Giro d'Italia 2025 spoilers

[DeadCalm]

Arensman says it's his head. He gets stressed out at the beginning of the race and ends up having a really bad day.

He also crashed on stage 16 while in 9th.

 

[mididoctors]

It's been pretty feisty but everyone looks tired

 

[mididoctors]

You all have such fantastic recall of that Froome attack. I can remember some things about it for sure - but what detail can I recall? I can remember that I was renewing my car insurance that day and I was on the phone to the insurers about something or other while it was happening. And that it was when the giant inhaler made an appearance. Something wrong with my brain,

It gets talked about a lot in the intervening years I guess

 

[rich p]

Laghetto di Piona... Once used for fishing and monastic solitude.
Gotta love the tourist info!

 

[mididoctors]

Kaden groves infiltration of the break

 

[No Ta Doctor]

It gets talked about a lot in the intervening years I guess

Yes. Though the Reichenbacher debate was very much a feature of the race thread as it happened. But it was one of those days where everyone (apart from @Dogtrousers, apparently) stopped what they were doing to watch and comment

 

[rich p]

Fast and furious start

 

[rich p]

Yes. Though the Reichenbacher debate was very much a feature of the race thread as it happened. But it was one of those days where everyone (apart from @Dogtrousers, apparently) stopped what they were doing to watch and comment

I heard the other that it wouldn't be possible these days for Sky to do the regular feeding aid due to the new feed zone regs

 

[No Ta Doctor]

I heard the other that it wouldn't be possible these days for Sky to do the regular feeding aid due to the new feed zone regs

Yeah, I've no idea what the thinking behind the new regs is, but the nutrition - and the hi-viz of the helpers - was a key to the day. The hi-viz is banned now as well I believe.

 

[rich p]

Yeah, I've no idea what the thinking behind the new regs is, but the nutrition - and the hi-viz of the helpers - was a key to the day. The hi-viz is banned now as well I believe.

The suggestion was that it levelled the playing field for smaller teams unable to provide so many helpers, swannees etc on the route

 

[Blazing Saddles]

It’s this sort of stage in these conditions that first got me hooked on the Giro.
Como is one of my top destinations. Many fond memories of a Summer long ago.

 

[T4tomo]

Yes. Though the Reichenbacher debate was very much a feature of the race thread as it happened. But it was one of those days where everyone (apart from @Dogtrousers, apparently) stopped what they were doing to watch and comment

it was such a good stage I think I watched the highlights and /or the stage replay again a couple of times, which was much easeir to do back n the day, bloody TNT self-gratification artists

 

[No Ta Doctor]

The suggestion was that it levelled the playing field for smaller teams unable to provide so many helpers, swannees etc on the route

Of all the things that could level the playing field.... 🙄 Most of them were volunteers I think

 

[Adam4868]

You all have such fantastic recall of that Froome attack. I can remember some things about it for sure - but what detail can I recall? I can remember that I was renewing my car insurance that day and I was on the phone to the insurers about something or other while it was happening. And that it was when the giant inhaler made an appearance. Something wrong with my brain,

Remember meeting Froome on the morning of the TT in Roveretto...he was reckoning the course and I was hanging over the barriers dying of a hangover 🤣
Still one of my favourite races though....so much drama in that Giro,Froome looked like Bambi on ice early in the race...he was shocking,Yates looked invincible !
Then stage 19 the 80k Froomey attack...even the sh1tshow behind,Dumoulin telling everyone to calm down...it's Pinot Tom ffs he doesn't do calm. 🤣

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Ayuso climbs off, can't say I blame him