Some reason I had no clue what was going on the first 11 days. Completely forgot, with good reason I guess.
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Still wonder how much Nibali and Roglic mindgames were just them being bad on Lago Serru. Feel like we ignore they lost 1'20 to Carapaz there. Based on Roglic not even sprinting for 3rd in Courmayeur I still think Nibali just overrated Roglic those 2 days.2019 was absolute horsesh#t until stage 13 (tbf mostly due to the route) then was amazing for the next 4 stages until we realized Carapaz is actually good and Nibali just fuc#ed up.
Yeah Roglic was toast. Nibali was probably weaker than Carapaz but not by much. There is this moment in the Courmayeur stage that still haunts me when some time after the Carapaz attack Nibali goes, Roglic can follow him, Nibali almost closes the entire gap to Carapz and when they are like 20 metres behind him Nibali looks back and wants Roglic to do the rest. Nibali 100% could have closed that gap right there and Carapaz never wins the Giro. But he overestimated Roglic and in the process threw away a Giro win.Still wonder how much Nibali and Roglic mindgames were just them being bad on Lago Serru. Feel like we ignore they lost 1'20 to Carapaz there. Based on Roglic not even sprinting for 3rd in Courmayeur I still think Nibali just overrated Roglic those 2 days.
On the Courmayeur stage Landa getting a free ride in the same group was probably also a factor, not to mention the fact that Caruso had nothing left in the tank after Colle San Carlo and was loosing time.Still wonder how much Nibali and Roglic mindgames were just them being bad on Lago Serru. Feel like we ignore they lost 1'20 to Carapaz there. Based on Roglic not even sprinting for 3rd in Courmayeur I still think Nibali just overrated Roglic those 2 days.
No, I must give this Giro 2 extra points, which means max note: I have never seen Nibali so much humiliated and smashed.. dropppped almost everytime and everywhere8, not the greatest one overall, but My Boy has won it! Great win, which wasn't obvious after last Wednesday, but you did it!
Well, must admit I envy you are Colombian. My nation probably will never have such a rider.. .8/10 because I am Colombian!
It was really bad that Stage 16 was curtailed and worse that we didn't get many pictures from the curtailed stage. That stage would have made a big difference. Sterrato was really good, but having two stages to review in years to come would have been very special. Nowadays I don't replay many stages because Epic-ness has been lost. Especially by the ASO organization.
I am not sure which one is your nation but look at Slovenia now. They don't have much cycling tradition and the country is relatively small and they have arguably the two best riders of the world. So I would not put my hopes down.Well, must admit I envy you are Colombian. My nation probably will never have such a rider.. .