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

[Miha81]

Now I know why he did not defend the jersey. He had to conserve power for the last sprint 🤣😂

 

[Brullnux]

Let's go Del Toro, get those UCI points!!!

 

[Jack_89]

in the 2018 Yates gave a lot of entertainment attacking and winning. Lost everything on Finestre. Seven years later, also due to his age, he ran conservatively and took his revenge. A beautiful story. And a deserved victory.

 

[solo80k]

Del Toro learned today that he doesn‘t have Top 3 climbers as doms, must have been shocking

He needs to accept Yates was out of this world today. There was zero chance he could stay on Simon's wheel, neither was Carapaz.

It was a fatal blow by Visma. Del Toro gets white jersey, 2nd in GC , a stage win and good prospects for the future.

 

[dgodave]

I should be drinking that red stuff after watching this.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Del Toro seems relatively happy still, as he should be. Top result and a bright future.

 

[Scarponi]

That celebration with the Bora rider was strange imo

 

[noob]

I haven't grasped the upset yet! Who will pdoium even? :O

 

[Tim Cahill]

Wait Max Poole attacked for UCI points and we missed it ffs

 

[Samu Cuenca]

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

At one point, Vaughters will probably be able to convince UAE to sponsor him instead.

 

[Sciatic]

So Wout finished only a minute or so behind the Del Toro group.

 

[Andy262]

Painful lesson for del Toro, learning that your team support sucks.

He should have realised that from the last week. Multiple times when the support just wasn’t there.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Where is Mcnulty, WAS MCNULTY IN THE GROUP

 

[Boehmand]

I knew something had to be up when they attacked when the stage didn't finish on the steepest climb

They even managed to put together an actual lead out a couple of times

 

[noob]

So Del Toro and Almeida rather similar first giro results and both accidentally turned leaders

Edit: lol no! Misunderstood some commentators as if Del Toro was fifth

 

[Scarponi]

Wait Max Poole attacked for UCI points and we missed it ffs

He looked all
His energy for that attack you could say

 

[ice&fire]

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

Let him apply for a DS position at UAE

 

[Miha81]

I can't wait for the podium tomorrow. Luckily 2nd and 3rd are separated by 1st 🤣😂

 

[Brullnux]

That celebration with the Bora rider was strange imo

They're (basically) housemates. Live in the same apartment block

 

[Red Rick]

May all the posters of the CyclingNews Forum, /r/peloton, cycling twitter and all the places beyond that be reminded.

This is what happens when Petulant Whiners United approves of a stage design.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Where is Mcnulty, WAS MCNULTY IN THE GROUP

He did a big effort for Del Toro‘s sprint in the final k, what a rider

 

[Eclipse]

He needs to accept Yates was out of this world today. There was zero chance he could stay on Simon's wheel, neither was Carapaz.

Like this is fairly obviously not true lol. They had no reason to let Yates go when they did, but they chose to because IDT only wanted to close Carapaz. Then they almost closed 45+ on Yates but IDT still did nothing in that so Carapaz sat back off and tried to let the gap go big enough that IDT might do something. Then he still did nothing and that was that.

IDT raced Carapaz, Carapaz raced IDT, and Yates won because he had good legs, a team plan and fortune on his side.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

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

That's kind of like the time the time Bret Hart declared El Dandy to be his biggest rival for the world title.

 

[kingjr]

As a van der Poel fan, I've never cheered harder for van Aert than in the past 60 minutes... strange feeling, but a welcome one

 

[dazaau]

I honestly thought carapaz would crack del toro on this climb. Impressed del Toro did not. Highly unimpressed that he let decent tactics go to far and bet the house on carapaz caring about second vs third. Simon Yates I did not have as the likely outcome.

It is a beautiful story for Yates.