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

[Sciatic]

Thomas defends his podium

His group is indeed coming back. Probably smart riding by him to not risk blowing up.

 

[Salvarani]

What a performance from Pog

The GOAT

 

[Izzyeviel]

If I were Pogacar, I would quit the race because of the fans behaviour.

 

[AmRacer]

They are hitting Poggi.

 

[tobydawq]

Spectators have been drinking too much Grappa.

Very easy to predict.

 

[Red Rick]

Pogacar is moving a lot his shoulders. Fortunately for him this is the Giro.

I'm not gonna lie. I expected a bigger gap from Pogacar against this field on Monte Grappa. At least 3 minutes. 1 min and 20 s is not that high against this riders. Probably the watts were low.

Yes and no.

I did expect at least 2 minutes.

 

[Brullnux]

Tiberi's style is eerilie similar to Enricy Mas

I said this the other day, I think their profile is quite similar too. Just very solid at everything, but without a kick.

 

[dgodave]

Pogacar's shorts don't look great...

They need room for fenders on the these frames.

 

[Red Rick]

Pogacar right now

 

[Peyroteo94]

Record time for Pogacar

 

[Sciatic]

I don’t know why Martinez wouldn’t help pull in this situation -unless he doesn’t have much left

 

[dgodave]

Oh no descent racing!

 

[Salvarani]

Pogacar right now

He is being hit spectators who just want to take photo and run besides him... it is showing how popular he is with fans. Not the opposite.

Are you saying they should keep hitting him?

Whats wrong?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Now it's just about staying upright. Ordinarily I'd expect the Thomas group to catch the Martínez group on a long descent like this, but with the short sharp climb in the middle of the descent they'll need to make the junction before that you'd say. Tiberi is really pushing on.

 

[Didinho]

Right in time for a Tiberi downhill masterclass.

 

[skippo12]

Pog timing it perfectly to finish the race with a bigger lead than Basso in 2006. Can lose a few seconds on the downhill.

 

[Salvarani]

Close to 2 minutes!

@Red Rick Are you happy it is what you expected now?

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Martinez is a *** descender right? I remember him constantly losing bernals wheel in 2021.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Didnt get that impression from your posts since you been downplaying Pog and UAE throughout the thread.

Please explain and show us where you expected this. We would all like to learn more.

I'm not gonna look for it, but I clearly remember RedRick indicating numerous times how superior Pogacar was in this race. Not that it's all positive posting sure, but I don't see any denial or underestimation.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Vincenzo Tiberi rocking this descent

 

[Salvarani]

I'm not gonna look for it, but I clearly remember RedRick indicating numerous times how superior Pogacar was in this race. Not that it's all positive posting sure, but I don't see any denial or underestimation.

Well thank you for that. Just wanted to know and that is why I asked

 

[Squire]

Rubio not extremely far from leapfrogging Arensman.

 

[solo80k]

Pogacar could offer the stage to Majka. It would be well deserved.

No way. That's time for Pogacar.

 

[46&twoWheels]

wow Pogacar 1 minute better than 2014 Quintana

https://twitter.com/x/status/1794377958813221090

View: https://x.com/faustocoppi60/status/1794377958813221090

 

[Brullnux]

I like Van Hoydonck (I can't spell his name) as a commentator