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Race Thread: ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Giro d'Italia 2025, week 3 (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by Deschanel2027@sh.itjust.works to c/procycling@lemmy.world
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Regulations

Standings after week 2

General classification:

  1. Del Toro (๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ UAE)
  2. Ayuso (๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ UAE) at 1'13''
  3. Tiberi (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Bahrain) at 1'30''
  4. Carapaz (๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ EF) at 1'40''
  5. Ciccone (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Lidl-Trek) at 1'41''
  6. S. Yates (๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Visma) at 1'42''
  7. Bernal (๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Ineos) at 1'57''
  8. McNulty (๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ UAE) at 1'59''
  9. A. Yates (๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง UAE) at 2'01''
  10. Roglitch (๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Bora) at 2'25''

Mountain classification:

  1. Fortunato (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Astana) 98 pts
  2. Ayuso (๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ UAE) 50
  3. Double (๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Jayco) 36
  4. Tarozzi (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Bardiani) 32
  5. Del Toro (๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ UAE) 25

Points classification:

  1. Pedersen (๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Lidl-Trek) 153 pts
  2. Tonelli (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Polti) 59
  3. Kooij (๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Visma) 55
  4. Van Uden (๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Picnic) 50
  5. Van Aert (๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Visma) 43

Intermediary sprints:

  1. Tonellii (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Polti) 59 pts
  2. Van der Hoorn (๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Intermarchรฉ) 34
  3. Pedersen (๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Lidl-Trek) 31
  4. De Bondt (๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Decathlon) 29
  5. Tarozzi (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Bardiani) 26

Breakaways:

  1. Tonellii (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Polti) 368 km
  2. Van der Hoorn (๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Intermarchรฉ) 285
  3. Tarozzi (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Bardiani) 278

Redbull KM:

  1. Tarozzi (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Bardiani) 30 pts
  2. Del Toro (๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ UAE) 23
  3. Tonellii (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Polti) 19

Teams:

  1. UAE
  2. Lidl-Trek at 12'15''
  3. Visma at 12'49'
  4. Ineos, Astana & Bahrain at 15-16 mn
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[โ€“] Deschanel2027@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Stage 13: Rodigo โ€“ Vicenza, 180 km (Friday 23, dep. 12:55-13:05, ETA 17:00-17:25)

A stage for punchers; perhaps sprinters-punchers.

Stage with light difficulties, 50 points to the winner.

The 3 km rule doesnโ€™t apply.

Delays: 9% if โ‰ค 37 km/h; 10% if โ‰ค 41 km/h; 11% otherwise). Expected average speeds: 42 km/h โ‡’ 28'23'', 44 km/h โ‡’ 27'04'', 46 km/h โ‡’ 25'44''.

Pedersen looks like a good candidate for this stage and the following.

[โ€“] Deschanel2027@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago (3 children)

No attack right at the start, but after a few miles a group of 9 broke away, then Visma hunted those, like Soudal riders, who wanted to join the breakaway.

[โ€“] Deschanel2027@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Germani (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น FDJ) stayed a long time ahead of the breakaway, and when he was about to get caught, Scaroni (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Astana) joined him from the peloton. They only were caught in the climb of the time bonus sprint, 10 km from the finish line, at the bottom for Germani, after the top for Scaroni.

(In the peloton, there had been a strong acceleration by Ineos in the main climb of the day 40-50 km from the line, which caused several splits, in which Pedersen and Van Aert were caught. But the race calmed down as it as reaching the top, and most splits regrouped.)

Then Bardet (๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Picnic) left in the descent after the time bonus sprint; he was soon caught up by Vacek (๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Lidl-Trek) tanks to a split caused by another Lidl-Trek rider at the front of the peloton. They (well, mostly Vacek) managed to hold the peloton at bay on the flat until the final climb, but it consumed all their strength and they both soon blew up as this climb started.

A strong pace was lead, prominently by Alpecin who hadn't noticed that Groves had dropped! When the final ramp began 200-250 m before the line, Pedersen (๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Lidl-Trek) attacked first, Van Aert (๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Visma) took his wheel, and Del Toro (๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ UAE) who was a bit better placed followed him. The position remained so, with a small gap between Van Aert and Del Toro and a bit larger gap between the Mexican and the rest. The rest was surprising lead by Rochas (๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท FDJ), 4^th^ before Roglitch and all.

NB: Del Toro (๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ UAE) let Ayuso (๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ UAE) pass ahead of him at the time bonus sprint 10 km from the line, but as he got the time bonus at the end, overall he gained 2 seconds over his leader ๐Ÿ˜€

4 victories for Pedersen (๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Lidl-Trek), and a good chance for a 5^th^ one tomorrow again.

Good stage, interesting last 50 km with events at various levels of the race.

[โ€“] EvilCartyen 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thank you for writing such great descriptions, I don't have much time to watch cycling these days so it's appreciated!

[โ€“] Deschanel2027@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Thanks! Well, my descriptions are not gospel either. I mean, it is a selection of a few facts I recall, and there are my own biases in selecting and reporting; also I generally don't stay in front of TV all along (and some days I am in front of the TV but I start snoring) so there are bits I may have missed, and sometimes those bits could shine a different light on later events. Ah, and I noticed I sometimes recall things in the wrong chronological order ๐Ÿ˜†