Giro d'Italia 2023 Giro D’Italia Route Rumors

[Red Rick]

With all the Roglic vs Evenepoel hype it would be truly hilarious if Thomas ends up winning. All the newer, exciting gc contenders really make you forget there is still a pretty good argument for GT being a top 5 gc rider. Still feels wrong to me.

Have to put him ahead of Hindley for that which is a step too far for me

 

[Gigs_98]

Have to put him ahead of Hindley for that which is a step too far for me

Idk, as good as Hindley was on the Fedaia, he really wasn't super impressive anywhere else and was originally dropped by Carapaz, Bardet and Landa on Blockhaus. Plus Thomas is a significantly better TT'er.

Am I convinced Thomas would beat Hindley in a straight fight? Absolutely not. But I think you can make a pretty good argument that Thomas is the overall better package of a gc rider.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Are we factoring in the likelihood of dropping out of GC early due to not being able to stay on the bike? Because that happens to Thomas literally every other GT. If we're talking about overall package, that should be factored in, IMO. Top-5 in terms of level in a GT that goes well is a different discussion, I'd say Thomas still cracks that on more TT-oriented routes, but not on more climbing-oriented ones.

 

[Red Rick]

Idk, as good as Hindley was on the Fedaia, he really wasn't super impressive anywhere else and was originally dropped by Carapaz, Bardet and Landa on Blockhaus. Plus Thomas is a significantly better TT'er.

Am I convinced Thomas would beat Hindley in a straight fight? Absolutely not. But I think you can make a pretty good argument that Thomas is the overall better package of a gc rider.

This is literally giving Hindley *** for a stage he won, but we can ignore Thomas dropping 40 s to Quintana on Granon.

In terms of gaps to other GC riders, Fedaia was absolutely gigantic and if you pretend Vingegaard and Pogacar didn't exist in the Tour last year, nothing Thomas did comes close.

The TT is the only thing Thomas has. He's also extremely crash prone, and most GTs don't have a lot of TT kms anymore.

I would blindly take Hindley in a H2H bet even on this Giro route with 70km of ITT

 

[Escarabajo]

What happens when a rider is not on the betting list but it shows for sure that he is starting the race?
Strange that Santiago Buitrago is not in 2 lists that I checked. Maybe someone can bet 5 euros for me and split the money with me once he wins the Giro?
LOL.

 

[Escarabajo]

Time for the riders to start wearing masks. Risking the Giro participation is not worth it. here hoping that Covid do not take any big rider, or any rider out for that matter.

Giulio Ciccone’s Giro d’Italia hopes hit by COVID-19 positive

Italian’s participation now on standby, says Trek-Segafredo

www.cyclingnews.com

 

[houtdffan]

Time for the riders to start wearing masks. Risking the Giro participation is not worth it. here hoping that Covid do not take any big rider, or any rider out for that matter.

Giulio Ciccone’s Giro d’Italia hopes hit by COVID-19 positive

Italian’s participation now on standby, says Trek-Segafredo

www.cyclingnews.com

as we saw in the tour and Vuelta, riders can continue in the races even if positive. Ayuso podiumed with covid

 

[Escarabajo]

as we saw in the tour and Vuelta, riders can continue in the races even if positive. Ayuso podiumed with covid

Only if not over the limit of viral load. This is not general. Can still take out some riders.

 

[houtdffan]

Only if not over the limit of viral load. This is not general. Can still take out some riders.

Hasn't the UCI eased up further on covid rules this year?

 

[Escarabajo]

Hasn't the UCI eased up further on covid rules this year?

Haven't heard anything. But usually teams remove the riders before they get to the start line. It is still an issue.