Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 5: Mileto – Camigliatello Silano 225 km

[Jungle Cycle]

He's gonna have 40 points, same as Caicedo...

PCS says 41pts

 

[Pippo_San]

He's Ganna give MVDP & Van Aert a hard time

 

[SafeBet]

is ganna the favourite now for the tour 2021?

If he ever becomes a GT rider look out for Vegni designing 200 km ITT stages.

 

[Escarabajo]

Incredible win for Ganna. Chapeau to the big guy!

 

[bigcog]

Ineos will stick him on a diet now and convert him into a GC rider ...

 

[richwallone]

PCS says 41pts

Yeah, I missed the 1 point he got earlier today

 

[Izzyeviel]

Really happy for Ganna, he always does a great job for me on Procycling manager

 

[Red Rick]

He's gonna deny it but that was clearly an attempt to sprint by Nibali.

Valverde wasn't there to gift it to him.

 

[SafeBet]

Ganna
Konrad
Almeida
Kelderman
L. Hamilton

Caicedo the only top10 in GC missing from the front group.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

His mother will be happy to take the compliment.

 

[JosefK]

Ganna the next Cancellara?

Or the next Froome.

 

[Gigs_98]

To be honest, I don't find Ganna winning a stage like this that unbelievable. Tony Martin once won a really tough Vosges stage in the Tour, that's kinda comparable. What I do find pretty incredible is that he won it after being caught by De Gendt, dropping De Gendt again and riding the final 5 k of a 1st category climb faster than the peloton that wasn't going fullgas, but not exactly slowly either.

 

[Pippo_San]

Tell me when Cancellara won a GT mountain stage?

It was meant as an overall kind of rider. Weighty, fast, but lots of skills.

 

[Bolder]

That was a gritty ride by Ganna. These ITT guys can really lay it down.

Is it just my impression or was the GC battle kind of not a battle? Maybe it was the weather? I really thought someone would try to gain separation on the climb. Or maybe just not steep enough.

 

[Red Rick]

To be honest, I don't find Ganna winning a stage like this that unbelievable. Tony Martin once won a really tough Vosges stage in the Tour, that's kinda comparable. What I do find pretty incredible is that he won it after being caught by De Gendt, dropping De Gendt again and riding the final 5 k of a 1st category climb faster than the peloton that wasn't going fullgas, but not exactly slowly either.

Martin was also a noted duracell bunny, notoriously worse at shorter TTs etc, while Ganna is the reigning pursuit WC and WR holder.

 

[Red Rick]

That was a gritty ride by Ganna. These ITT guys can really lay it down.

Is it just my impression or was the GC battle kind of not a battle? Maybe it was the weather? I really thought someone would try to gain separation on the climb. Or maybe just not steep enough.

High risk low reward situation

 

[fuiers]

Ganna a real surprise winner. Well done!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

chronoman Vasili Kiryienka did similar things in the mountains
how heavy was he?

 

[Breezy1985]

That mountain fog was surely about as close as it gets to an official neutralisation as it gets

 

[Breezy1985]

Nibali stressing everybody.

Nibali descending is one of the nicest thing to watch in cycling

 

[Amazinmets87]

If he ever becomes a GT rider look out for Vegni designing 200 km ITT stages.

I honestly wouldn't mind 70K+ ITTs.

Side note, after Nibali, who's the next Italian rider who can win the Giro?

 

[Sciatic]

Ganna the next Cancellara?

His position on the bike reminds me of Canc—pleasure to watch.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Nibali descending is one of the nicest thing to watch in cycling

Just ask Remco

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Ganna wasn't meant to stay in the break today - he said

 

[Gigs_98]

Martin was also a noted duracell bunny, notoriously worse at shorter TTs etc, while Ganna is the reigning pursuit WC and WR holder.

True, but while Martin does seem to perform worse in short TT's that doesn't automatically mean long distances have to be a problem for Ganna.
Also, as people have made the Cancellara comparison, I actually think young Cancellara wasn't that bad of a climber. He won the Tour de Suisse once, you know. A Tour de Suisse with a joke of a route, but still, you can't exactly climb like Marcel Kittel if you want to win races like that.