It really depends on how much time someone takes tomorrow, because looking at that climb on the TT, if you went to deep the day before you could loose a lot of time on that climb especially since you don’t have the opponents to hang on to. It will be interesting how tomorrow plays out. For Roglic it was a bit concerning to me that we didn’t see one of his hard attacks to try to get rid of Thomas on Coi. But I honestly don’t have an Idea how this goes tomorrow will probably depend on how hard the stage is raced, the Weather and the Day the top 3 are having.
Well it got a little more interesting after todays stage…30ish seconds is a lot to make up at the pointy end… I’m looking forward to see how it plays out…tomorrow everyone Ineos TJV and UAE have to sell out to help thier leaders and of course so do the leaders…I’m also interested to see if Ben Healy has anything left to fight for the KOM title or if Thibaut Pinot can hang on to his gains made today…
Oh and Brandon McNulty will he reappear as a super gregario for Almeida?? Oh Oh and Sepp Kuss what does he have left for tomorrow after todays performance
Its so exciting…I can’t wait 
And Based on or recommendation I will checkout LR I watched them a few years back but I don’t recall
LR is good. Also definitely worth listening to G’s Watts Occuring podcast from inside the race. Obviously not impartial but it is actually quite a balanced perspective and has pretty positive vibes about most of the peleton.
If I had to pick only one it would be LR. I don’t like Horner as a personality but do like him as an alternative opinion at times
Excited for the possibilities of today’s stage, think we have three teams that all want more time going into the TT so hopefully aggressive racing before the final climb
I’d be happy with any of the current podium ending up on the top step. I’ve never been an ineos fan but seeing a masters racer win a GT is always a bonus, been pulling for rog since this was him Vs remco, and a first time GT winner is always good news to me
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Concur about the race… Watched LR this morning not bad. I felt they threw a wide net and went into some detail about many riders outside of the usaual suspects…I’ve added them to my group to have a variety… thanks.
Roglic with a bike change at the bottom of the Passo Tre Croci…rear cassette has a 44 rear cog. Looks like he will have close to a 1:1 for the finale today.
In a road race.
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The Spirit of Gravel @ the Giro
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Dumping rain…but the sun is also shining.
The Giro. 
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Potentially a dumb question, but why the massive cassette and 1x? Save a few grams with the 1x? Something else? I’d think a 2x and big but not straight-up gravel-geared cassette could have worked for the whole stage, but they did it for a reason so I’m sure I’m missing something.
Apparently Primoz is on a 1x?
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Can’t answer for sure…they did say the 44 was only compatible with a 1x, but I think it is fair question why they didn’t go with a 2x combo that gave him a similar gear range. Technically heavier, but also don’t need to faff about with a bike change.
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We definitely will have to watch he post race show and pressure increases he better do well
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I mean even for the Pros, sustained 13-16% gradients over 3 Kilometers will lead to grinding in relatively low cadence on anything below 1:1 . The 44t in front should in theory increase the efficiency of the drivetrain a bit compared to a small front ring. I think they are using that because they want that setup for tomorrow anyway and you really don’t need a high top end since it is steep up until the finish line.
A bit disappointed that no one was willing to make the race hard… but understandable with this finish and tomorrow looming and the small time gaps for the top 3.
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Well my guess is Primoz needs a hugh explosion to gain what 10 secs minimum…I’m with you why not try to blow em up early… 
What is up with Rider 161 of ARKEA and his helmet??? It’s not like those of his teammates…
They are putting on the pressure now. Top 3 teams all shedding riders.
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Every meter that passes by means the time gaps will be smaller and smaller.
This is why I don’t really like huge, challenging stages like this…it has the opposite effect of what you expect. It makes the riders conservative, not aggressive.
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Yeap
Wonder what G just said on the radio… up… steady… knock it off?