Giro d'Italia 2020, stage 10: Lanciano – Tortoreto 177 km

[Broccolidwarf]

Sagan beat FDJ

 

[tobydawq]

Amazing! Sagan's best win of the season!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

FDJ will be giving more than just a Sinkeldam now

 

[yaco]

Sagan's pursuit of the Sprinter's jersey has lead to exciting stages in the TDF and the Giro.

 

[Eclipse]

Why in theory do the Peleton have to follow FDJ? Why cant they let them TTT up to the break if they don't want to hard pedal?

I guess it's just risk / reward. You kind of need blanket agreement that you're going to let them go. If DQS let them roll off the front and Pozzovivo and Bilbao say 'i'm going to try jump and sneak on the back' then they have to bury themselves whereas now the pace is high but they have no responsibility or worry.

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Chase over, the break's away!

Commentator saying it's 1-0 to Sagan?? It's more like Demare 3 - 0 but Sagan has a corner..

 

[Faserr]

Sagan really did a hard pull when the gap was at 18 sec. Nice wok.

 

[sir fly]

Big blow for FDJ.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Amazing that the rest of the break were willing to fight with Sagan rather than tell him to get lost.

 

[luckyboy]

Démare will still have the jersey tonight and there are 3 possible sprints in the next 3 days, where he's a lot better than Sagan anyway. Don't know why they were so worried today.

 

[tobydawq]

Démare will still have the jersey tonight and there are 3 possible sprints in the next 3 days, where he's a lot better than Sagan anyway. Don't know why they were so worried today.

Démare is definitely not coming to the finish on Thursday or Friday.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Amazing that the rest of the break were willing to fight with Sagan rather than tell him to get lost.

Ganna was constantly talking to Sagan, probably to get him to drop

 

[yaco]

Amazing that the rest of the break were willing to fight with Sagan rather than tell him to get lost.

It was Sagan and Ganna who started the break long before the others joined.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

For the life of me, I cannot understand why nobody went up the road, when FDJ gave up and the gap was below a minute.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Not sure if he could outsprint him but at least try to disturb the organization in the break and try to contest it at least. You never know with Sagan sprinting tactics/abilities those days haha.

We can now say he should have definitely stayed with the break. Hindsight is 20/20

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Who do you think will get first and third today?

 

[luckyboy]

Démare is definitely not coming to the finish on Thursday or Friday.

Maybe not Thursday but he can be at the finish on Friday. Look at the profiles of when he finished 1-2 at Wallonie, Luxembourg, Poitou-Charentes, National Championships...

 

[sir fly]

For the life of me, I cannot understand why nobody went up the road, when FDJ gave up and the gap was below a minute.

Not an easy task to dig in after the chase.

 

[tobydawq]

For the life of me, I cannot understand why nobody went up the road, when FDJ gave up and the gap was below a minute.

I think people were pretty gassed and relieved to get a breather. It wasn't exactly an easy gap to close as evidenced by the failed chase.

 

[tobydawq]

Maybe not Thursday but he can be at the finish on Friday. Look at the profiles of when he finished 1-2 at Wallonie, Luxembourg, Poitou-Charentes, National Championships...

4 kms at 8 percent and 2 at 10? No way if Bora drill it.

 

[Breh]

Démare will still have the jersey tonight and there are 3 possible sprints in the next 3 days, where he's a lot better than Sagan anyway. Don't know why they were so worried today.

"Alot"

While he's probably slightly stronger, one sprint was a matter of milimeters, the other sprint Sagan barely even contested and in the last one Démare would've been DQ'ed if he was Sagan.

 

[tobydawq]

Too late UAE. Too much quality in the front. But what a stage.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

I think people were pretty gassed and relieved to get a breather. It wasn't exactly an easy gap to close as evidenced by the failed chase.

The break stopped pulling at the same time, and everyone was having an eat/pee break, so someone could easily have made it across.

 

[Eclipse]

So Ganna is clearly going to try grab another here but when will he try go? Does he back his climbing in the company of the others or does he make a bigger solo effort? Just after the 2nd intermediate looks a good option as you'd think he needs to make a difference before the really steep stuff but it's a long way out

 

[Broccolidwarf]

UAE to the front indicates, that they want to keep the gap low, for Ulissi to attack later on..... we might also see Bjerg give it a go.

 

[Red Rick]

So Ganna is clearly going to try grab another here but when will he try go? Does he back his climbing in the company of the others or does he make a bigger solo effort? Just after the 2nd intermediate looks a good option as you'd think he needs to make a difference before the really steep stuff but it's a long way out

The terrain is hard enough for a long solo attack IMO. If he has a gap nobody should really bring him back on the flats and I'm not sure who's better than him uphill here.