Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2025 Stage 17: San Michele all’Adige – Bormio, 155 km

[QueenStagiaire]

Polti now defending Piganzoli‘s GC position

 

[Red Rick]

I hate these punishment chases so *** much

 

[pastronef]

Got to love Brandon McNulty driving in the break to protect his 14th place rather than helping his leader lol

he IS helping his leader and his team by not having them to chase

 

[Boehmand]

Visma won't mind. They have a plan for this stage, and they are just going to execute it. At the finish line, McNulty won't have a 8 minute lead.

The intelligent move for UAE here, is to do nothing in the peloton.

Unfortunately EF will probably go to work if the break gets above 5-6 minutes, but if they kept their cool, both teams could actually force Visma to do all the work, to keep the break in range.

However it's all a moot point, when Polti is apparently being punished for missing the move

 

[titan31]

Mind you Bora have alot in the break too

Pellizari might be the bridger

Also Storer

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Thougut I saw Masnada in the break, but he is not there. A shame.

 

[Gigs_98]

There's actually a bunch of teams which should be unhappy about the four visma riders in the break. Like, if Carapaz drops Yates on the Mortirolo these guys will kill every teammate he might have with him on the flat

 

[ashhutch1997]

he IS helping his leader and his team by not having them to chase

I was being sarcastic!

 

[pelotonIQ]

Only four Vismas, way too few

Still suprising not to see him amongst the break instead of others, he would be more of help to Yates.

 

[ashhutch1997]

Thougut I saw Masnada in the break, but he is not there. A shame.

Been a rough giro for you.

 

[Heston]

UAE absolutely need to make sure Visma don't have 2 helpers with Yates after Mortirolo.

McNulty is not a serious candidate for the podium so Visma don't have to care about him.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

With this break there should be no doubt that the Mortirolo should be absolutely nuked. Most GC riders have team mates up the road that should be strong enough to make it to the top of Mortirolo if peloton takes it easy on Tonale. Well, not everyone - because Del Toro doesnt have a domestique up front...

 

[Heston]

Well, not everyone - because Del Toro doesnt have a domestique up front...

Doesn't feel like he has any in the peloton either.

 

[Boehmand]

Pedersen working as a dom for Vacek now

 

[Potomac]

I was being sarcastic!

I assumed as much

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Thougut I saw Masnada in the break, but he is not there. A shame.

I reckon you see Fausto everywhere you look

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Vine off the back

 

[Boehmand]

Jay Vine getting dropped on a cat. 2

 

[Red Rick]

Guess Del Toro is the least popular rider on the UAE team after all

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Been a rough giro for you.

Yesterday was quite good. This time last year I was watching a sh*t stream to see Masnada as a lone breakway in 4 jours de dunquerque. So my threshold for excitement is quite low

 

[Cycling111]

Fortunato had the legs to compete the GC

 

[pelotonIQ]

UAE absolutely need to make sure Visma don't have 2 helpers with Yates after Mortirolo.

McNulty is not a serious candidate for the podium so Visma don't have to care about him.

But EF and Carapaz sure as hell do.

 

[search]

there should be a decent chance that the winner comes from the peloton. As long as McNulty is in the break, the gap will not go out massively, and riders like Pellizzari have a lot of good doms up there.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

You begin to wonder if UAE didnt have Pog would they win anything

 

[Boehmand]

Fortunato has a 265 point lead on anyone not a team mate and is still going for it - I love it - it's like vintage Virenque