Giro D'Italia 2025: Chirps, Buzz and Updates

[Vetplant]

Happy for Wout. 

Releases a mountain of pressure on him. You typically see the dam wall break after such a victory, might be the thing that kick-starts a series of race wins for him.

[Spinnekop]

12 hours ago, Shebeen said:

Was that really such a great win once it was 2up? WvA did zero turns in the final 3km as IdT was going for time on GC so had to TT the entire run in with a passenger. Differing goals. 

Also not completely 'different goals'

Wout said in a post race interview that he could not work with him as he was ordered to protect his team mate's overall position sitting in the second bunch.
So in racing terms with the eye on a stage one, the perfect scenario.
Del Toro could either said "no, I want the stage win" and raced negative or he could race for the GC and put time into his competitors.  Which he did.  
I have HUGE respect for him in this regard.  He put head down and raced his heart out!

Edited yesterday at 06:59 AM by Spinnekop

[Shebeen]

1 minute ago, Spinnekop said:

Also not completely 'different goals'

Wout said in a post race interview that he could not work with him as he was ordered to protect his team mate's overall position sitting in the second bunch.
So in racing terms with the eye on a stage one, the perfect scenario.
Del Toro could either said "no, I want the stage win" and raced negative or he could race for the GC and put time into his competitors.  Which he did.  
I have HUGE respect for him in this regard.  He put head down and raced his heart out!

exactly. The scenario that played out meant WvA was always odds on to win from that finale, so the surprise that there was "surprise".

 

 

interestingly IDT is 617 places higher than the next ranked Mexican cyclist. That must be a record for anyone in the top 200

[Spinnekop]

4 minutes ago, Shebeen said:

exactly. The scenario that played out meant WvA was always odds on to win from that finale, so the surprise that there was "surprise".

Listening to the commentators, it did not seemed the odds was good for Wout.
He is not in good form at the moment.  He was badly sick the week before the start.  Del Toro is stronger that he is on the steep climb leading up to the line.
So all in all it did not bode well for Wout.  
 

Edited yesterday at 07:08 AM by Spinnekop

[betaboy]

12 hours ago, Shebeen said:

Was that really such a great win once it was 2up? WvA did zero turns in the final 3km as IdT was going for time on GC so had to TT the entire run in with a passenger. Differing goals. 

It was never about the Mexican…. If you followed the career progression of WVA, he had his first win in that very place! If you know, you know.🤓👍🏻 

[peepeekaitjie]

20 minutes ago, betaboy said:

he had his first win in that very place!

no he didn't

[BuffsVintageBikes]

27 minutes ago, Spinnekop said:

Listening to the commentators, it did not seemed the odds was good for Wout.
He is not in good form at the moment.  He was badly sick the week before the start.  Del Toro is stronger that he is on the steep climb leading up to the line.
So all in all it did not bode well for Wout.  
 

Say what? 2nd in DdV, 4th in Flanders and 2nd in DBP... You don't end up on podiums in the Classics if you're not in great form, he was just lacking that final sharpness to stand on the top step 👍

[milky4130]

Where are the betting people?

[Spinnekop]

24 minutes ago, BuffsVintageBikes said:

Say what? 2nd in DdV, 4th in Flanders and 2nd in DBP... You don't end up on podiums in the Classics if you're not in great form, he was just lacking that final sharpness to stand on the top step 👍

What I was obviously alluding to was that he was not in his previous "I can rip anyone's legs off" type of form.  

Edited yesterday at 08:04 AM by Spinnekop

[betaboy]

3 hours ago, peepeekaitjie said:

no he didn't

He was on the *podium at SB, that was the start of many wins. His pro career started right there. 
* only winners stand on podiums true fact according to UCI regulations 11.3 section C ✅🤓

[DieselnDust]

I spoke too soon about Primoz not crashing. Two crashes already . One on Sunday and just now before the TT start while doing a recon of the route…./eish

skijumpers

[milky4130]

Probably still go on and win the stage.

[DieselnDust]

Nice tech on the Cervelo TT bike with an integrated saddle&seatpost at 135gr for the unit!!😆 #takemymoney

[peepeekaitjie]

55 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

Two crashes already

basically confirms he's winning the Tour

 

[Vetplant]

Looking at the T1 splits, Josh Tarling is taking this methinks...

[Vetplant]

4 minutes ago, Vetplant said:

Looking at the T1 splits, Josh Tarling is taking this methinks...

Nevermind, he lost 21s to Hoole between T1 and T2, now behind him. Win is still up for grabs for all of the contenders.