Giro d'Italia 2022 Giro d'Italia: Stage-by-stage Analysis

[Red Rick]

I take those 4 stages to be Corvara, Andalo, Risoul and Sant'Anna di Vinadio.

Where they all 4 really better than the stages to Cortals d'Encamp? Formigal? Stage 4 and 9 in the 2015 Giro? Grand Bornand last year? Lago Serru? Was Blockhaus in 2017 or Pierre Saint-Martin 2015 any worse than Andalo or Sant'Anna di Vinadio?

Andalo was carnage on the first climb lol

 

[Netserk]

Limited carnage. I don't recall it as all that substantial on and after Mendola. Like calling Foix '17 carnage.

 

[SafeBet]

Limited carnage. I don't recall it as all that substantial on and after Mendola. Like calling Foix '17 carnage.

Wasn't Andalo the stage where they went full gas on Mendola and only 4-5 were left on top (with Kruijswijk briefly dropped)? Then they regrouped.
Perhaps it was another stage.

 

[Red Rick]

Wasn't Andalo the stage where they went full gas on Mendola and only 4-5 were left on top (with Kruijswijk briefly dropped)? Then they regrouped.
Perhaps it was another stage.

No it was that stage.

Though I don't remember Kruijswijk being dropped, but then I didn't see Mendola live.

 

[Netserk]

Wasn't Andalo the stage where they went full gas on Mendola and only 4-5 were left on top (with Kruijswijk briefly dropped)? Then they regrouped.
Perhaps it was another stage.

I may have a poor recollection of that stage, but as I remember it, the time differences were small there (on and just after Mendola) and it was not looking sustainable. In the same sense that once Andy and Contador got over Galibier, the move was no longer dangerous and there really weren't any chaos left at that point.

 

[SafeBet]

No it was that stage.

Though I don't remember Kruijswijk being dropped, but then I didn't see Mendola live.

Yeah you're right, I rewatched the stage and he was never in trouble. Just closed the gaps at his own pace.
@Netserk: perhaps it wasn't sustainable but there was great racing on Mendola, with attacks from Zakarin, Valverde, Nibali.

 

[Red Rick]

Yeah you're right, I rewatched the stage and he was never in trouble. Just closed the gaps at his own pace.
@Netserk: perhaps it wasn't sustainable but there was great racing on Mendola, with attacks from Zakarin, Valverde, Nibali.

Best recipe is still a maglia Rosa with a meme level team.

 

[Big Doopie]

Yes! Medium mountain stage with little if any valley recovery time. Always the most exciting stages — far more than predictable high mountain stages. Often does way more damage and more exciting. There’s hope yet!!

 

[fbjim]

This route would have been fine, if a bit TT-lite if the Genova stage had been harder, as was orginally planned. Having that long stretch between Blockhaus (can't blame the organizers for that not being decisive) and Torino was a big mood-killer.

 

[YavorD]

Make the first TT 20-25 km and keep Genova stage as was planned, or at least similar and there you have race.
Also didn't help that the best climbers of the race (well, on there days at least..) Lopez and Yates dropped out in the first 2 summit finishes. Although Lopez (MA) would have probably lost 20 minutes in Turin an go home Vuelta style.
Yates in pink now would lead to very different dynamic, especially with BEX not so strong.

 

[Netserk]

2019 and 2020 seem so long ago.

 

[Tour de Berghem]

To recap:

• Yates hit the knee at 4th stage
• Lopez with problems at his muscles
• Bardet has stomach problems
• Girmay make himself blind with prosecco
• Almeida has covid

Something else has to happen ?

Nibali is on the right way to win

 

[Tour de Berghem]

Now that Landa is more or less sure about the podium (if he not crash)
maybe he can take more risk in some climb to try something more than a 3rd place

 

[Netserk]

To recap:

• Yates hit the knee at 4th stage
• Lopez with problems at his muscles
• Bardet has stomach problems
• Girmay make himself blind with prosecco
• Almeida has covid

Something else has to happen ?

Nibali is on the right way to win

Despite four of the main contenders dropping out, it will still be a pretty strong podium in the end.

 

[Big Doopie]

The

most

boring

gt

ever

this is what u get when u design a course that benefits only one type of similarly skilled rider and when you superficially make it close at the top. Defensive riding. Sprints at the end of mountain stages. The stupidity is unreal.

this isn’t even a second class stage race. It’s a third class one.

T-A, Paris-Nice and Itzulia all waaaaaaaay better.

 

[roundabout]

Conceptually the order of stages 19 and 20 (in terms of stage types) did not seem to have worked.

 

[Netserk]

Red Rick will greet all new members welcome to Petulant Whiners United, first year for free. Maybe even @tobydawq will be tempted to join?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Conceptually the order of stages 19 and 20 (in terms of stage types) did not seem to have worked.

As pointed out by half the forum when the route was announced. Obviously this Giro has suffered from other problems too but I do think the criticism of the route has been validated this time, especially when the one stage that was highly praised was the one that truly delivered.

 

[topcat]

Eshnar shredding his stage by stage analysis.

 

[Red Rick]

Eshnar shredding his stage by stage analysis.

@Eshnar put more effort into route analysis than RCS does in the design.

 

[KZD]

Its hilarious how Vegni says that Pogačar should show a little respect to the Giro by racing it, yet he makes these crappy routes and even wants to move it one week forward making a double with the Tour almost impossible. Going through Slovenia is not enough Mauro...

 

[wheresmybrakes]

When you have the likes of Yates, Almeida and Bardet drop out like they did, when they did doesn't help. But yeah, the route isn't the best.

 

[zlev11]

this is the worst *** route of all time. ive never seen a GT route this bad. on paper I knew it would be bad but this has been worse than i'd imagined.

 

[Big Doopie]

this is the worst *** route of all time. ive never seen a GT route this bad. on paper I knew it would be bad but this has been worse than i'd imagined.

and the route only really attracted one type of rider. And none capable of exploits.

…

 

[zlev11]

to be fair we had Almeida but he was wasted by not having a TT to try and hold the time gained from it. just horrible.