Giro d'Italia 2023 Giro d'Italia: Who is going to win? First rest day poll.

[Gigs_98]

Lmao people seriously thought Remco could win, like he wouldn't get Covid.

 

[Izzyeviel]

s/o to the three people who've just found this thread & voted G, Vlasov & Almeida. I see you.

 

[nightowl]

The highest placed rider on a team that hasn’t had a covid abandon is Leknessund which obviously means he’s going to win the Giro now

 

[Rackham]

My god, as if remco having to go isn't tragic enough on its on i just realized how much this has increased the likelihood of a massive Skytrain bulldozing through the Alps now with Thomas in pink.
Gotta bank on Roglic staying healthy and sharp, otherwise this Giro is doomed.

If Skytrain is all they've got, they'll get destroyed.

That's with Rog staying in top shape of course. I also think Jumbo are for some reason vastly underestimated in this Giro, i.e. Bouwman, Kuss & Hessmann have been there with Rog when he's needed them so far. Likewise Affini on the flat is as good as anyone in his sort of role in this race, especially considering Ineos don't have Ganna anymore.

Anyway I won't play coy, i.e. without Evenepoel & the great unknown he represented in this race (aka a rider who can smash ITT's & potentially climb with the best), Rog's outlook in this race is now much more straightforward: survive Covid, crashes & keep that form improving.

Natural selection will do the rest.

 

[Lequack]

Can Roglic really take on the whole Ineos team?
Also the winner of this Giro will now have an asterisk by their name, because of absence of Rigoberto Uran.

 

[Gigs_98]

On one hand I'm glad that TGH and Thomas have showed up so this isn't a Roglic procession, but then we now really have to put all our faith into Roglic's hand to make this a good race. A comeback of British led Ineos gt domination was certainly not on my 2023 wishlist.

 

[SafeBet]

The new GC doesn't exactly scream entertaining racing from here on, unless G shows signs of weaknesses as early as Friday.

 

[Didinho]

Where can I change my vote to Almeida?

 

[Lequack]

At least QS should be racing more aggressively now, they need to go for stage wins.

 

[hfer07]

COVID is a much bigger danger than crashes now. Riders are leaving at quite a pace right now

damn it ! just learnt the news on Remco.......

 

[IndianCyclist]

This Giro might just devolve into sprint stages. Mountain sprints, flat sprints and hilly sprints

 

[Sciatic]

The new GC doesn't exactly scream entertaining racing from here on, unless G shows signs of weaknesses as early as Friday.

I just don’t get this talk about the Giro being deflated. Yes, it lost a star performer who we all wanted to see at his best. But I see the race having the possibility to be even more wide open with chances for those just outside the top 3 to go for it in the mtns. Jumbo doesn’t have a chance team to control the race, and while Ineos does, they’ll have to find a way to drop Roglic at some point.

 

[Savant12]

So, now, Roglic has to put time into G and T to avoid time losses in the final ITT?

 

[IndianCyclist]

The most hyped about contests never happens
Remco vs Pog LBL - Nope
Roglic vs Remco Giro - Vanished in thin air

 

[ZamlinusYoutubeious]

Tao will take it...i also think a strong team will have an effect later on. He is on his Tao to win this II Giro...i`ll get my coat

Is Tao a Taoist?

 

[gregrowlerson]

The last 2 stages convinced me to change my pre-race vote from Remco to Roglic. I thought he'd have 2 minutes in hand after today. But only having 45 seconds, and a whole pack of solid riders within 3 minutes means he's going to have to fend off attacks left and right. And I don't think he'll get much help.

My takeaway is that Remco has slightly underperformed while a number of others have done better than I expected.

The real wildcard is covid, unfortunately.

Bold and accurate (unfortunately) prediction.

 

[SHAD0W93]

I thought Evenepoel would win just based off his slow ascendancy to the top and the older riders being slowly faded out with Roglic and Almeida filling the podium. I think Roglic and Tao will be the main favorites and rightfully so based off their past pedigree and team respectively. The problem for Roglic and Jumbo is they have to cover Ineos, UAE, and Bora. They did it with ease in 2021 at the Vuelta but I think it’s a weaker Roglic and team. At the end, I would like Almeida to steal the party. If not a Rolgic win to continue to cap off his amazing career or Tao would be nice.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Incredible that after having had so much ITT that just 5 seconds separate the top 3 and 22 seconds the top 5.

 

[Pantani_lives]

TG Hart can become the new Ivan Gotti by winning two Giros where the best GC riders didn't reach the end.

 

[topt]

simple:
Primoz will win it IF he does not crash
If he does, then G will

as if G wont crash

 

[Rackham]

Can Roglic really take on the whole Ineos team?

Yup. Why not?

It's not even the 'whole team', they're a man down. And Jumbo all work for one rider & as always it'll be the high mountains which decide this Giro.

If Rog isn't sick or injured, he'll do what he does best & the result will come to him.

I swear to God if Pogacar was sitting 2 seconds behind G Thomas in a Grand Tour after the first rest day, we wouldn't even be having this conversation.

 

[movingtarget]

Ineos have a real shot. Going to be interesting. This is TGH's best grand tour form since he won the Giro and Thomas is looking good.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So the second big duel this year was cancelled (first Remco vs Teddy in Liege, now this) and I'm not sure if the third big duel (at the Tour) will take place. That's cycling.

 

[OlavEH]

So Remco isn't really sick. At least it doesn't seem so from the news so far. And there are no rules from UCI forcing him to withdraw. So this is all on QS, their rigid rules and team doctors. What a freakin joke!!

 

[Salvarani]

This has Thomas written all over it.