Giro d'Italia 2020, stage 14: Conegliano – Valdobbiadene 34.1 km ITT

[SafeBet]

Brandle destroying the Vini Zabu TTT.

 

[RedheadDane]

Uhm... Vini Zabu... whatyadoing?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Vini riders mistaking the race for Duo Normand there

 

[SafeBet]

My question was honest, no irony intended. At this level I think it's a fair question.

It's a completely different effort compared to a road stage. For instance Brandle has been in the red for 35% of his time trial thus far (Velon info). It's much harder to recovery from such an effort. Brandle will obviously have the privilege of taking it easy tomorrow, the GC guys won't.

That said, I'd be curious to know if Fuglsang's take is shared by other (past and present) GC riders. I always believed they would go all out during the TTs and then hope they can recover.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Btw, Nibali said the same thing. Can a 34km TT be so hard on the legs? I mean, this guys usually ride hundreds per day.

A 34 k TT is like doing a 34 k solo break, but doing it on a far heavier bike, in a far more uncomfortable position, while pushing far more Watts...... and when doing it 2/3 through a GT, you are already heavily fatigued.

 

[SafeBet]

Molano crashed hard on the barriers. He had a cut on his right hand. He might have trouble with the time limit since it took him a long time to get back on the bike.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Brandle taking a air tow from a car back there.

 

[Rollthedice]

Ciccone out of the Giro. Bronchitis.

 

[SafeBet]

Brändle, Dowsett and Campenaerts all very close at the first intermediate.

Brändle with the first meaningful time at the finish: 45'23".
Will Ganna go under 44'?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

What happened to Morton? Slower than Molano at the first 2 timechecks.

 

[Red Rick]

Brändle, Dowsett and Campenaerts all very close at the first intermediate.

Brändle with the first meaningful time at the finish: 45'23".
Will Ganna go under 44'?

My money is on no.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Dennis could go under 40 with that speed

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Cerny Stronk

 

[SafeBet]

My money is on no.

OK maybe Dennis will though.
51 seconds faster than Brändle at first check!

 

[TomLPC]

 

[Red Rick]

OK maybe Dennis will though.
51 seconds faster than Brändle at first check!

Can I take my money back?

 

[Fuente De]

Didn't they have a significant tailwind in the end then? Like Contador had like 20th time at first intermediate then finished 17s down in the end?

Didn't early starters have much better conditions and later riders had to face some quite some heavy rain, also? I always remembered that Alberto was smashing that TT and likely would have won if it wasn't for the change in conditions.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What happened to Morton? Slower than Molano at the first 2 timechecks.

The crash probably happened after the second timecheck, cause he's 7 minutes behind Morton at the third.

 

[Gigs_98]

Ciccone out of the Giro. Bronchitis.

Guy can't catch a break

 

[TomLPC]

Rohan -28 at the inter

 

[Red Rick]

Guy can't catch a break

Nah but when he catches a break he gets dropped from it.

 

[sir fly]

Cictor Vampenaerts for now...

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Molano outside the time cut

 

[Mayomaniac]

According to the Rai guys on the motobike Ganna is riding an 58x11 gear right now.

 

[SafeBet]

Dennis is flying today.