Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2025 Stage 10: Lucca – Pisa (Time Trial)

[Pippo_San]

This is "all in" for Rogla against the UAE duo.
Big gains and he's got the upper hand again.
Little gains and he's gotta stomp at every MTF.
No gain or losing time again and his Giro could almost be already lost to UAE, considering also the strenght of his Bora (which is zero except Pellizzari).

 

[movingtarget]

Not good timing for a TT stage. Post rest day always messes up a few GC riders. Expect Roglic to make up some time but will it be enough against a much stronger team ? Interested to see what Bernal can do. Will WVA have another good day ?

 

[Lequack]

Good thing Red Bull came in, otherwise we might be looking at this

 

[staubsauger]

This is "all in" for Rogla against the UAE duo.
Big gains and he's got the upper hand again.
Little gains and he's gotta stomp at every MTF.
No gain or losing time again and his Giro could almost be already lost to UAE, considering also the strenght of his Bora (which is zero except Pellizzari).

If Hindley hadn't crashed they could have sacrificed him and let Pellizzari stay with Ayuso at least. But contrary to UAE Bora never had that option.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Del Toro claimed he pulled for 4 minutes because he "thought Bernal was Ayuso." Great stuff, this Giro really kicked up a notch at the weekend.

Be interesting to see if Tarling has lost a few watts, done a lot of riding in the past 9 days and is inexperienced, could ask his dad if you lot didn't chase him off like some sort of witch. Then again it's after the rest day so he should be ok, most entertaining outcome is probably Del Toro beating Ayuso.

 

[tobydawq]

Del Toro claimed he pulled for 4 minutes because he "thought Bernal was Ayuso." Great stuff, this Giro really kicked up a notch at the weekend.

Be interesting to see if Tarling has lost a few watts, done a lot of riding in the past 9 days and is inexperienced, could ask his dad if you lot didn't chase him off like some sort of witch. Then again it's after the rest day so he should be ok, most entertaining outcome is probably Del Toro beating Ayuso.

Quite amazing, he must be white/yellow/blue/red colourblind.

 

[Rackham]

Del Toro claimed he pulled for 4 minutes because he "thought Bernal was Ayuso." Great stuff, this Giro really kicked up a notch at the weekend.

Seriously, for reals? I mean "Haha" if true. That's pretty legendary.

Let's hope Ayuso's girlfriend never makes the same mistake eh.

 

[topcat]

Isola del Toro will extend his lead against Rog and Ayuso in the timetrial and still be labelled a "gc unknown".

 

[Tim Cahill]

Seriously, for reals? I mean "Haha" if true. That's pretty legendary.

Let's hope Ayuso's girlfriend never makes the same mistake eh.

Yeah, brilliant isn't it, 'Juan Ayuso? Yeah he's my teammate, he's that little brown lad wearing the Colombian champions jersey'

https://twitter.com/x/status/1924182767388016907

In an interview with Eurosport, Isaac del Toro said that after the crash, he mistook Egan Bernal for Juan Ayuso for a long time because of the white jerseys they were both wearing. In any case, the situation couldn't be better for the UAE-Team Emirates with del Toro leading, Ayuso 1:12 behind Roglic, and McNulty and Adam Yates 8th and 9th #GirodItalia

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I wouldn't be surprised if we suddenly see a lot of teams wearing white jerseys in the time trial tomorrow.

 

[Cookster15]

The profile for this stage looks like stage 2 but twice the distance. On that occasion Ayuso was 1 second quicker than Del Toro.

Tarling might win again. Roglic was good on stage 2. If Del Toro is quicker than Ayuso it will be very interesting indeed.

 

[Rackham]

Yeah, brilliant isn't it, 'Juan Ayuso? Yeah he's my teammate, he's that little brown lad wearing the Colombian champions jersey'

https://twitter.com/x/status/1924182767388016907

In an interview with Eurosport, Isaac del Toro said that after the crash, he mistook Egan Bernal for Juan Ayuso for a long time because of the white jerseys they were both wearing. In any case, the situation couldn't be better for the UAE-Team Emirates with del Toro leading, Ayuso 1:12 behind Roglic, and McNulty and Adam Yates 8th and 9th #GirodItalia

Oh this is good. I was never one to truly buy into the intra UAE soap operas but this is excellent stuff.

