Giro d'Italia Giro d‘Italia 2024 Stage 20, Alpago-Bassano del Grappa, 184 km

[Salvarani]

A fox make an appearance!

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Btw: I wonder how Geschke feels realizing at 38 he was consistent enough to go for GC in a GT. He's 14th currently, of course this isn't an amazing field, and I am not talking about a Top10 in the Tour, but surely 28 year old Geschke had more potential there than he ever tried, compared to 38 yo Geschke.

 

[Valv.Piti]

It's easy look good on this weak peloton/field.

Oh stop it, this is impressive if you are a rouleur no matter how you slice it. [content deleted]

 

[Red Rick]

Poor Zana. He must be truly suffering with Blythe talking next to him.

 

[Salvarani]

Oh stop it, this is impressive if you are a rouleur no matter how you slice it. What the *** is even this comment, lmao

It is hilarious mate. They spiraling.

Laengen has been truly great this Giro. So solid and reliable.

 

[Salvarani]

Pellizzari!

 

[Valv.Piti]

Vai Pellizari!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Enjoying this meaningless pissing contest between Sanchez and Janssens, half-wheeling each other like Poulidor and Anquetil

He likes these fights with Asturian riders, apparently. In Catalunya he was doing it with Samuel Fernández.

 

[perico]

Sanchez is the revelation of this Giro. Not a GC guy maybe, but what a great rider. Should be very valuable for a Movistar squad struggling with UCI points.

 

[Red Rick]

This is basically the exact sort of pace and group size you expect on a big penultimate climb.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Zana will make it back I think but that random climb on the descent is cruel

 

[Brullnux]

Pellizzari with a mega stomp, had he not been ill he'd have been 2nd in GC for sure

 

[Froome]

It is hilarious mate. They spiraling.

Laengen has been truly great this Giro. So solid and reliable.

That's how weak is this field. Even a rouler looks like a top climber there. In the Tour, he would already be dropped a long time ago.

 

[JosefK]

Fantastic climb, fantastic crowd.

 

[pastronef]

didn't we spot a guy with a stuffed boar under his arm a few years ago running along Quintana?

 

[Valv.Piti]

Pelizzari, Piganzoli and Tiberi will make sure the Italians have at least 10 good years in their home race! Should already be able to compete for top-10 next year if the trend of mediocre fields continues

 

[Sciatic]

That looks like a great place to watch a race—some stretches are like a natural amphitheater

 

[Valv.Piti]

That's how weak is this field. Even a rouler looks like a top climber there. In the Tour, he would already be dropped a long time ago.

Bjerg did the same in 22. So no, you are incorrect

 

[skippo12]

Zana will make it back I think but that random climb on the descent is cruel

He was dropped with 4km left to the top. Not sure if he paced himself or exploded. If we can trust the tracking he is already 50s behind the main group.

 

[perico]

Nah I originally disliked Contador until 2011 Giro but was still pulling for Andy at the Tour. Being American and 2009 being my first Tour, Armstrong was of course the one that drew me into the sport, parents didn’t like Contador, and then add in Contador dropping Klöden like a sack of potatoes made the dislike even more.

What’s unreal is that the American media turned it into such a rivalry to begin with. It made me re-evaluate the 1986 Tour from when I was a kid because Hinault had been portrayed as the villian in our eyes because I realized how I had viewed it completely from the Anglo perspective.

I was a Contador fanboy from 2005 but being American, I was completely baffled by how they turned him into the foil for Armstrong/Schleck. I completely understand why he became the boogeyman at the time for a lot of American fans though.

 

[Salvarani]

Bjerg did the same in 22. So no, you are incorrect

Exactly.

 

[Slavique Nuke]

Pelizzari, Piganzoli and Tiberi will make sure the Italians have at least 10 good years in their home race! Should already be able to compete for top-10 next year if the trend of mediocre fields continues

Pelizarri certainly has more potential than that. The guy just needs to learn to go downhill.

 

[Salvarani]

If you take to much copium, you can get addicted, you know?

We need to start a rehabilitation program to help them.

 

[ppanther92]

Timing for KOM on point

 

[Red Rick]

Gonna guess that 1st Grappa ascent was 5.5W/kg for the peloton