Giro d'Italia 2020, stage 13: Cervia – Monselice 192 km

[TourOfSardinia]

Stage

 

[Escarabajo]

Sagan's only chances are stages 16 and 19. Stage 19 would be hard because Demare could beat him again.

 

[JosefK]

GC lead gonna grow some more tomorrow?

 

[Red Rick]

Sagan's only chances are stages 16 and 19. Stage 19 would be hard because Demare could beat him again.

Stage 16 is too hard for Sagan normally.

 

[Keram]

QS managed to beat Sagan for points jersey at two GTs this year. This is the stage where Sagan probably lost ciclamino. Thanks god he has that one win.

 

[ppanther92]

Oh man, so close for Konrad. The guy still hasn't won a stage of a race since a victory in the prestigious Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux in 2014.

But a good bet for most top 10s without a win year after year.

 

[Escarabajo]

Stage 16 is too hard for Sagan normally.

So his best chance is to ride within the time limit because Demare could be eliminated in one of those hard stages.

 

[Leinster]

Almeida could win this. DQS might ride

It was a great ride by them, they’re really showing themselves to be as strong as any team in the race. To have 4 men in that group is really impressive. Almeida might be taking a little on himself a couple times, so we’ll see about that tomorrow.

 

[Red Rick]

So his best chance is to ride within the time limit because Demare could be eliminated in one of those hard stages.

Time limits are a joke on the mountain stages, so I think the points jersey is over.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Oh man, so close for Konrad. The guy still hasn't won a stage of a race since a victory in the prestigious Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux in 2014.

I have no idea why he's the only climber with a decent sprint to never win anything.

 

[richwallone]

Pretty good summary... Especially agree on the 2nd point:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1317107452987531265

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1317107452987531265

 

[Leinster]

Stage 16 is too hard for Sagan normally.

If the first sprint is for points, it’s achievable for Sagan. I think a lot will come down to where those intermediates are located. Similarly to the Tour.

 

[Screecher]

Time limits are a joke on the mountain stages, so I think the points jersey is over.

Demare deserves the jersey. He is the best sprinter here.

 

[movingtarget]

Viviani wins his first sprint this year

I was impressed............by his effort.

 

[trevim]

He's after The Amazing Race To Most Top 10 Without A Win.
Six so far this giro and he was doing pretty well beforehand.
Hope he bows out of that completion with the maglia rosa.

That would be some very rude and indignant behaviour towards "The Amazing Race To Most Top 10 Without A Win" mythical competition.

 

[richwallone]

Aaaand the photo finish:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1317107306526609411

View: https://twitter.com/inrng/status/1317107306526609411

 

[movingtarget]

Stage goes to the Italian Valverde!

Steady on....................

 

[richwallone]

Demare deserves the jersey. He is the best sprinter here.

As much as I like Sagan, I have no problem with Demare winning the ciclamino jersey... He's is the sprinter of this year's Giro!

 

[trevim]

It was a great ride by them, they’re really showing themselves to be as strong as any team in the race. To have 4 men in that group is really impressive. Almeida might be taking a little on himself a couple times, so we’ll see about that tomorrow.

It's a good point but with bonus seconds on the line, perhaps it's a little tricky to balance the "save yourself" from "don't loose seconds".

 

[ppanther92]

Aaaand the photo finish:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1317107306526609411

View: https://twitter.com/inrng/status/1317107306526609411

Thank you!

 

[SafeBet]

Pretty good summary... Especially agree on the 2nd point:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1317107452987531265

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1317107452987531265

Almeida got 6 bonus seconds so I don't really understand the point. They had every reason to ride.

 

[Brumdog66]

Demare deserves the jersey. He is the best sprinter here.

So Sagan should have 0 green jerseys rather than 7?

 

[Tucs2]

Well if Almeida proves to be able to be with the best in the hard mountains days (no one really knows, not even himself) I guess the other GC contenders can always attack him in the 4th week.

 

[Berflamand]

Almeida got 6 bonus seconds so I don't really understand the point. They had every reason to ride.

Exactly, especially as Almeida comes really close to the victory, it was just a matter of centimeters. This shows the team has a lot of trust in him.

If every team who works hard to bring their sprinter/leader in the best possible conditions to a sprint finish, only to finish second on the stage, is seen as gifting the stage to the winner then there are a whole lot of gifts in cycling.

 

[Bolder]

Those last climbs were just a smidge too hard for Sagan. I think coming into the sprint he was only about 20 seconds behind.

Nice to see the sun, too.