Giro d'Italia 2020, stage 14: Conegliano – Valdobbiadene 34.1 km ITT

Inquitus

Stage 14: Conegliano – Valdobbiadene 34.1 km ITT

Saturday, October 17th, 12:35 CEST





Technical Overview:

The long ITT of the race is not exactly long, but in these days and age that’s what we get. From Conegliano to Valdobbiadene, start and finish are exactly the same as the ITT of the Giro 2015, except that that one was 59 km long… and we are talking about 5 years ago, not a century. But I digress. The route of this year starts with 6.3 km flat before entering the only climb of the day, Ca’ del Poggio (GPM4, 1.1 km at 12.3%), a climb that the Giro seems contractually obliged to ride every damn year. At the top there will be the first checkpoint. The next sector measures 10 km of twisty but flattish roads up to the second checkpoint in Pieve di Soligo, after which the road gets easier until the third checkpoint in Col S.Martino. The final sector of 9 km features some rolling terrain, with some decent ramps (5-6% max).



The Climbs:

Ca’ del Poggio: GPM4, 1.1 km at 12.3%



Short and steep, it’s been climbed a lot recently. Never made any difference, as it was always far from the finish.

What to expect:

Overall, it’s an ITT for specialists but not as much as the first one, in particular if it rains. Gaps should still be large though.



Valdobbiadene

Betting Odds

Filippo Ganna - 1/2
Rohan Dennis - 6/4
Mikkel Bjerg - 16
Joao Almeida - 22
Brandon McNulty - 28
Alex Dowsett - 33
Pello Bilbao - 40
Thomas De Gendt - 40
Jonathan Castroviejo - 40
Wilco Kelderman - 50

There's a guy on the road side dressed in a cock and balls outfit, queue the youngest enquiring about it "Daddy whats the man dressed up as" I told her he was a tree

lennymc

looking at the power analysis, ganna sitting at 450 watts in the green..... savage stuff.

mr spuckler

Looking like there'll be a few changes in top 10. Great first split from Almeida though.

MPFGLB

McNulty up GC

Inquitus

MPFGLB wrote: »

McNulty up GC

What's McNulty like in the high mountains?

Daroxtar

https://twitter.com/DeGendtThomas/status/1317474535894122497?s=20

neris

Deleted User wrote: »

There's a guy on the road side dressed in a cock and balls outfit, queue the youngest enquiring about it "Daddy whats the man dressed up as" I told her he was a tree

Jaysus and I thought the smiley poo costume I saw in woodies Halloween section earlier in the week was cheap and tacky

retalivity

Ganna is an animal. With eight minutes to go he overtook Haga who set off 5 minutes before him and won the Final Day TT stage at last year’s Giro.

Coneygree

As daft as it sounds, Wilco Kelderman might actually win a GT. It really doesn't feel right saying it but it's true.

Doc07

Coneygree wrote: »

As daft as it sounds, Wilco Kelderman might actually win a GT. It really doesn't feel right saying it but it's true.

Solid TT, no cockups in the high mountains and staying upright and Covid free is a skill these days.

Also think Geoghegan-Harte could climb high into top 10-top5

dastardly00

https://twitter.com/CafeRoubaix/status/1317500569016303616

Congrats to them!

MPFGLB

Inquitus wrote: »

What's McNulty like in the high mountains?

Haven't a clue

dastardly00

[Deleted User] wrote: »

There's a guy on the road side dressed in a cock and balls outfit, queue the youngest enquiring about it "Daddy whats the man dressed up as" I told her he was a tree

Was this the 'tree'?

https://twitter.com/OutOfCycling/status/1317452487532621824

Randy Archer

Daroxtar wrote: »

https://twitter.com/DeGendtThomas/status/1317474535894122497?s=20

That lad has to be one of the hardest ****ers in the peloton

Last season he had to do all three grand tours and had an extremely long season (Molluma of Treak was in a similar boat) he was out in the front for much of last years TDF - not so much this season but he did a good tt yesterday

Randy Archer

Does anyone find this new stage hunting Ineos team more interesting than the usual tactics ? They tired it in the later stages of TDF too. Some talent on that team (we all knew how good the Pole is )

Sad what happened to Thomas but it’s not for the first time that it happened , he has no chance of being allowed to be a protected leader in the future after yet another fall . (He was riding well too)

For sure, it's actually easy to cheer these guys on now with them having chances they ordinarily wouldn't get.

Randy Archer

Randy Archer wrote: »

That lad has to be one of the hardest ****ers in the peloton

Last season he had to do all three grand tours and had an extremely long season (Molluma of Treak was in a similar boat) he was out in the front for much of last years TDF - not so much this season but he did a good tt yesterday

Didn't he ride back to Belgium with Tim Wellens from Lombardia too?

Randy Archer

Deleted User wrote: »

Didn't he ride back to Belgium with Tim Wellens from Lombardia too?

Did not know that . Tim is also is very much in the school of road warrior champs too . Hard men