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

[Gigs_98]

My expectation. Nibali goes off on Stelvio, getting 2nd behind random breakaway rider, sowing it's still possible to win.

Agnello then gets canceled.

Spoiler

Yes I was asked to help D&D make seasn 8 of GoT worse but I did refuse that one and I had nothing to do with that

So you want to tell me Contador was Nibali's uncle all along but when they find out it adds nothing to the plot?????

 

[Red Rick]

So you want to tell me Contador was Nibali's uncle all along but when they find out it adds nothing to the plot?????

Well I do think that Kelderman has about as much charisma as King Bran

 

[Eclipse]

Well I do think that Kelderman has about as much charisma as King Bran

Dutch fans hoping he has better legs than him...

meanwhile Nibali fans are looking for tower windows...

'the things I do for sharks'

 

[The Barb]

Zakarin has this written all over it.

I agree, although I was hoping for a better price than is on offer. Dry roads and the trickier descents being far from the finish should mean his hopelessness downhill doesn't cost him.

Dennis at 100-1 (price shorter now) was the best value for me by far. Has very good legs right noe and very few in a break would be capable of dropping him on the last climb.

 

[movingtarget]

Zakarin has this written all over it.

I am predicting an up and down stage for Zakarin...............

 

[solo80k]

Dennis at 100-1 (price shorter now) was the best value for me by far. Has very good legs right noe and very few in a break would be capable of dropping him on the last climb.

De Gendt is a safer bet at 17-1 (maybe you can find better odds). Also Ganna can be interesting since last climb suits his power climbing ability.

 

[SafeBet]

My expectation. Nibali goes off on Stelvio, getting 2nd behind random breakaway rider, sowing it's still possible to win.

Agnello then gets canceled.

That's surely the worst case scenario for the Nibali thread.
A ton of hype for what could have happened and high expectations for next year's Giro.

 

[Rollthedice]

That's surely the worst case scenario for the Nibali thread.
A ton of hype for what could have happened and high expectations for next year's Giro.

At least we'll agree he's not finished yet.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Fun fact: If Visconti wins the climbers jersey Scinto will dye his hair blue before the final ITT in Milan.

 

[Jan the Man]

Tough stage although I don’t expect GC action until the final climb. Still given the length and amount of climbing which precedes the finale it would not surprise me to see some decent gaps on the final climb if a team like Sunweb is willing to take control. The risk is that everyone has an eye towards tomorrow’s stage instead.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

The winner will probably come from the break. Maybe Harm Vanhoucke.

Hagen said in an interview that today or Stelvio is the days he'll go all in for the break. So then probably he's gonna get in the break, look great on the first two climbs and then being dropped by non-climbers on Durone....

 

[baojoao]

As a Portuguese i hope for a glorius day for us. Almeida kkeping the maglia rosa and Gerreiro taking the mountains classification,
I would go for a wictory from a rider from the break, but there are a lot of guys that need to recover the lost time, like Nibali, Fuglsang, Pozzovivo. But to do so, they can't wait on the last climb.
It may be my heart speaking instead of my brain, but for me João Almeida is the main contender right now, and the mais rivals are Hindley and Tao. I don't know why, but i think Keldermen is loosing some gas. But the truth is that stelvio stage can be tricky for these three young rides.

 

[Cookster15]

Hopefully Jai Hindley gives this another big shake. He's riding for Kelderman so sadly not sure we get to see what he could actually do if not left on the front. Final climb looks quite easy on paper so I think Sunweb might want to whittle down the lead group before Madonna di Campiglio?

What is the weather forecast for tomorrow? If a shortened stage then maybe that force more action by GC teams on this stage?

 

[F_Cance]

early action today due to the rumoured route changes for stage 20?

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Can't remember where I heard it, but I think an alternative route has been planned for well in advance, which has the same amount of climbing meters.

 

[Rollthedice]

Can't remember where I heard it, but I think an alternative route has been planned for well in advance, which has the same amount of climbing meters.

Plan B for that stage is rumored to be ***t.

 

[SafeBet]

Can't remember where I heard it, but I think an alternative route has been planned for well in advance, which has the same amount of climbing meters.

The alternative route is a walk in the park for a pro.

 

[SKSemtex]

I wonder if Bora can do something with the fact they have Majka and Konrad sill in.

 

[Skalman]

Really Hope Almeida can hold on today, and i think he will.
He looked fresh yesterday and yesterday was a really calm stage and before that, the rest day so i think he will be in pink tomorrow also.

 

[Forever The Best]

The alternative route is a walk in the park for a pro.

Yeah, it will be a very easy stage. They could have done Finestre, but they are not doing it either.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Ah, ok, thanks.
26km ridden in the first 30 minutes according to PCS.

 

[SafeBet]

Ah, ok, thanks.
26km ridden in the first 30 minutes according to PCS.

Yep, everyone wants to be in the break.
From the images I've seen a few GC teams are trying to sneak in, especially NTT.

 

[Red Rick]

We might miss the fun on Forcella Valbona then.

Or a break goes and the peloton just drops 15 minutes on that climb to a boring breakaway

 

[Forever The Best]

I guess nothing will happen today apart from some small gaps at the final climb, then Stelvio will be good bringing lots of hype before the Agnello/Izoard cancellation makes the rest a damp squib.

 

[SafeBet]

Break: Caicedo, Bais, Cataldo, Villella, Armée.
They have 30 seconds on the peloton. Valbona will start soon.