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

[Brullnux]

Because routes have become hillier. The Tirreno ITT this year was 56+.

The opening time trial two years ago at the Giro likewise. Stage 14 last year was 53 km/h, but over twice the length.

 

[Potomac]

Carapaz....not good enough

 

[SHAD0W93]

Wout's butt looks big in that purple suit.

View: https://youtu.be/X53ZSxkQ3Ho?si=BpZyN_R4xWEKduHB

 

[Peyroteo94]

What's your nationality got to do with anything?

I don't really take issue with arrogant athletes - to me it's just a winners mentality - it's only annoying if they then suck, and I honestly don't think Ayuso does, he's got a pretty impressive palmares for a 22 year old.

Almeida is portuguese. Did you see what happened in the Tour?

 

[titan31]

I'm not sure I could ever wear that helmet. Not because I can't cycle too well for it to be of any use or that it probably costs a ton, but just cos I've too much self respect to not look like an idiot.

 

[Boehmand]

Wout looks like a grape popsicle

Wouldn't recommend licking him though, especially after a TT.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

The madman on course....

 

[Boehmand]

Almeida is portuguese. Did you see what happened in the Tour?

Probably, don't recall though.

 

[Bolder]

Poole is having a good start to the race.

And he has Bardet to mentor him

 

[Sciatic]

It's a tough TT for the smaller climbers-- most now are looking at trying to take back 30' on Roglic already.

 

[Boehmand]

I read that this decision was made to avoid help between teammates who could come out one after the other.

For example, McNulty came out behind Ayuso, but with three minutes, they wouldn't have been able to meet.

Makes sense.

I don't really take issue with the 3 minute thing, it just means we get more camera time with the top riders.

 

[titan31]

I read that this decision was made to avoid help between teammates who could come out one after the other.

For example, McNulty came out behind Ayuso, but with three minutes, they wouldn't have been able to meet.

It was only top 10 or so wasn't it so even though it was all the same time, McNulty, Ayuso and Yates actually could have helped each other as they had 1 minutes gaps.

Chances are it was actually just to extend TV coverage but I don't think it makes sense from a competition point of view (the next TT it will)

 

[Cagalitroso]

What's your nationality got to do with anything?

I don't really take issue with arrogant athletes - to me it's just a winners mentality - it's only annoying if they then suck, and I honestly don't think Ayuso does, he's got a pretty impressive palmares for a 22 year old.

New to Spanish-Portuguese rivalry? A tale as old as time. Repeated all over the world. The funniest thing is how one sided it is, the Spanish only care about the French, who at the same time only care.. etc etc

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Because routes have become hillier. The Tirreno ITT this year was 56+.

Ganna was 2 km/h faster than everyone else there and we were only at 52.6 km/h the year before on the same route. Now conditions were pretty bad in the 2024 Tirreno TT but it's also clear that the wind slowed things down a little today, the gap in speed with the Tirreno TT is significantly smaller if wind conditions are equal and Ganna is there in both races.

The bottom line being, this is not the fastest TT route but also very much not a slow one.

 

[Didinho]

Wout has a lot to make up already.

 

[Cycling111]

If Pedersen doesn't surprise, it seems this is from Tarling. And Pink for Roglic.

 

[nightowl]

Storer with a very good TT, the ultramythical Storer hype is still alive!

 

[Red Rick]

Did Van Aert crash or does he randomly have a hole in his suit on his hip?

 

[Didinho]

Mad Mads!! He can hold pink if he doesn’t start to hard.

 

[Netserk]

Pink between Pedersen and Rogla.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Roglic collecting pink on stage 2 by mistake so now his team has to work.

 

[titan31]

Pidcock maybe with a reasonable chance of pink tomorrow if he's going for the stage and not caring about GC

 

[Cycling111]

Roglic doesn't like leading in the early days. Tomorrow, Red Bull will leave the break.

 

[Netserk]

Did Van Aert crash or does he randomly have a hole in his suit on his hip?

It's not a hole, but a logo.

 

[Boehmand]

New to Spanish-Portuguese rivalry? A tale as old as time. Repeated all over the world. The funniest thing is how one sided it is, the Spanish only care about the French, who at the same time only care.. etc etc

Rivalry, sure - but he said "hate".

We Danes don't hate the Swedes anymore, despite having fought more wars with them than any other two nations in human history.