Giro dell'Emilia 2023, one day race, September 30

[staubsauger]

How can a guy called Riccardo Lucca finish last in this race?

Combining Riccardo Riccò and Danilo di Luca on the San Luca climb seems pretty perfect...

I mean even Chris Froome wasn't exactly Vroome, Vroome! on this climb!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Only one post from you during the race, which was quite brief by your standards.
I can only assume you must have been busy attending the Lotte Kopecky Fan Day in Gent


I was celebrating my niece's birthday and didn't have time to watch it live.
The Slovenians did their things, with Roglič winning once again. A pretty decent result for young Piganzoli.

Peter Sagan retires from road cycling tomorrow. I have a whole festival to organise.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

So many big names who DNF. Incredible. Probably taken out, because too far back.

A shame, anyways: even CT „Emilia something“ riders finished the race.

Emilia might not be Lombardia, but is a nice race, with amazing palmares. So I would have expected many of the „DNF stars“ to ride fast enough to finish it. 200kms, so a valuable training for next Saturday.

More than 42.2kms/hr average, so a fast edition. Top pro road cycling has become incredibly fast. More than 3000 vertical meters. In the past, you would have had a winning average of 38 or 39kms/hr, here.

Every race, they race as if it‘s Road World Championships…

 

[Lequack]

Peter Sagan retires from road cycling tomorrow. I have a whole festival to organise.

He's younger than Roglic.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1708155673781870683

View: https://twitter.com/SpoelJo/status/1708155673781870683

 

[Lequack]

Anyway UAE tactic should've been to attack with Yates, not make him set pace for no reason. Make others chase. Just setting a tempo for everyone makes no sense, this isn't an alpine climb where you can outpace everyone.

 

[Dk one]

https://www.raiplay.it/video/2023/09/Ciclismo---Giro-dell-Emilia-femminile---30-09-2023-eb0ec095-d8d8-4c43-8876-e9511f5727cc.html
Mathew Mitchell just posted a link for the last 20-25 k of the women’s race on twitter (you need to register for rai though, but no vpn needed). CUL having one of those days..

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Peter Sagan retires from road cycling tomorrow. I have a whole festival to organise.

Why do you hate even the fun ones?

 

[Blanco]

It's amazing how bad are UAE at tactics? Surely they can hire someone and start to implement decent tactics? Are they going to do the same in Lombardia? Wait for a Pog-Rogla-Remco sprint?

Yep.

 

[Blanco]

I think Pogacar fancies his chances in a sprint vs Roglic in Lombardia. It’s flat after a slight downhill isn’t it?

He fancied his chances here as well, otherwise they would've rode differently, they had the numbers...

 

[Blanco]

When he looked like he’d be dropped on every climb in TA if Pog or Vinge was there and outsmarted Evenepoel in Cataluyna? Roglic autumn > Roglic spring

He might have been able to beat Pog in GW due to him having a better uphill sprint on the steep gradients.

I was being assured for more than a year that no one has a better uphill sprint than Pogacar...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

He fancied his chances here as well, otherwise they would've rode differently, they had the numbers...

Difference being that he had never finished better than third here, while he won last time round on this Lombardia route.

 

[Blanco]

Anyway UAE tactic should've been to attack with Yates, not make him set pace for no reason. Make others chase. Just setting a tempo for everyone makes no sense, this isn't an alpine climb where you can outpace everyone.

It makes sense when you think your leader is the strongest and the fastest of them all, but...

 

[Blanco]

Difference being that he had never finished better than third here, while he won last time round on this Lombardia route.

Maybe he felt he was in beter form this time, as I said they had the numbers, if he didn't felt that way, they would've rode differently I suppose.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

I was being assured for more than a year that no one has a better uphill sprint than Pogacar...

I wasnt one saying that but in general, it is possible to have the best upphill sprint and still be beaten sometimes.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Roglic happier now than after his wins in La Vuelta.

He showed he can beat Pogacar. This is important for him, at least to feel he still has a chance to compete with Vingegaard and Pog

 

[Red Rick]

He showed he can beat Pogacar. This is important for him, at least to feel he still has a chance to compete with Vingegaard and Pog

I think it's much more that all the uncertainty about his future is over. Not sure if he can leave teams, not sure if he should leave, etc. He's made his decision, got his new contract and if he doesn't win the Tour, he'll have tried. And I don't think it's a bad deal for him financially either.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Wanna bet on who becomes the best Slovenian?

I don't bet.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Peter Sagan retires from road cycling tomorrow. I have a whole festival to organise.

Only for G.R.O.P.S. members?

 

[CyclistAbi]

Congratulations to Primož Roglič for winning Giro dell'Emilia in a grand style.

Third win, bumping overall to 80, on one of the favourite Rogličes climbs, against a very strong field. And in what fashion. Pure strength and class. Was a good match with Pogi. Both finishing at top. Harper, Masnada animating, Yates brothers, Mas, Carapaz ... all strong. Pinot cheered. Really enjoyed this race.

As for remaining two races raced for JV, by Rogla. I don't know. It will be hard to beat Pogi or Remco at Lombardia. Then again it will be hard to beat Rogla at Lombardia.

Somehow i feel Rogla is in extreme form and it will be hard to beat him. One can always try.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Emiia don't matter at all in the grand scheme of things. Its a perfect one day race for Primoz. Lombardia is different, and so is a GT

 

[CyclistAbi]

@Valv.Piti

Yeah.

 

[Lequack]

Meanwhile bus left without Bardet

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1708230747062960380

View: https://twitter.com/DesilvestroVale/status/1708230747062960380

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Just watched the race.
A year ago I was convinced he would not return to same pinnacle performance as before.
Today he surely did. As indicated with GT win and other wins, but without his compatriot, beating on "home ground".
Bellissimo!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

He's younger than Roglic.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1708155673781870683

View: https://twitter.com/SpoelJo/status/1708155673781870683

Yea, but he also has a lot more miles on the clock than Roglič. He broke through young and has done a lot of racing since, while Rogla was a late starter. Rogla's only in his 11th season as a pro and his 8th at the WT level, whereas Sagan is in his 2nd at the ProTeam level after 12 as a WT pro and 13 as a pro outright. Plus, let's be real here, Sagan has dropped off hard the last couple of seasons. If you'd said five years ago that Sagan's retirement race would see no posts in either the thread about him or the existence of the race itself on the morning of it taking place, it would have been crazy talk, but here we are.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Even if it can help you on the Kemmelberg, I don't think this is the most important factor to win that race.

I meant FW and fat fingered.