Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2023, stage 12: Bra - Rivoli 179 km

[staubsauger]

I know nothing about tactics! What’s the point of Jumbo move with 2 riders on the break? Put Kuss closer in GC? Also didn’t understand what was Formolo doing after being obvious that the chase group wasn’t going to catch the front trio!

"If you got one up in front, you can keep yourself out of it behind!" Rudi Altig

 

[Mayomaniac]

Denz is a good descender and a good play actor.

His climbing style is just ugly as hell, I wouldn't really call it acting. He is one hell of a descender.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Formolo still chasing a 3 minute gap like a mad man the day before the queen stage with his team leader on the podium.

The Portuguese Jihad were right all along, he constantly gets done dirty.

Formolo is never the guy who can do the highest w/kg on one climb, but he has great endurance and can ride hard for an eternity. He can set a high pace for Almeida on multiple climbs.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Worst first 12 days I can remember in a while, god damn. Thankfully I havent watched that much due to work. Lets wait and see in the mountains, it can't get much worse than this.

First 12 day in 2019 were probably even worse. No action and the Dumoulin crash.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

His climbing style is just ugly as hell, I wouldn't really call it acting. He is one hell of a descender.

You can be on the limit of breaking for a part of the climb, but you can't be on the limit of breaking from the bottom to the top and just keep hanging on with every tempo change if the other guys are better climbers. I just don't buy that. And it's not the first time we've seen him do this.

 

[Tour de Berghem]

Very happy for Denz, already 2nd in a Giro stage that maybe he deserved (2018 Gualdo Tadino stage, Mohoric won)

 

[CyclistAbi]

Congratulations to Nico Denz for winning the stage.

Emotions that came with it, that is always nice to see. Thankfully a bit better weather conditions today and no real GC action. All waiting for tomorrow. Kuss was riding in a breakaway mostly due to the fact he got bored riding in the peloton. Was changing the battery and sticking fingers in front wheel. Like all the time. At some point you have to draw the line. As we still need Kuss tomorrow. The fans.