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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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PCS page

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 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

a new breakaway of 2 + 3 riders was formed after 20-25 km, including Asgreen again and another FDJ. Thatโ€™s the โ€˜goodโ€™ one, apparently.

Definitely the good one! Big surprise today, as Asgreen (๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ EF) was never caught up by the peloton and wins the stage!

Another of the 4 members of the breakaway (the 5^th^ one Meintjes (๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Intermarchรฉ) chose to drop early from the breakaway โ€“ or his director chose for him โ€“: if they had known...), Mirco Maestri (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Polti) was caught near the finish, managed to stay in the first group and sprint to finish 6^th^!

The breakaway never benefited of a decent gap. 2 minutes top, generally around 1'30''.

Nobody in the peloton did anything in the main climb, but Ineos accelerated 50 m from the top and did the descent full speed, reducing the gap by 30 seconds. Until it started getting wet. Also, until the first Ineos finally noticed he hadn't been pulling anyone for a while, as his teammate couldn't follow and burned himself trying to catch up instead of being sheltered...

In the breakaway, the FDJ rider dropped in an uphill sector.

Then the main event happened: a fall upon the cobbles in a small street. I think, but I am not sure at all, that Pedersen (๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Lidl-Trek) and another rider fell first, then behind them Ciccone๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น (Lidl-Trek) and another teammate. As it was narrow, most of the peloton was blocked, while Visma started (or kept on?) pulling at the front. Pedersen didn't seem badly hit, but didn't really attempt to chase; Ciccone was more seriously hurt.

This small front group (which included the isolated pink jersey Del Toro (๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ UAE) and Carapaz (๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ EF) was pulled by Visma and Alpecin. They spent all their strength pulling for 20 km, and for a long time were only 15-25 seconds from the breakaway, but they never managed to catch up.

S. Yates (๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Visma) becomes 2^nd^ of the GC, as Ayuso (๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ UAE) was delayed by the crash. Second biggest winner is Carapaz who arrived in the same group and passes 4^th^ before Roglitch (๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Bora).

Beside Ciconne, Tiberi (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Bahrain ) is the biggest loser, as he finished 1'44' behind the Del Toro/Yates group.

[โ€“] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Biggest winner in my heart is derek gee!! Jumps 4 places into 6th!!! ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

[โ€“] Deschanel2027@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

And one more this day. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