Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 17: Bassano del Grappa – Madonna di Campiglio 203 km

[titan31]

At least those helicopter views are nice

 

[dicanio_michael]

Kelderman might not had the legs today, if not it was a perfect scenerio to attack.

 

[BlueRoads]

Okay, serious analysis now: Why did Kelderman close that?

 

[Red Rick]

Is Kelderman a bit dense? Serious question.

Yeah he doesn't seem like the sharpest tool in the shed in interviews

 

[RedheadDane]

Did Hatch just say that Hart was "trying for that third place"? Coz... eh... he (Hatch) seems to have forgotten about a few guys:

1	O'CONNOR Ben	NTT Pro Cycling	100	80	5:50:59
2	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain - McLaren	40	50	0:31
3	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	20	35	1:10
4	ZAKARIN Ilnur	CCC Team	12	25	1:13
5	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama - FDJ	4	18	1:55
6	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto Soudal		15	2:49
7	VILLELLA Davide	Movistar Team		12	3:29
8	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	Astana Pro Team		10	,,
9	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	NTT Pro Cycling		8	3:30
10	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits		6	4:32
11	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	INEOS Grenadiers		5	5:11
12	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb		4	,,
13	MAJKA Rafał	BORA - hansgrohe		3	,,
14	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb		2	,,
15	ALMEIDA João	Deceuninck - Quick Step		1	,,
16	BILBAO Pello	Bahrain - McLaren			,,
17	KONRAD Patrick	BORA - hansgrohe			,,

 

[movingtarget]

Nice win for O'Connor.

 

[Red Rick]

Okay, serious analysis now: Why did Kelderman close that?

Nibali mindgames

 

[roundabout]

3rd on GC,I'd guess, not on the stage

 

[46&twoWheels]

hurt: 2020 Giro (?)

 

[BlackWhiteEagle]

When the only timeloss in the top10 is a 1 second (he wont recover from that, probably will end his career) for Masnada who was working for the majority of the last climb that says something about the stage... That was lame

 

[Red Rick]

Guys.

I'm still don't know if Sestriere is a harder climb than this one or not

 

[spalco]

Gods, i now really hope almeida wins the race to teach the others a lesson. Or would keldermann winning be a bigger joke?

Maybe pernie can take 10 minutes tomorrow.

 

[Luthor]

Congrats O'Connor but underwhelming stage given the profile. Giro has been disappointing so far, Stelvio better deliver.

 

[JosefK]

Brutal final 2 kilometers at 2% gradient.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Did Hatch just say that Hart was "trying for that third place"? Coz... eh... he (Hatch) seems to have forgotten about a few guys:

1	O'CONNOR Ben	NTT Pro Cycling	100	80	5:50:59
2	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain - McLaren	40	50	0:31
3	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	20	35	1:10
4	ZAKARIN Ilnur	CCC Team	12	25	1:13
5	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama - FDJ	4	18	1:55
6	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto Soudal		15	2:49
7	VILLELLA Davide	Movistar Team		12	3:29
8	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	Astana Pro Team		10	,,
9	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	NTT Pro Cycling		8	3:30
10	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits		6	4:32
11	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	INEOS Grenadiers		5	5:11
12	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb		4	,,
13	MAJKA Rafał	BORA - hansgrohe		3	,,
14	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb		2	,,
15	ALMEIDA João	Deceuninck - Quick Step		1	,,
16	BILBAO Pello	Bahrain - McLaren			,,
17	KONRAD Patrick	BORA - hansgrohe			,,

He did, but a few seconds earlier did mention the ‘one second from the podium’ comment.

 

[Red Rick]

Madonna di Campiglio has to bee one of the most useless MTFs around, at least Montevergine usually only gets used durning the first week.

Sestriere tho

 

[Krokro]

Am i watching another race? It's a group with 1 aging GT winner. The pace has been barely fast enough to keep them awake all day.

Another race?

Please. Keldermann, Birdsong, Pozzo, Majka and Nibali are quality riders, aren't they? Or I might have missed something in the sport?
They are following the wheel of an average dom. I know some of them are not that young anymore but come on. Keldermann counter attacked Hindley. I'm just saying this is a very very sad show.

 

[BlueRoads]

Gods, i now really hope almeida wins the race to teach the others a lesson.

That's what I am thinking. But it's nonsense, they don't learn a lesson, they just try to save even more energy each day they don't feel strong enough to be sure an attack will stick.

 

[Mayomaniac]

McNulty missing from the maglia rosa group if I'm not mistaken.

Yes, he came in over 1:30 later, looking at what is still to come tomorrow...

 

[woodburn]

McNulty missing from the maglia rosa group if I'm not mistaken.

Not surprising in his first GT after never doing race longer than one week and longest was as a junior. Still very encouraged.

How far back was he?

 

[RedheadDane]

He did, but a few seconds earlier did mention the ‘one second from the podium’ comment.

Well, the first part - the "one second from podium" is true - the other part... not so much. Didn't we see several of the riders from the break finish?

 

[Bolder]

Okay, serious analysis now: Why did Kelderman close that?

Classic "ladder" attack: Hindley goes, Almeida follows and lets down his guard. Kellerman then vaults over the top and into pink.

Or something like that.

 

[dicanio_michael]

After Etna I thought weak field = chaos every mountain stage. Turns out its the opposite, everyone is terrified of going deep and cracking.

If this is the case, no one will attack at the Stelvio and everyone waiting for the last climb tmr.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Well, the first part - the "one second from podium" is true - the other part... not so much. Didn't we see several of the riders from the break finish?

Still true, he was trying for that 3rd place (on GC).

I can see how confusing it could be, that was a long stage to watch with little to no action.

 

[SafeBet]

Not surprising in his first GT after never doing race longer than one week and longest was as a junior. Still very encouraged.

How far back was he?

1'39" behind the maglia rosa.