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

[Didinho]

Mads also has an insane sprint at the end of TT’s. He could hold it.

 

[AmRacer]

he's sick. he said he was sick. he's not one of the aliens

.anymore

 

[titan31]

Suppose ideal now for RB Bora is that someone who can climb well enough gets in the break tomorrow and takes a few minutes and they can let pink go until the next TT

 

[Devil's Elbow]

GPS times being made up to maximise tension would be classic Giro.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Result for Bora if he can hold this pace

 

[Red Rick]

Van Aert doesn't look like a guy who didn't try.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Van Aert doesn't look like a guy who didn't try.

That grimace tells me he won't see Rome.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Van Aert doesn't look like a guy who didn't try.

Sickness and stuff, just not on great form for longer efforts

 

[Tim Cahill]

If you're a 3rd tier GC contender who wants a free 10 minutes get yourself in a breakaway tomorrow.

 

[Peyroteo94]

So Tarling wins it

 

[nightowl]

I am typically very anti-live time gaps in TTs for ruining the suspense, but blatantly wrong ones like these are pretty fun I guess.

 

[Boehmand]

BTW - I wouldn't put it past Trek to put Mads in the morning break tomorrow, - even if he retains pink.

It's his only chance to keep it/take it back and it would mean Trek could do zero work until the big climb and then all be there for Ciccone.

 

[Didinho]

Mads taking pink back from Redbull in the next Redbull intermediate.

 

[Netserk]

Hell yeah!!!

 

[Boehmand]

2 seconds, damn

 

[Samu Cuenca]

If you're a 3rd tier GC contender who wants a free 10 minutes get yourself in a breakaway tomorrow.

So Ayuso will be in the break?

 

[Tim Cahill]

"Oh for *** sake" - Roglic

 

[Brullnux]

I am typically very anti-live time gaps in TTs for ruining the suspense, but blatantly wrong ones like these are pretty fun I guess.

They were accurate re Roglic and Mads

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Tarling best man today. Congrats.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

German commentators failing first grade

 

[Netserk]

V$ne the moral winner today, he'd have bossed them without the crash yesterday.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

So not making it over the climb yesterday actually was a saving grace for Tarling, because with a later start the wind probably swings this one to Roglic and then he would have been left with nothing.

 

[Red Rick]

What are the odds that Roglic already went back to the team bus and someone has to rush him to the podium?

 

[Filippo_3467]

Suppose ideal now for RB Bora is that someone who can climb well enough gets in the break tomorrow and takes a few minutes and they can let pink go until the next TT

Would be pretty in character but that's maybe not up to Bora. Why shouldn't Lidl try to control tomorrow as well. Stage 5 is pretty much perfect for Pedersen as well and I thin Lidl will also light up the Siena stage. Vacek and Pedersen are still in the running to take pink for a longer time if stage 7 is ridden pretty conservative by the GC teams.

 

[tobydawq]

Tarling lost several seconds on that climb.

He has flyed on the flat.

flown