Who will win the Giro? 16th rest day poll

[topcat]

Let’s get ready to rumble.

 

[BR2]

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[Carols]

Sticking with Roglic even though I think he's hiding a bigger injury than we know about.

 

[BR2]

I say Almeida.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Caruso to shake up the GC race!!!

(maybe)

 

[Bonimenier]

16th rest day, Leknessund spelled wrong and not one of the names of the riders who will finish podium in Milan as option. Great poll.

 

[Gigs_98]

I voted Roglic but I really think people are underestimating Thomas' chances. Like it or not, he's a damn good climber and if Roglic doesn't properly drop him at least once anything can happen in the final TT.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

16th rest day, Leknessund spelled wrong and not one of the names of the riders who will finish podium in Milan as option. Great poll.

Who do you think will finish on the podium then?

I've voted Roglič, but Thomas might still be stronger than him. This could also prove to be the best chance Almeida ever gets to win a GT.

 

[KZD]

Voted 'Almida'.

He is usually strong in the 3rd week of the Giro and I think the final time trial suits him better than Roglič and Thomas, its a super steep long climb where pacing is going to be the key and Almeida is usually great at that.

Roglič gets heartbroken once again in the final TT of a Grand Tour by a UAE rider and I expect Thomas to crack in one of the mountain stages but should still be good enough for third place ahead of Caruso.

Whoever wins though, I just hope for some better racing in this final wekk.

 

[DNP-Old]

Not the viewer, that's for sure.

 

[Mayomaniac]

All it takes is one big mountain raid while Thomas and Roglic hold hands (afraid of eachother's potential strength) and a good final ITT to turn the race upside down.
Both Roglic and Thomas can't really just count on the final MTT.

Crazy hot take: Rubio to pull a de Gendt on the final gc stages (Tre Cime mountain raid and really good MTT).

 

[Rackham]

Roglič is going to win & it won't be close.

I said it in the previous rest day poll & I'll say it again here.

 

[Amazinmets87]

No one deserving, that's for sure.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Since both my last vote turned out to be very stupid and won't happen, I only get one proper vote left and I'm no going to waste it.

Ener Rubio will win the Giro. He will get in several more breakways and make time each day. At first, Thomas and Roglic will look each other and not notice him. Then the won't see him get on a break on stage 18 or 19, he is 165cm, his teammates will shield him, until its too late.

He will do what Nairo did in 2014 and crush the mountain ITT whilst Roglic in pink has a bottle job again

 

[Rackham]

No one deserving, that's for sure.

It's about W/kg & when the guy with the best ratio on the steepest climbs in week 3 drops the rest, he'll be as deserving as any grand tour winner is.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

It's about W/kg & when the guy with the best ratio on the steepest climbs in week 3 drops the rest, he'll be as deserving as any grand tour winner is.

That‘s a depressing perspective on bike racing: Do tactics not exist in your world?

 

[Salvarani]

Voted Caruso.

Prepare for the sequel to the Italian Job, when he pulls off one of the most incredible heists you have ever seen in the third week.

Remember this post come end of next week.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

That‘s a depressing perspective on bike racing: Do tactics not exist in your world?

He's Roglic fanboy. No.

 

[Bonimenier]

Who do you think will finish on the podium then?

I could easily see guys like Kamba, Dunbar, Carthy, Pinot, Rubio and more going up the road while Thomas, Roglic and Almeida keep being passive as always. Also Almida wasn't an option originally and I expect him doing well in the TT.

 

[Sciatic]

Voted Caruso.

Prepare for the sequel to the Italian Job, when he pulls off one of the most incredible heists you have ever seen in the third week.

Remember this post come end of next week.

Would love to see it!

 

[Rackham]

I could easily see guys like Kamba, Dunbar, Carthy, Pinot, Rubio and more going up the road while Thomas, Roglic and Almeida keep being passive as always.

Jumbo & Ineos doms will ride them down. So that's not happening.

That‘s a depressing perspective on bike racing: Do tactics not exist in your world?

I don't believe there's a conflict between "tactics versus raw power", there's just the right tools for the job based on where a rider is standing in GC & the stage profile he's racing. Roglič isn't a circus monkey so he's not going to attack on stages where it's unnecessary. If his race situation demanded creative team tactics, we'd see it on the road.

I also said in one of the previous threads here (it could have been last week's rest day thread) that team tactics upending GC standings & stuff like two-pronged attacks are always heavily overrated by fans yet very rarely ever successfully happen.

And in this Giro we've had almost all the tricky stages with potential snafus, so now it'll be a W/kg test. As it usually always is.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Both of my prior poll picks have dropped out, so I'll just play it safe this time and go with Vino.

 

[DNP-Old]

That‘s a depressing perspective on bike racing: Do tactics not exist in your world?

He's a Primoz Leipheimer fanboy, he loves to watch paint dry and grass grow.

 

[zlev11]

Pinot gets gifted 8 minutes on thursday and holds on barely in the MTT for the win

 

[Lequack]

This Giro