Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2025 Stage 15: Fiume Veneto – Asiago

[Heston]

Rubio and Pellizari up there is interesting. Maybe something can happen in the GC after all.

 

[Cycling111]

Pellizzari is in the maglia rosa group with Roglic.

***. PCS has gotten our hopes up again with incorrect data

 

[Red Rick]

***. PCS has gotten our hopes up again with incorrect data

Not it says Aleotti instead of Pellizari.

Stage is doing just enough to make me disappointed later

 

[Netserk]

34 riders in the front group.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

It's funny watching these grown men with all these bandages on their knees, they look like little kids who had scraped their knees while playing. lol

 

[search]

Einer Rubio is also in the break so no easy day for UAE.

Some teams will try to drop Tiberi again later on, I guess, so there may be a chance for things to come back together, if UAE keeps Rubio close

 

[Tim Cahill]

This is a huge moment for Einer Rubio enthusiasts

 

[Faserr]

Bernal has to attack now. There could be enough gap for an Ineos rider to go over grappa in front of the bunch.

 

[Netserk]

GC teammates in the break:

UAE: Arrieta
Visma: Lemmen
EF: Doull, Steinhauser
Red Bull: Martínez
Israel: Frigo, Houle
Bahrain: Bilbao
Ineos: Tarling, Turner

 

[SafeBet]

GC teammates in the break:

UAE: Arrieta
Visma: Lemmen
EF: Doull, Steinhauser
Red Bull: Martínez
Israel: Frigo, Houle
Bahrain: Bilbao
Ineos: Tarling, Turner

Aleotti is with Martinez isn't he?

 

[danielzu]

No cofidis in that group, as they all were in the tiberi group. PicNic has only lemreize. Perfect for astana, wouldnt there be rubio

 

[Cycling111]

Fromolo is going to be fined for damaging the image of the sport.

 

[noob]

I still don't understand how 5.7% is going to create GC gaps.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Bernal or Arensman have to go on Grappa with 2 polar bears up front for the valley after, they probably won't get a better opportunity all race. Problem is they need seperation.

 

[Netserk]

Aleotti is with Martinez isn't he?

PCS says so, but I haven't been able to spot him.

 

[noob]

Bernal or Arensman have to go on Grappa with 2 polar bears up front for the valley after, they probably won't get a better opportunity all race. Problem is they need seperation.

What does polar bear mean?

 

[Netserk]

What does polar bear mean?

Opposite of coconut.

 

[Cycling111]

I don't understand why the two Movistar are attacking, leaving Rubio behind, who could be the biggest beneficiary.

 

[noob]

Opposite of coconut.

chocolate balls?

 

[Tim Cahill]

What does polar bear mean?

In the general sense it's someone who appears in an unlikely place. In this context it's a big guy on a mountain stage who otherwise wouldn't be there unless they get in the break, who gets sent ahead to pull their rider in a valley after they attacked from behind.

 

[noob]

In the general sense it's someone who appears in an unlikely place. In this context it's a big guy on a mountain stage who otherwise wouldn't be there unless they get in the break, who gets sent ahead to pull their rider in a valley after they attacked from behind.

Thanks! So like a Wout type of rider. Then I get it!

 

[dazaau]

I still don't understand how 5.7% is going to create GC gaps.

8km at the start at 7.5 per cent, around 7km at the end at 6.5.

But yes, it's a stretch given it's followed by a valley, a climb and then rolling hills to the end.

 

[Netserk]

Aleotti is with Martinez isn't he?

I think I finally spotted him.

GC teammates in the break:

UAE: Arrieta
Visma: Lemmen
EF: Doull, Steinhauser
Red Bull: Martínez, Aleotti
Israel: Frigo, Houle
Bahrain: Bilbao
Ineos: Tarling, Turner

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

In the general sense it's someone who appears in an unlikely place. In this context it's a big guy on a mountain stage who otherwise wouldn't be there unless they get in the break, who gets sent ahead to pull their rider in a valley after they attacked from behind.

That figures. Is this a new metaphor invented in this thread today, or is it in a wider that most of us have apparently never come across before.


PS In an attempt to answer my own question, I looked it up on Urban dictionary. I *really* wish I hadn't.

 

[noob]

8km at the start at 7.5 per cent, around 7km at the end at 6.5.

But yes, it's a stretch given it's followed by a valley, a climb and then rolling hills to the end.

Yes. If it was another valley after the 6.5 and another 7.5 then it would be a stage for GC This is things even a noob has learnt by now so too bad the stage designer didn't know