Giro d'Italia 2020, stage 21: Cernusco sul Naviglio – Milano 15.7 km ITT

[movingtarget]

Hesjedal never won a stage race before the Giro.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Has a teammate ever been as key to a GC win as Dennis was here?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So, is it the first time ever Giro win for a leader to NEVER wear the maglia rosa during the race???

Scarponi 2011

 

[movingtarget]

Has a teammate ever been as key to a GC win as Dennis was here?

I'm sure Ineos never expected that sort of performance from Dennis.

 

[Pippo_San]

Ganna in tears for TGH.
Loving this sport.

 

[gunara]

Tao deserve it. Very much.
Ineos somehow still do it, in a much more agreeable way than usual this time for some, including me

 

[Leinster]

Has a teammate ever been as key to a GC win as Dennis was here?

I really can’t think of anything to compare.

In another great day for Ineos and Britain, Carapaz and Carthy are putting time into Roglic up to Formigal.

 

[luckyboy]

When was the last time the majority of fans were happy about Ineos winning a GT haha

 

[DanielSong39]

Has a teammate ever been as key to a GC win as Dennis was here?

Scarponi 2016?

 

[Ripper]

Has a teammate ever been as key to a GC win as Dennis was here?

I don't think so. Pretty much the MVP of the entire season for Ineos right now!

 

[Hayabusa]

Are they ever going to let Ganna off that stage?

 

[Gigs_98]

More than anything this makes me so happy for British cycling fans who had to endure an entire season without a gt win. The drought is finally over.

 

[JosefK]

Great breakthrough GC win for Tao Geoghegan Hart. Crazy support from Dennis in the big hills.

 

[Ripper]

Glad it was not too close in the end. No need to think about "if JH had dropped TGH and the winning margin was only a few seconds" or "what if WK had done a super fast TT". In the end it does not look like if JH had waited and towed WK on both days, or if he had gone for it himself, it would have made enough of a difference. Others may disagree, but I doubt he would have pulled WK to 90 seconds faster over the flats, nor gained enough time for himself.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

More than anything this makes me so happy for British cycling fans who had to endure an entire season without a gt win. The drought is finally over.

They're having a Hart time now.

 

[Leinster]

Glad it was not too close in the end. No need to think about "if JH had dropped TGH and the winning margin was only a few seconds" or "what if WK had done a super fast TT". In the end it does not look like if JH had waited and towed WK on both days, or if he had gone for it himself, it would have made enough of a difference. Others may disagree, but I doubt he would have pulled WK to 90 seconds faster over the flats, nor gained enough time for himself.

Kelderman was cooked on Stelvio. The only “what if?” for Sunweb is it they had identified the Tao threat sooner and not towed him all the way up the hill to his first stage win. Or if they had worked out sooner that Jai was stronger than Wilco.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Congrats to Hart, what a race it was. Also congrats to Hindley for making a great fight. Two young guys fighting for victory - nobody expected this.
Special mention of two big engines - Ganna (4 stage victories, what a talent) and Dennis (absolutely key figure in the race, he showed GT-winning form here).

Hypothetical Sky squad: Bernal, Froome, Thomas, Carapaz, Hart, Ganna, Dennis, Kwiatkowski...ridiculous power

 

[Avoriaz]

Did Hesjedal?

I know it happened once in the Tour (Walkowiak?)

Jean Robic, no?

 

[ice&fire]

Has a teammate ever been as key to a GC win as Dennis was here?

Vincenzo Nibaggins in 2010

 

[Red Rick]

More than anything this makes me so happy for British cycling fans who had to endure an entire season without a gt win. The drought is finally over.

 

[Escarabajo]

Kelderman was cooked on Stelvio. The only “what if?” for Sunweb is it they had identified the Tao threat sooner and not towed him all the way up the hill to his first stage win. Or if they had worked out sooner that Jai was stronger than Wilco.

Agree.

The only way that Sunweb would have saved the win was if they had known the future.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Has a teammate ever been as key to a GC win as Dennis was here?

Froome at TdF'12. He didn't drop his teammate which decided the race.

 

[fbjim]

Agree.

The only way that Sunweb would have saved the win was if they had known the future.

Fundamentally the issue is "your GC rider has no legs", and that's on Kelderman, not Sunweb.

 

[Escarabajo]

Fundamentally the issue is "your GC rider has no legs", and that's on Kelderman, not Sunweb.

That's OK. But Sunweb could have won the race had they known the future. That's the point.
There were stages where they could have played different. But bottom line they didn't know who their true opponent was early, and they didn't truly know who was stronger in the mountains early either.

 

[richwallone]

Scarponi 2011

Yeah, not like that though... We know why that happened