Giro d'Italia 2020, stage 18: Pinzolo - Laghi di Cancano 207 km

[Stilletto]

so mountains comp is making this a race

 

[Gigs_98]

Hofmadsjoch with the break still so close to the peloton could be deadly. That climb is really hard.

 

[Red Rick]

Any Trek riders in the break? They are important to give Nibali mental support when he catches and rides past them within five seconds on the Stelvio

No but they have installed the CN forum with a bad translation filter on his stem. Should work better

 

[Red Rick]

Hofmadsjoch with the break still so close to the peloton could be deadly. That climb is really hard.

How can Italian names of climbs be so beautiful and the German ones so ugly

 

[SafeBet]

Guerreiro, Dombrowski, Meintjes and a few other rirders attack from the peloton. Maglia rosa group instantly back to my grandma's pace.

 

[WKA311]

So, Ballerini pace until Stelvio?

 

[SafeBet]

So, Ballerini pace until Stelvio?

Yeah he's currently "pulling" while some of his teammates stopped for a toilet break.

Gap already close to 2'30". Guerreiro, Meintjes, ect bridged to the break.

 

[Sestriere]

Louis Meintjes winning the stage 10 seconds ahead of Nibali would be a fitting queens stage result for this Giro.

Edit: ok, maybe not, Sunweb means business

 

[Red Rick]

Louis Meintjes winning the stage 10 seconds ahead of Nibali would be a fitting queens stage result for this Giro.

As it is written, so shall it come to pass

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Louis Meintjes winning?

 

[Red Rick]

How big is the peloton?

Pedrero and Samitier being in there should stop this from getting too big surely

 

[SafeBet]

Sunweb pulling now. Gap down to 2 minutes.

 

[Gigs_98]

How can Italian names of climbs be so beautiful and the German ones so ugly

Uhm, I think you just misspelled "even more beautiful".
Kinda embarrassing tbh

 

[SafeBet]

How big is the peloton?

Big enough to have more than one Trek rider.

Spoiler

Two actually.

 

[Climbing]

"Peloton" is quite small.

 

[topcat]

What shape is the bag in?
I'm teaching a class and following this at the same time. It's honestly more difficult than Nibali putting 3 minutes into those two upstarts.

 

[Rollthedice]

It starts with a serious clim

Big enough to have more than one Trek rider.

Spoiler

Two actually.

One is Vincenzo, who's the other hero?

 

[46&twoWheels]

How can Italian names of climbs be so beautiful and the German ones so ugly

Irredentism first and fascism following lol
Some italian names in Südtirol are laughable, some others are a good attempt at italianizing those names. Sometimes it's an italian name trying to sound like the german counterpart, sometimes italians took the ancient latin name and rehabilitated the name like in Vibidina (latin)---> Sterzing (deu)----->Vipiteno (ita).
Some names in the region are a fascinating mixture of cultures like "Prad am Stilfserjoch".

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

What shape is the bag in?

it's one of those gym bags. Need plenty of space for all the trophies.

 

[MrTea1976]

Still 8 mins 'til coverage starts! Although I will have both grand tours in different tabs as I work on the other computer.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Nibali to attack on Stelvio and Tonelli, Cataldo, Feline and Ganna to play the roles of Kozhatayev, Scarponi, Pirazzi and motorcyclist.

 

[Mayomaniac]

It's gonna be insteresting to see how fast they climb the Selvio/Stilfser Joch, a guy from South Tyrol has an ascent time of 77min 8sec, which is really fast at that kind of altitude.

 

[Red Rick]

It's gonna be insteresting to see how fast they climb the Selvio/Stilfser Joch, a guy from South Tyrol has an ascent time of 77min 8sec, which is really fast at that kind of altitude.

Are you bragging or is this some relatively unknown guy you know?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Irredentism first and fascism following lol
Some italian names in Südtirol are laughable, some others are a good attempt at italianizing those names. Sometimes it's an italian name trying to sound like the german counterpart, sometimes italians took the ancient latin name and rehabilitated the name like in Vibidina (latin)---> Sterzing (deu)----->Vipiteno (ita).
Some names in the region are a fascinating mixture of cultures like "Prad am Stilfserjoch".

I mean, the names around Bozen/Bolzano and some border regions are actually real Italian names (you can already find them on older maps from the napoleonic era) and weren't just invented by Ettore Tolomei.

 

[SafeBet]

One is Vincenzo, who's the other hero?

Brother Tony, I think.

Side note: a friend of mine is on the Stelvio and just saw Vino climbing his way to the top. Still fast, according to him.