Giro d'Italia 2020, stage 15: Rivolto - Piancavallo 185 km

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Nibali looked awful today. If there are any attacks from Pozzo/Fulgsang tomorrow he can sink like Titanic.

Almeida will also pay the iron price for today's effort.

American from UAE will follow Pogacar's footsteps.

Sure, Nibali looked bad today, but what makes you think Fuglsang (who was downright horrible today) could drop him tomorrow? I mean sure it could happen, but there are no signs pointing in that direction.

 

[yaco]

I expect this to be a full on GC day - NTT and Sunweb will make it a hard stage which is bad news for the break.

 

[Breezy1985]

I used hate TTs but tomorrow is what they are for. Some riders have to attack now

 

[Anybody_but..]

If Almeida is still in pink after tomorrow then he has this in the bag.

Tomrrow will be, but not in the end of next week.

 

[Anybody_but..]

Tomorrow evening top 3:

1. Almeida
2. Kelderman
3. Majka/Pozzo

 

[topcat]

Tomorrow, I expect NTT to drill it, Pozzo to attack and only Nibali to follow. Microwave popcorn, in the bag.

 

[Blanco]

For me there are five riders left who could win this race: Almeida, Kelderman, Majka, Nibali and Pozzo. We'll see tomorrow how they go on serious mountain. Majka surprised me today, I think he could be very good on Piancavallo.

 

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[Samu Cuenca]

I wouldn't want to meet that guy in the water, let alone on a bike. Future bloodshed comfirmed.

 

[Lequack]

That looks like a second hand shark.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

That looks like a second hand shark.

You could argue, that just like Nibali's winning chances, it appears to have an oddly shaped crack in it.

 

[damian13ster]

Majka has the best helper in the race. If one of Almeida/Keldermen drop before Konrad does, Bora needs to sacrifice Konrad and put him to work. I hope that happens within first 4km of the climb. That, or Fuglsang attack is the best scenario for some action imho. I am also curious how Valter does. Good TT from him

 

[jnormanroach]

McNulty lost ~40 seconds on Etna to the GC contenders, not sure if he has any chance to hang on tomorrow.

 

[SarahtheDane]

I expect this to be a full on GC day - NTT and Sunweb will make it a hard stage which is bad news for the break.

Welcome to 2020, where NTT and Sunweb are mentioned as the strongest GC teams in a GT.

 

[Anybody_but..]

Majka has the best helper in the race. If one of Almeida/Keldermen drop before Konrad does, Bora needs to sacrifice Konrad and put him to work. I hope that happens within first 4km of the climb. That, or Fuglsang attack is the best scenario for some action imho. I am also curious how Valter does. Good TT from him

Konrad is not Majka's helper, will not be sacrificed until 18th/20th stage in any case.

 

[HelloDolly]

Kelderman and Sunweb have to ride for pink as who knows how long the Giro wil last ...this is his biggest chance to take the jersey

There maybe no 3rd week...there maybe no day after tomorrow...they all have to go for it or Almedia wins

 

[solo80k]

Sure, Nibali looked bad today, but what makes you think Fuglsang (who was downright horrible today) could drop him tomorrow? I mean sure it could happen, but there are no signs pointing in that direction.

I consider Fulgsang a horrible TTer so his poor result was expected. Am I wrong?

 

[Red Rick]

I don't see how Fuglsang can wait around.

 

[skippo12]

Majka has the best helper in the race. If one of Almeida/Keldermen drop before Konrad does, Bora needs to sacrifice Konrad and put him to work. I hope that happens within first 4km of the climb. That, or Fuglsang attack is the best scenario for some action imho. I am also curious how Valter does. Good TT from him

Konrad isn´t great on long climbs. Not sure if he is any better than Masnada, Pernsteiner or HIndley.

 

[Blanco]

Konrad is not Majka's helper, will not be sacrificed until 18th/20th stage in any case.

As of today he is.

 

[search]

well, if Kelderman and Almeida both get dropped, how big would that group then be? 5 riders?! If Konrad and Majka are both part of that group, sure, they they would probably send him to the front - but how likely is a situation like that to happen?

 

[bambino]

Sunweb and Bora are the ones with tactical options. Both could use 1-2 very capable Dom's (Oomen, Hindley, Conrad) on top of usual train and try to drop DQS Doms. However I'm not entirely sure they would be able to.

I think the best option for them is either wait for 3rd week tomorrow (Sunweb tactic), or attack with their #2 man early (Bora tactic) to make DQS work hard and burn their matches.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I consider Fulgsang a horrible TTer so his poor result was expected. Am I wrong?

He did 57 TT's in his professional career and never finished outside the top 30. He's no specialist, but i wouldn't exactly say he's a horrible TT'er.

 

[RedheadDane]

Welcome to 2020, where NTT and Sunweb are mentioned as the strongest GC teams in a GT.

Jumbo being mentioned among the strongest teams - if not the strongest - was crazy enough.

 

[Escarabajo]

Finally some real mountains. My prediction is that Gaviria, Sagan and Demare will drop early. About the rest I have no clue what is going to happen.