Giro d'Italia 2025 spoilers

[Pross]

There isnt one left is there? Not a proper one anyway. Friday & Saturday are brutal but one finishes after a descent and the other is 8 KM at under 4%.

I personally suspect he is using too many bullets and he will come unstuck over the four big climbs on Friday.

Yates & Carapaz would naturally be favourites still, but they both have demons to deal with on Saturday.

I'd class Saturday as an MTF, yes the final climb is only a Cat 3 but there's only a short descent between the Finestre and that climb.

 

[mididoctors]

Barrage seems unfair

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Heard worse ideas

If the general opinion of Ayuso is correct that he's a ruthless egoistic rider he'll fit the Movistar team ethos perfectly.

 

[BrumJim]

Dries de Bondt leads Mads out for the intermediate.
I've no idea what's going on in his head.

Brian Holm had a story about him attacking solo from a grupetto because he thought they were missing a time-cut - 50km solo up the road they found him solo as his DS had finally managed to convince him he'd screwed the maths up

My guess is that he has given up on the Cyclamen Jersey, and is going for the intermediate sprints classification instead.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Issue for Bernal?

 

[No Ta Doctor]

My guess is that he has given up on the Cyclamen Jersey, and is going for the intermediate sprints classification instead.

Does the Red Bullshit KM count for that as well, or is it a completely separate competition?

 

[T4tomo]

Does the Red Bullshit KM count for that as well, or is it a completely separate competition?

Bullsh!t KM is a separate comp.

Intermediate sprints count for sprint jersey comp

 

[mididoctors]

I'd class Saturday as an MTF, yes the final climb is only a Cat 3 but there's only a short descent between the Finestre and that climb.

Both stages are considerable up hill challenges and not just the final Climb.. I doubt a intact GC group will be together at the final climb either day

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Bullsh!t KM is a separate comp.

Intermediate sprints count for sprint jersey comp

Thanks for that. I always forget the Giro has so, so many classifications - this was the standing pre-stage

 

[T4tomo]

Thanks for that. I always forget the Giro has so, so many classifications - this was the standing pre-stage

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ah yes and internediate (non Bullsh!t) is a comp in its own right, no jersey, but must have a couple of euros prize pot or maybe free bagge upgrade on ITA for a year or summat

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Obviously it's going to blow apart as they come to the intermediate sprint and everything will change after

So it didn't bow apart after the first intermediate, instead they took another four minutes out of the peloton to look far more like a break that's going all ghe way - in one form or another.

2nd sprint is coming soonish

 

[No Ta Doctor]

De Bondt decided not to contest against Mads for the second sprint. Good move imho, result the same but less energy all round.

 

[mididoctors]

.pozzato trying to force a selection

 

[mididoctors]

Turner never made it ...now back in the bunch

 

[Adam4868]

Vacek for the stage .. I'm going to do some work.