Giro d'Italia 2023 Giro d'Italia, Stage 4: Venosa – Lago Laceno 175 km (Tuesday, May 9th)

[Jagartrott]

The Belgian media treatment of Van Aert is pretty normal for the way a big name is treated by his country's media. The love-in with Evenepoel is unlike anything I've ever seen, and I spent a my teenage years listening to NOS obsessing over where Gesink and Mollema were rather than focusing on the important parts of the race.

That's a quite selective view. Evenepoel got tons of criticism after the Olympics road race and the 2021 WCC road race, for instance - both times for not being a good teammate.

 

[fox]

Dumoulin was the first Dutch GT winner in 37 years (and podium finisher in 29 before Mollema was retroactively awarded third in the 2011 Vuelta) and also got the Van Aert treatment rather than the Evenepoel one.

Well, you said it. Dumoulin is Dutch. They are not the same as the cycling crazy Flemish people.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Mcnulty and Healy must be absolutely stuffed, they've been doing intervals for the last 90 minutes

Healy still pushing wind lol

 

[Netserk]

Was it also Buitrago who tried earlier to join the break?

 

[glassmoon]

not convinced he fits the "contract year" type of rider as a neo-pro who just finished on the podium at Amstel...

i was clutching for straw to make any sense in his riding today

 

[Devil's Elbow]

That's a quite selective view. Evenepoel got tons of criticism after the Olympics road race and the WCC road race, for instance - both times for not being a good teammate.

You and I both know that things have changed from his Liège win onwards, and even more so from Pico Jano onwards.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Buitrago is far more dangerous, can't give that too much

 

[Netserk]

Buitrago at +2'24'' in GC.

 

[Didinho]

That's a quite selective view. Evenepoel got tons of criticism after the Olympics road race and the WCC road race, for instance - both times for not being a good teammate.

I've got the feeling that more Belgians love Wout than Remco, who was a little bit agressive early on and surely after the Worls in Leuven. On social media you get a lot of hate from elderly (40+) people who are competing with their Wout, like Mathieu or even Remco sometimes. We can't be happy even if we finally got a lot of strong riders now in Belgium.

This weather now, gonna be a hard day!

 

[glassmoon]

tibopino might even have a chance to grab the KOM points for this summit...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

On social media you get a lot of hate from elderly (40+) people who are competing with their Wout, like Mathieu or even Remco sometimes.

Don't let RhD read this post.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Barguil dancing in the pedals, looking sublime

 

[Netserk]

 

[Jagartrott]

You and I both know that things have changed from his Liège win onwards, and even more so from Pico Jano onwards.

Perhaps mostly because he hasn't really done anything wrong since? Anyway, this is not the place for this rather pointless discussion.

 

[Samamba]

Leknessund has been in every break.

 

[search]

Leknessund has been in every break.

so he'll most likely will miss out in the end, same as Healy. He also isn't a good descender, as far as I can remember?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Leknessund has been in every break.

And Healy
And McNulty
And Tesfatsion.

 

[Samamba]

Pinot "Im not going for the KOM jersey". Sure bud

 

[Netserk]

Kussimus?

 

[Samamba]

so he'll most likely will miss out in the end, same as Healy. He also isn't a good descender, as far as I can remember?

Not sure, but break might form in a wet descent now so yeah

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Pinot killing two birds with one stone, as he also really needs to start the descent from the front with his trackrecord.

 

[Didinho]

Leknessund has been in every break.

Sometimes it was Vanhoucke, he's been in front 3-4 times also. If one of them are not in the break now.

 

[Samamba]

I'm scared for the descent

 

[Samamba]

Hirt with the typical mythical monster form in only the 3rd week

 

[glassmoon]

Hirt with the typical mythical monster form in only the 3rd week

i think he was just getting the rain jacket from the car...