Giro d'Italia 2023, stage 11: Camaiore - Tortona 219 km

[glassmoon]

Groves back in the peloton according to PCS.

jayco pushing... he might be dropped again immediately

 

[Andy schleck]

Giro d'italia is a last man standing match.

 

[titan31]

Decent gaps in the peleton here

 

[Izzyeviel]

Geoghegan Hart looked like maybe the strongest rider in the race, even with Evenepoel still there. Really unfortunate. Never seen him this good, even in the Giro he won.

Yup. But same thing happened with Brad at the 2011 Tour, he looked great & he had a dumbass crash too.

 

[staubsauger]

I actually had picked Tao to get another Savoldelli style Giro win.

Nah

Tao had the shape this year. Hindley won last year. Almeida is a legit contender as he was last year. Kelderman is the one weird guy you often had on the Giro d'Italia podium (Osa, Bruseghin, Mazzoleni).

The 2020 Giro doesn't deserve this comparison anymore.

 

[tobydawq]

Geoghegan Hart looked like maybe the strongest rider in the race, even with Evenepoel still there. Really unfortunate. Never seen him this good, even in the Giro he won.

I don't know, he looked pretty good in the Giro he won...

 

[skippo12]

To honor the theme of this years Giro the last stage should be turned into a track-style elimination race.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Cavendish really seems to have found his legs, made it back

 

[groogster]

This Giro is made for men of steel!!

 

[Filippo_3467]

Cavendish really seems to have found his legs, made it back

I doubt that's the Jayco group

Edit - Ah now both "peletons" are together

 

[Gigs_98]

To honor the theme of this years Giro the last stage should be turned into a track-style elimination race.

Better yet, let them have blades sticking out of the wheel like in chariot races and move the finishline to the Circus Maximus! What are the organizers waiting for?

 

[glassmoon]

Sivakov with 2 stewards 7 min back

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Are we getting more crashes like that in the wet from disc brakes? I cannot tell

 

[CyclistAbi]

Zana the sprinter dropper.

 

[rokovski]

UCI should think about safety car for wet descendings.

 

[KOM]

Are we getting more crashes like that in the wet from disc brakes? I cannot tell

The crash looked kindof weird. Like Covi goes down first and G crashes clearly cause of beeing in his wheel, but all if not some of the others seemed to be crashing independant of that (or atleast crashed too early for it beeing cause of that). Idk maybe something slippy on the surface?

 

[staubsauger]

Are we getting more crashes like that in the wet from disc brakes? I cannot tell

Dunno. That would contradict the sense of disc brakes.

But I'm not an expert. Would be interesting to know from someone who is.

 

[gunara]

Change all the stages left to ___/, maybe at least have more riders finish safely, going to be *** but it's been *** anyway😡

I know some would still find a way to crash without bunch sprint or descent, though.

 

[staubsauger]

The crash looked kindof weird. Like Covi goes down first and G crashes clearly cause of beeing in his wheel, but all if not some of the others seemed to be crashing independant of that (or atleast crashed too early for it beeing cause of that). Idk maybe something slippy on the surface?

100% had the same impression!

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Dunno. That would contradict the sense of disc brakes.

But I'm not an expert. Would be interesting to know from someone who is.

Because of the braking power its very easy to lock the wheel, wich on wet roads will cause you to slide out.

 

[Aimar16]

What a sh*tshow this Giro has been so far. Hardly any exciting racing, 11 stages in, and GC contenders (and others) taken out left, right and center by covid and crashes. With the weather likely continuing to be wet, this destruction derby is not set to stop any time soon.

TGH dropped out of the race due to poor bike handling skills. Which is an important part of cycling. Just because someone falls a few metres in front of you doesn't automatically mean you have to fall too. Better that robots don't always win...

 

[Ricco']

Are we getting more crashes like that in the wet from disc brakes? I cannot tell

Maybe more eficient braking (less distance to diminish speed) in low friction surface like wet tarmac leads to more slides than a less eficient braking that occurs in higher distance?

Disc brakes come from sports where the surface has high friction like MTB or CX and thus contribute naturally with forces to break the speed.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Sad to read that Geogen-Hart is out. I really don't want Ineos to win, but absolutly not like this.

Meanwhile the gap of the break is 1+ min again last time I checked. Is the peleton going to *** this up somehow?

 

[staubsauger]

Because of the braking power its very easy to lock the wheel, wich on wet roads will cause you to slide out.

It's because, out of habit, riders in the heat of the moment brake as hard as they would have with rim brakes then? Which is too hard braking with disc's.

 

[Potomac]

Is Cav going to do his share of the work this time bring the break back?