Giro d'Italia 23 stage 1: 19.6km ITT FOSSACESIA - ORTONA **SPOILERS**

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    Bloody Remco. Absurd time
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    Superb from Tao, he really is in good form
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,345
    That really was some marker set by Remco.
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,822
    Was all about aero that TT, notice the top riders were all slight guys who can climb (apart from Ganna's stupid power)

    TGH with a fast time was the first indicator, followed by Almeida. A bigger guy like struggled in the sea breeze

    Hence it was perfect for Remco and his aero tuck
  • andytee87
    andytee87 Posts: 414
    Bloody hell!

    Lets get the is he going too well (non suspicious) out of the way? He's obv flying the way he won Liege, but can he hold that for 3 weeks?
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,124
    poweredbyidris said:

    Hatch going full hyperbole early

    please, god, no!!!!
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  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 913
    Changed days for Tao. In the opening TT of 2020 he cruised round in 126th place handing over more than 2 minutes on the GC.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Pfft another TT before the rest day, race is probably sown up by then
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,345
    rick_chasey said:

    Pfft another TT before the rest day, race is probably sown up by then

    Except this is the Giro and things rarely go to plan.
    The cycling gods will figure out something to keep it interesting. 🤞
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    rick_chasey said:

    Pfft another TT before the rest day, race is probably sown up by then

    It's the same as the 2019 Giro. Roglic was favourite and blitzed the opening time trial. The race was over.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    edited May 2023
    rick_chasey said:

    Pfft another TT before the rest day, race is probably sown up by then

    perhaps but he will be tested
    (Edit: lol that came out wrong)
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    In 2020, TGH lost over 2 minutes in the opening time trial. He then bonked on the stage to Etna and lost almost two more minutes to most of the favourites.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,821
    andyp said:

    In 2020, TGH lost over 2 minutes in the opening time trial. He then bonked on the stage to Etna and lost almost two more minutes to most of the favourites.

    So he's going to win this Giro by at least 5 minutes then!

  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    andyp said:

    In 2020, TGH lost over 2 minutes in the opening time trial. He then bonked on the stage to Etna and lost almost two more minutes to most of the favourites.

    Sure.

    In 2005 Lance obliterated Ulrich and it was a done deal too.

    In general covid races should have their own category.

    I’m not optimistic about the competitiveness of this Giro but let’s see.
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,475
    So you're absolutely sure Roglic is down and out?
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    Nothing has materially changed today. Evenepoel was the odds-on pre-race favourite and he showed why that was the case.

    But there is still over 3,000 kms of racing to go.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    m.r.m. said:

    So you're absolutely sure Roglic is down and out?

    Tbh I was already sceptical before the race when all his top domestiques went down
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    m.r.m. said:

    So you're absolutely sure Roglic is down and out?

    Roglic paced it wrong ... He lost the time on the flat .... Went up the hill more or less same speed as Remco apparently

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Remco is looking super awesome it must be said
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,601
    He's either got it in the high mountains or he hasn't. Today doesn't change that. Roglic looking so slow was the big surprise.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,345
    gsk82 said:

    He's either got it in the high mountains or he hasn't. Today doesn't change that. Roglic looking so slow was the big surprise.

    My PTP pick so it shouldn't be too surprising. 😉
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,475
    edited May 2023
    rick_chasey said:

    m.r.m. said:

    So you're absolutely sure Roglic is down and out?

    Tbh I was already sceptical before the race when all his top domestiques went down
    I see your point, but it's really early. All the braver the call if you end up right. I think Remco ought to win regardless of team strength due to the TT km's and them otherwise being fairly comparable on the climbs. The final week remains the wild card though.
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Kind of surprised that anyone thinks a 3 week GT is over after day one.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    gweeds said:

    Kind of surprised that anyone thinks a 3 week GT is over after day one.

    TBH, Rick has prior form for getting a bit bombastic with the "race over" posts.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    gweeds said:

    Kind of surprised that anyone thinks a 3 week GT is over after day one.

    TBH, Rick has prior form for getting a bit bombastic with the "race over" posts.
    I’m right about half the time
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    edited May 2023
    Wrong thread
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    edited May 2023
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    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited May 2023
    gweeds said:

    Kind of surprised that anyone thinks a 3 week GT is over after day one.

    In the last five editions of the Giro, the opening weekend TT was won three times by a GC rider. None of them ended up winning. On the other two occasions the top placed GC rider didn't end up winning either.

    The opening weekend TT performances of the last five Giro winners (in reverse order) with deficit to top GC rider

    32nd @34s
    40th @22s
    126th @1m42
    14th @47s
    21st @38s
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    rick_chasey said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    gweeds said:

    Kind of surprised that anyone thinks a 3 week GT is over after day one.

    TBH, Rick has prior form for getting a bit bombastic with the "race over" posts.
    I’m right about half the time
    Yeah, I'll give you that
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