Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia stage 19 Biella – Champoluc 166km

[Tim Cahill]

Good move for the 4 up front, ahead of the bickering and messing about

 

[Didinho]

UAE should just stay with Del Torro. He’s closing gaps on his own already.

 

[pelotonIQ]

Pelli we know you have dreams and aspirations but sneaking in with the break? Absolutely not happening.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Toro very isolated, won't be a problem here but he just has to use more energy, maybe top climber Brandon Mcnulty can help?

 

[Boehmand]

Guess Pedersen found his motivation?

 

[pelotonIQ]

The danish commentators are cracking open drinks on mic, I hope they keep their burps hidden from the audio

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Toro very isolated, won't be a problem here but he just has to use more energy, maybe top climber Brandon Mcnulty can help?

I don't know if it won't be a problem if he's covering multiple moves already, as Blythe was reporting. Even if it's only small matches, this might hurt him later. UAE should do a better job.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Guess Pedersen found his motivation?

I'd hope they're playing a drinking game. Would be fun after 5 hours.

 

[Cycling111]

I don't know if it's best for EF to have Steinhauser on the break. EF needs a strong pace in peloton.

 

[dobrien]

Great shot there!!

 

[Squire]

Amazing scenery, shark tooth profile, exciting race situation. This is peak Giro vibes!

 

[Boehmand]

Awesome mountain town

 

[dobrien]

I don't know if it's best for EF to have Steinhauser on the break. EF needs a strong pace in peloton.

I agree. Carapaz can handle himself in the finale, better for him to have a solid hard pace in the group and not worry so much about being attacked until it's he who is ready to launch. imho

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

I don't know if it's best for EF to have Steinhauser on the break. EF needs a strong pace in peloton.

What they need for that is a strong break that needs to be controlled by more than one team. Not so unlikely this is gonna happen, not to bad to have someone in there for the later parts of the stages. I mean you can always call him back.

 

[Tim Cahill]

I've never seen such a GT where the teams seem so unserious about their GC prospects. I see them all 'trying to get in breakaways' when they clearly just fancy going for a stage win. When Steinhauser got called back the other day he looked like someone had just told him his dog had died over the radio, at least he did it to be fair though, unlike Houle and Frigo on Grappa.

 

[Stablo]

I'd hope their playing a drinking game. Would be fun after 5 hours.

This sounds so fun, that im thinking of switching to Danish commentary😂later on the stage propably opening a cold one myself too. Have our NHL-fantasy manager groups season ending "gala" with some Sauna, food and beers🥳

 

[Boehmand]

I agree. Carapaz can handle himself in the finale, better for him to have a solid hard pace in the group and not worry so much about being attacked until it's he who is ready to launch. imho

He's got 6 other guys with him, and it would stand to reason that none of the top 4 are going long range today, because they gaps on GC are so small and the risks so great.

I think it will be relatively calm until the last cat. 1

 

[Red Rick]

I've never seen such a GT where the teams seem so unserious about their GC prospects. I see them all 'trying to get in breakaways' when they clearly just fancy going for a stage win. When Steinhauser got called back the other day he looked like someone had just told him his dog had died over the radio, at least he did it to be fair though, unlike Houle and Frigo on Grappa.

Nico Denz on the other hand acting like his dog had died after Hindley and Roglic went home before just going out and winning a stage.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Nico Denz on the other hand acting like his dog had died after Hindley and Roglic went home before just going out and winning a stage.

Out on the streets they're calling him the German Ayuso

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I caught this on TV - many years ago on a vacation in Germany - it's arguably both the worst song and the worst video, in human history (I still regularly pull it up to have a good laugh).

View: https://youtu.be/Mue6Vc_T9Ds?feature=shared


What rider should that apply to?

Mads? Cause he would probably have a sense of humor about this incredibly cheesy song.

 

[Boehmand]

Mads? Cause he would probably have a sense of humor about this incredibly cheesy song.

It's not just that it's cheesy, it's that they are all off key the whole song (which would be terrible even on key) and that the video looks like a school procject for 12 years old - where none of the kids can act - I LOVE it so much,- and I love even more that it actually charted in Germany at the time

 

[shalgo]

Let it be ..Let it Be ..Let it Be DEREK GEE

Only fair he gets a song too

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGj85pVzRJs

But he already has a song.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo1lRslQNTM

 

[ice&fire]

Carapaz won a Giro taking advantage of his two main rivals looking at each other. But he knows Del Toro is a superb rouleur that won't be looking around for help, so it makes sense to have Steinhauser up the road.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Cattaneo kinda flying, 4th breakaway this week

 

[shalgo]

I’m taking the day off from work to watch the stage. The last time I did that for a Giro stage was stage 19 in 2018.