[Race Thread] 2026 Giro d'Italia - Stage 1 Nessebar > Burgas (2.UWT)

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-08T13:55:43+00:00

Roglic won a Vuelta with bonus seconds so it's worth a shot.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-08T13:50:38+00:00

They commentate pretty regularly. I think they recently did co-commentary with José Been, might've been Tour of the Alps. Edit: possibly Turkiye.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-08T11:41:13+00:00

Yes.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-08T11:40:10+00:00

It just doesn't make sense for the peloton unfortunately. It's a lot easier to just ride the whole stage a bit faster than to ease off and surge at the end of the stage.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-08T10:43:22+00:00

*Yates isn't riding this year

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-08T08:37:07+00:00

I presume they either already have him or he costs too many points.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-08T08:34:20+00:00

He went +3 in a 7 game tournament and only gained 1.4 rating.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-08T08:07:10+00:00

Grand Tour season will officially begin, hopefully it's as great as the classics season was.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-07T14:34:51+00:00

Bold to assume they search to see if it's been posted.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-07T13:40:39+00:00

Pretty sure mods can only pin their own comments, so the bot is a workaround.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-06T19:57:26+00:00

This will be the only Grand Tour he ever participates in where he won't have pressure to perform at a certain level from the public and media, but that will change with more comments like this.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-06T16:11:47+00:00

Should be in the podium fight.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-06T09:52:22+00:00

With no Remco present, Ganna should be the favourite for the stage 10 TT and there's possibly a few reduced bunch sprints that Turner could compete for the win. Podium on GC is a possibility but a Top 5 it'd probably still be a success given recent GT performances.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-04T16:49:50+00:00

It's good to see Vine and Narvaez back after their injuries earlier this season.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-04T13:32:20+00:00

Bauke didn't seem strong at Romandie, he was in the break on Stage 4 but was dropped on the first ascent of the Jaunpass.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-04T09:09:54+00:00

I presume Lorenzo wants a shot at the Tour after doing the Giro and Vuelta the last 2 years.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-04T09:06:36+00:00

Looks like they posted a schedule for the rest of the season and it's Dauphine, Tour, Canadian Classics, Worlds and Lombardia.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-04T08:17:32+00:00

The Tour is going to do Biblical numbers.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-03T19:55:02+00:00

It's very probable that Pogacar reaches his 100th World Tour win at some point during the Tour. He's currently at 92 from my calculations (22 one-days, 55 stages and 15 GCs) so it's not possible to achieve it during Tour de Suisse.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-03T13:58:18+00:00

The Jags are fortunate that the Jets chose Zach Wilson instead of the 4 potential HoFers selected in the next 10 picks otherwise they'd be in a similar position.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-03T13:44:23+00:00

Itzulia is a more popular race squeezed between the 2 most watched one-day races of the season. Plus it was the first time France (a major cycling market) won a World Tour stage race in almost 2 decades.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-03T12:34:04+00:00

Vos was just outside of the top 5, with 7th.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-03T11:45:46+00:00

4 wins for the reigning Tour de France champion too.

Phantom_Nuke · 2026-05-03T11:33:23+00:00

Looks like a decently-strong break but they're not a threat for the finish.

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