Giro d'Italia Giro d’Italia 2024, Stage 7: Foligno – Perugia, 40.6k (ITT)

[dgodave]

Ganna is struggling a bit on the climb.

Only because hes climbing it.

 

[Lequack]

Totally obliterated by Ganna. No one will touch this time.

 

[KZD]

How many people has Ganna actually passed here? 7?

9, I think.

Takes 1:39min on Bjerg. Will be really difficult to beat even for Pogačar.

 

[PetPaima]

Well, correct about Kepplinger... Overly positive in several starting ahead of Kepplinger

 

[Didinho]

He passed the whole peloton. What’s the % time limit today? And how many minutes will it be, based on his time?

The last riders he passed didn’t look like trying. Hope they’re safe.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

One discipline I'd love to see in Tour like once in every 4 years is a 1st-day ½TTT of 100 kms.

Team to freely divide their team to A- and B-squads and have that traditional (if scrapped) Olympic discipline.

Would need to be at the start of Tour so each team was still complete 2 times 4 guys.

I would very much not like such a thing.

Some previous discussion

 

[QueenStagiaire]

He passed the whole peloton. What’s the % time limit today? And how many minutes will it be?

The last riders he passed didn’t look like trying. Hope they’re safe.

30%, 15:36 to Ganna‘s time

 

[Red Rick]

Ganna fastest T2-finish split.

Still somehow I think Pogacar will take it.

 

[PetPaima]

9, I think.

Takes 1:39min on Bjerg. Will be really difficult to beat even for Pogačar.

He caught 9-minute man, but he didn't catch 4-minute man in Kepplinger nor 8-minute man in De Bod and probably not 7-minute man Colleoni either. So that would be 6 caught.

 

[SafeBet]

Pippo gained 11" on Bjerg in the final split.
Superb performance, hopefully it will be enough. but I reckon Pog can be 20"-30" faster in the final split.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Ganna did the wall in very similar time to Bjerg (about 5 mins 6 secs from the time check to the 5 km to go banner)

 

[Froome]

I don’t believe someone will be more faster than Ganna. What a TT.

 

[Didinho]

30%, 15:36 to Ganna‘s time

Oh 30%. Time enough to freewheel indeed.

 

[Tim Cahill]

One discipline I'd love to see in Tour like once in every 4 years is a 1st-day ½TTT of 100 kms.

Team to freely divide their team to A- and B-squads and have that traditional (if scrapped) Olympic discipline.

Would need to be at the start of Tour so each team was still complete 2 times 4 guys.

I would like it but they have to temper it with a couple of 300k big Chiappucchi-style mountain stages too to balance it out. Not like the Wiggo Tour when they had mad tt ks with weak mountains.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

He caught 9-minute man, but he didn't catch 4-minute man in Kepplinger nor 8-minute man in De Bod and probably not 7-minute man Colleoni either. So that would be 6 caught.

I didn't see it myself, but commentators said he passed Colleoni

 

[Brullnux]

Ganna fastest T2-finish split.

Still somehow I think Pogacar will take it.

If he does then we will have to admit Mou was right

 

[Red Rick]

Pippo gained 11" on Bjerg in the final split.
Superb performance, hopefully it will be enough. but I reckon Pog can be 20"-30" in the final split.

For reference, Pog took 33s out of Van Aert in the Combloux ITT despite Van Aert doing a negative split.

Here the final climb is ofcourse easier than in in the Tour ITT, and a smaller part of the overall ITT, which in turn favors Pog taking more.

 

[sam6]

Totally obliterated by Ganna. No one will touch this time.

Pogi was 2nd behind Vingo in the 22km 2023 Tour ITT, and 1min 13 seconds ahead of Van Aert in third.

Given that
1. Pogi wasn't in top form for that day
2. Van Aert is a much better rider than Bjerg who is second atm
3. This ITT is almost twice as long

You would expect Pogi to be a lot more than that ahead of Bjerg. I'd expect Pogi to be around 2 minutes better than Bjerg. Ganna is 1min 39 ahead of Bjerg so I would say that Pogi has a good chance of beating that

 

[PetPaima]

I understand. My opinion is more based on that 4-man, 100 km team time trial being the ultimate cohesive endurance test of cycling which should have never been scrapped for all the worthless circus disciplines of MTB, Cyclo-cross etc.

I hold no hope for that discipline ever returning to UCI Championship programme so having it once in 4 years (Olympic years???) in a Tour (or at least Giro/Vuelta) would be a best possible salute for a more noble history of sport.

 

[Nick2413]

Pog won’t empty himself, I expect Ganna to take it.

 

[yaf]

9, I think.

Takes 1:39min on Bjerg. Will be really difficult to beat even for Pogačar.

Bjerg was controlling as well as pulling at the front almost half the stage yesterday. Pogacar should beat this by 30+ secs

 

[Escarabajo]

For reference, Pog took 33s out of Van Aert in the Combloux ITT despite Van Aert doing a negative split.

Here the final climb is ofcourse easier than in in the Tour ITT, and a smaller part of the overall ITT, which in turn favors Pog taking more.

He won't take 30 seconds, no way. Ganna went too deep at the end and climb is not as long.

 

[Red Rick]

Pogi was 2nd behind Vingo in the 22km 2023 Tour ITT, and 1min 13 seconds ahead of Van Aert in third.

Given that
1. Pogi wasn't in top form for that day
2. Van Aert is a much better rider than Bjerg who is second atm
3. This ITT is almost twice as long

You would expect Pogi to be a lot more than that ahead of Bjerg. I'd expect Pogi to be around 2 minutes better than Bjerg. Ganna is 1min 39 ahead of Bjerg so I would say that Pogi has a good chance of beating that

Combloux ITT was much hillier overall, so the comparison isn't that good.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Luke Plapp is very motivated…

 

[Brullnux]

Pogi was 2nd behind Vingo in the 22km 2023 Tour ITT, and 1min 13 seconds ahead of Van Aert in third.

Given that
1. Pogi wasn't in top form for that day
2. Van Aert is a much better rider than Bjerg who is second atm
3. This ITT is almost twice as long

You would expect Pogi to be a lot more than that ahead of Bjerg. I'd expect Pogi to be around 2 minutes better than Bjerg. Ganna is 1min 39 ahead of Bjerg so I would say that Pogi has a good chance of beating that

Totally different TTs, Combloux had like no flat road and this is 34km of pure TT power, where Bjerg is pretty good.