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Who will win the 2022 Giro d'Italia?

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Riek s

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JV can't catch a break it seems. Their mid mountain climbers twindeling down. Doubt they would pull Roglic is he tested positive (in case he is asymptomatic).

Can only hope the giro wont end u with a DNS bulletin each day due to this...

Whether the team makes/made a difference is something we can only judge at the end. For all we know Remco get a covid positive and abandons/or performs like dog **** and JV does need to control the race.
 
Escarabajo

Escarabajo

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wirral said:
I don't understand why a positive covid test means withdrawal.
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Probably before the race because they don't want to take any risks and they can replace the rider. But during the race I am pretty sure they will check the minimum viral load for contamination. Because they cannot replace the rider. Makes a difference. And of course, observe if the rider is sick, at that point there is no point.
 
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Escarabajo said:
Probably before the race because they don't want to take any risks and they can replace the rider. But during the race I am pretty sure they will check the minimum viral load for contamination. Because they cannot replace the rider. Makes a difference. And of course, observe if the rider is sick, at that point there is no point.
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That makes sense.
 
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Escarabajo said:
Probably before the race because they don't want to take any risks and they can replace the rider. But during the race I am pretty sure they will check the minimum viral load for contamination. Because they cannot replace the rider. Makes a difference. And of course, observe if the rider is sick, at that point there is no point.
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That's what happened in the Tour last year, if memory serves me correctly.
 
Red Rick

Red Rick

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staubsauger said:
That was the Roglic who still was learning how to be a pro.

They didn't even send Bertjan Lindeman, nor someone worthy like George Bennett
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Yeah, but it needs to be put into the perspective. Their Tour team was terrible as well. It may be a bit easy to sleep on how terrible Jumbo used to be.

They had 3 riders at that point who could get a GT top 10 and they sent 1 of them to the Giro, it was hardly the worst.
 
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Red Rick said:
Yeah, but it needs to be put into the perspective. Their Tour team was terrible as well. It may be a bit easy to sleep on how terrible Jumbo used to be.

They had 3 riders at that point who could get a GT top 10 and they sent 1 of them to the Giro, it was hardly the worst.
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It was their best by accident wasn't it? The Giro d'Italia used to be Kruijswijk's favorite race. Hence why he went there.

It was all for Gesink at the Tour de France one last time , who eventually crashed in Switzerland then.

And Kruijswijk only ever learned to like the race, because Breukink introduced him to the Giro d'Italia.

It was when Erik took over that Rabobank send Menchov to Italy or later on the likes of Mollema & Kruijswijk, because the Giro d'Italia is a better testing field for the Tour than the Vuelta. Even Gesink initially should have done his grand tour debut at the 2008 Giro d'Italia, but the participation of Menchov made him swap to the Vuelta a Espana instead.
 
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I just cast my vote in the poll, and Primoz Roglic is your winner; he's a better climber and he can out-sprint Remco for seconds. He will see this final ITT as his redemption, against a great champion. Stomping Alert! I don't like the match-up on this route for Remco.

1. Primoz Roglic
2. Remco Evenepoel at 56" (great Olympic games )

Ineos will go for third with plan A and B, Geraint outdoing the rest in the first two ITT as plan A. It worked at last year's Tour. Tao in the shadows.

3. I don't know...

"The rest" of the GC race will see action for that virtual 4th place: it is worth fighting for, and who knows? If someone upstairs abandons, well, well, well...that was Ineos' modus operandi at last year's TdF. and it worked out.

Many have a chance to get their best GC finish in a GT ever...or so close that it will only enhance their legacy. Pozzo or The Great Bauke Mollema can write another page of their epic story. Rigo may see a late opportunity in the twilight of his career, and when in form, his ITT is more than decent.

Bora and UAE will do good but a 5th place is about as high as they will get. They Can cannibalize themselves, Ineos has this. Almeida 5th?

Others think about stage win(s): Jay Vine and Thibaut Pinot, and for them, stage 19 has to be the feather that they want on their hat. But if they find themselves in a good GC spot, why not?

We'll find out...
 
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