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

[Red Rick]

I thought Andy Murray was a dour guy but TGH is like many levels more depressing to listen to

 

[Bolder]

Tao is such a grump.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

If Vincenzo was still riding he would toy with these amateur TTers!

Vincenzo on wet cobbles ...

 

[Didinho]

Italian camera man. That pan shot of Oumii was like the only correct camera work today.

Belgian Sporza regie this year.

 

[HelloDolly]

Hincapie started as cobbles classics rider (like Thomas), transitioned into a role in the US Postal train (like Thomas for Sky), Hincapie became good enough of a climber to win mountain stages at the Tour (like Thomas) but obviously Thomas transitioned in a great GT rider and actually Tour winner and multiple podium finisher, thats where Hincapie very much falls short.

Thomas is a superb rider and far better than Hincapie. Won the Tour de France and podiumed. Would have loved if he had won today . Has very little stage wins

Tao looking miserable as usual

 

[Devil's Elbow]

When was the last time the stage winner was the obvious overall loser of the stage?

Pogacar on Peyragudes?

 

[Skalman]

Remco nowhere near peak makes the race interesting, he cant be happy with that, but he have 3-4 stages to recuperate on so there is time yet.
Still if he would have been in peak form this race would be over now.

 

[gunara]

How does Tao look like when he wakes up from bad sleep? Not much different than this, I'm sure. Yet he looks like the go-to guy for interview these days. And I enjoy it

 

[LookProGoSlow]

Surprising how little the gaps are in this ITT

 

[JosefK]

Where has this TTing come from for Tao? He was never close to being this good. He was good/decent, but not elite.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I thought Andy Murray was a dour guy but TGH is like many levels more depressing to listen to

He‘s on great form, though, so he could join the big *insert number here*.

 

[Didinho]

Remco always rides within his power numbers, so he started like always but couldn't keep it up. Hope he can get better the next days, but I'm not so optimistic anymore.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Lame duck in pink now. Ineos smell blood.

Indeed. They might start charging Remco for their taxi services now

 

[ppanther92]

Thomas is a superb riders and far better than Hincapie. Won the Tour de France and podiumed. Would have loved if he had won today . Has very little stage wins

Yes, ofc, agree. Was just answering where the comparison probably comes from.

 

[Swiss Tony]

Gutted, never thought it but when it became possible so wanted G to win

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Oh dear, Remco is so cooked he is hallucinating he has a strong team.

 

[Salvarani]

Where has this TTing come from for Tao? He was never close to being this good. He was good/decent, but not elite.

Riders develop and improve?

 

[titan31]

You did watch the 2020 Giro, right? They will definitely try something if they are in the position to do so after Crans-Montana.

Yes, I'd say a lot of that was down to the level that year. We've 12 years or so of them looking at monitors and riding a set pace. I expect nothing off of Ineos but boredom

 

[RedheadDane]

Everybody. Take a look at this beautiful numerical sequence!

2	THOMAS Geraint	INEOS Grenadiers	0:01
3	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	INEOS Grenadiers	0:02
4	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama - FDJ	0:04
5	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama - FDJ	0:08

Just a damn shame Roglic didn't finish 16 seconds after.

 

[nightowl]

Based on the last 2 stages I think Remco might be toast at this Giro unless he can find a way to turn his form back around in the next couple days

 

[JosefK]

Tao is such a grump.

I'm liking him more, now.

 

[Poursuivant]

What has been the most decisive ITTs in the past 5 years? The Vuelta ITT last year where Rogla lost close to half as much as on Pico Jano?

Pdbf?

 

[Tim Cahill]

"They will have plans to attack me... but we have a strong team"

 

[Carols]

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

Healing from a bone graft?

 

[noob]

I feel so bad for Remco now