Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 3: Enna – Etna 150 km

[Kainabru]

Stage 20 is replaced by Finestre-Sestriere combo because of snow and Yates is doing Froome and wins the Giro, while Matt White is boasting of guys with watter bottles standing in 'strategic positions' along the road. You've heard it here first.

 

[Izzyeviel]

That is a nasty crash, nothing he could do to avoid that. The bottle just rolled under his wheel - was it his front or rear wheel that actually went over it? You just know when a guy stays curled up like that on the floor it must've hurt.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

"Highest moment of the day with Fabbro telling me "Yesterday I had more teeth than kg" (58 vs 54)"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1312806286082412544

View: https://twitter.com/jacopoguarnieri/status/1312806286082412544

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Birdsong is more explosive than Nibali, Majka, Pozzovivo and Kruijswijk but doesn't have the team to take bonus seconds.

If anything, there are 3 hilly stages (10, 12, 16) where he could make his trademark hill attack and gain a lot of seconds.

just want to say, Kelderman is pretty punchy for a gc rider. Watch tirreno stage that VDP won. I wouldn't count him out.
That said, staying on your bike for 21 days is a huge challenge for good old Wilco

 

[djconnel]

I'm sure this has been mentioned, but Jonathan Caicedo lost the pink jersey with a victory salute, which is two days in a row for victory salutes... https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-d-italia-2020/stage-3/results/

 

[Krzysztof_O]

What drama! Thomas losing the race before it really began, Yates had a bad day. My money are on NIbali, glad that Majka showed his GC aspirations.

 

[escartin]

that is the first weekday Giro stage I have watched in years (working from home ftw ), hopefully they will all be like that this year! Eurosport were showing the tennis but I actually have 2 Rai channels so that was good. I turned on literally at the moment that Yates got dropped. given my limited Italian it took me about 10 minutes before I realised that Thomas was also not in the main group!

 

[Eshnar]

Well, gotta admit I didn't see any of this coming.
Now we just need a 60ish men breakaway on stage 5 and we are golden.

 

[andrew_s]

I'm sure this has been mentioned, but Jonathan Caicedo lost the pink jersey with a victory salute, which is two days in a row for victory salutes... https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-d-italia-2020/stage-3/results/

I doubt it.
His hands didn't come off the bars until about a meter to go, sitting up gains you a 2 or 3 inches (like a mini bike throw), and road stages are only timed to whole seconds.

 

[Red Rick]

will something happen before the last 3km?

My guess is no unless Yates or someone else has insanely legendary legs.

I'm starting to think I need to change my definition of "insanely legendary"

 

[Keram]

Well Adam Yates crashed out yesterday in LBL so Simon was hurt today and he had bad day. Damn twins with their bond.

 

[Red Rick]

Well Adam Yates crashed out yesterday in LBL so Simon was hurt today and he had bad day. Damn twins with their bond.

Adam Yates is just a voodoo doll?

 

[yaco]

Don't take it as gospel that A.Yates crashed out of LBL and was injured - There is a bit more to this story.

 

[Keram]

Adam Yates is just a voodoo doll?

Simon feels Adam injuries apparently. This is only reasonable explanation of his performance today

They are like Sherri and Terri from the Simpsons.

https://imgur.com/YHpkr4g

View: https://i.imgur.com/YHpkr4g.gif

 

[TomLPC]

Don't take it as gospel that A.Yates crashed out of LBL and was injured - There is a bit more to this story.

Whats that about? Couldn't find anything on twitter apart from this.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1312832366138789898

 

[memyselfandI]

Insanely bad luck for G, can't be..Been couple of times all over the floor like that with bike, tomorrow...

Don't get Portes curse now G.

 

[SarahtheDane]

It will be interesting to follow him. He is a young rider and this is his first GT. A top 10 in the end would be really good. More is a lot to ask for.

Lots of potential for the future.

He has this in the bag! What a boring Giro...

 

[SarahtheDane]

just want to say, Kelderman is pretty punchy for a gc rider. Watch tirreno stage that VDP won. I wouldn't count him out.
That said, staying on your bike for 21 days is a huge challenge for good old Wilco

It is for Fuglsang as well.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Don't take it as gospel that A.Yates crashed out of LBL and was injured - There is a bit more to this story.

Tell us more...

 

[memyselfandI]

It's for anybody, really..

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I'm sure this has been mentioned, but Jonathan Caicedo lost the pink jersey with a victory salute, which is two days in a row for victory salutes... https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-d-italia-2020/stage-3/results/

We'll never know whether Almeida was clocked as 63.01 seconds or 63.99 seconds behind Caicedo, so we will never know whether this is true or not.

 

[search]

Well, gotta admit I didn't see any of this coming.
Now we just need a 60ish men breakaway on stage 5 and we are golden.

some echelons tomorrow first

doesn't look like the wind is strong enough though

 

[thiscocks]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1313140936713658370

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1313140936713658370

Unbelievable. Who in their right mind thinks its a good idea to lob bottles on the ground right among the peleton, especially when going quickly down hill?

 

[yaco]

Whats that about? Couldn't find anything on twitter apart from this.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1312832366138789898

Yes there was some trauma after a crash but he lost time changing bikes etc so he decided not to continue - How effective he would have been if he continued is open to debate.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Too bad that Adam isn't here (or at Giro 2018). In case of feeling bad in the morning Simon would exchange bibs with Adam and protect his GC.