Giro d'Italia Giro D'italia 2025 Stage 16: Piazzola sul Brenta – San Valentino

[Mayomaniac]

Eddy Merckx speaking Italian (on Italian TV) with an accent like he's from Südtirol

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Here's a top-12, from Feltet.dk:

#	Land	Navn	Hold	Tid
1		christian scaroni	XDS Astana Team	5:35:05
2		lorenzo fortunato	XDS Astana Team	0:00:00
3		giulio pellizzari	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	0:00:55
4		richard carapaz	EF Education - EasyPost	0:01:10
5		derek gee	Israel Premier Tech	0:01:23
6		jefferson alveiro cepeda hernandez	Movistar Team	0:01:43
7		michael storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:01:52
8		simon yates	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:01:52
9		gijs leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	0:02:19
10		yannis voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:02:31
11		egan arley bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	0:02:31
12		damiano caruso	Bahrain Victorious	0:02:31

If the names hadn't all been spelled correctly, I would have thought this had been made by Ilmaestro.

 

[kingjr]

I have made up my mind, I now want Derek Gee to win this bike race.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Oh, just saw Storer now, that‘s a very thick upper lip he‘s got, impressive result considering that

 

[Netserk]

De Toro still has pink with 26s to yates and 31s to carapaz.

And Geesus is 4th at +1'31"!

 

[Squire]

Piganzoli finished just behind Poole, despite getting dropped with 40k to go or so

The new and slightly improved Francis De Greef!

 

[Gigs_98]

I think Gee can win this Giro...wtf...

 

[AnotherArmChair]

How is Gee doing this?

he is turing the pedals with his legs

Derek Gee has shown he has climbing chops already in other races. Not sure why others are so shocked by his ability

But like all the riders in this race he has to not have a bad day from now on

 

[kingjr]

Oh, just saw Storer now, that‘s a very thick upper lip he‘s got, impressive result considering that

Fortunately it's also stiff

 

[Tim Cahill]

Looking forward in the coming days to what I'm sure will be a stirring piece of domestique-ry from Juan Ayuso!

 

[Brullnux]

If Pellizzari hadn't had to babysit Roglic on Sunday he'd be 6th, three minutes down. We have been robbed

 

[Divergence]

It was a great stage today, but it has to be said that the mere fact that a guy who is not even a top 10 climber is leading the Giro after 16 stages is a proof that the route has been pretty poor up to stage 16.

 

[CatchyH]

Looking at how Carapaz flew away from Yates/Del Toro made me think he's going to win this Giro and then he gets dropped by Pellizzari, who was on the attack for most of the climb. I don't know what to think anymore.

 

[pelotonIQ]

My bad, I heard the commentator say Ayuso abandoned. Should have double-checked but PCS was down.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Fausto finished ahead of Ajuso after being in the break all day. What a day man

 

[Red Rick]

If Pellizzari hadn't had to babysit Roglic on Sunday he'd be 6th, three minutes down. We have been robbed

3 minutes is still pretty difficult to make up on the remaining stages.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Looking forward in the coming days to what I'm sure will be a stirring piece of domestique-ry from Juan Ayuso!

In his current condition he‘s just set up for more bullying and people complaining that he is useless

 

[Netserk]

I think Gee can win this Giro...wtf...

I've tried to warn y'all since last year that he could win this Gee-ro!

 

[kingjr]

How is Gee doing this?

I mean he basically went full Jens Voigt on every stage during his first GT, at least that's how I remember it, so with that kind of engine and some additional racing and experience it's not so surprising if he comes through in week 3, even if there are better climbers on paper.

 

[search]

Looking at how Carapaz flew away from Yates/Del Toro made me think he's going to win this Giro and then he gets dropped by Pellizzari, who was on the attack for most of the climb. I don't know what to think anymore.

I think he also lost time to Yates again in the end?

But still a very promising performance, of course, especially as he is usually better in the high mountains.

 

[noob]

Looking at how Carapaz flew away from Yates/Del Toro made me think he's going to win this Giro and then he gets dropped by Pellizzari, who was on the attack for most of the climb. I don't know what to think anymore.

That's Carapaz for you. Very unreliable, very fun!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I'm curious for a rider like Svestad-Bårdseng today. So far he has managed to avoid falling back into gruppettos and is holding on to a top 25 spot. A stage like today will be a big test to see if he can hold on long enough to keep his spot and challenge for top 20 or if the bottom falls out and he looses 30 minutes or more.

He finished 23rd today (17th from the peloton). That's pretty good.

 

[EddyMazzoleni]

Looking at Carapaz flying up the road while Del Toro and Yates were looking at each other gave me some serious flashback. Yates will have to choose carefully in the following stage.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Do fans of "le cyclisme" win a bigger prize in terms of "fandom meritocracy" than fans of individual riders? I hope I haven't been doing this wrong since the 1990's.

Ask yourself: did I like the 2023 queen stage (the one to Tre Cime) better or did I like this one better? If the former, then I think most people would say you are doing this wrong.

 

[Red Rick]

I've tried to warn y'all since last year that he could win this Gee-ro!

I had no idea you were into this stuff

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