Giro d'Italia 2023 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1: Fossacesia Marina – Ortona 19.6 km ITT (Saturday, May 6th)

[Rob5091]

Chapeau Remco - about expected, but Roglic disappointed. UAE as I thought could be Remco's biggest opponents - Vine, McNulty and Almeida all showing good form. Onto the road stages!

 

[Didinho]

Chapeau Remco - about expected, but Roglic disappointed. UAE as I thought could be Remco's biggest opponents - Vine, McNulty and Almeida all showing good form. Onto the road stages!

5th place is not so disappointed imo. Behind Remco, Ganna, Küng and a strong Almeida again. The place I expected him to be, not bad.

 

[movingtarget]

Comms : You look sad
TGH : No mate I am just calm.....you might be excited but we riders know there is 3 weeks to go

ha ha
That man never smiles ...so sour looking

Even Rohan Dennis had an occasional smile........

 

[Carols]

Great job McNulty!

 

[HelloDolly]

Roglic sums it up succinctly

"20 stages to go eh ? "

 

[Eeslliw]

Roglic is 43 seconds behind with plenty of mountain to go. I don't see the reason for this pessimism, if he is good on the climbs he has plenty of time to take it back.

Nah mate, didn't you hear it? It's over after stage 1.

 

[gregrowlerson]

You could hold a TT in freaking Uganda right now and I'm sure the locals would be better able to have correct timing and tv direction.

What's good for the Giro is good for the uGanda.

P.S. That green tea was a bit much. I've got some catching up to do.

P.S.2. Go Remco!

 

[red_flanders]

Remco not even tired in the press conference

I’d certainly hope not after less than 20k on stage 1…

 

[red_flanders]

Roglic sums it up succinctly

"20 stages to go eh ? "

I thought that was quite good. Tough position to be in, he handled it well.

 

[postmanhat]

If Roglič was at 10-20 seconds that would be almost bonus second territory. If Remco can just cruise around from now on it‘s either because Roglič and the others lack confidence and never really believed they could win the Giro anyway or because Remco is so amazing that the amount of TT is irrelevant and he‘s nosebreathing up the climbs.

Maybe I'm being a bit harsh on the RCS given what has happened in the time since they had to plan the route. But it seems to be generally assumed that they only included so much TT to attract Evenepoel, so the danger of something like this happening was there after The Vuelta. In terms of what has happened since, Catalunya just shows that this was an incorrect decision.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Apparently the time check on the hill was correct and Mcnulty has just done some sort of Peak Valverde on the Mur level effort

 

[saunaking]

I agree in theory it would have been nice if the gap to Roglic had been 10-20 seconds, he would have had do something other than sit on Remco's wheel for 99% of The Giro.

The reality is, and was always more likely, that with so much TT, Evenepoel can cruise round. Maybe it's just me, but I haven't got much interest in watching a cagey fight for the podium after the first day?

good. turn it off.
I'll be watching intently the insane stages in week 3 seeing Remco getting attacked by everyone

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

He already stated he would go full out. Top 10 would be a splendid result for him, considering the field and the fact that it is a flat TT (with a bump). But considering the strong field, i think top 15 in this particular TT is more realistic for him. Not sure how decisive the bumb at the end will be.

God damnit, just 1 second off 15th place.

 

[houtdffan]

Maybe I'm being a bit harsh on the RCS given what has happened in the time since they had to plan the route. But it seems to be generally assumed that they only included so much TT to attract Evenepoel, so the danger of something like this happening was there after The Vuelta. In terms of what has happened since, Catalunya just shows that this was an incorrect decision.

There is nothing wrong with this

Maybe the others should spend less time practicing climbing and more time in the wind tunnel, just as riders used to do

 

[search]

They interviewed McNulty, so I reckon it'll be him.

yeah, McNulty got the jersey, but let's see if they'll change this later on. Hard to believe that he was 12s quicker than everyone else - especially when TV showed a different time for him

 

[peterfin]

The most worrying part regarding Roglic's TT is the climb. It should have been part of the plan to gain some time during the final, no? Some did exactly that (Hart, Almeida ...). I would think he would at least gain 5-10s on Remco on the climb but in the end he didn't gain anything. So either he went over his limit during the flat part (being informed about the gap with Remco?) or there may be a different issue (overtrained, dip due to altitude camp, peaked to early this season, covid...).

 

[noob]

Yup. Not that insanity is that unusual nowadays but alas 30 seconds at most is my noob guessing

Even a noob sometimes gets it right 29 seconds

 

[Tonton]

Remco dismantled the field...WOW! It's still early, but time lost needs to be made up and 43" is a nice chunk.

The best of the rest wasn't Geraint as I predicted: Almeida rode like the wind, hats off to him. Tao +11", Vine +17", Thomas and Vlasov +26", Kamna +54", Mollema +58", Caruso +59", Uran +1'06", Pinot +1'14", Carthy +1'27", Pozzo +1'42", Barguil +2'39".

 

[staubsauger]

Give the jersey away on stage 4, with a big group in front so he can pass a lot of riders in the TT.

Wouldn't do that. Remco should go for the stage win at Lago Laceno. Proof another point. Kill off Roglic as main adversary.

Then, he can lean away the jersey at Gran Sasso d'Italia. Ideally to someone like Taaramäe with a big enough margin that he keeps it after the TT & Crans Montana. Also after Laceno Quick Step is going to have a reference whether someone like Kämna is up there or can be allowed going up the road. No one else is going to chase for that uphill sprint then either.

Someone like Lorenzo Fortunato is looking out for his Giro d'Italia stage victory then already.

 

[gregrowlerson]

He finished 4th, 5th now after Küng finishing, not 35th or something.

Three weeks is a long time.

I remember him finishing 5th in another time trial once upon a time...

 

[Salvarani]

I remember him finishing 5th in another time trial once upon a time...

Luckily, it is only on the first stage this time and not stage 20!

 

[Rackham]

Wouldn't do that. Remco should go for the stage win at Lago Laceno. Proof another point. Kill off Roglic as main adversary.

Then, he can lean away the jersey at Gran Sasso d'Italia. Ideally to someone like Taaramäe with a big enough margin that he keeps it after the TT & Crans Montana. Also after Laceno Quick Step is going to have a reference whether someone like Kämna is up there or can be allowed going up the road. No one else is going to chase for that uphill sprint then either.

Someone like Lorenzo Fortunato is looking out for his Giro d'Italia stage victory then already.

Evenepoel won't drop Roglič on a climb. He might win a bunch sprint or a two man sprint but "kill of Rog" won't happen.

This isn't last year's Vuelta.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

In the 30k TT Evenepoel could extend his lead to 2 minutes. That would be a nice headstart to go into the mountains. Evenepoel should then just start sitting in Roglic' wheel, or Hart in case he proves to be the better rival.

 

[Sciatic]

Evenepoel won't drop Roglič on a climb. He might win a bunch sprint or a two man sprint but "kill of Rog" won't happen.

This isn't last year's Vuelta.

Given that we here are some monster back-to-back climbs at altitude I think it’s possible for any of the leaders to have a bit of an off day and get dropped.

 

[Rackham]

Given that we here are some monster back-to-back climbs at altitude I think it’s possible for any of the leaders to have a bit of an off day and get dropped.

Of course, but I'm talking specifically stage 4 whereby the post I responded to insinuated Rog could be killed off as a GC threat on Tuesday.

Unless there's something very off about Rog (covid?), that really won't happen.