Giro D'Italia Stage 13: Ravenna to Verona (198km)

mr spuckler · 21-05-2021 10:08am #1

One for the mountain goats today :pac:

This almost looks flatter than the profile from earlier in the Giro - at least there are a few turns on this occasion! Being one of only 2 proper sprint stages left, this should be straightforward, however the route is exposed so crosswinds could play a part. That's what I'll be tuning in early for anyway.

Interestingly the top 4 favourites below are all yet to win a stage...

Odds from Bet365
Giacomo Nizzolo 13/4
Dylan Groenewegen 13/4
Fernando Gaviria 9/2
Elia Viviani 9/2
Peter Sagan 6/1

Mefistofelino · 21-05-2021 10:29am

I've seen lumpier snooker tables.

ednwireland · 21-05-2021 10:54am

flat as a very flat thing

crosswinds ?

mr spuckler · 21-05-2021 10:59am

Once again I won't be doing the weekend stage threads btw!

Mefistofelino · 21-05-2021 11:00am

ednwireland wrote: »

flat as a very flat thing

crosswinds ?

Dont think so. It will be a crosswind direction for the first section South to Mantua but forecast is for gentle breezes.

Daroxtar · 21-05-2021 12:54pm

https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1395693170969780224?s=20

Reality_Check1 · 21-05-2021 1:20pm

Boooooooooring

mr spuckler · 21-05-2021 1:30pm

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

Boooooooooring

So much so I'm finding myself doing work instead :eek:

Darkglasses · 21-05-2021 3:10pm

Idle thought - I presume Rob Hatch will also be doing the TDF? I miss Carlton Kirby.

dastardly00 · 21-05-2021 3:22pm

Kelly saying that he was almost nodding off

Paddigol · 21-05-2021 3:28pm

Darkglasses wrote: »

Idle thought - I presume Rob Hatch will also be doing the TDF? I miss Carlton Kirby.

Please god no!

retalivity · 21-05-2021 3:37pm

Darkglasses wrote: »

Idle thought - I presume Rob Hatch will also be doing the TDF? I miss Carlton Kirby.

You should have spent half an hour yesterday watching the andalucia race and him spouting rubbish non-stop about hayter, you'd quickly change your mind!

dastardly00 · 21-05-2021 3:48pm

I'll go for Nizzolo to finally win

dahat · 21-05-2021 3:52pm

Darkglasses wrote: »

Idle thought - I presume Rob Hatch will also be doing the TDF? I miss Carlton Kirby.

Hopefully, Kirby is woeful these days.

Mefistofelino · 21-05-2021 3:53pm

I'm nostalgic for David Duffield now.

T'other day when the rain interrupted the live pictures and Lloyd & Walker were left to their own devices, they were a bit lost. Duffield would have regaled us with stories of local sausages and stunts he pulled with Raleigh. Useless at commentating on the actual racing but an afternoon with him was like going down wormholes on Wiki - you never knew what you'd learn.

dastardly00 · 21-05-2021 3:58pm

Verona is a beautiful city, well worth a visit if you're in that region. Just avoid the tourist trap that is Juliet's balcony.

Mefistofelino · 21-05-2021 3:58pm

If you want to do your own commentating and add a little local colour, the Giro produce a roadbook (or, as its known in Italian - "Il Roadbook") that gives a potted history of each place they pass through. Its how Carlton, Rob etc gen up beforehand.

https://www.giroditalia.it/en/roadbook/

Mefistofelino · 21-05-2021 4:13pm

And dumping gel & food wrappers in the hedges again. That really annoys me. It weighs about 50g, you've dragged to within 10km of the finish. What difference is yeeting it into the ditch it actually going to make?

dastardly00 · 21-05-2021 4:15pm

Anytime I see Campenaerts he is never wearing sunglasses. Very strange

mr spuckler · 21-05-2021 4:23pm

BRAVO GIACOMO!!!

**maybe Bravissimo!

Reality_Check1 · 21-05-2021 4:25pm

delighted for Nizzolo tbh

mewso · 21-05-2021 4:25pm

12th time lucky. Well done Nizzolo.

mr spuckler · 21-05-2021 4:25pm

That was some surge from way back by Nizzolo tbf.

Another really poor effort from Viviani.

Mefistofelino · 21-05-2021 4:27pm

Affini's run to the finish was pretty impressive too

21-05-2021 4:28pm

He's loving this , dishing out the hi 5's to the fans there

griffin100 · 21-05-2021 4:28pm

Delighted to see him win but thought he was way too far back and that the JV rider would steal it. Great to see the fans going nuts like that.

Mefistofelino · 21-05-2021 4:30pm

What's the piece of signed card on the top of Nizzolo's helmet?

dastardly00 · 21-05-2021 4:31pm

I really thought Affini had snuck it! Happy for Nizzolo. It must really play on your conscience when you are a sprinter and you've finished in second place eleven times in your home Grand Tour

Reality_Check1 · 21-05-2021 4:33pm

I thought JV may have left Affini go intentionally but he just confirmed it was an accident

griffin100 · 21-05-2021 4:35pm

Mefistofelino wrote: »

What's the piece of signed card on the top of Nizzolo's helmet?

I though they said on commentary that it was his pass to train outside in Italy during COVID (or something like that).

NamelessPhil · 21-05-2021 4:37pm

Mefistofelino wrote: »

What's the piece of signed card on the top of Nizzolo's helmet?

It's his self certification notice permitting him to leave his local area to hunt for stage wins in the Giro. Every Italian had to fill out such a permit during lockdown if they had to leave their local area.

Giro D'Italia Stage 13: Ravenna to Verona (198km)

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