The Giro is long. The guy is really really good and strong but this is the right way to lose. I would keep the gas for the last stages even if now he feels like a god.
Rob Hatch can pronounce names in other languages, and never misses an opportunity to show off, probably his most annoying quality. Maybe just keep speaking in English since that is what he is paid to do.
Pointless waste of energy by Pog, if he continues to do this it proves he's not a strategic grand tour rider, who on his team was he riding for? Oh and if he rides into the back of a sprint crash that could be a problem for his challenge...whose got the biggest...
I had 2 picks for the sprinters at this Giro. Merlier was my number one pick and I said Kooij will win 2 stages. Now that Merlier has crashed and is hurting I absolutely expect another stage win from Kooij. I saw him beat Merlier earlier this year and that was made me keep an eye on him. He's going to be a force to be reckoned with in upcoming seasons. VISMA has never been much for sprints but they will be now. They have such a strong team that they can split up their goals between GC and points classification with this lad Kooij. Brilliant bunch sprint!!! 🤘🏻🏴
la prima settimana poteva essere tutta così se quei sottosviluppati di tracciatori non avessero disegnato il giro solo per gli sponsor delle grandi squadre ( di scalatori ).
Seen a ton of these. I think hardly anyone is ever rooting for the sprinter's teams. Narvaez is going to have a hard time dealing with it when he knows there were times in the run-in that he could have gone that 0.5% harder.
@@teacherhomieg It's faster to TT on the drops without surging. It's only faster to stand if you can accelerate and "drop" people if you haven't been giving your all for the last 5 minutes. If he could stand and sprint it would imply he wasn't giving his all for the last 3 km and saving something for the finale - but it wasn't the right thing to do here because no one else was there to share the work. He's not a sprinter per se, so probably better for him to wind up things as fast as he can and stay as low and as smooth as possible. After the run-in, probably he would have just stalled if he tried to stand up. He just gave his all... and wasn't enough. Still chapeau.
Pogi brought the peloton to be more aggresive to catch Narvaez and it made a sensational finish,, such a great conpetitor he is to bring adrenalin not just with other racers but to the crowd,, Heartrob and Heartbreak stage😅
@@zojazaman9272 Maglia Rosa shouldnt even be in the middle of that bunch. That was just revenge and a not so smart movement. A crash at 60 kph and Pogi goes home
Yeah, when you've been off the front alone like that for so long trying to stay away from a chasing pack and win the race, your legs are on fire, so there's really nothing to be gained by trying to stand up and sprint. He was already giving everything he had.
@@lloydhlavac6807 exactly. From long-ish efforts at maximal effort (think a time trial on a course you know well), you often don't win anything by standing at the end if it's a steady high-speed finish. It just means you didn't go hard enough before and gave up some speed beforehand.
They should have real time power data on screen and mic'd up riders. Make it fun to watch. Sadly, it would take the UCI a hundred years to make those changes.
I don’t know much about cycling but why Narvaez doesn’t stand up on his bike at 4:43 and sprints like crazy??? Couldn’t it give him a few more meters ?
Why didn’t Narvaez stand up & sprint for his life those last 50 meters?? He had a fighting chance. Just stayed on the drops like it was inevitable for him to be caught. Too bad. Maybe he was spent?? Tough way to not win the stage.
Enough with the biased pro Aussie commentating.. neither two sprinters factored in this stage and that's all they focused on. You don't hear Sean Kelly talking incessantly about the Irish riders so let's just keep the coverage even and show all the riders the respect and attention they deserve.
It's a race between the Giro coverage and Eurosport coverage to see who can do the worst coverage. These clowns make NBC look great. So much hyperbole for stages that don't amount to anything.
NBA Basketball. But most cycling fans will tune in for the last hour depending on the stage, or watch the entire broadcasted portion if it's a one-day classic.
Pogi attacks the sprinters: He's such a jerk why is he attacking them. Pogi leads out the sprinters: He's such a jerk why didn't he let the breakaway win. These Pogi haters be tripping out of their minds while Pogi is just racing.
Great tour, but I am certainly not enjoying the manner in which Orla leads the discussions during coverage on Eurosport. Her lack of a cycling background is very evident. She does most of the talking, when I would like to hear more from the other presenters who clearly have better insights and commentary.
Mark it down in your notebooks folks... 1 more day of wasted energy by Pogacar. The Giro is relentless in the third week. Many an invincible rider has succumbed in the last few days of the Giro.
