Giro d'Italia 2025, stage 2: Tirana - Tirana (13.7k ITT)

[Tim Cahill]

Roglic gonna get enough time in the bank to compensate for his week 2 fall

 

[tobydawq]

Primoz about to realise that all riders are not at the same time anymore and that there are only 19 stages left.

 

[Red Rick]

Roglic isn't normally one to blow himself up on the hill in TTs like this.

I may have been wrong.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Roglic isn't normally one to blow himself up on the hill in TTs like this.

I may have been wrong.

He always does a negative split. He can win!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Roglic will win this Giro unless he crashes. My bild prediction

@Germans, can we trust cycling predictions from Bild?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Was expecting Ayuso to beat Roglic here and then the other way round in the stage 10 TT, goes to show how much I know.

 

[Cycling111]

Tarling has fliying in the second sector.
Without that hill, he would´ve win easily.

 

[Didinho]

Roglic 19 stages wheelsucking masterclass incoming.

 

[tobydawq]

@Germans, can we trust cycling predictions from Bild?

I'd guess he meant the prediction was both wild, bold and mild.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Giro over I think, what a fine race it was

 

[Peyroteo94]

@Germans, can we trust cycling predictions from Bild?

Bold!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

@Germans, can we trust cycling predictions from Bild?

No

 

[Mayomaniac]

Tailwind on the climb, headwind afterwards.

 

[Cycling111]

Was expecting Ayuso to beat Roglic here and then the other way round in the stage 10 TT, goes to show how much I know.

I don't know why, but Ayuso always disappoints in GT time trials.

In the TDF first time trial, he was also behind Roglic.
That was even worse.

1	EVENEPOEL Remco	Soudal Quick-Step	210	100		28.52,19	52.581
2	POGAČAR Tadej	UAE Team Emirates	150	70		0.12,36	52.208
3	ROGLIČ Primož	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	110	50		0.34,32	51.559
4	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	90	40		0.37,44	51.468
5	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto Dstny	70	32		0.51,99	51.049
6	VAUQUELIN Kévin	Arkéa - B&B Hotels	55 -20	26		0.52,75	51.027
7	JORGENSON Matteo	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	45	22		0.53,84	50.996
8	ALMEIDA João	UAE Team Emirates	40	18		0.57,19	50.900
9	HEALY Ben	EF Education - EasyPost	35	14		0.59,47	50.836
10	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama - FDJ	30	10		1.00	50.821
11	VLASOV Aleksandr	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	25	8		1.04,29	50.699
12	BISSEGGER Stefan	EF Education - EasyPost	20	6		1.14,47	50.413
13	VAN WILDER Ilan	Soudal Quick-Step	15	4		1.14,64	50.409
14	GEE Derek	Israel - Premier Tech	10	2		1.17,26	50.336
15	AYUSO Juan	UAE Team Emirates	5	1		1.18,73	50.295

 

[Netserk]

Negative split versus stronger wind.

 

[Berniece]

Great time by Roglic, he’s going to destroy the opposition this Giro

 

[Boehmand]

Danish Eurosport commentators saying Gazetta Dello Sport is in todays issue bitching about Ciccone pulling for Mads yesterday, because he is a GC rider

 

[Salvarani]

1 second good or bad here

Lets see

 

[Netserk]

Close!

Good performance.

 

[Cassirer]

So Close!

 

[Peyroteo94]

Like I said, a TT for riders like Pogacar or Vingegaard

 

[Tim Cahill]

Incredible tt from Roglic considering its day 2 and everyone is fresh

 

[Brullnux]

It was the worst route imaginable for Pogacar.

This TT, for starters. Even if he hangs on, he and the rest of the blob (to the extent they are present) are very bunched up. Without the wind picking up he would probably have lost to Vacek too.

You have an axe to grind: the route matters when it favours Tarling, but is ignored when it doesn't favour him.

Look at the opening pages of this thread, where very few people picked Tarling, and all were questioning his prospects given the hill/turns which flatten differences between riders. I'm not even sure if Ganna smashes this course, in all honesty – maybe a handful of seconds?

 

[Salvarani]

1 second good or bad here

Lets see

bad

 

[Red Rick]

Extremely generous, Primoz