Giro 2020 - Stage 1: Monreale – Palermo 15 km ITT *Spoilers*

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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,091
    Geraint Thomas, sketchy roads, sidewinds, onlookers with dogs. What could possibly go wrong?
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,882
    Thomas 3rd at the split but looking more solid and aero than most.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,169
    Thomas third at the midway checkpoint
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 25,901
    lettingthedaysgoby said:

    pblakeney said:


    Will anyone revert to their road bike?
    Would seem a sensible option at this point.

    For anyone with no GC ambitions it might be the safest option if this wind gets any worse, yeah.
    I'm guessing they do the calculation between risk and time gain, and they know more than I do. 😉 Just glad that I don't race and have to make those choices.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 25,901
    edited October 2020
    orraloon said:

    Not so much the wind but unswept roads, gravel on corners etc. Didn't Campenaerts say similar in his post stage rant?

    Looks like a track compared to the roads I was on yesterday.
    Spoiled so and so's. 😉
    Winner happy, loser moans. Nothing new there.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 6,967
    G home in 15:47, 3rd, which must be about perfect.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,169
    Thomas third. 26 seconds gained on Yates
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,091
    Thomas goes third, 26 seconds faster than Yates.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 25,901
    Thomas times it to perfection so as not to have to defend pink. 😉
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    Solid ride from G there.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,709
    I don't understand the complaints about it being too windy for a TT. Ride a bike suitable for the conditions.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,091
    Ganna was not showing much sign of slowing for that first hairpin, was he? Unsurprisingly ended up rather too deep for comfort.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 6,967
    Thomas and Ganna seem to be able to get on the bars more frequently than Dennis did.
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    60x11 gearing. Beast mode.
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    TheBigBean said:

    I don't understand the complaints about it being too windy for a TT. Ride a bike suitable for the conditions.

    Disk wheels in a gale can be fraught. Who was it that was blown into the air and into rock face in giro a few years back?
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    Ganna really is exceptional
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,169
    darkhairedlord said:

    TheBigBean said:

    I don't understand the complaints about it being too windy for a TT. Ride a bike suitable for the conditions.

    Disk wheels in a gale can be fraught. Who was it that was blown into the air and into rock face in giro a few years back?

    Alaphilippe?


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  • 50x11
    50x11 Posts: 408
    Interesting Ineos have ditched the tri spoke so hard, after being so involved in improving it and spending so much time with it. Wonder how much better in testing this wheel is.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 6,967
    edited October 2020
    Ganna smashing it!
    15:24, c20 secs faster than the rest
    58.8 kmh average!
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,043
    58.8kmh average !!!
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,882
    Ganna new leader by 22"
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,091
    Ganna looked totally different to everyone else on the flat. Smashed it.
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  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    58.8km/h. Good grief.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    Fastest ever TT ?I have no idea but blimey that was quick
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 25,901
    Ganna blows the team tactic of not having to defend pink! 🤣
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,624
    That bike of Ganna's is a stunner.
  • notquite6foot
    notquite6foot Posts: 248
    edited October 2020
    inseine said:

    Fastest ever TT ?I have no idea but blimey that was quick

    Rik Verbrugghe averaged 58.874km/h in the 2001 Giro prologue (7.6km). Ganna averaged 58.831km/h today according to PCS.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    notquite6foot said:

    inseine said:

    Fastest ever TT ?I have no idea but blimey that was quick

    Rik Verbrugghe averaged 58.874km/h in the 2001 Giro prologue (7.6km). Ganna averaged 58.831km/h today according to PCS.
    I would suggest that 7.6km is a prologue
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • 50x11
    50x11 Posts: 408
    notquite6foot said:

    inseine said:

    Fastest ever TT ?I have no idea but blimey that was quick

    Rik Verbrugghe averaged 58.874km/h in the 2001 Giro prologue (7.6km). Ganna averaged 58.831km/h today according to PCS.
    Yeah a prologue is not a TT.
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    notquite6foot said:

    inseine said:

    Fastest ever TT ?I have no idea but blimey that was quick

    Rik Verbrugghe averaged 58.874km/h in the 2001 Giro prologue (7.6km). Ganna averaged 58.831km/h today according to PCS.
    what was his top speed?

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