Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 20: Verrès – Sestrière, 205 km

[Samu Cuenca]

The worry for Shates is that when Froome did this, he never won anything again, but he probably doesn't care too much about that right now.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Job Done 2025

 

[Nerlo]

First time you've seen Van Aert in a GT?

First time I've seen him climb Finestre and then completely smash all opposition

 

[Peyroteo94]

Interesting how bad was this Giro but now that Visma is winning, some are appearing...

 

[Jagartrott]

Van Aert - massive ride today. Hope he is now really 'back'.

 

[Red Rick]

This is pure cinema after what happened to yates there in 2018.

This is almost as beautiful as Roglic beating Ayuso in a series of 1km shootouts

 

[Salvarani]

Focusing on carapaz was right, but you can't track stand and look at each other - you need to keep moving and also be willing to go all in when the lead gets too much.

None of this happened.

Was still salvageable at the top of the climb, but after arguing with the cost of time about who would pull up 9% gravel they decided to argue about who would lead on the descent - honestly.

Early on in the climb sure, but Carapaz was spent after his attacks

Del Toro should have pulled to close down Yates, when they were still close. You dont let him go. Thats on the team.

He was still being advised to sit on Carapaz for too long.

It was over on the climb already. Not on the top of it.

IDT doesnt look spent. He should be furious at the team.

 

[Berniece]

Job Done 2025

Bravo

 

[Arnout]

I think Del Toro didn't have much extra to give on Finestre, but not fighting afterwards will haunt him for the rest of his life.

 

[dobrien]

What a joke. Great to see the redemption of Simon, but what a deflated balloon compared to what it could have been without the world class stupidity we've seen today. Wow.

 

[Peyroteo94]

UAE keeping Ayuso in the GC made them lose this race. Marvelous!

 

[nightowl]

Utterly bizarre scenes, I doubt we’ll ever find out exactly what happened here but I’d love to know how much more Del Toro and Carapaz did or didn’t have left to give

 

[Gratemans]

This really is the biggest mugging since Robert Millar at the Vuelta.

Is it a mugging when you're just giving it away though..

 

[Brullnux]

Yates still at -30 minutes time loss for all his Finestre stages, lots to make up in the next 4km

 

[Libertine Seguros]

This really is the biggest mugging since Robert Millar at the Vuelta.

More than Heras '05, Contador '12 or Froome '18?! Even Bernal '19 given the reasons for it? Or Pogačar '20?!

 

[gregrowlerson]

The Simon Yates Redemption.

Hope is a good thing.

Narrated by Wout Van Aert.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So nobody other than Yates made up any time on Harper since the bottom of the Finestre.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

UAE keeping Ayuso in the GC made them lose this race. Marvelous!

The gap today is soo huge by now. I don't know if it made a difference. The tactical instructions were bad, but I still think del Toro just didn't have the right legs to do much today.

 

[Cycling111]

I feel sorry for Del Toro. He lost because of himself, but he's still too young, and UAE has approached this stage as if Del Toro were Pogacar. And there's only one Pogacar.

They should´ve given him better advice from the car.

 

[Brullnux]

What a joke. Great to see the redemption of Simon, but what a deflated balloon compared to what it could have been without the world class stupidity we've seen today. Wow.

Disagree. The drama up the Finestre was excellent, and then throwing toys out the pram by UAE was very very funny.

 

[Salvarani]

I feel sorry for Del Toro. He lost because of himself, but he's still too young, and UAE has approached this stage as if Del Toro were Pogacar. And there's only one Pogacar.

They should´ve given him better advice from the car.

He didnt lose because of himself.

 

[Squire]

He's gonna win the Giro with a pogacaresque margin.

 

[dazaau]

The worry for Shates is that when Froome did this, he never won anything again, but he probably doesn't care too much about that right now.

I'm pretty sure he would take that deal

 

[pelotonIQ]

No hate for del toro, he's fine with a podium and a new fat contract in 2026. Uae team screwed him twice, but he'll be repaid in petrodollar so everything is fine for him.

I have a feeling from the start of the climb the director told him to sit on Carapaz and wait for his team to catch back up, clearly a miscalculation. UAE has a history of stupid sport directors.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I think Visma is winnig the Great Twin Experiment Propaganda War

To win the hearts and minds out of the Yates twins, it's easy.

Remember the golden rule of how to tell them apart: if they're doing anything interesting, it's Simon.