Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 4: Catania – Villafranca Tirrena 140 km

[Zinoviev Letter]

Good sprint. Demare with the bikethrow?

Sagan is definitely getting better.

He is, but it’s also weaker competition. Demare is more his type of sprinter than a pure acceleration guy.

 

[Oliver]

Feel sorry for Sagan, he deserved a win...

 

[skippo12]

Small gaps. Probably not enough to be counted.

 

[d-s3]

Sagan - master of 2nd.

 

[Keram]

Damn that was so close. Gods are against Sagan I am heartbroken.

 

[Red Rick]

Nibs and Almeida might have taken some seconds?

 

[richwallone]

Sagan is reaching the point in his career, just like Zabel before him, where he is always ending up "eternally" second, or third, or fourth.. LOL

 

[Eyeballs Out]

I don't think Demare is in quite as good form as he was a few weeks ago

 

[SafeBet]

Can't complain for a sprinters stage.

 

[Climbing]

Nibs and Almeida might have taken some seconds?

Isn't the 3 second rule in place?

 

[richwallone]

Does Sagan at least get to wear ciclamina jersey???

 

[Finn84]

Some incident involving Vini Zabu riders, two lying on the ground.

 

[Gigs_98]

Oh god, wtf happened there?

 

[Wvv]

Ballerini win incoming.

Damn it, he accelerates a few seconds too late.

 

[Eclipse]

Italian directors love a nice lingering close up on riders who crashed so hard they can't move.

Wonder what happened I thought everyone was safe as there was no carnage in the actual lead outs and sprint

 

[tobydawq]

Why can't they show the photo finish photo?

 

[Red Rick]

What the *** happened there?

 

[sir fly]

Alright.
Waiting for the results makes a stage too.

Congrats to Demare.

 

[RedheadDane]

Isn't the 3 second rule in place?

That only counts if there was crash/mechanical, not if riders are simply dropped.

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Don't like those images with the riders on the ground!

 

[Climbing]

That only counts if there was crash/mechanical, not if riders are simply dropped.

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Don't like those images with the riders on the ground!

That is the 3 km rule...

 

[Alexandre B.]

I wonder if that was even closer than the Kittel/Boasson Hagen one in 2017 Tour.

 

[Salvarani]

He is, but it’s also weaker competition. Demare is more his type of sprinter than a pure acceleration guy.

I like to look at it from the bright side. He is still competing and consistent, but not a winning machine.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I wonder if that was even closer than the Kittel/Boasson Hagen one in 2017 Tour.

Possibly. The Kittel/Coquard one from the 2016 Tour was certainly closer though.

 

[RedheadDane]

That is the 3 km rule...

Seconds... KM... same-same...

 

[titan31]

If there's gaps, looks like Kruijswijk and Majka lost time. Nibali, Almeida and Kelderman looked in the front group