Giro d'Italia 2023 Giro d'Italia, Stage 9: Savignano sul Rubicone – Cesena 35 km ITT (Sunday, May 14th)

[BR2]

German ES so silly about Caruso

 

[Andre]

WOOOOHOOO

 

[Salvarani]

Expected Remco to be further ahead of the Ineos guys

 

[Riek s]

Remco good, but not overwhelming..

 

[KZD]

If Bahrein had a decent TT set-up, Caruso could do top3 today, he is flying.

Remco taking 11 seconds on Thomas.

 

[Wvv]

C'mon Remco, build that margin!

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Has Roglic even been on the TT bike before this

I heard some roglic fans saying he didn't do much ITT training before the Giro because of his shoulder issues. .

Which makes you wonder why they send roglic to a ITT heavy Giro?

Roglic fans also said he didn't do any climb training before catalunya. So who knows what Roglic actually did in the last 5 months instead of training

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Remco whelming

 

[Gigs_98]

Good but not great first split by Remco

 

[Bonimenier]

Expected Remco to be further ahead of the Ineos guys

Long straight has just started. You would think that part should fit him the best.

 

[Salvarani]

It is raining a lot more now in the second half of the course... could affect things

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Evenepoel would have killed for 30 seconds on Roglic at this time check before the race started, yet it isn't even that brilliant of a start for him.

 

[noob]

Not very large differences!

 

[BR2]

Vlasov with a good time trial, but if yesterday is anything to go by he won't be in contention for a top 5 in this Giro nonetheless.

 

[nightowl]

Roglic is going to have to go crazy in the mountains. Before the Giro I wasn’t sure if that was possible but yesterday gives me hope he can pull it off

 

[Sciatic]

I’m sorry that Remco looks to clobber Roglic here time wise, but it’s a pleasure to watch Remco on his TT bike.

 

[johnymax]

I don't know what were you all thinking. It's all going as expected. Kelly talking about 15-20s difference between Remco and Roglic at the end...he doesn't know what he is talking about

 

[Salvarani]

I don't know what were you all thinking. It's all going as expected. Kelly talking about 15-20s difference between Remco and Roglic at the end...he doesn't know what he is talking about

I think most here have predicted at least over a minute today. Remco in the lead close to 2 minutes after today.

 

[IndianCyclist]

Good, Roglic will have to attack everywhere.

This is actually good news for the spectacle. I donot expect the Ineos twins to attack from far except perhaps sprints. So it will be Roglic that makes the race

 

[johnymax]

The Ineos duo has become a real danger. Imagine Tao a double Giro winner...or...Thomas a Tour and Giro winner.

 

[Gigs_98]

I don't know what were you all thinking. It's all going as expected. Kelly talking about 15-20s difference between Remco and Roglic at the end...he doesn't know what he is talking about

I don't think the gap between the two is shocking. But half the gc field being between the two is.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I don't know what were you all thinking. It's all going as expected. Kelly talking about 15-20s difference between Remco and Roglic at the end...he doesn't know what he is talking about

Roglic is on pace to lose 1:23 by the finish, that's 35 seconds more than at the Vuelta TT despite the distance only being 4k longer. And he wasn't in great shape at that Vuelta. And based on the rest of the field, Evenepoel's TT today is weaker than that one too.

 

[Vesica]

Roglic is sitting like a miner on the bike, jeez that's ugly. No wonder he doesn't go fast.

 

[Salvarani]

This is actually good news for the spectacle. I donot expect the Ineos twins to attack from far except perhaps sprints. So it will be Roglic that makes the race

Roglic could be the strongest in the mountains but Ineos still has the best team. They have to attack Remco, who is the best time trialist.

The dynamics of this race is shaping up to be really entertaining, hopefully.

 

[ppanther92]

The Ineos duo has become a real danger. Imagine Tao a double Giro winner...or...Thomas a Tour and Giro winner.

Well, Thomas has shown last years Tour that he is probably close to Roglic level still (confidently best of the rest after Vingegaard and Pogacar). Tao has not done anything great since his Giro win, thats true.