2024 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1: Venaria Reale - Torino, 140 km (Saturday, May 4)

[saunaking]

Beautiful Win

 

[JosefK]

Rob Hatch goes "there is celebration here, because Narváez and Geraint Thomas have done it!"

What, pray tell, has Geraint Thomas done? It's not like he led Narváez out or buried himself for him to set up the attack, because he had to preserve his own GC aims and Narváez isn't the one that made the attack, he followed Pogačar's attack.

Take off the goggles, Rob. You're normally better than that.

Methinks G runs a close second to Sepp Kuss in LS's List of Most Disdained Riders.

 

[Red Rick]

Roglic watching and laughing.

This stage, with basically a single 3'30 climb at the end of a 140 km stage, is where Roglic is simply unironically better than Pogacar.

 

[sam6]

What happened?? Narvaez stayed with Pogi? WTF?!!!

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Schachmann also great today ...I have in my team

Aslo his tyre was poor ? Otherwise he would 'be home already'

 

[Savant12]

Arensman over 2 minutes down, jeez

Stuck him in my velogames team but still hopeful he can get in a breakaway or find his legs and claw some time back.

 

[Snake]

Jhonatan "The Great One" Narvaez

 

[Tim Cahill]

Gap was about 10 seconds to the GC group, there was an AG2R rider inbetween though, not sure if it was APP or O'Connor, time will really depend on how the gaps are interpreted

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Don't hate on Bufalo Thomas, it could be worse...

Look, I like to dogpile on the Welsh Raúl Alarcón as much as if not more than anybody, but that particular post was not slating Thomas. Thomas did nothing wrong, Rob Hatch was just trying to make it sound like he was an integral part of Narváez' victory and deserved to share the credit for it when all he did was ride - as he should, as the designated leader - for himself and preserve his GC position and limit his losses.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Narvaez reminded Rujano in 2011 Giro. The only one able to follow the monster

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Methinks G runs a close second to Sepp Kuss in LS's List of Most Disdained Riders.

The undisputed #1 returns on Wednesday.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Honestly, Aleotti did a surprisingly good job as a domestique for Dani Martinez.

Since 2020 Ineos riders are really having their superpeaks at the Giro instead of the Tour...

 

[titan31]

Rob Hatch goes "there is celebration here, because Narváez and Geraint Thomas have done it!"

What, pray tell, has Geraint Thomas done? It's not like he led Narváez out or buried himself for him to set up the attack, because he had to preserve his own GC aims and Narváez isn't the one that made the attack, he followed Pogačar's attack.

Take off the goggles, Rob. You're normally better than that.

He normally isn't though

 

[Tim Cahill]

Wtf that was actually Baudin who managed to attack, the tramadol kid.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

He normally isn't though

I didn't say he was normally good, just that he wasn't normally that bad

 

[Samamba]

I am a passionate Tudor hater since they took over the time keeping of the Giro. Can't even see the results 10 minutes after the finish. Was so much better with Tissot.

 

[titan31]

Gap was about 10 seconds to the GC group, there was an AG2R rider inbetween though, not sure if it was APP or O'Connor, time will really depend on how the gaps are interpreted

It was Baudin

 

[Samamba]

Wtf that was actually Baudin who managed to attack, the tramadol kid.

He has been really good all year. A bit under the radar because Decathlon is a super team out of nowhere and has like 10 guys who are better, but really good. It's just funny cause he didn't get the Quintana treatment.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Now [peopel in the know can Narváez do it in the mountains ???

 

[Rackham]

Bardet doing Bardet things.

There's always 'something'.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Now [peopel in the know can Narváez do it in the mountains ???

No, I don‘t think he‘s shown much on longer climbs

 

[Peyroteo94]

Now [peopel in the know can Narváez do it in the mountains ???

No. He is a Gilbert type of rider

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Wow, Teddy loses to G.' helper. Imagine what G. himself will do on Monte Grappa. Demolition incoming...

 

[Tim Cahill]

Now [peopel in the know can Narváez do it in the mountains ???

Nah he's a good classics/hilly rider, excellent in rainy conditions too, won a hilly stage in 2020 when NTT drilled it all day and Pozzovivo couldn't attack, not one for the highest of mountains but maybe if he gets in a breakaway will win another.

 

[search]

Wtf that was actually Baudin who managed to attack, the tramadol kid.

he was in the move with Schachmann, made it over the climb in 5th and passed Conci on the descent.