Giro d'Italia 2025 spoilers

[Blazing Saddles]

It sounds as if I am missing a really good Giro.
Misfortune befalls Roglic on a crucial stage. He remains a bad luck magnet, poor soul.
All change again in the GC which seems wide open except…..
UAE could strangle the race in the 3rd week. 2 different Maglia Rosa by what would normally be the first rest day.

 

[mididoctors]

It sounds as if I am missing a really good Giro.
Misfortune befalls Roglic on a crucial stage. He remains a bad luck magnet, poor soul.
All change again in the GC which seems wide open except…..
UAE could strangle the race in the 3rd week. 2 different Maglia Rosa by what would normally be the first rest day.

They got a few problems ..ayuso needs stitches in his knee

 

[mididoctors]

Teams are treating the jersey like a hot potato 🥔

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Oh and any thoughts on how Trek used Vacek today?
I read that he bridged to the lead group, but then I saw him being brought back to pull for Ciccone.
Imo, if he could have won, he should have been given the free role he was supposed to have.
I can’t see the point of saving a few seconds for not just Ciccone, but Ayuso, Carapaz, Tiberi etc.

 

[mididoctors]

Oh and any thoughts on how Trek used Vacek today?
I read that he bridged to the lead group, but then I saw him being brought back to pull for Ciccone.
Imo, if he could have won, he should have been given the free role he was supposed to have.
I can’t see the point of saving a few seconds for not just Ciccone, but Ayuso, Carapaz, Tiberi etc.

It was weird ....he was about the only rider who could bridge groups ....but wrecked himself doing it . I guess the idea was he would bridge to del Toro WvA and bernal ...then drop them for the win .... He fell back to the ciccone group in the end .

 

[mididoctors]

A lot of the teams were pinned physically.. and tactically ...unsure to.chase or sit on given they had riders front and behind

 

[Pblakeney]

Oh and any thoughts on how Trek used Vacek today?
I read that he bridged to the lead group, but then I saw him being brought back to pull for Ciccone.
Imo, if he could have won, he should have been given the free role he was supposed to have.
I can’t see the point of saving a few seconds for not just Ciccone, but Ayuso, Carapaz, Tiberi etc.

He wouldn't have won as he would have been dropped in the final climb. Clearly would have got 3rd and ruined my PTP.
Did help Ciccone though which I guess counts for more than bottom step of the podium to the team. "Guess" being operative.

 

[Pblakeney]

UAD currently have 3 riders in the top 10. Great day for them.

 

[gsk82]

UAD currently have 3 riders in the top 10. Great day for them.

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[No Ta Doctor]

Oh and any thoughts on how Trek used Vacek today?
I read that he bridged to the lead group, but then I saw him being brought back to pull for Ciccone.
Imo, if he could have won, he should have been given the free role he was supposed to have.
I can’t see the point of saving a few seconds for not just Ciccone, but Ayuso, Carapaz, Tiberi etc.

He was given the free role, used it to bridge but got dropped, so he sat up and waited for the GC group with Ciccone where he worked to put time into Roglic.

“I was feeling super good today. When I made it to the break there was only a few km that I could recover and then Del Toro started attacking and it was a bit too much for me, but I could make it back on one of the kicks. On the last sector they went full gas and I got dropped with Bernal. I waited for the group of Cicco and pulled full gas for him to make a big gap to Roglič.” – Mathias Vacek.

 

[mididoctors]

WvA wheelsucked his way to.a great win ... And I am not being disparaging ..it's how it's done . If he had down 1% more work he wouldn't have been able to.come round del Toro

 

[Milzy]

WvA wheelsucked his way to.a great win ... And I am not being disparaging ..it's how it's done . If he had down 1% more work he wouldn't have been able to.come round del Toro

I think he will help Del Toro to pay him back soon enough. A deal was done.

 

[mididoctors]

Hope we see more of him

 

[mididoctors]

I think he will help Del Toro to pay him back soon enough. A deal was done.

Maybe ....I don't think it was a deal ....I didn't see del toro faking that effort trying to drop,/ fend off Wout... I could be wrong it's not unheard of

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Maybe ....I don't think.it as a deal ....I didn't see del.toro faking that effort trying to drop,/ fend off Wout... I could be wrong it's not unheard of

I doubt there was any deal - he had Yates behind so literally couldn't work with Del Toro. He said afterwards he felt bad about it but there was nothing he could do.