Giro 2020 SPOILERS !!

[chriscross1966]

Can't see Ineos or Sunweb doing anything today except mark each other (from their buses ATM by the looks of things) and keep an eye on Bahrain-McLaren and DQS, can't see anyone else getting back the time but 3 minutes can be chucked away on those ascents of the Sestriere.... If he can get to the end of Stage 20 within spitting distance then with a 10-mile TT to come that you have to fancy TGH for a decent time, he went sub 20 minutes for that sort of distance TT in the Tour of Britain (last year, 2018?... I forget) so chewing more than a few seconds out of him on that last stage would be a job for a specialist TT-er, not what's left at the top of that GC... for all I love seeing those massive bunch sprints on a final stage (Wiggins in yellow leaving his lungs on the road to launch Cav in rainbow stripes down the Champs is an iconic memory) there's a purity to a time-trial as a final stage, it is indeed The Race of Truth...

 

[matticus]

Seems like the shortened stage was down to rider(s) protest. Bit of a race to the high ground by various teams saying "We wanted to race. For we are REAL cyclists!" Noone owning up to being a woose.


View: https://twitter.com/johnlelangue/status/1319626032614379520

 

[Va Va Froome]

A different take on the 'autobus' I guess...

Even a super-long, expecting-it-to-be-boring sprint stage still stuns with the utterly bizarre.
There's always something in a Grand Tour!

 

[Grant Fondo]

Cracking shift by Cerny today from 20kms out on his own after 160 miles, wow!

 

[DCLane]

Seems like the shortened stage was down to rider(s) protest. Bit of a race to the high ground by various teams saying "We wanted to race. For we are REAL cyclists!" Noone owning up to being a woose.

Clearly they need a winter's training in Yorkshire

 

[Beebo]

The organisers are a bit peeved. Looking at consulting lawyers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/54640116

 

[SWSteve]

It's basically a hideous 1 hour time-trial, and in a 1-hour TT there will be a lot of money on [checks notes]... Rohan Dennis....

exactly.

 

[Adam4868]

Rohan Dennis 80/1 for tommorow.....nah he's not that good is he 😁 e/w maybe

 

[nickyboy]

Rohan Dennis 80/1 for tommorow.....nah he's not that good is he 😁 e/w maybe

E/w is the only possibility. If he starts to drop TGH then he has to stay with him (and thus not win). If he and TGH drop everyone then he has to let TGH win for the bonus seconds
He should be the Ineos 3rd ascent guy (presume Castrovieho 1st ascent, Ganna 2nd ascent) so it's possible but dropping the Sunweb doms will be v difficult on Sestriere climb
Nickboys prediction of the day: Kelderman loses at most 30s to TGH and Hindley who cross the line in a sprint. Dunno who will be in Pink, it'll be that close. All down to TT between three of them with just a few seconds separating them. TT v unpredictable due to generally shagged out state of riders

 

[Bonus]

Doh!

 

[Adam4868]

E/w is the only possibility. If he starts to drop TGH then he has to stay with him (and thus not win). If he and TGH drop everyone then he has to let TGH win for the bonus seconds
He should be the Ineos 3rd ascent guy (presume Castrovieho 1st ascent, Ganna 2nd ascent) so it's possible but dropping the Sunweb doms will be v difficult on Sestriere climb
Nickboys prediction of the day: Kelderman loses at most 30s to TGH and Hindley who cross the line in a sprint. Dunno who will be in Pink, it'll be that close. All down to TT between three of them with just a few seconds separating them. TT v unpredictable due to generally shagged out state of riders

Mark each other out to much and Bilbao maybe takes time ?
I'm not to sure any of them want to go so deep as they've got the TT to come....who doesn't like everything coming down to the TT 😁
Tao will win whatever...heartbreak time like the Tour

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Beautiful Autumn colours today. Oh, and Hindley couldn't shake Tao off his tail.

 

[Beebo]

Wow. That was a finish.
Both riders on the same overall time with just the ITT to go. It couldn’t be any closer.
Who will be in Pink?

 

[Beebo]

Is it better to be in Pink and ride last.
or be second and ride in your own TT suit.

 

[Dave Davenport]

That were great!