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

[Eclipse]

Pern looks good, imagine if he'd not have made himself have a 40s chase in the first place...

 

[richwallone]

Pernsteiner, too, almost

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

Not much to see around here! Apart from the beautiful mountains

 

[broppo]

guerreiro is not going for stage wins anymore, for all you bettors out there, skip him!

 

[spalco]

Pernsteiner is just a mudslide or awkward railway crossing away from winning the Giro, what a year!

 

[richwallone]

The main peloton is still on their training ride

 

[trevim]

guerreiro is not going for stage wins anymore, for all you bettors out there, skip him!

A bit annoying though considering they are 8min clear... But I guess he really wants KOM now.

 

[Tour de Berghem]

8' 12" now....one minute more and Pernsteiner can be in pink with the bonus at finish

 

[richwallone]

It looks like everybody's tired, DQS just controlling the race and everybody's mind in the peloton is on tomorrow's suffering...

Yeah, it's gonna explode a bit in the peloton in like the last 2-3K before finish... Boring... Oh well, there is always Vuelta stage

 

[Krokro]

This is such a boring TDF..

 

[dercuforever]

It looks like everybody's tired, DQS just controlling the race and everybody's mind in the peloton is on tomorrow's suffering...

well if tomorrow they are still 100 10km from the stelvio summit, it won't be that hard....

 

[Eclipse]

As we all expected of today DQS are having to ride to protect pink.

What a day!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

To be fair, with the last climb being 12km at only 5%, this will play in the hands of Almeida. I suspect he's gonna gain seconds again being the most explosive one.

 

[SafeBet]

To be fair, with the last climb being 12km at only 5%, this will play in the hands of Almeida. I suspect he's gonna gain seconds again being the most explosive one.

Perfect tactics from the others then.

 

[johnymax]

A very meh stage so far. The only thing saving this stage is if Pernsteiner wears pink in the end.

 

[Oliver]

Unbelievable.. nothing happening in suchs a stage?

 

[dgodave]

A very meh stage so far. ...

Yeah. Even the buildings arent that great. The nature is rather nice tho.

 

[spalco]

Pernie out of the podium again

Could still be a really nice gain for him though.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Perfect tactics from the others then.

I am absolutely dumbfounded why Sunweb didn't pace on the harder climbs.

I can only think of one reason: Kelderman not feeling good?

 

[Scarponi]

How would the riders from 2006-2018 who had to deal with peak Contador and Froome look at these races? Riders like Basso, Cadel , Menchov , Scarponi having to deal with brutal attacks and watching the last two years crap.

 

[SafeBet]

Pernie out of the podium again

Could still be a really nice gain for him though.

I'm not even sure he will be inside the top10.

 

[Eclipse]

I am absolutely dumbfounded why Sunweb didn't pace on the harder climbs.

I can only think of one reason: Kelderman not feeling good?

Their DS apparently told ES they didn't think they could hurt him today....

Clearly presuming they bury him tomorrow but sounds ridiculous to me

 

[Pricey_sky]

Their DS apparently told ES they didn't think they could hurt him today....

Clearly presuming they bury him tomorrow but sounds ridiculous to me

Pretty much. He said it’ll all be about the final climb with one eye also on tomorrow’s stage.

 

[Red Rick]

Their DS apparently told ES they didn't think they could hurt him today....

Clearly presuming they bury him tomorrow but sounds ridiculous to me

DS don't realise it's allowed to drill *** before the last climb.

Especially considering Hindley rode Almeida off their wheel no biggie.

 

[richwallone]

Aren't these intermediate sprints for bonus seconds kind of pointless??? Did they ever matter in the Giro?