, Stage 8: Napoli – Napoli 153 km (Saturday, May 14th)

[Eclipse]

Martin isn't a threat but he's an admirable racer and his approach to riding to "competitive" GC placings always adds a nice extra bit of flavour to races.

Bit odd for VDP not to just get himself in 2nd in that sprint. Might not mean much but might aswell get yourself some extra points incase or dnfs and you might luck into the jersey.

I'm of a mind that he's already decided not to complete the race so why compete for the jersey

 

[Escarabajo]

Chapeau to Martin for always fighting. No matter the race. No race is too big for him.

 

[Red Rick]

Martin isn't a threat but he's an admirable racer and his approach to riding to "competitive" GC placings always adds a nice extra bit of flavour to races.



I'm of a mind that he's already decided not to complete the race so why compete for the jersey

I bet he DNS tomorrow or after stage 10

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Trek might have made a mistake by not coming to the front a little earlier to attempt to bully Martin into dropping back. It could have been an easy day for them, but now they have to pace for three hours. Skjelmose can of course just sit on and save energy, but it still won't be easy for him to win.

 

[Escarabajo]

Juan P. Lopez is always moving and looking nervous. No matter at what point of the stage he is always doing that.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

I didnt say he will win the Giro by doing this, or did I?

If he gets a decent result for GC, or even a KOM jersey and perhaps a stage-win with him to go over these three weeks, then cudos to him for doing this "every time".

No, but you did, however, say that they "will be inviting him back into the race", implying that he's a threat. But I totally agree with you: major kudos to him for riding like this instead of going for an anonymous 9th place on GC.

 

[Valv.Piti]

They could give G. Martin 15 minutes and it wouldn't change a thing if Martin decided to ride the rest of the Giro standard, just trying to follow. But we all know thats not the case. Limited potentiel, but he gets the maximum out of it. Must be annoying for some teams to deal with!

 

[Ricco']

I bet he DNS tomorrow or after stage 10

I think he will go until the 2nd rest day. The stage to Genoa and to Cuneo could be opportunities for him. And maybe Torino if in the right break.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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[Faserr]

The bunch is nervous. It won't get slow today. Sütterlin dropped back to help Bahrain.

 

[titan31]

Be interesting how long Trek keep this going. Long day to keep on riding here

 

[Salvarani]

No, but you did, however, say that they "will be inviting him back into the race", implying that he's a threat. But I totally agree with you: major kudos to him for riding like this instead of going for an anonymous 9th place on GC.

What you thought I was implying and what I meant are two different things.

A "threat" to those looking for a result GC-wise and not a threat for the overall win, but you do you.

He also has been around 9th, 10th and 11th in GTs. Guy is clearly good at whatever he now presumably does.

 

[tobydawq]

Why don't you think Van der Poel will finish the race when he has repeatedly said that that is his target in order to get a full Grand Tour in his legs?

 

[Eclipse]

Why don't you think Van der Poel will finish the race when he has repeatedly said that that is his target in order to get a full Grand Tour in his legs?

He talked this morning about his targets being primarily the first few days and he's not contesting points when the opportunity is clearly there.

For all that he wants to get a full GT in his legs I think it's likely he cuts this short and tries to push through the TdF

 

[titan31]

He talked this morning about his targets being primarily the first few days and he's not contesting points when the opportunity is clearly there.

For all that he wants to get a full GT in his legs I think it's likely he cuts this short and tries to push through the TdF

No real sprint opportunities really in that last week too (one potential stage really) so if he isn't going for points jersey (which I think he should have and gone for the finish), no real point in finishing this (same for Cav and Ewan really).

 

[tobydawq]

No real sprint opportunities really in that last week too (one potential stage really) so if he isn't going for points jersey (which I think he should have and gone for the finish), no real point in finishing this (same for Cav and Ewan really).

He could win the final stage. It would be pretty lame for him not to finish when he has said so many times that he will.

There's no real point in not doing it, either. It would be pretty stupid to begin acting like Cipollini when you climb so much better.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

What you thought I was implying and what I meant are two different things.

A "threat" to those looking for a result GC-wise and not a threat for the overall win, but you do you.

He also has been around 9th, 10th and 11th in GTs. Guy is clearly good at whatever he now presumably does.

Fair enough, but it's hard to know what you mean when you mean something differently from you you say. Anyway, let's put it to rest and just be glad there are riders like Martin who doesn't Zubeldia his way to a top 10

 

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[Ricco']

He could win the final stage. It would be pretty lame for him not to finish when he has said so many times that he will.

There's no real point in not doing it, either. It would be pretty stupid to begin acting like Cipollini when you climb so much better.

But if the plan is to finish the Tour, maybe finishing the Giro would be a bit too much given the amount of climbing there is in the final week.

He hasn't done more than 8 straight days in a race and hasn't done a normal pre-season. To be fresh and in shape for the first week of the Tour we would need to take some rest days after the Giro and then do another bloc of training. Finishing the Giro may be a bit too much for that and to still have legs after the Tour to do another peak for Worlds.

And I need to say I didn't believe any talk of finishing the Giro from the start.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Who can realistically beat Mathieu today when he's in this mood? My guess is no one.

 

[Netserk]

He will ride the mountain stages in the gruppetto and that should be easy for him. I think completing both GTs when not needing to ride for GC is a non-issue when you climb as well as MvdP does.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Guillaume Martin's racing is basically what the GPM should be about. He isn't all-round enough to be a threat to win, but you know far more about what he has been up to in any given race than half the GC mix, especially the likes of the 2022 version of Rigoberto Urán, who has three top 10s in the last three Tours de France, yet has been far more noticeable and prominent in this Giro than in all three of those Tours combined.

Yes, I know he isn't in this Giro.

 

[Netserk]

Cav dropped. The time limit is ~22'-24' today.

 

[tobydawq]

He will ride the mountain stages in the gruppetto and that should be easy for him. I think completing both GTs when not needing to ride for GC is a non-issue when you climb as well as MvdP does.

I agree 100%.

 

[tobydawq]

Why are they showing this e-bike nonsense?