Now we just need Ayuso to drop Del Toro next week and claim he thought the pink jersey was Egan Bernal. Or Rog. Or Pope Francis.

 

[tobydawq]

Oh this is good. I was never one to truly buy into the intra UAE soap operas but this is excellent stuff.

Now we just need Ayuso to drop Del Toro next week and claim he thought the pink jersey was Egan Bernal. Or Rog. Or Pope Francis.

Or Simon Yates. Or Carapaz. So many contenders are former maglia rosa wearers, it must be really confusing to him.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Oh this is good. I was never one to truly buy into the intra UAE soap operas but this is excellent stuff.

Now we just need Ayuso to drop Del Toro next week and claim he thought the pink jersey was Egan Bernal. Or Rog. Or Pope Francis.

And if Del Toro crashes, Ayuso can say he saw something pink on the ground but thought it was an EF rider or cotton candy.

 

[tobydawq]

The weather looks like it will be absolutely abhorrent.

Hopefully the roads will be rideable.

 

[Netserk]

Constant rain in the afternoon should at least make it fair between early and late starters.

13:41 Hayter
13:55 Affini
14:28 Plapp
14:34 Van Aert
14:36 Tarling
14:37 Vine
15:51 Gee
16:13 Rogla
16:40 Del Toro

 

[ice&fire]

Yeah, brilliant isn't it, 'Juan Ayuso? Yeah he's my teammate, he's that little brown lad wearing the Colombian champions jersey'

https://twitter.com/x/status/1924182767388016907

In an interview with Eurosport, Isaac del Toro said that after the crash, he mistook Egan Bernal for Juan Ayuso for a long time because of the white jerseys they were both wearing. In any case, the situation couldn't be better for the UAE-Team Emirates with del Toro leading, Ayuso 1:12 behind Roglic, and McNulty and Adam Yates 8th and 9th #GirodItalia

Brown? In the strade bianche everyone is dusty

 

[YavorD]

We have 3 of the main favourites within 3 minutes of each other.
Really interesting part of the start list.

 

[KZD]

Extreme weather warning issued for Pisa tomorrow afternoon due to heavy rain, let's hope that the roads will still be rideable for the last starters.

I think the rain should make things more equal between riders, but Tarling is still my favourite with Van Aert and Vacek also with a chance.

Among the GC riders I think Roglič should be the fastest but I don't expect big gaps. Del Toro to narrowly beat Ayuso and be the best second GC rider.

 

[hayneplane]

This is "all in" for Rogla against the UAE duo.
Big gains and he's got the upper hand again.
Little gains and he's gotta stomp at every MTF.
No gain or losing time again and his Giro could almost be already lost to UAE, considering also the strenght of his Bora (which is zero except Pellizzari).

Arguably with how weak his team is looking for the mountains a small deficit would actually be a simpler situation than a small lead with UAE firing off riders 1 after the other until 1 breaks the resistance.

He does need to at least pull back k some time tomorrow to reset and get some momentum.

 

[shalgo]

Ayuso either gains big time or completely defecates himself!

So you’re saying he’s the true heir of Big Tom?

 

[repre]

Rain will make things complicated. Those who will ride in better conditions will win. But at least van Aert and Tarling will ride simulteneously and GC guys withount much time differense too.

 

[repre]

So you’re saying he’s the true heir of Big Tom?

Big Tom could win AND defecate in one time, not OR like some spanish egomaniac.

 

[CyclistAbi]

I feel that some GC favourites will underperform, due to sustained injuries, weather will play a role, as for Rogla, cautiously optimistic.

 

[The Barb]

The rain complicates things massively in terms of the Stage winner.

If the forecasts I’ve seen are correct (that’s a big “if”) then the rain will intensify from 2pm onwards and not ease.

The earliest real contender to begin is Affini at 1:55pm. Tarling and WVA begin about 40 mins later.

If Affini is the only one to ride some of the course dry then he will be almost a certainty (currently available at 12-1).

If conditions are “fair” then Tarling deserves to be the heavy favourite that he is.