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

mr spuckler · 12-05-2021 9:53am #1

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...

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

TheBlaaMan · 12-05-2021 9:57am

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..)

mewso · 12-05-2021 10:01am

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

Paddigol · 12-05-2021 10:15am

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

neris · 12-05-2021 10:17am

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

dastardly00 · 12-05-2021 11:42am

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

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Paddigol · 12-05-2021 12:37pm

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!

mr spuckler · 12-05-2021 12:40pm

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:

mr spuckler · 12-05-2021 1:22pm

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

Peterx · 12-05-2021 2:00pm

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

edit - nope, standard portions tonight, caught already

dastardly00 · 12-05-2021 3:15pm

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

Peterx · 12-05-2021 3:32pm

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

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

mewso · 12-05-2021 4:08pm

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.

12-05-2021 4:14pm

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

mr spuckler · 12-05-2021 4:26pm

Landa down and looks in bad shape :eek:

retalivity · 12-05-2021 4:26pm

FFS Landa gone

Richard Hillman · 12-05-2021 4:27pm

Heartbreaking for Landa. I'm heartbroken for Landa

What a bad, bad stage.

mr spuckler · 12-05-2021 4:27pm

Flag man got milled there too

12-05-2021 4:27pm

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

Oymyakon · 12-05-2021 4:28pm

Looks like he clattered the traffic signaller

Dcully · 12-05-2021 4:29pm

Gutted for Landa , really dangerous last 10 k.

mr spuckler · 12-05-2021 4:31pm

Another 2nd for Nizzolo?

De Bhál · 12-05-2021 4:32pm

looking forward to a review of that sprint - looked nuts

retalivity · 12-05-2021 4:33pm

Ewan is some man for threading the needle.

mr spuckler · 12-05-2021 4:33pm

Merlier furious there towards the end, whatever happened.

retalivity · 12-05-2021 4:34pm

mr spuckler wrote: »

Another 2nd for Nizzolo?

His 11th 2nd place!

Oymyakon · 12-05-2021 4:34pm

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)

12-05-2021 4:35pm

Chain looked to be off for Merlier there.

Dcully · 12-05-2021 4:40pm

Bernie making a lot of sense there.

De Bhál · 12-05-2021 4:43pm

top class from Ewan

Dodge · 12-05-2021 4:43pm

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

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

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