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

[sir fly]

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

On the bridge, obviously.

 

[Velolover2]

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

Must be off-road. ;O

 

[skippo12]

Love to see Trek pressuring the rest of the leaders in every single descent.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Lettomanoppello must have been founded by Finnish settlers.

 

[sir fly]

Lettomanoppello must have been founded by Finnish settlers.

Finnished?

 

[RedheadDane]

Must be off-road. ;O

Found him!

 

[Rollthedice]

Peloton split after descent.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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

 

[skippo12]

Big gaps but I don´t think they dropped any of the leaders.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Finnished?

No I'm Danish.

 

[Rollthedice]

Big gaps but I don´t think they dropped any of the leaders.

They were just in a hurry to get to the feed zone.

 

[gregrowlerson]

#FreeLanda
#FindBjerg

 

[Samamba]

Big gaps but I don´t think they dropped any of the leaders.

Vanhoucke wasn't in the first group (for the 10th time this Giro), he's back now though.
I don't know if he's not feeling well, maybe his shoulder is acting up after his crashes, but if he wants to go for a GC Lotto needs to start keeping him at the front, cause he could've been at 30 min in GC right now if other GC riders thought he was a threat.

 

[Salvarani]

Maybe it is not the steepest climbs left.

But there isnt much ”rest” left on this stage. And it is still 70-80km to go. And it is 9th day. It doesnt take much more than a slightly higher pace for it to get pretty hard for some riders. We have seen riders crack out of seemingly nowhere so far in this race. Maybe it will happen today too.

 

[Climbing]

Raining a lot.

 

[SarahtheDane]

Will someone call me when something exciting happens in either of the 3 races today?

 

[trevim]

Oh just realised Ruben is wearing that hideous jersey..... Now I'm not sure who I want to win the stage.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Will someone call me when something exciting happens in either of the 3 races today?

lots of attacking in Belgium already

 

[Velolover2]

Peloton have not gained anything in the last 40 km. No strong teams.

 

[Red Rick]

Peloton have not gained anything in the last 40 km. No strong teams.

They haven't lost anything either. They're not worried about Castro, don't care about the stage and they'll pull back a few minutes in the end anyway

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Peloton have not gained anything in the last 40 km. No strong teams.

QS aren’t trying to bring them back, just to keep Castroviejo at a reasonable gap. Most stage hunting teams have guys in the break. GC teams don’t see an opportunity to gain time.

 

[richwallone]

lots of attacking in Belgium already

Yep, much more fun in Belgium. That's why I switched to Sporza

 

[TomLPC]

Come on Peter, feign an injury, say you've got rona, Flanders is next weekend you know you want to.

 

[Velolover2]

Future stages will tell whether it was a mistake to let Castro get such a big gap.

I wouldn't exclude him completely with a longer time trial coming up and none of the climbers seem to be at the Slovenians level.

 

[skippo12]

Sagan right now: I skipped the classics because I did not want to race in rainy and cold conditions...