2025 Tour of the Alps (April 21-25)

[Tim Cahill]

Derek Gee still in the race, an easter miracle!

 

[tobydawq]

Mythical peak for Geero!

Taking the Andy Schleck approach.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Frigo seems to destroy the chaser here.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

The gap between Frigo and the peloton seems correct (just under 4 mins) judging by when they entered the town of Toblach

 

[Tim Cahill]

Some kind of 2.pro Landis style mountain demonstration from Frigo

 

[Mayomaniac]

The final climb has a false flat section right now and after the 2nd hairpin.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

The final climb has a false flat section right now and after the 2nd hairpin.

how is the descent?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It's like watching Dario Frigo in his prime.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Stork can't have enough in the tank to take back a proper climber, surely Seixas will try something here.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Derrick gee wasn't the only premier tech rider with an array of extremely strong breakaway performances in 2023 giro, Frito was also excellent on that race. Looks like he finally back to that level. Strong strong ride today

 

[Mayomaniac]

It's easier after this airpin and pretty much flat after the next one, before the climb kicks up again (after those houses near the road)

 

[Mayomaniac]

how is the descent?

Not easy, lots of twists and turns, mainly before the actual descent.

 

[wirral]

Can somebody explain Riccitello's attack for me?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Can somebody explain Riccitello's attack for me?

He's only about a minute behind on GC, there's no chance of Frigo being caught I think so he's been told to go for it.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Can somebody explain Riccitello's attack for me?

Youthful exuberance.

 

[Red Rick]

Can somebody explain Riccitello's attack for me?

Gain time for GC

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Can somebody explain Riccitello's attack for me?

He's 30 seoncds behind the podium in GC. That's my guess why he did it. Why he isn't riding away from the next group idk.

Edit: now he attacks them and is gone. Let's see how much time he can take!

 

[search]

may even make sense for Frigo to wait (and then still get the win), but with Riccitello's descending skills it's probably too risky.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

so Frigo is best on the flat, superior on the climb. lets see about the descent.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

If I interpret the Heli view correctly Riccitelo is like 1 min back to Frigo and 40 seconds before the field.

 

[wirral]

It is beginning to look like a rather stupid move.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Hilarious that they lost the stage after Frigo put 2 minutes into them because they were lollygagging during the 30k valley.

 

[Samamba]

Gall definitely about to get dropped on the descent

 

[Tim Cahill]

The Bahrain descent attack that we have been promised every spring for the last 5 years is surely coming.

 

[Red Rick]

Commentators acting as if this is close for Frigo like do they actually think everyone watching is "brilliant" as the forum swear filter used to say?