Stage 21: May 27th Milano- Milano 30k ITT

[SafeBet]

First top10 in an individual TT for Hesjedal in the last 4 years?

Good ride by Purito though.

 

[meandmygitane]

So Hesjedal has never been top 10 in a international ITT and suddenly rides equal with De Gendt and takes 6th place...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Rodriguez loses the Giro with 16 seconds

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

YEAH bye bye JRod.... thank you for NOTHING

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

the way he has been performing the giro he could probably win the giro donne with some luck

Vos would crush Machado and sprinkle him on her pasta.

RYDER wins!

 

[spalco]

15 seconds seperate Rodriguez from the win. Kind of sad, will he ever get that chance again?

 

[TechnicalDescent]

But as I said, Hesjedal would have been told to knock it off after he got the gap.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Really good tt by jrod, just 15s behind in the end. You reckon he is gonna regret some of those mountain finishes :|

 

[will10]

So Hesjedal has never been top 10 in a international ITT and suddenly rides equal with De Gendt and takes 6th place...

Motivation.

 

[ooh_25mm]

as expected Jrod fast in last K...he really did well finishing

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Well, the race is finally over. I'd say we can move on to better things, but then I remembered the Dauphiné parcours.

 

[iZnoGouD]

Given his inability to perform consistently over 3 weeks, I'm going to go ahead and disagree with you.

Nice ride by Ryder! Deserving winner.

he has very good recovery ability...

 

[goggalor]

Wow, so close. 15 seconds!!

 

[DominicDecoco]

Rodriguez loses the Giro with 16 seconds

Which he could easily have got if bothered yesterday.

 

[Zoncolan]

And this is a really good ride by JRod. Just not enough

This.
What if, Purito? What if? That question will linger with him for sure.

 

[meat puppet]

From Victoria with workmanship, or was it the other way round?

Good job!

 

[LaFlorecita]

****...........

 

[Descender]

Too bad for Purito.

Perhaps if he'd attacked 1200 metres from the finish instead of 800... but hey, you can't ask him more than what he did can you!

 

[Fowsto Cope-E]

So Hesjedal has never been top 10 in a international ITT and suddenly rides equal with De Gendt and takes 6th place...

Right, I was shocked at how well Ryder did. If he had performed as expected, Purito could have won the Giro with that TT.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Why do my favourites never win?

 

[hrotha]

Rodriguez loses the Giro with 16 seconds

Indeed. Isn't it just perfect?

 

[MrRoboto]

Ryder Hesjedal, GT winner.

Sorry, I still can't quite take it seriously even though he's been probably the most deserving of the bunch in this race. It just doesn't feel right, mainly because most of his palmarès has been based on good placements by being quiet in the pack, and yet in this race he's been one of very few people who HAVEN'T just stayed quiet in the pack.

He has pretty much been like all the top men really.

 

[screaming fist]

Not the faintest bit of excitement in Ryder's voice.

 

[boomcie]

Rodriguez did incredibly well.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

So Hesjedal has never been top 10 in a international ITT and suddenly rides equal with De Gendt and takes 6th place...

To be fair, chance of a lifetime, took lots of risks.

This is no more out of the ordinary than the rest of his race. He's always been decent at TTs, but with the motivation and the opportunity, he put out a great show.

Just like how in the climbs and GCs before he's been decent, but given the motivation and the opportunity he's gone from being anonymous pack fodder picking up 6ths and 7ths in stage races by keeping his powder dry and playing it cool to the winner of one of the Grand Tours.