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

[Miha81]

Well done Chris Harper. Bravo Simon Yates.

Now I will have to wait more than 5 minutes to see all those sad and angry faces

 

[gregrowlerson]

Bluff like a butterfly, wings like a bee.

 

[Scarponi]

Heavy emotion from Yates there

 

[Poursuivant]

That is beautiful

 

[AmRacer]

If they’d worked together enough to keep Yates within a minute or so, that point might be valid, but they’ve both actively thrown it.

Carapaz’s Giro win is 6 years ago now. His team haven’t won a GT since 2012; this was the biggest chance they’ll get for a long time to come. There’s no way he can be absolved of blame for this result.

Carapaz couldn't drop Toro, how can he win again?

 

[Salvarani]

Yates just on the limit or saving for one all-in tomorrow

Sweet

 

[Climbing]

Well done Simon!
Rest is not worth of a comment, especially UAE, though IDT looked at his limit especially in the sterrato part.

 

[Boehmand]

Jesper Mørkøv, Michael's brother - is the Visma DS doing his first GT - bet he's having a party in the car right now.

 

[iBanesto]

Yates is even crying at the Del Torro-Carapaz farce.

 

[fenns]

Thoroughly deserved by Simon Yates

 

[Tim Cahill]

Go on Richard I think he's on the ropes

 

[Eclipse]

IDT not lost his carapaz wheel glue lol

 

[fenns]

In some cultures saving face is more important than anything - today we saw a prime example of that.

 

[benzwire]

Will Del Toro sprint against Carapaz for the line?!

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

Superb race. Well done Yates and Visma!

The other guys just got gassed. No need to get too deep into tactical critiques.

And yet someone (Pellizzari?) just went by and Carapaz and Del Toro jumped to get on his wheel…

 

[Sciatic]

So, I'm curious, was Yates' behavior at the end of Stage 19 (we had a plan, we didn't follow it) all part of the smokescreen to convince others he was no longer a threat? Probably not, but still interesting to know what that was all about.

 

[nightowl]

The emotions Simon Yates must be feeling right now, what an incredible story

 

[Rou]

Yates' odds to win the Giro after yesterday were 20. Did somebody make money today?

 

[gregrowlerson]

When it rains it pours.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Who's they for the first minute though? It's not that Carapaz didn't put in efforts to get back to Yates, just didn't work. You can say del Toro was being an idiot, but I disagree about Carapaz at that point. If anything he attacked to much and should've gone up a more steady pace, but than again that's not exactly his style.

Yates was hanging a few seconds in front of them for quite a while before they started playing games with each other. Then Gee started catching and riding past them as Carapaz kept trying to get del Toro to ride so that he could attack him. If they ride together, or if Carapaz is happier to ride to tempo and worry about breaking del Toro later rather than getting impatient, then that gap doesn't open up as rapidly as it did.

Once there was an established gap, Yates proved that he was the strongest man on the day and would likely have got away anyway, but it might not have been a decisive margin, certainly not enough that the two behind gave up so soon on the final climb.

A bit like how David Arroyo was only about 40" behind Basso, Nibali and Scarponi at Edolo, but over 3 minutes back in Aprica, because he just couldn't get any cooperation from the likes of Vino and Evans who he'd caught and passed on the descent, and so the easy climb built up as big if not bigger gaps as the harder one before.

 

[noob]

Coming back I'm shocked

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Max Poole massive performance

 

[Eclipse]

Hahaha after gifting Yates the giro he's sprinting to the line

 

[Boehmand]

Brian Holm predicting UAE and EF will be arch enemies for the rest of their existence

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Del Toro sprinting at the end is a bit comical.

Such a weid stage.

And such a marvelous win for Yates!