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

[Forever The Best]

Ineos need to attack the 2nd Sestriere right from the start. Because Kelderman is still the favourite.

 

[damian13ster]

Sprint was surprisingly close considering that Hindley never put his face in the wind

 

[movingtarget]

Hindley doesn't even look tired.

Hindley has a good poker face like Kuss...........

 

[Leinster]

what a wheelsucker win, awful

wheel s_cker

Why even watch cycling if you don't actually like it?

 

[ppanther92]

For now Sunweb balanced team and individual goals nicely but I am still not sold on them not increasing the likelihood for Tao to win the overall with their tactic today.

Anyway, nice win by Hindley.

 

[Breezy1985]

Can’t really fault hindley for that.

Saturday could be another belter.

Masnada threw his toys out of the pram big time, what a baby.

Fault? He played it perfect won the stage and messed with any Ineos plan by sticking to the wheel

 

[TourOfSardinia]

So no-one has this in the bag

 

[spalco]

He rode a sensible final climb and obviously didn’t want to get mugged by Hindley and ship big time by going deep.

Agreed, he did what he needed to do, but really not any more than that. I'm pretty sure he would sleep more comfortably in pink tonight.

 

[movingtarget]

Sprint was surprisingly close considering that Hindley never put his face in the wind

Only cause Teo is usually the better sprinter.

 

[Alexandre B.]

I feel like Hindley not trying to distance Geoghegan Hart is a monumentally stupid (non-)move.

You're the best climber today, but you do nothing with it except sprinting for no time gaps.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Great stage. The race finally delivered ! The hype for Sestriere is on

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Only cause Teo is usually the better sprinter.

Plus Hindley had little time to pass him after the final curve.

 

[hrotha]

Obviously Hindley didn't have to cooperate with Geoghegan Hart, but it was just stupid that he didn't attack him in the last 2-3 km or so. It would have been the best option for Sunweb and even for Kelderman.

 

[Breezy1985]

He did completely crack. He lost 2 mins on Bilbao on that final climb.

Mostly got saved because Hart didn't dare to go all in/couldn't and Hindley was not allowed to.

Hart didn't dare go all in? Why what reason does he have not to

 

[trevim]

OK, let's say they gain enough on Kelderman for him to drop to 3rd, while Hart wins the stage and takes the lead. You'd be telling us all how stupid Sunweb were...

No. Attacking Hart is different from gaining time on Kelderman. It's actually disrupting Hart's effort thus helping Kelderman in the process. At least that's my opinion.

Anyway Almeida still 7th in the end, it only looks bad because he was pink jersey and lost 5min but this is a great result that I wouldn't expect before the Giro started.

 

[spalco]

Woohoo, as many Austrians as Italians in the top10.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

If Kelderman is smoked, TGH may out-TT him too.

this is what i think as well

 

[Scarponi]

Sprint was surprisingly close considering that Hindley never put his face in the wind

There’s no normal sprinting guidelines after 5000m of climbing lol

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

OK, let's say they gain enough on Kelderman for him to drop to 3rd, while Hart wins the stage and takes the lead. You'd be telling us all how stupid Sunweb were...

There’s a difference between working with Hart and attacking him then immediately sitting on if he closes. Hindley did not ride to put himself into top favourite position if Kelderman dies entirely, he prioritised the stage.

 

[fantomas]

Why even watch cycling if you don't actually like it?

He even played it by the book. Didn't contribute on the ascents, and took the bonus seconds. I don't understand how anyone would blame him.

 

[Billie]

Hart didn't dare go all in? Why what reason does he have not to

He didn't dare to go all in from the foot of the final climb because Hindley was in his wheel

 

[42x16ss]

I feel like Hindley not trying to distance Geoghegan Hart is a monumentally stupid (non-)move.

You're the best climber today, but you do nothing with it except sprinting for no time gaps.

Kelderman's still in the big picture. If the situation is the same at Sestriere I'm sure we'll see fireworks

 

[Valv.Piti]

I feel like Hindley not trying to distance Geoghegan Hart is a monumentally stupid (non-)move.

You're the best climber today, but you do nothing with it except sprinting for no time gaps.

I think so to. Hard to predict how much he could have gapped if (if any), but I find it hard to believe he wouldnt have taken at least 20 seconds, but its impossible to know..

 

[dercuforever]

Unless he was cooked, Hindley should have tried to drop hart, overall that would have led to a lesser speed by constantly changing rythm, thus helping kelderman. Also maybe hart would have dropped 30 sec.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

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