Giro d’Italia 2024, Stage 12: Martinsicuro – Fano, 193.0k

[movingtarget]

Great win by Alaphilippe. Once the gap started hovering in the 45 second range I knew he had it. He also attacked the descents better than the chasers. Crazy speeds.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Want to see Maestri and Julian together post stage

Maestri ended up 9th, which is great given the effort he had given riding with Ala the whole time.

 

[hfer07]

Welcome back ALA
we missed you

 

[pastronef]

Maestri and Lou Lou went away with 126 km to go

 

[AnotherArmChair]

At last I see Jan Hirt

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

What a ride from the old champion!

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Do ye think Alaphillipe has gotten better as the race has gone on

Wondering for the Tour

 

[saunaking]

ouch, interviewer throwing shade at Simon Yates in the Teddy interview, good classy answer from Pog

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Bahrain doing UAE's job for them....Geraint Thomas

 

[SHAD0W93]

Spot the difference

Ala throwing you a bone to make up for a teammate constantly fumbling it.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Great sportsmanship shown from Scaroni not sprinting for 4th, Vino will be fuming

Fortunato not sprinting for 12th as well, criminal

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Anyone interviewing Maestri

Ala would not have done it without

 

[tobydawq]

Trentin:
"The last climb was not really a Matteo Trentin climb"

 

[zlev11]

booooooring

 

[Bolder]

Trentin:
"The last climb was not really a Matteo Trentin climb"

Has he always been this funny? That was classic. Valgren was a hoot, too. Said he “died with his shoes on.”

 

[search]

here's the Maestri interviews. Says it was a fantastic day out there, and he is very happy. It was an honor for him to race with such a great champion.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6TxsCE6-iY

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Congrats to Ala on this much needed victory. Breakaway paradise continued. Tomorrow is a sprinters day - the goal is to survive intact before another crucial GC weekend.

 

[zlev11]

i hope Maestri got a nice bribe from Alaphilippe for today

 

[jmdirt]

I love it when the winner comes from a break!
Congrats JA!

 

[Netserk]

i hope Maestri got a nice bribe from Alaphilippe for today

I wouldn't call the old school custom of the winner (whoever of the two that is) paying the loser a bribe.

 

[zlev11]

I wouldn't call the old school custom of the winner (whoever of the two that is) paying the loser a bribe.

really? that's exactly what it is. which is fine with me, that's cycling.

 

[Netserk]

really? that's exactly what it is. which is fine with me, that's cycling.

I'd call it a bribe when one of them promises to pay the other for some specific behaviour.

If they agree that the loser is paid by the winner, then both are motivated to make sure one of them wins. They will still race for the win against each other, if they are able to do so.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

here's the Maestri interviews. Says it was a fantastic day out there, and he is very happy. It was an honor for him to race with such a great champion.

Hopefully he won't be too disappointed when they tell him it was Alaphilippe and not Masnada.

 

[zlev11]

I'd call it a bribe when one of them promises to pay the other for some specific behaviour.

yeah exactly, this is probably what happened. Alaphilippe agreed to pay Maestri to keep pulling. there's no way Maestri was going to win the stage whether he pulled with him or not. again, fine with me, hopefully Maestri can put a kid through college with his ride today.

 

[Netserk]

yeah exactly, this is probably what happened. Alaphilippe agreed to pay Maestri to keep pulling. there's no way Maestri was going to win the stage whether he pulled with him or not. again, fine with me, hopefully Maestri can put a kid through college with his ride today.

In so far as money was promised, I don't think he was bribed to pull. I find it far more likely for them to agree that if one of them won, the other would get paid. That would of course motivate Maestri to pull, but it wouldn't be a bribe (as I see it).