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Giro D'Italia Stage 5: Modena to Cattolica (177km)

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  • 12-05-2021 9:53am
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    mr spuckler
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    Possibly the flattest and straightest stage profile I've ever seen, I can imagine the extreme boredom levels for the peloton if the weather is also bad :pac:

    As CN put it in their preview;
    This stage is so straight and flat that only the curvature of the earth prevents you from seeing the finish from the start.

    The one thing that could liven it up would be crosswinds...

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    Odds from Bet365
    Tim Merlier 11/5
    Caleb Ewan 5/2
    Dylan Groenewegen 5/1
    Fernando Gaviria 6/1
    Giacomo Nizzolo 9/1
    Elia Viviani 10/1
    Peter Sagan 14/1


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    TheBlaaMan
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    200m of elevation gain in 177km - even the Dutch riders will think this is a flat one. I have to climb more to get to the local shops (that's not strictly accurate..)


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    mewso
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    How fickle the bookies are. Surely if Caleb gets a good position he wins.


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    Paddigol
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    Epic LOLZ at that profile! And look at all those lovely mountains just off the hard shoulder!!


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    neris
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    https://twitter.com/robhatchtv/status/1392405526596759556?s=19


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    dastardly00
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    The organisers decided to put all the corners in the last three kilometres

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    Paddigol
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    Despite the snoozefest of a profile, I'm actually raging as I tend to visit relatives in Bologna and beach in Rimini every year. Would have been there for this but for, well, you know yourself!


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    mr spuckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭mr spuckler


    Paddigol wrote: »
    Despite the snoozefest of a profile, I'm actually raging as I tend to visit relatives in Bologna and beach in Rimini every year. Would have been there for this but for, well, you know yourself!

    I've bleated on about it here before but I would have been in Bormio last year around the time of the Stelvio stage but for, well, you know yourself! :pac:


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    mr spuckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭mr spuckler


    Big crowds out on the roads here in Bologna.

    edit: interview with Campanaerts "how do you think the stage will go and when do you think you'll need to start chasing the breakaway?" :pac:

    edit 2: brilliant for Fortunato riding out ahead of the peloton through his home town :D


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    Peterx
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    No 8 man breakaway today, those 2 lads will have earned their pasta tonight.

    edit - nope, standard portions tonight, caught already :)


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    dastardly00
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    I'm not watching... but any reason why the peloton caught the break so early?


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    Peterx
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    Probably a miscalculation* as they have let 2 other lads go now

    *in your own head please read in a Sean Kelly accent


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    mewso
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 8,811 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    Peterx wrote: »
    Yes well, probably a miscalculation* as they have let 2 other lads go now

    Ok now I can read it in a Sean Kelly accent.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Sivakov down, he's not the luckiest when it come to crashes is he.


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    #15
    mr spuckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭mr spuckler


    Landa down and looks in bad shape :eek:


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    retalivity
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    FFS Landa gone


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    #17
    Richard Hillman
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    Heartbreaking for Landa. I'm heartbroken for Landa

    What a bad, bad stage.


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    #18
    mr spuckler
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    Flag man got milled there too


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    [Deleted User]
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    They are slow to move him there, hope he's ok. Gutted for him.


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    Oymyakon
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    Looks like he clattered the traffic signaller


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    Dcully
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    Gutted for Landa , really dangerous last 10 k.


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    mr spuckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭mr spuckler


    Another 2nd for Nizzolo?


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    #23
    De Bhál
    Registered Users Posts: 2,840 ✭✭✭De Bhál


    looking forward to a review of that sprint - looked nuts


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    #24
    retalivity
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    Ewan is some man for threading the needle.


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    #25
    mr spuckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭mr spuckler


    Merlier furious there towards the end, whatever happened.


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    retalivity
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    mr spuckler wrote: »
    Another 2nd for Nizzolo?

    His 11th 2nd place!


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    Oymyakon
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    Nizzolo looked to go too early but I don't think anyone was gonna beat Ewan on that performance. I don't know why but I find Nizzolo one of the most forgettable sprinters over the last few years, he's always there or thereabouts but never seems to get a huge win (I'm not counting the European championship as a huge win)


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    [Deleted User]
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    Chain looked to be off for Merlier there.


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    #29
    Dcully
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    Bernie making a lot of sense there.


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    #30
    De Bhál
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    top class from Ewan


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    Dodge
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    Didn’t even look in today. Presumed nothing would happen. Shame for Landa


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