Giro d'Italia 2023 Giro d'Italia, Stage 19: Longarone – Tre Cime di Lavaredo 183 km (Friday, May 26th)

[titan31]

Can we bring back Ricco?

 

[Netserk]

So if Gee wins the stage does he also take KOM? Haven't noticed if he has gone over the top on each climb

No, as he was third on the first climb, he no longer can win the competition.

 

[dazaau]

So the GC group really did lose time on that climb, to that break away.

 

[RedheadDane]

Result of poll on PCS:

Results of the poll: Who will win the stage?
Total votes: 3953

#	RIDER
	BUITRAGO Santiago		1672
	Other rider		786
	GEE Derek		444
	KONRAD Patrick		348
	CORT Magnus		263
	VERONA Carlos		204
	PRODHOMME Nicolas		49
	WARBASSE Larry		37
	BAIS Mattia		37
	OLDANI Stefano		28

I'm definitely cheering for "Other rider"!

 

[madthebad]

Give me the full EPO era instead of this snorefest . Ricco , Di Lucca , Basso ....those were the days ....

 

[noob]

Let's hope Vine stays on his bike from now on

 

[dazaau]

Does seem a waste of a beautiful climb

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I could go for a very localised black hole opening up just below Thomas, Roglic and Almeida. Zero interest in ever seeing any of them race again after this horror show of a Giro.

 

[noob]

Almeida in trouble today again me thinks

 

[Elos Anjos]

Portuguese commentators are saying that Roglic has an almost 1/1 gear ratio for the last climb.

 

[KZD]

The fact that clearly, Roglic isn't the best he's ever been, and there's a significant risk of shooting themselves in the foot by making the race hard?

What happened to the no risk no glory, then?

Hope Gee wins the stage and the mountain jersey. One hell of a Giro he's having.

 

[Netserk]

What a contrast between the Tour last year and this Giro.

 

[dazaau]

Great images there

 

[houtdffan]

never remember the peloton going over the Giau together

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Boooooooooooooooooooooooo!

 

[johnymax]

It's pretty clear Roglič doesn't want to end up in maglia rosa today by mistake. He doesn't want to ride the TT in maglia rosa, marginal gains and stuff...

 

[carton]

In fairness to Geraint Thomas he doesn t have to attack ..he is in pink

But JV and UAE ? what are they thinking . That they can win on the IT ?

In future more climbing at beginning run of Giro, less TT and maybe later in the year to avoid illness

It s been a bore fest

UAE should go for it if Almeida is feeling well, but given his time loss yesterday, they're probably just hoping he can hang on and crawl his way to the line close to the leaders.

But as for UAE/Ineos, this:

It's interesting, the casual pace so far might really suit roglic or almeida, whereas Thomas has looked very solid but not explosive so a higher pace may have worked to his advantage

I really don't understand Ineos wanting to find out what Roglic can do on a fifteen-minute effort with fairly fresh legs. Maybe Thomas isn't feeling too well either.

 

[dobrien]

Remco would have an easier recovery staying in this race that he likely had at home with Oumi

All joking aside, he must be absolutely kicking himself to have missed this chance. This is just laughably bad.

 

[titan31]

Give me the full EPO era instead of this snorefest . Ricco , Di Lucca , Basso ....those were the days ....

Ya, as bad as everything else was, that Saunier Duval team of Ricco, Piepoli and Simoni lit up that Giro before they all got caught.

 

[Berflamand]

So Derek Gee's a poor man's Van Aert (in the Tour)?

Going in breakaways with unlimited energy, getting lots of second places and being up there in both the points and the KOM classification.

Or maybe Van Aert is just a Belgian Gee as Ilmaestro would say.

 

[Elos Anjos]

All joking aside, he must be absolutely kicking himself to have missed this chance.

Well, you cannot really make those judgments about any rider.

 

[gunara]

Watching this Giro is like watching the whole Fleche Wallone in 0.05x speed

 

[Izzyeviel]

You really don't have to remember them today sadly... different name, same black hole of joy.

well its a lot worse now... ineos no longer have a strong team/rider.

At this point, we should stop having mountain stages and just have the occasional flat stage ending with a 5 km 5% climb... will make things more interesting for us fans.

 

[Didinho]

When is the hard 3th week starting?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

At this point they're just trolling Evenepoel.