Giro d'Italia stage 20, Stage 20: Alba – Sestriere 190 km

[Rollthedice]

Still kinda hoping the attacks will start on this climb already. If Nibali and Fuglsang want to attack later it will be a repeat of the Stelvio with them getting dropped before they can even try something.

This is easier than the last two, it will hopefully start on the penultimate.

 

[Eclipse]

Would hope to see someone perhaps light it up at the top onto the descent but feels like 2nd time around is the only place we'll see any gambling

 

[Savant12]

Isn't it more like the Battle of the Pelennor fields, where Rohan isn't actually one of the main parties of the battle, but is crucial for the outcome anyway.

Arise riders of Brailsford?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Ineos not exactly drilling it this time around

 

[titan31]

Isn't it more like the Battle of the Pelennor fields, where Rohan isn't actually one of the main parties of the battle, but is crucial for the outcome anyway.

Imo, in the films at least, Helms deep falls if the Lothlorien elves don't help out, even with Eomers rohirrim coming back, and Pelennor Fields falls if Aragorn doesn't arrive with the Army of the Dead.

Books are different as no elves at Helms Deep, bur still at Pelennors Field, their biggest effect really was Eowyn killing the Witch King. Gandalf and Aragorn with the army of dead still have the biggest impact to that win

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Has HIndley ever had a time trial that he has actually cared about?

We don't know for sure, but my guess is, that he went for it on the second ITT in this race and possibly also on the final stage in T-A.

 

[BlueRoads]

I know you sometimes feel like in a bad RomCom with me, but now I feel like in a discussion with my son.

 

[JosefK]

Tension builds . . . Eurosport gets muted.

 

[Gigs_98]

Arise riders of Brailsford?

Legs shall be shaken, bikes shall be splintered,
an Ineos day, a Grenadiers day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now, ride! Ride for the Giro and the world's ending!
Death! Death! Death!
Forth Skybots!

 

[BlueRoads]

Ballerini though.

You were right.

 

[SafeBet]

Ballero bombing the descent.

 

[TomLPC]

About to see some Ax3 2013 stuff, but I don't feel the gradients are hard enough to properly drop Wilco for good.

 

[Red Rick]

Legs shall be shaken, bikes shall be splintered,
an Ineos day, a Grenadiers day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now, ride! Ride for the Giro and the world's ending!
Death! Death! Death!
Forth Skybots!

shudders

I'm trying to imagine this more like GoT season 8.

"My liege, the start is this morning"

"I dunwannit"

Meanwhile Nibali and all stans going all Bobby B all Giro about days gone by "GODS I WAS STRONG THEN"

 

[DanielSong39]

Time for Ineos to drill it

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Ballero bombing the descent.

He put quite a lot of time into the break there and they weren’t dawdling

 

[Lequack]

Time for the peloton to attack in the final km and put 5 seconds into Kelderman.

 

[Gigs_98]

Imo, in the films at least, Helms deep falls if the Lothlorien elves don't help out, even with Eomers rohirrim coming back, and Pelennor Fields falls if Aragorn doesn't arrive with the Army of the Dead.

Books are different as no elves at Helms Deep, bur still at Pelennors Field, their biggest effect really was Eowyn killing the Witch King. Gandalf and Aragorn with the army of dead still have the biggest impact to that win

I'd really like to get into a discussion about LotR here but I feel like that's just a little bit off topic.

 

[Eclipse]

Please can someone make this a real show

 

[SafeBet]

He put quite a lot of time into the break there and they weren’t dawdling

Some visual proof of the old saying that sprinters are the best descenders in the pro peloton.

Fiorelli, Bouchard and McNulty chasing him.

 

[BlueRoads]

Some visual proof of the old saying that sprinters are the best descenders in the pro peloton.

I know they say it, that they often have to... but I'm wondering whether they are the best or just the heaviest...

 

[titan31]

I'd really like to get into a discussion about LotR here but I feel like that's just a little bit off topic.

Not if we keep on comparing them to the teams and riders.

Ineos - Rohan (although I personally consider Ineos and Sky as Mordor)
Quick Step - Gondor (held the lead for so long only to fall apart)
Nibali and Fuglsang - Merry and Pippin (lovable lads that are still there who might do something important)
Kelderman and Hindley - Legolas and Gimli (competing with each other but on the same team)

 

[KnowNothing]

Not if we keep on comparing them to the teams and riders.

Ineos - Rohan (although I personally consider Ineos and Sky as Mordor)
Quick Step - Gondor (held the lead for so long only to fall apart)
Nibali and Fuglsang - Merry and Pippin (lovable lads that are still there who might do something important)

I guess in this race Kelderman is Sauron and Hindley is Saruman

 

[titan31]

I guess in this race Kelderman is Sauron and Hindley is Saruman

Nah, Adam Hansen is clearly Sauron

 

[Red Rick]

I'd really like to get into a discussion about LotR here but I feel like that's just a little bit off topic.

Surely there's a movie thread in the cafe?

 

[Gigs_98]

I guess in this race Kelderman is Sauron and Hindley is Saruman

Let's say one is Sauron and one is Saruman. Who is who, we will know in about an hour.