Giro d'Italia Giro d‘Italia 2024 Stage 15, Manerba del Garda-Livigno (Mottolino), 222 km

[Mayomaniac]

Is this the Queen stage of the Giro?
LMAO, what happened to the Giro in the last years.....

2 words, Mauro Vegni
He became really soft and starting to bend backwards for the riders and their demands.

 

[Monsi]

Nah we should not pretend pogacar couldnt just drop everyone on Foscagno

Oh about Pogacar, then yeah I don't really doubt that lol. If break doesn't win, then I obviously expect Pogi to win, whether by dropping everyone on Foscagno or on that 2 km steep part to the finish (though I secretly hope he attacks on Mortirolo but that will just remain an imagination I guess)

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I agree, but with the Recta Contador side the Mortirolo at least somewhat lives up to its name. In the post race part today the German Eurosport crew genuinely talked about the Mortirolo as if it was the west side. They even said the length and average gradient and suddenly pretended like 7% was absolutely monstrous.

I mean, if you listened to German Eurosport, you would also think that Georg Steinhauser is the second coming of Jesus and the only rider in the race. Aldag really is the only one with common sense on there, so it was good that he was back today.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Let‘s see if Ineos finally discover you can send Arensman up the road on Stage 36 of the 2023 Giro. Then again, old man G probably needs someone to take care of him.

 

[Squire]

I'm kinda hoping for some Pogi action in the mountain stages, and not just him hanging about waiting for a sprint. With him in the group, nobody will do anything. To get proper racing among the rest, we need Pogi out in front (or out the back, but that's unlikely). That's what made the Armstrong Tours watchable. Him attacking on almost every uphill finish meant that the rest of the GC guys were in ones and twos and there was some good entertainment for the lesser positions.

 

[CyclistAbi]

This is it, the stage we all have been waiting for and the only stage on this Giro edition absolutely nothing will happen.

 

[Nick2413]

Pogacar will probably win but hoping the action gets opened up early with one of the teams attacking on Mortirolo with men up the road and the rest of the GC group disintegrating.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

RCS

 

[CyclistAbi]

I don't know to be honest. Bora won't settle with third, Ineos won't give up second, Pogi will want to make history ... The route certainly allows for it, the rest in on the field.

It likely will be an epic stage.

 

[Rob5091]

Epic? Length wise maybe, but action ....? Not so sure. Best hope is someone like Bardet gets into the break and the other GC hopefulls start defending their GC slot. Pogi can follow wheels, like G so it's up to others to throw caution to the wind.

 

[titan31]

I'm going with breakaway with some guys like Bardet, Hirt, Fortunato in it. Then Ineos and Bora panic and tempo ride all day long keeping the break close. Pog attacks on that last steep section and wins by 30 seconds. We're all bored.

 

[solo80k]

I'm going with breakaway with some guys like Bardet, Hirt, Fortunato in it. Then Ineos and Bora panic and tempo ride all day long keeping the break close. Pog attacks on that last steep section and wins by 30 seconds. We're all bored.

I don't really get it... Do you think that GC guys will finish within 30-40 seconds after 2 weeks of Giro, racing in 220+ kms stage and finale above 2200 meters? I understand that there's no Stelvio but anyway, gaps shouldn't be small either... 👀

 

[Lequack]

More interesting profile

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Pogstomp 1 km from the line - a bit longer than his idols'. And his last solo effort of the race!

 

[Potomac]

This is it, the stage we all have been waiting for and the only stage on this Giro edition absolutely nothing will happen.

Sad but true.

Well, if this was le tour then almost certainly true.

But it is the Giro so maybe something interesting will happen.

 

[ashhutch1997]

This is one of the hardest/ worst designed stages I've ever seen lol

 

[Jack_89]

This stage reminds me of stage 14 of the 2016 Giro.
Valparola is not very different from Foscagno and yet Kruijswijk and Chaves would have blown up the race (and Nibali himself) . Don't underestimate the altitude and length.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

This stage reminds me of stage 14 of the 2016 Giro.
Valparola is not very different from Foscagno and yet Kruijswijk and Chaves would have blown up the race (and Nibali himself) . Don't underestimate the altitude and length.

Pog is the scriptwriter here. If he goes solo earlier then there will also be some fight among the rest. If he doesn't then any attack will be covered by him ending up with a stomp in the last km.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Honestly, I don‘t think Pogačar is neutralizing the GC fight too much. You literally only need one more bike length than normal with Pogi in your wheel since he‘s always directly onto the wheel of attacks anyway.
By the way, Pogi should ride this stage like the 2001 Alpe d‘Huez stage. Sit at the back pretending to suffer and let the German team do all the work before Jose Luis Majka comes forward to launch him at the bottom of Foscagno. Jan Thomas and Joseba Martinez will be demoralized and look at each other and boom… two minutes.

 

[ashhutch1997]

This stage would be fine if they just decended to Livigino, unfortunately there's a stupid wall at the end, and we'll get about 1km worth of action..

 

[Netserk]

More interesting profile

More interesting route

 

[Escarabajo]

Tomorrow Quintana attacks with his little brother!

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Hahahhhahahahhaa the puncheur classics rider is gonna be exposed on a real gt stage for actually good climbers

https://twitter.com/x/status/1791940464926458027

View: https://twitter.com/StatsOnCycling/status/1791940464926458027?t=UthZyQIB-LVQj6IS3mdclA&s=19

 

[Brullnux]

The stage is mediocre but I'd be surprised if we get the same GC sprint as Prati di Tivo/Stage 10. 5500m of climbing will rack up, and there will be slightly bigger gaps

 

[Froome]

I just see one scenario to have a fun race tomorrow.
Arensman in the breakaway. The breakaway get's a big gap who can put in danger the maglia rosa, and Emirates team loses the control of the race, obliging Pogacar to work alone from far.

The odds of this happening? Almost zero, unfortunately.