Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2023, stage 15: Seregno - Bergamo 195 km

[carolina]

Almeida looking really confident for next week.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

The GC riders look like they‘re relatively fresh, what a surprise.

 

[Gigs_98]

Honestly not that bad of a stage. Yeah, the gc guys only tested the waters a bit on the final hill, but people expecting more than that were always way too optimistic. And the battle for the stage win has honestly been pretty great. I can't complain.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Mediocre gaps at this point really playing into the hands of week 4 Hugh Carthy

 

[ashhutch1997]

The GC riders look like they‘re relatively fresh, what a surprise.

They've been on a 2 week tapper

 

[Tricycle Rider]

The GC riders look like they‘re relatively fresh, what a surprise.

They have to be fresh for tomorrow's rest day.

 

[HelloDolly]

I cant see how Healy could have won this if not alone by a long way at top of last climb

 

[noob]

Almeida is our saviour.

He wants to ride in pink again

 

[Red Rick]

McNulty winning that after 25km of suckage is the elevator pitch of this Giro

 

[KOM]

Honestly not that bad of a stage. Yeah, the gc guys only tested the waters a bit on the final hill, but people expecting more than that were always way too optimistic. And the battle for the stage win has honestly been pretty great. I can't complain.

Realistically this is true, as a collective though we need atleast 1 better 2 stages that overdeliver to get out of permanent complain territory

 

[Valv.Piti]

Do we know what the weather looks like in the mountains the last week? Lots of good reasons to hope it won't be rainy/snowy..

 

[HelloDolly]

Ben (Marx) Healy : Disappointed but raced to the end and hopefully a good show for the people

 

[Faserr]

Do we know what the weather looks like in the mountains the last week? Lots of good reasons to hope it won't be rainy/snowy..

At the moment it looks fine. Sunny and warm with risks of thunderstorms, which is normal.

 

[RedheadDane]

The best part of today's result is of course that I have McNulty as a unique pick in the Giro CQ game!
Which, is probably gonna do absolutely *** for my standings.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Bondone is never gonna be anything but a MTF shootout at best (which would be great..), and so stage 18 and stage 19 especially need to really deliver. Stage 19 could be legendary under the right circumstances, but its hard to see this Giro can be better than 3/10-4/10 territory.

 

[fbjim]

what was that gc "action" even

 

[groogster]

Crappy stage besides the fight at the end between Healy, McNulty and Frigo, Almeida looking good.

 

[Red Rick]

Considering this is prime stomp territory Roglic isnt looking too, too great. I aint trying to read too much into it though

This particular climb has never caused any seperation among top riders.

 

[Gigs_98]

I cant see how Healy could have won this if not alone by a long way at top of last climb

I don't think he had to pull McNulty as much as he did in the finale. If you don't ride fast enough to keep Frigo behind you might as well slow down and give McNulty to choice to collaborate or make it a 3 men sprint.

But I agree, as soon as McNulty caught him before the descent he was in a really tricky position. Clearly the most explosive one but with everyone else knowing they have to race against him.

 

[Red Rick]

It's funny that McNulty wanted to react to Frigo as well but Healy was just quicker to make the same tactical blunder

 

[KOM]

This particular climb has never caused any seperation among top riders.

If Jumbo wouldve stage 4 of last years TdF'ed it there wouldve been separation allright (i know they probably dont have the team to even try that just saying a climb like this can be enough)

He also followed Almeida mostly and didnt really try to get separation himself, but like I said im not trying to overanalyze it despite maybe sounding like i do

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Nice interview with Frigo, Healy congratulating McNulty - always like it when competitors acknowledge each other for a job well done.

 

[fbjim]

big fan of Frigo trying the highly illegal cycling tactic of simply pedaling really hard for the last 1.5 KM. didn't Dan Martin win the Giro di Lombardia that way?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Valv.Piti]

In hindsight, what a blunder by Van Wilder today to not go in the break. Instead Quick Step got a completely useless rider in the break.