Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2023 Stage 8: Terni – Fossombrone 207 km

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[movingtarget]

Great win by Healy. Roglic gets a few seconds back. All in all a fairly entertaining stage.

 

[dazaau]

The only problem with Geraint Thomas retiring is that he might go into the GCN studio.

G is pretty entertaining and laid back, has his own podcast, could be good!

 

[BR2]

Nah, that's not true. There was a flat(ish) section before that where they didn't pull either. Finally Ineos can really make a difference and then they don't do it... until a few hundred meters before the line.

There is always a reason for them to ride like they do... but it's like saying if you don't leave the house nothing bad can happen to you.

 

[jmdirt]

WOOHOO Ben!
I get to start my broken record chant...I love it when a racer wins from a break!

 

[saunaking]

Ineos smart today. 5 seconds extra from pulling isn't going to matter in the end vs Remco
Remco will be minutes up or down on those guys

 

[Carols]

Kudos to Healey!!!

The Belgian Waffle didn't rise today. I'll bet Rogla Can't wait for the Real Mountains. But he's got to do a real good ride tomorrow to limit his losses.

 

[Eeslliw]

Now just imaging Rogla after he takes a dump!

He will give a call to Dumoulin about that .

 

[Carols]

Ineos smart today. 5 seconds extra from pulling isn't going to matter in the end vs Remco
Remco will be minutes up or down on those guys

Wheelsuckers

 

[hfer07]

Thanks Roglic & the breakaway heroes for bringing back the race to life

 

[Libertine Seguros]

G is pretty entertaining and laid back, has his own podcast, could be good!

It's more about what the other sycophants and morons will be like when "G" shows up. I dread it.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"

Well, how did I get here? I don‘t know.

 

[Netserk]

Ineos turning the clock back to 2020.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

This. If their goal was to put time into Remco, it was best to let Rog pull.

Maybe, but Roglic did ask them to pull, he probably had a reason other than thinking "I am faster without them".

 

[King Of The Wolds]

WOOHOO Ben!
I get to start my broken record chant...I love it when a racer wins from a break!

What a ride too. Problem he'll have from now on, is nobody will want to be in a break with him.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Congrats to Healy on his amazing solo win. A new star is born, what a performance today! Finally GC action happened - first Ineos set a strong pace 50 km from the line and at the end Primoz fired his first warning! Remco initially maybe tried too hard to match Rogla speed and then weakened (fortunately for him the climb was short). Ineos guys proved to be strong - Tao this year is maybe at 2020 level or stronger. I expected them to help Primoz earlier but they only did it at the end. 14 seconds is not a lot but psychologically it's important - the race is long and Primoz is strong (as well as Ineos guys, which is tactically bad news for Remco).

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Evenepoel enjoying those extra kilos i see. Good that the w/kg advantage is still there.

 

[Oldermanish]

Well, how did I get here? I don‘t know.

"Roglic is not my beautiful Remco..."

 

[Tim Cahill]

Dunbar looked fking good there actually watching the climb back

 

[movingtarget]

A lot of Belgian internet doctors about to emerge from the shadows to explain todays crack...

Crackologists........

 

[Tim Cahill]

 

[JosefK]

Wait ... Giro not over?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Crackologists........

Send in the experts.

 

[Filippo_3467]

Dunbar looked fking good there actually watching the climb back

It would surprise me tbh if he's in the Top 10 by the end of the Giro. Those longer climbs, multi-ountain stages were never his cup of tea. Also I'm not a fan of the Romandie/Giro combination as you have to keep up your form for long if you want to contend in both. But it seems to work for Caruso so maybe the training camp before the Giro is overrated.

Dunbars development is impressive never the less. It will be interesting to see his long ITT and if he has progressed there as well.