Giro d'Italia Giro d’Italia 2024, Stage 9: Avezzano – Napoli, 214.0k

[Peyroteo94]

So cringe this interviewer with Voigt

 

[zlev11]

that felt like the last stage of a grand tour to me. today shouldve been a super hard hilly stage.

 

[Sciatic]

that felt like the last stage of a grand tour to me. today shouldve been a super hard hilly stage.

Are you not entertained?

 

[yaco]

Great win by Kooij, albeit two years too late. Alpecin's tactics during the Giro have been baffling at best and dumb at worst.

 

[Red Rick]

Overall far harder and more suited to an early break, but only a single climb in the last 30 km. I think there's a fair chance (10-20 %) that it is won from the peloton.

There's just so little space to pace flats to control a breakaway between 150 and 50km to go I really don't see how a strong break doesn't stay away.

It's a lot harder than Napoli '22 and that went to the break unconstested. In fact, I don't think I remember a single stage as hard overall that went to a bunch sprint.

 

[zlev11]

Are you not entertained?

no, that *** was boring.

 

[Netserk]

There's just so little space to pace flats to control a breakaway between 150 and 50km to go I really don't see how a strong break doesn't stay away.

It's a lot harder than Napoli '22 and that went to the break unconstested. In fact, I don't think I remember a single stage as hard overall that went to a bunch sprint.

Napoli last year?

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Narvaez is in pretty amazing form considering his interrupted prep for this race. Beating Pog on stage 1, won the group sprint on the white roads stage, in the mountains break yesterday and now this ride today. I think there's only one other rider here who could have got anywhere near winning today from a solo attack

 

[AnotherArmChair]

So cringe this interviewer with Voigt

Whose is that Danish interviewer guy ? ...he gets on my wick

Sound like he is presiding and commenting over the funeral of the queen of England with his drawn out breathlessness and over deference style

We have enough faux intensity and 'poetic' overkill from Rob Hatch in every stage ...do we need more of this from him ?

 

[DJO]

I only saw the last 4km, out on my bike all day. I enjoyed what I saw.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

I only saw the last 4km, out on my bike all day. I enjoyed what I saw.

Watched the last 35k and that was entertaining I thought. The rest was a flat stage, I don't know what one would expect to happen, other than a more interesting formation of the initial break.

 

[Brullnux]

that felt like the last stage of a grand tour to me. today shouldve been a super hard hilly stage.

There were like 30km worth of attacks. The only last stage aspect about it was Pogacar leading out Molano.

 

[Blanco]

Etertaining finale once again. These intermediate stages are delivering every single time this year.

Great attacks from Alaphilippe, Costiou and Narvaez! I really thought the latter would make it. Another heartbreak in Napoli after De Marchi/Clarke last year.
Even greater to see the Maglia Rosa up there as a leadout. That's what the tifosi love!

Leadout for who?

 

[Salvarani]

Leadout for who?

Molano, who came third.

 

[DJO]

Watched the last 35k and that was entertaining I thought. The rest was a flat stage, I don't know what one would expect to happen, other than a more interesting formation of the initial break.

How can you not be entertained by seeing the race leader leading out for his sprinter? Today was a rest day for the GC and we got the race we would have expected. As you say the BOTD wasn't all that, but still.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Leadout for who?

Molano, who finishe 3rd.
He said he wanted help his friend win the stage in the interview, and that he's happy to help when the occasion arises.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

How can you not be entertained by seeing the race leader leading out for his sprinter? Today was a rest day for the GC and we got the race we would have expected. As you say the BOTD wasn't all that, but still.

Is that a general question? If yes: I don't know it either. Attacks, daring moves, Pogileadout, extremly close catch of the last attacker, a few meters before the line. That's all pretty decent, also the big favourite got beaten (which apparently he is a bit good at)

 

[Red Rick]

Napoli last year?

Hardest climb, while still a tempo climb, at 110km from the finish. Plus it's in the first week when it's easier to control breaks than in week 2.

The right sprinters nor the right domestiques to turn that stage into a sprint are there

 

[search]

He said he wanted help his friend win the stage in the interview, and that he's happy to help when the occasion arises.

what me meant to say is, that he was happy to bring back the guy who destroyed his "all Giro in pink" record .

 

[search]

Krieger listed as DNF. He must be the Tudor guy who crashed over the rolling bottle in the final descent.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

what me meant to say is, that he was happy to bring back the guy who destroyed his "all Giro in pink" record .

Speculation. Pogacar doesn't stike me as a spiteful guy. He's a racer, and I think he understands well that also means loosing and that not every dream comes to be real in the end.

 

[Rob5091]

If he's bored (and Mikkel Bjerg oks it) I reckon a leadout for Molano!

PCS https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/2024/stage-9/live

POGAČAR Tadej (UAE Team Emirates) is doing the lead-out for MOLANO Juan Sebastián (UAE Team Emirates).

Remember where you read it first!

 

[AmRacer]

Sprint teams did all job today, UAE did nothing. Pogacar helped them sprint for the win.

 

[Netserk]

Speculation. Pogacar doesn't stike me as a spiteful guy. He's a racer, and I think he understands well that also means loosing and that not every dream comes to be real in the end.

I don't think a retaliation like that implies being spiteful. And when not doing interviews or posting on insta - but while on a bike - he strikes me as a killer. (and that is meant as praise)

 

[Rob5091]

If the sprinters want this (regardless of how Mikkel Bjerg feels) then a 2 man breakaway and all together before the lumpy bits near the finish.

Who guessed that right? Oh yeah, I did!