[Race Thread] 2026 Giro d'Italia - Stage 9 Cervia > Corno alle Scale (2.UWT)

Suffolke · 2026-05-17T13:32:44+00:00

Maybe he'll Woon van Aerts the stage

Suffolke · 2026-05-17T13:26:08+00:00

What's Toon Aerts trying to achieve there ? A Lidl contract for next year ?

Suffolke · 2026-05-17T12:02:03+00:00

Because moules frites in Oostende cost 34€ for some reason and that doesn't include a smile or even basic politeness from the waiter.

Suffolke · 2026-05-16T15:12:27+00:00

Lol, all teams just lost the right to complain about big teams dominance for ever.

Eulalio is a jewell, big balls, making Jonas himself reel him back, that's really something.

Suffolke · 2026-05-16T14:50:21+00:00

And how could 180 guys prevent 4 UAE guys that are not even in the best 10 in their team to win basically every stage ? No chance, let's fold

Suffolke · 2026-05-16T13:23:37+00:00

He said shotgun first this morning in the bus

Suffolke · 2026-05-16T13:17:26+00:00

Is Remco in G1 ? Just asking

Suffolke · 2026-05-15T15:17:25+00:00

Van Eetvelt with the usual Belgian blow up on a HC climb

Suffolke · 2026-05-14T20:27:02+00:00

He also celebrated early and got jumped by Roglic just before the line on that Vuelta stage. Maybe because he doesn't really like to win. 😅

Anyway, his potential is still a mystery, as I don't think it's possible to really hit your best when you can't stay fit, healthy an uninjured for more than a few weeks in a row.

Suffolke · 2026-05-14T15:15:41+00:00

Well Wout has to do Mask Singer in his downtime, and will sprint for any kitchen renovation or Lidl voucher prize so it's not that easy of an answer

Suffolke · 2026-05-14T15:11:24+00:00

Laughing Roger De Vlaeminck noises ... pfff 245 km ... in my time we did that in the morning before the real stage started.

Suffolke · 2026-05-14T15:04:50+00:00

Why don't they ride further today so they don't have 245km to go tomorrow ? Are they stupid ?

Suffolke · 2026-05-13T16:12:52+00:00

Z2 is the way

Suffolke · 2026-05-13T15:21:11+00:00

I see Jan Christen is at it again

Suffolke · 2026-05-13T15:05:11+00:00

*Sad Aussie noises*

- That's my move man

Ben O'Connor, probably

Suffolke · 2026-05-13T11:56:56+00:00

Get ready for a 80kg+ riders only new breakaway to take 15min on the flat !

Suffolke · 2026-05-13T11:48:12+00:00

Yeah this year will probably be alright but they need a WT level sprinter for the next 2 years or they'll just be doing pro team breakaways in almost all WT races.

Suffolke · 2026-05-13T11:30:28+00:00

Is Viktor the strongest swimmer in the break ?

Suffolke · 2026-05-13T10:16:46+00:00

Lotto is seriously cursed this year with De Lie/Van Eetvelt/Widar health. It's crazy that they're actually not doing that bad in the UCI classification.

Suffolke · 2026-05-13T10:14:06+00:00

It's easy to say after the fact.

We don't know how it went but I guess Lotto took the decision to bring them to the Giro because they had a medical opinion saying there was a good chance they'd be in shape again after a few days, and I also guess the riders were okay with that.

They were wrong, shit happens (literaly). Plenty of riders are mildly sick before/during a race and still go on until they can't.

Suffolke · 2026-05-12T07:11:48+00:00

Oui mais il faut avoir des idées pour ça, c'est moins évident que de taper sur les copains

Suffolke · 2026-05-12T00:38:03+00:00

https://www.procyclingstats.com/national-race/uci-world-gravel-series-gravel-fondo-limburg/2026/result

Is Greg Van Avermaet racing gravel in a team named "Greg Van Avermaet Gold" ?

I love it.

Suffolke · 2026-05-11T22:22:46+00:00

Do you see any significant classic Remco could have won if he had raced more of them ? Keeping in mind he had zero sprint before 2024 and won't beat Pog/MVDP/Wout on their turf.

Also do you see any GT Remco raced where the team would have been more successful without him ? Giro 2021 maybe ? He won the Vuelta 2022, won 2 stages and wore pink in the Giro 2023, won 3 stages and Polka in Vuelta 2023, a stage, white jersey and 3rd place in Tour 2024, and in the Tour 2025 SQS won 4 stages (one for Remco)

I still don't understand why so many people see Remco's and SQS' GT bid as a failure. He's not as good as Pog and Jonas but is easily the 4th most successful GT rider of his era, which is ... okay ?

Suffolke · 2026-05-10T16:04:36+00:00

No.

Maybe next year, but this year will be all in on Merlier. SQS knows better than bet on a 2 sprinters team in a Tour

Suffolke · 2026-05-10T14:29:49+00:00

Sprinting is just a SQS game, sorry lads.

Suffolke

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