Giro d'Italia 2020, stage 16: Udine › San Daniele del Friuli (229k)

[Samu Cuenca]

Nibali is bag!

But also well done by Almeida

 

[Red Rick]

Nibali being decent on murito

LOOKS LIKE IL GIRO IS BAG ON THE MENU BOIS

 

[Anybody_but..]

He will pay tomorrow.

 

[jnormanroach]

Love how Almeida rides

 

[spalco]

Always nice to see leader jersey attacks, props for that for whatever it's worth.

 

[Eclipse]

Almeida races like a winner. If it ever favours him he makes an effort even if it's only to gain a second or two and you have to appreciate that.

Definitely winning some classics before his career is over too

 

[johnymax]

And looks like he was the better climber, too... Slovenians are killing it this year!!!

He is not a better climber. He can just push better watts for a short period of time and had a more measured effort on the last climb so he saved more energy while O'Connor went into red trying to chase him down.

It's not just this year. The raise of Slovenian cycling has been gradual for the last 5 years or so. Even before if you followed more closely. Then of course comes Pogačar and we can end talking about gradual raise lol

 

[sir fly]

Nothing wrong with the stage design.
Want t to have a go? There you have it.

 

[johnymax]

Nice attack from Almeida. A bit surprising to be honest. Good stuff

 

[Carols]

Almeida showing some Panache and a clean set of wheels. Good for him!

Nibali looked pretty strong also

 

[Mayomaniac]

Did Nibali change back to his old crank length and got a visit by his acupuncturist like he did durning the 2016 Giro?

 

[Red Rick]

Shades of Avila 2015.

 

[richwallone]

He is not a better climber. He can just push better watts for a short period of time and had a more measured effort on the last climb so he saved more energy while O'Connor went into red trying to chase him down.

It's not just this year. The raise of Slovenian cycling has been gradual for the last 5 years or so. Even before if you followed more closely. Then of course comes Pogačar and we can end talking about gradual raise lol

Was a bit sarcastic but I didn't make it clear in my post...

 

[Red Rick]

Did Nibali change back to his old crank length and got a visit by his acupuncturist like he did durning the 2016 Giro?

No needle policy tho

 

[titan31]

He will pay tomorrow.

Tomorrow's now that bad tbf. Unless things go crazy or he cracks badly, the finishing climb is grand

 

[spalco]

Almeida races like a winner. If it ever favours him he makes an effort even if it's only to gain a second or two and you have to appreciate that.

Definitely winning some classics before his career is over too

Yeah. Not sure he's a GT winner except maaaybe under freak circumstances like this year, but he'll win lots of races for sure.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Back to the Rob Hatch fact of the day: is Tao still just a second off the podium ?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Almeida is the most explosive. No surprise at all he gains 2 seconds here.

Reminds me of Dumoulin vs Aru in 2015 when Dumo also gained a few seconds on Aru in a similar finish.
Didn't matter in the end.

2s is nothing, rest of the week will be minutes, except Friday

 

[Samu Cuenca]

No needle policy tho

Nibali can handle swords

 

[dicanio_michael]

Almeida spent energy attacking, but Krlderman also spent energy chasing. Everyone paid for tmr lol.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Don't think Wilco will podium in the end.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Shades of Avila 2015.

this is what i was referring too. Exactly my thoughts...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Don't think Wilco will podium in the end.

because he lost 2 seconds here? Boy some ppls'thinking...

 

[Red Rick]

It's literally a 2 minute effort. So much 'paying for that tomorrow' every GT that never happens.

 

[italoc]

Surely Bondone isn't harder than Col de la Madeleine

Madeleine was 17.1 km at 8.4%, Bondone from Aldeno is 22.5 at 6.4% (mostly because of 3 flattish kms in the middle of the climb). So yes, not as hard, but comparable, and that was a bit my point, not really much discussion on Bondone while Madeleine was very hyped.

(By the way it's not the regular Bondone side, which I agree, would be way easier than Madeleine)