Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2025, stage 13: Rovigo – Vicenza, 180km

[Peyroteo94]

Del Toro is too strong right now.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Roglic, Ayuso and Pidcock all very bad here helps tbh, but even then he had to beat Van Aert and also cracked Del Toro...

 

[Rou]

Pedersen is Van Aert at Tour2022

Let's not overreact. Van Aert in 2022 ruined Pogacar on Hautacam.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Del Toro is too strong right now.

Shades of 2004 Cunego.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Is Pedersen now van Aert and van Aert now is Pedersen?

Van Aert finished second, so he is stil Van Aert.

 

[Netserk]

What on Earth was Alpecin doing today???

 

[Boehmand]

Jeebus! What is Pedersen eating for breakfast?

Grape juice - obviously

 

[Samamba]

Tactics today were hilarious. Especially Alpecin. Groves was already dropped like 3 times.

Props to Pedersen, didn't expect it anymore after Ineos tempo on the bigger climb.

 

[Boehmand]

I'm already bummed out we won't see this Mads Pedersen at the Tour - Milan has got some act to follow.

And Van Aert is back!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

What on Earth was Alpecin doing today???

Planckaert was really strong while leading out an invisible Quinten Hermans

 

[Tim Cahill]

What is that shambles of a weekend stage tomorrow, where's the big mountain finish!!!

 

[Gigs_98]

Who even was the best placed Alpecin rider in the race?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Tactics today were hilarious. Especially Alpecin. Groves was already dropped like 3 times.

Props to Pedersen, didn't expect it anymore after Ineos tempo on the bigger climb.

Planckaert could have top-5d here had he not been doing a one-minute turn that cracked Groves after 10 seconds. Joke tactics.

 

[Rou]

All this hype for this stage and another sprint finish. Clown show.

 

[Andre]

nice try Wout!

 

[Lequack]

Del Toro gained about 10 seconds in the last few days on others. He's really doing a Carapaz, where Nibali and Roglic looked at one another.

 

[Cycling111]

Pedersen was good before, but he's definitely on another level this year.

I knew it the day I saw him at De Ronde. In 2023, he needed three minutes from the break to get on the podium; this year fighting head-to-head with the best.

Pidcock has been competing the same number of days as Pedersen and is completely exhausted.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

All this hype for this stage and another sprint finish. Clown show.

That was literally what the hype was about

 

[Rou]

That was literally what the hype was about

I mean the hype that followed the stupid move of Ineos.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

A. Yates, McNulty and Arensman +0:18.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Tiberi being 7th today is surprising, his form must be good.

 

[Andre]

Is Pedersen now van Aert and van Aert now is Pedersen?

yes...more or less

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Honestly I waaay underestimated Pedersen (and WVA tbf who hasn't had a good uphill kick for quite a while) here, I thought this would be a lightweight GC guys finish.
Pretty insane to see these guys sprinting it out when the last half km is basically 11%, professional cyclists are just crazy strong lol.
No idea what Alpecins plan was tho, GC guys kinda as expected, Del Toro the best on this kind of finish and Roglic subpar compared to his previous years - but apparently thats all to the plan or something.

 

[Boehmand]

Who even was the best placed Alpecin rider in the race?

Cudos to them for trying.

If you don't try, you never win anything - and sometimes the legs just aren't there.

 

[buddy buddy buddy]

Bravo Toro!

can you remove the damn picture? thx