Giro d'Italia 2020, stage 9: San Salvo – Roccaraso 208 km

[Zinoviev Letter]

Strong break, no passengers. Keeping Castroviejo under control would be a lot less hassle if he was out there with just a couple of Italian proconti dudes.

 

[Rollthedice]

Castroviejo tryna do an Arroyo

6:20 now, it's Arroyo time.

 

[Red Rick]

Odds of Trek nuking this descent?

 

[Velolover2]

Castroviejo in virtual pink.

 

[SafeBet]

Odds of Trek nuking this descent?

Odds of riders faking mechanicals or other random mishaps so they can later complain about Trek drilling it?

 

[Rollthedice]

Bierg is in absolutely no man's land.

 

[ice&fire]

Odds of Trek nuking this descent?

Most of it is a straight road.

 

[Red Rick]

Most of it is a straight road.

Grab led bottles on top of descent, maybe?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Bierg is in absolutely no man's land.

It's oh so quiet

 

[Salvarani]

Warbasse is a pretty good climber and not that far behind in GC. He could get pink if he is able to ride away from Castroviejo.

But the peloton should probably be able to take a lot of time if there is action today later.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Bierg is in absolutely no man's land.

He's absolutely motoring if the gaps are to be believed

 

[Velolover2]

I highly doubt the break will get caught with no Jumbo-esque teams in the race.

 

[Rollthedice]

The race of the falling leaves.

 

[gregrowlerson]

He's absolutely motoring if the gaps are to be believed

Supposedly Bjerg is 2:30 behind after suffering a puncture, giving him another mountain to climb.

 

[Billie]

I highly doubt the break will get caught with no Jumbo-esque teams in the race.

Trek have been hammering it on every descent of the Giro so far so if they continue with that it won't be that hard to catch them

 

[Velolover2]

Slow pace. Still a lot of sprinters in the peloton.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

The race of the falling leaves.

Better leaves than riders.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Bjerg catching them on the descent -34s

 

[sir fly]

Bjerg catching them on the descent -34s

Doesn't make sense.

 

[Velolover2]

How big is the chance of GC action before the last steep km?

With the hardest climb done, there is only soft time trial climbs left.

 

[Red Rick]

How big is the chance of GC action before the last steep km?

With the hardest climb done, there is only soft time trial climbs left.

1%?

 

[Velolover2]

Doesn't make sense.

The times are messed up. He was never that far behind.

 

[Velolover2]

Demare is still in the peloton. Imagine him surviving until the final k.

 

[SHAD0W93]

I mean...probably. Like, do you think this stage will be more entertaining than Nadal-Djokovic? I will always check if something worth watching happens here though, so don't get your hopes up.

Go watch some infomercials and tell us how much you learn.

 

[RedheadDane]

The times are messed up. He was never that far behind.

But where is he now? Can't seem to spot him in the break yet...