Giro d'Italia 2023 Giro d'Italia, Stage 13: Borgofranco d’Ivrea – Crans Montana, 199 km (Friday, May 19th)

[Ricco']

Great news guys. Tomorrow Saturday stage is a sprinter stage.

Fans should invoke the EWP (Extreme Worthlessness Protocol) and cancel it.

 

[movingtarget]

Nice action in the break, thought Pinot was going to get it done.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I think Evenepoel can still win this.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Rohan is saying there was a strong headwind. Excuses, I‘m sure.

Didn't stop Cepeda pinot and Rubio attacking each other a billion times

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Great news guys. Tomorrow Saturday stage is a sprinter stage.

Only if they cut Simplon, so it‘s definitely going to be a sprint stage.

 

[Salvarani]

Great news guys. Tomorrow Saturday stage is a sprinter stage.

Probably gets neutralized.

Why not start clocking everyone from 10k out from the finish. Lets start immediately with that.

 

[fbjim]

In the defense of the GC guys this is the kind of climb that works at the end of a long hard stage but it was going to be hard to find gaps on a shortened stage unless something crazy happened on Croix de Coeur.

The medium stages have been arguably better in GTs recently for GC action so hopefully Sunday's mini-Lombardia has some fun

 

[Red Rick]

People acting as if headwind is not a legit reason for tactical decisions.

 

[glassmoon]

have you ever watched cyclists fight? Nobody is getting hurt

or both of them broken collar bones cause cleats are slippery...

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Fans should invoke the EWP (Extreme Worthlessness Protocol) and cancel it.

We could start a referendum to have tomorrow's stage end after 56km.

 

[Rackham]

Well, I'm waiting....?

I enjoyed the fight (almost literal) between Pinot & Cepeda with Rubio outsmarting both.

I mean I found that 'entertaining' so... I don't look for the negatives constantly (which in this instance I presume for you is Rog's inaction, i.e. something which evidently has to do with a deliberate tactical choice to leave Ineos with the jersey).

 

[KOM]

Didn't stop Cepeda pinot and Rubio attacking each other a billion times

The only thing rubio attacked was backwheels (except for the sprint of course)

 

[theyoungest]

Jumbo Visma playing a dangerous game not trying to take time when they can, Roglic isn't known for his great end of GT time trials, wouldn't be comfortable against Thomas and Almeida here.

They did the same *** in 2020 thinking it was in the bag and it came back to bite them.

Look, for us cycling fans on the couch looking for an exciting race this is boring and frustrating, but for Roglic this is perfectly logical. There's still more than a week to go, more than a week to take time before the time trial. And he is virtually in pink, but he (and his team) doesn't have any of the hassle. I don't know what people are expecting.

 

[SafeBet]

In the defense of the GC guys this is the kind of climb that works at the end of a long hard stage but it was going to be hard to find gaps on a shortened stage unless something crazy happened on Croix de Coeur.

The medium stages have been arguably better in GTs recently for GC action so hopefully Sunday's mini-Lombardia has some fun

I predict a 100 km/h headwind for the whole stage.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Jumbo Visma playing a dangerous game not trying to take time when they can, Roglic isn't known for his great end of GT time trials, wouldn't be comfortable against Thomas and Almeida here.

They did the same *** in 2020 thinking it was in the bag and it came back to bite them.

Exactly…

And, it‘s a bike race, you will want to be better than the guys close to you.

Besides, Covid can end the GC race, also for Primoz. JV and Primoz should start to go for wins - otherwise, this Giro could end empty-handed for them.

 

[Bonimenier]

This isn't really surprising when the top 3 of GC are 3 negative riders and are within 22s of eachother.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Adam Hansen

@HansenAdam

I will speak out and defend the riders for the dry roads. First, we were told stage 10 we could not negotiate just before the start when the weather is most accurate. 20 guys went home in a 24-hour period. We were told we can not negotiate days in advance because the weather can change. So we did it the day before, and the prediction was much worse. We did it then because we had no alternative. We also agreed to stick to it.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

They should draft in Remco tonight, now that he negative on covid. Give him 10 minutes penalty for missing 4 stages but let him start tomorrow as if he finished stage 13

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Pinot and Cepeda trash talking each other while Rubio slides in FTW, well played

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Ya Adam...backstroke through the cesspool of your decision.

 

[glassmoon]

Only if they cut Simplon, so it‘s definitely going to be a sprint stage.

there's still hope

 

[DNP-Old]

I enjoyed the fight (almost literal) between Pinot & Cepeda with Rubio outsmarting both.

I mean I found that 'entertaining' so... I don't look for the negatives constantly (which in this instance I presume for you is Rog's inaction, i.e. something which evidently has to do with a deliberate tactical choice to leave Ineos with the jersey).

Nice deflection.

 

[Sciatic]

Boring stage overall but Pinot certainly making it somewhat good stage

I thought that with his 1st two attacks, but then after that it was like watching someone bang their head against a wall. I don’t find that exciting. He blew a stage win.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

I think Evenepoel can still win this.

Post of the day

 

[Skalman]

zzzzzzzz