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

[Peyroteo94]

Decline is known to happen in 2 months from winning WT stage races to getting dropped by 25 dudes on a 5% climb.

Unless you were talking about repeatedly declining of his bicycle, in which case it's true.

I know you are a die hard fan but you have to accept he is no longer the same rider.

 

[Cycling111]

He'll start his Tour preparation straight away. Skipping that silly "rest" thing.

Roglic can’t even think about winning the Tour if he can’t be at Caruso’s level.
And I don't think this today is for pensr on the Tour. Had to secure the Giro because Tour rivals are dreadful in comparison.

Pogacar and Vingegaard destroy Ayuso.

 

[perico]

Verona has such a big engine. His problem has always been that he has no acceleration.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Rog is super talented but I think he is too old now and has had too many crashes

He may win a week stage race yet but I think he is past his best .....just too many crashes as a rider and a skier

It happens to the best of them

 

[skippo12]

Decline is known to happen in 2 months from winning WT stage races to getting dropped by 25 dudes on a 5% climb.

Unless you were talking about repeatedly declining of his bicycle, in which case it's true.

Hard to tell what is going on. He nuked the first TT. Also was the strongest GC rider in the second TT. Climbing legs just aren't there.

 

[ice&fire]

I don‘t think he can DNS the rest day.

Quite the opposite: on rest day everybody DNS

 

[Salvarani]

Roglic will lose close to 2 minutes here

 

[Peyroteo94]

Roglic can’t even think about winning the Tour if he can’t be at Caruso’s level.
And I don't think this today is for pensr on the Tour. Had to secure the Giro because Tour rivals are dreadful in comparison.

Pogacar and Vingegaard destroy Ayuso.

Destroy *Del Toro (the strongest here)

 

[Rou]

Roglic is not winning this Giro. He started his declining.

Let's be real. Roglic crashed 3 times this Giro and we don't know how banged up he is. Let me remind you that Pogi crashed once on the col de la Loze stage and lost 5mins 30 secs.

 

[Escarabajo]

If it was up to UAE we never would have known that Roglic had a crisis!

 

[red_flanders]

Shocking that Vaughters was totally wrong about the Malia Rosa group cohesion…

 

[Tim Cahill]

Not 100% sure about this Roglic injury narrative, he got dropped by Ayuso on an easy mountain he would usually demolish everyone on before any of that, maybe falls compounded the issue a bit.

 

[Netserk]

Poels look good for the 4th place on the stage and the UCI points.

 

[E_F_]

Surely the only way to DNS a rest day would be to ride the next stage a day early?

 

[ice&fire]

Decline is known to happen in 2 months from winning WT stage races to getting dropped by 25 dudes on a 5% climb.

Unless you were talking about repeatedly declining of his bicycle, in which case it's true.

He won a WT stage race against UAE second fiddle in this race

 

[yaco]

Garafolia and Zana need to up their pace or they will lose podium places.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Let's be real. Roglic crashed 3 times this Giro and we don't know how banged up he is. Let me remind you that Pogi crashed once on the col de la Loze stage and lost 5mins 30 secs.

Not 100% sure about this Roglic injury narrative, he got dropped by Ayuso on an easy mountain he would usually demolish everyone on before any of that, maybe falls compounded the issue a bit.

This

 

[benzwire]

Sad to see Roglic on the receiving end of a long, slow stomp...

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Can‘t we just let the Roglič fans be sad instead of writing BS about the Catalunya winner not being Top 30/40 on a tempogrinder being in natural decline.

 

[Didinho]

Del Toro another 2nd place coming up. Wout will start getting jealous at this point.

 

[Netserk]

I know you are a die hard fan but you have to accept he is no longer the same rider.

Why then did he almost win the first ITT? It's pretty obvious that crashes have had a major impact on this race.

 

[SafeBet]

Wild scenes at the Giro 2025: Nairoman pulling the whole peloton.

 

[E_F_]

Yay the third sunday of a GT we get several hours of farcical and pointless (except for Roglic dropping) action!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Poels look good for the 4th place on the stage and the UCI points.

Might be for time bonus in the end, Del Toro would beat him then

 

[Salvarani]

Why then did he almost win the first ITT? It's pretty obvious that crashes have had a major impact on this race.

Nah.

Other riders have crashed just as much, with worse injuries and most of them are ahead.