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

[Netserk]

Gee actually completely out of position and made up a lot.

He was ~13th on the flat before the hard left corner and also at the red kite. He gets a bit swarmed afterwards, but I think it was more a case of people in front of him going backwards than of him making up a lot of ground.

 

[Red Rick]

He was ~13th on the flat before the hard left corner and also at the red kite. He gets a bit swarmed afterwards, but I think it was more a case of people in front of him going backwards than of him making up a lot of ground.

His Strava shows him holding a pretty consistent 600-650 W for the duration of the climb. Think it's fairly typical on these hills that the 2nd group kind of holds the power of the leadup while the winning group that gaps the rest goes up another gear at the end.

 

[Cookster15]

Looked like a good stage, great to see Pedersen take the win, few thought he could survive on that finishing pitch but when he took off it was game over. Also good to see confirmation that Wout is back to good form and another solid effort from Bernal who should move up GC in the final week.

For the rest, obviously Del Toro looked good and now has a 38 sec gap on Ayuso. But I am wondering if contesting all these minor sprints rather than conserving energy might be taking its toll on reserves he will need for what is to come this Giro? Doubt today will help him on Finestra or Valentino. We will see.

 

[Samamba]

He was ~13th on the flat before the hard left corner and also at the red kite. He gets a bit swarmed afterwards, but I think it was more a case of people in front of him going backwards than of him making up a lot of ground.

I'm talking about before the sprint, just before the last corner. He is already passing riders and closing gaps there. With making up ground I mean compared to the guys behind Pedersen and Van Aert btw, the other GC riders.

Godon is following him there btw and he gets 5th, pretty impressive too.

 

[wansteadimp]

Broccoli is green so that makes no sense?

Except for Purple Sprouting Broccoli, which is purple.

 

[Boehmand]

So is monster!? Or maybe mads is drinking the sugar free ones. But that seems like it would be a waste of space in the stomach for a guy aiming for 7000 calories intake in a day.

Dude, the grape thing is about the purple colour he is riding in

 

[Boehmand]

Except for Purple Sprouting Broccoli, which is purple.

Well ok, I guess - but I would definitely not think "purple" if someone called Pedersen a broccoli, that would be insane

 

[CyclistAbi]

Congratulations to Mads Pedersen for his fourth win.

Stage sort of over delivered, compared to the expectations, Ineos with Bernal having a say in that. It seems that stage 13 has finally set Yates in full support role and i feel that del Toro reached his limit, baiting Rogla in such confrontations didn't succeed, still impressive riding so far. Ayuso from now likely more exposed, as UAE has put all the eggs in a single basket. Rogla didn't seem all that interested in going all out today, still a solid performance through and through the stage. Team would need to do more in regards to positioning and eliminating the more raw powered contenders at the beginning of the climb, then Rogla would likely kick a bit more. A trip to homeland and then back into the mountains, on where it all begins!

 

[Fatclimber]

Del Toro: I know how you feel Wout, I myself got beaten by Ayuso in the sprint

This photo, or a variation of it, will become iconic. Nice gesture from “the kid” to the champion. Let’s see what becomes of this kid.

 

[tobydawq]

Surely Del Toro himself knows he can't win the Giro, but he enjoys it and wants to honor the jersey.

I think that's very commendable; otherwise, the leader would probably be someone who will finish in 50th because would´ve borrowed the jersey.

Um, why would he think that?

 

[Netserk]

In the corners of Barbarano Vicentino at the bottom of San Giovanni in Monte, some(?) riders took the corners wrong and created the split we saw. Van Aert was P18 at the end of the descent, but 100 m after he was maybe ~30" behind. My guess is that they missed the right road here: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4106328,11.5395699,3a,73.7y,4.44h,80.62t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sd-xDGKEUerY1NGo69XoaPw!2e0!6shttps://streetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com/v1/thumbnail?cb_client=maps_sv.tactile&w=900&h=600&pitch=9.379999999999995&panoid=d-xDGKEUerY1NGo69XoaPw&yaw=4.44!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDUyMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw==

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drr4EC8DNQY

Order in the peloton out of the descent, I think:

1. Turner
2. Tarling
3. Bernal
4. Del Toro
5. Arensman
6. McNulty
7. Groves
8. Rogla
9. Pidcock
10. Tratnik(?)
11. Gee
12. Clarke(?)
13. Majka(?)
14. Carapaz
15. [Ineos]
16. Adam Yates(?)
17. [QS]
18. Van Aert
19. [EF]
20. [EF]
21. [Movistar]
22. [UAE]
23. [Picnic PostNL]

 

[RedheadDane]

Tiberi is definitely winning...the prize as the best impression ever of Haimar Zubeldia.

Isn't part of the Zubeldia-definition to never have finished in the top-10 of a stage?
Or is the impression just all that more impressive because he has finished in the top-10 of several stages, and still not been seen?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Isn't part of the Zubeldia-definition to never have finished in the top-10 of a stage?
Or is the impression just all that more impressive because he has finished in the top-10 of several stages, and still not been seen?

There's a fine line between being a ninja and being a Zubeldia.

 

[tobydawq]

Dries De Bondt is impossible to beat for Danish riders in this part of the world. Three years ago, he beat Magnus Cort for the stage win in Treviso, and today, he beat Mads Pedersen in the intermediate sprint in a place that started in the same city. What a bête noire.

 

[RedheadDane]

Dries De Bondt is impossible to beat for Danish riders in this part of the world. Three years ago, he beat Magnus Cort for the stage win in Treviso, and today, he beat Mads Pedersen in the intermediate sprint in a place that started in the same city. What a bête noire.

Cool fact.







This is the stage 13 thread, though.