Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2025, Stage 11: Viareggio > Castelnovo ne’ Monti (186 km)

[KOM]

This would actually work really well as a stage 20 i feel like, as a stage 11 however itll be yet another pipedream thinking this could be entertaining from 100k's out

 

[Netserk]

Whatever happens tomorrow at least we can sleep soundly knowing Gee has such a superfan in Sean Moretti.

Have there been any Moretti sightings at this year's Giro?

Not yet afaik, but I'd love another vid!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1658767700691234819

View: https://x.com/IsraelPremTech/status/1658767700691234819

 

[Cookster15]

As others said San Pellegrino is wasted in the middle of the stage. 13.7km @ 8.8% is similar to Alpe D'Huez (13.8km @ 8.3%). But there is a small descent which masks the true difficulty.

No doubt this stage will be contested by the break.

 

[ashhutch1997]

This is turning into a very interesting race. Its just ashame that the route for this second week is absolute trash.

 

[Peyroteo94]

The only scenario I see for a good GC action is Vine, Arrieta or Majka go to the break and Yates tries to bridge.

 

[CyclistAbi]

DS could always tell Rogla the stage ends on top of San Pellegrino, then we would have a race.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

What kind of stage is this ...where is a MTF when you need one

Hoping Storer, Gee and Bernal do a long one

 

[AnotherArmChair]

This is turning into a very interesting race. Its just ashame that the route for this second week is absolute trash.

ah that is to keep us in suspense

 

[Gratemans]

Ok, I gotta choose my words carefully here..

I'm quite sceptical about how routes get so thouroughly trashed by a lot of people here so often. I'm not saying there aren't times I agree. But that's mostly about there being a better route to climb up a particular mountain.

My 20-ish years of watching this have made me learn that the route, in the end is just a canvas (horrible clichés are just that for a reason, sorry).
It's the combination of the field of riders, the way they ride it, and just pure luck and happenstance shuffling the GC that decide if a GT was great or not.
I know its fun to pick apart a course and how it could be better, but really, the route overall isn't such an enormous factor as some people make it out to be.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Best Giro in years.

 

[sam6]

Does anyone in the area have any snow cannons? And if so, would they mind using them on the descent of San Pellegrino? Just something to mean they have to shorten the route and turn it into a summit finish

 

[movingtarget]

The sort of stage Bora iwould be happy to avoid with the leaders jersey. Good chance for the break but UAE will be wary of which riders will be involved. Storer would have got his opportunity previously so would have Carapaz.

 

[Cagalitroso]

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