Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2025, stage 3: Vlorë > Vlorë (160 km)

[Gigs_98]

Not that aggressive descending by Bilbao so far

Yeah this is so strange. The entire time he's been looking as if he was in no hurry whatsoever

 

[KZD]

I don't know if it's really disappointing, why would they have done it? To go for the stage, okay, but other than that what for? They won't drop Roglic and tomorrow isn't a stage to wear people down for today already.

Tomorrow is a rest day so recovery shouldn't have been an issue.

Roglič is likely the strongest rider but UAE has the numbers so I think they should have send Vine up the road to try to get back some of the time he lost.

 

[AmRacer]

Yeah this is so strange. The entire time he's been looking as if he was in no hurry whatsoever

Hurry slowly

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Maybe Bilbao just training on the climb

 

[Red Rick]

Yeah this is so strange. The entire time he's been looking as if he was in no hurry whatsoever

Clearly he followed the attack hoping it could be an opportunity, then he realized it's a nothingburger and he's just following and not wasting much more energy

 

[Gigs_98]

Split in the peloton but not looking like someone wants to exploit it

 

[Red Rick]

Pretty good descent this for putting lead bottles in your bike and using a gravity motor

 

[Red Rick]

Voigt thinking head/cross wind is great for echelons.

I wish he would go back to talking with his legs again instead of his mouth.

 

[Davesta]

Yeah this is so strange. The entire time he's been looking as if he was in no hurry whatsoever

Not wanting to lose Fortunato perhaps

 

[Filippo_3467]

Yeah that was always the logical outcome. There won't be any meaningful action from the top GC teams until stage 9.

 

[AmRacer]

Lidl and Bora deciding the race from the team cars.

 

[Potomac]

Jens always sounds like a comical television chef.

 

[Sciatic]

It's unfortunate Trek wanted to control the stage--certainly Bora would not have tried to control so we could have had a much more interesting break situation and some attacks on the climb. Perhaps they will get their just desserts and Mads will lose the sprint.

 

[Potomac]

Road sign said said Ibizia 1,500 km

 

[Red Rick]

So much for few obvious sprint stages this Giro

 

[Netserk]

Pedersen and Aular in the peloton. Van Aert, Fiorelli and Strong dropped.

EDIT: Fiorelli is back!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

How big is that group? 80+ riders?

 

[AmRacer]

Pogi, Jonas, Remco would have attacked and solo to the line.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Budget Van Aert finally outclimbing the real Wout

 

[Netserk]

Oldani is also present.

 

[Heston]

Fiorelli made it back, in the peloton now.

 

[E_F_]

Budget Van Aert finally outclimbing the real Wout

You have to go for the Lidl product when it's out of stock at Jumbo.

 

[Netserk]

Strong is back also.

 

[Sciatic]

Has no one mentioned (or I missed it) that this should be a stage for BORA to blow away the competition? Since the Bora is name of the blasting wind that sweeps down from the mountains to the Adriatic in Albania and Croatia?

 

[E_F_]

Has no one mentioned (or I missed it) that this should be a stage for BORA to blow away the competition? Since the Bora is name of the blasting wind that sweeps down from the mountains to the Adriatic in Albania and Croatia?

Wow @Devil's Elbow is a complete fraud smh my head