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

[Peyroteo94]

Roglic went down on a recon...

 

[broppo]

Don't be so pessimistic, he's used to crashing, eh?

Hmm you dont think he will be extra cautious now?

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Hmm you dont think he will be extra cautious now?

I think he'll be cautious anyway, but I also think he'll get over it pretty fast. There's hours left till he starts. It's more important, I think, that he didn't hurt himself. This ofc we don't know.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Don't be so pessimistic, he's used to crashing, eh?

While I didn't follow his ski jumping career I'm sure he probably crashed a lot before becoming proficient, so a crash on a bike is not too much of a big deal for him. Unless he gets hurt it's just another crash, eh?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

The time trial is not too technical right? A few corners in Lucca and Pisa and a couple hairpins on the shallow descent? Should be no issues for GC riders to take minimal risk, get round without losing major time and focus on the second half of the race

 

[Gargamel35]

The time trial is not too technical right? A few corners in Lucca and Pisa and a couple hairpins on the shallow descent? Should be no issues for GC riders to take minimal risk, get round without losing major time and focus on the second half of the race

It should be like that, but Roglič crashed during easy recon...

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

OK pretty showers today.

The time trial is not too technical right? A few corners in Lucca and Pisa and a couple hairpins on the shallow descent? Should be no issues for GC riders to take minimal risk, get round without losing major time and focus on the second half of the race

Semi-technical, some roads more forgiving than map shows, some corners quite more hairy in reality.
And the route invites for more high speed transitions into slower corners.

With heavy showers I would say this could easily get tricky at more sections.

 

[Netserk]

And we're off!

 

[nickyboy]

The time trial is not too technical right? A few corners in Lucca and Pisa and a couple hairpins on the shallow descent? Should be no issues for GC riders to take minimal risk, get round without losing major time and focus on the second half of the race

We had Lucca as a base for a cycling holiday last week. We rode up those hairpins and they aren't hairpins, they are tight bends on a 4% slope. On a dry day, easy but of course today will be different. The main issue I suspect they will face is that the road surfaces in the area are, almost without exception, really poor. They are sort of corrugated (appropriate for the centre of the cardboard production industry in Italy) but this is, in the main, near the edges of the roads. If a rider tries to take a bend apex and hits a corrugated area...bad news

 

[Tricycle Rider]

And we're off to the races, so far Krieger's road looks fairly dry. Some wet spots but no huge puddles, but it's still early...

 

[ashhutch1997]

Roglic went down on a recon...

This is Roglic heritage.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Magnificient route, like to follow a rider the whole way if possible.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Good crowds along the road for a Tuesday afternoon, and none of them brought an umbrella!

 

[Heston]

Good conditions now. Hopefully stays like this.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Good crowds along the road for a Tuesday afternoon, and none of them brought an umbrella!

I know US surveilance of western allies is crass, but I didn't think you'd all get memos about who has umbrellas!
It doesn't rain yet, so the umbrellas might be invisible atm.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Geschke on the motorbike. Nice.
His first moment was a bit shy, but that'll develop I'm sure.

 

[noob]

So all GC gonna ride in rain?

 

[noob]

Geschke on the motorbike. Nice.
His first moment was a bit shy, but that'll develop I'm sure.

I was so happy to see a vampire on the moto

 

[topcat]

Speaking as an expert, I drove through some thunderstorms on Friday in Italy and it was gnarly... in a car. Italy has deadly rain. I'm safely home in West Cork now where we have normal rain. The speculation about cancellaration and Rog's crash in the recon have all added to cycling's tradition. Today will be monumental.

 

[CyclistAbi]

It's not to technical TT in normal weather, on the other hand and in the rain it's a bit of a biach.

 

[noob]

Speaking as an expert, I drove through some thunderstorms on Friday in Italy and it was gnarly... in a car. Italy has deadly rain. I'm safely home in West Cork now where we have normal rain. The speculation about cancellaration and Rog's crash in the recon have all added to cycling's tradition. Today will be monumental.

Roglic another crash???

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I know US surveilance of western allies is crass, but I didn't think you'd all get memos about who has umbrellas!
It doesn't rain yet, so the umbrellas might be invisible atm.

Through my surveillance I spotted an elderly gentleman with an unopened red umbrella, good to see he's prepared for anything.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Roglic another crash???

Recon crash earlier

 

[noob]

Recon crash earlier

How is it even possible :O *face palm*

 

[Rackham]

Video of the crash

https://twitter.com/x/status/1924792991450869976

View: https://x.com/cioncetti/status/1924792991450869976