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

[Climbing]

Completely insignificant sprint, though surprising Nibali held there with no problems.

 

[Netserk]

Can the Italians here sabotage the road to Pinzolo so that they have to go over Daone tomorrow?

 

[Red Rick]

Completely insignificant sprint, though surprising Nibali held there with no problems.

That's just Nibali going faster in the 7th hour than in the 5th hour.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

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

Not becauseof the two seconds. But how he looked on Sunday, and seeing how he performs today as well.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

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

He beat Valverde, Aranburu, Trentin, Gaudu... in an uphill sprint in Burgos. So not really that surprising. Maybe he hoped for a bit more than 2 seconds.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Not becauseof the two seconds. But how he looked on Sunday, and seeing how he performs today as well.

he was 2nd on Sunday... Yes a real sign he will fall off the podium.

I mean, I'm all for Wilco failing somewhere, it is very likely. But not on the basis of sunday and today. That's some *** up logic.

 

[johnymax]

He beat Valverde, Aranburu, Trentin, Gaudu... in an uphill sprint in Burgos. So not really that surprising. Maybe he hoped for a bit more than 2 seconds.

I was surprised he decided to make an attack when it was looking like the peloton was on a Sunday ride.

 

[Lequack]

Great win today and some great racing, even though the GC guys had more of a rest day

 

[roundabout]

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)

I don't think Madeleine was very hyped. At least I don't remember it.

Bondone at 85km to go with Stelvio on the next day. I just don't see anything happening and that is also probably the reasoning for the people who don't discuss Bondone.

Edit: and somewhat on the contrary, having Bondone tomorrow gives something for people to discuss, so despite probably not changing the outcome of the stage, it has not been forgotten

 

[jfazendeiro]

Kelderman appeared to be stronger on 1st week.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Kelderman confirms he was not surprised Almeida went. And said the 2s today don't matter as tomorrow, thursday is gonna be minutes.

 

[italoc]

I don't think Madeleine was very hyped. At least I don't remember it.

Bondone at 85km to go with Stelvio on the next day. I just don't see anything happening and that is also probably the reasoning for the people who don't discuss Bondone.

Edit: and somewhat on the contrary, having Bondone tomorrow gives something for people to discuss, so despite probably not changing the outcome of the stage, it has not been forgotten

But I think I agree with you (and perhaps wasn't very clear in my previous posts). I also struggle to see anything happening tomorrow, for two main reasons, with the first being even more important than the second: a) the rest of the stage is too easy b) Stelvio the next day.

What I mean is: Bondone would have been one of the top three hardest climbs in the Tour, so people would have at least complained that it was wasted being placed in that part of the stage and in that stage. In the Giro, I have seen very few people even mentioning it, because it's so full of long hard climbs in the final week that, you know, it doesn't matter too much.

For one, I am very interested in the first kms of the stage tomorrow. The two first climbs are such a lovely combination. Let's see how things go.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

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