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

[Netserk]

It has already been one of the better Grandi Partenze, and not just for the racing. Beautiful landscape again today.

 

[Red Rick]

It has already been one of the better Grandi Partenze, and not just for the racing. Beautiful landscape again today.

Fully agreed. Albania is stunning.

Funnily enough the ES ad breaks are full of Croatian and Turkish tourism ads.

 

[E_F_]

GGs. The real exciting stage 3 was all in our heads last night.

Leave me out of your delusions, man. You said it yourself a long time ago! The sprint stages are very challenging but with WvA and Mads as the top sprinters (more or less) those stages will still be bunch sprints.

 

[Tanakka]

It has already been one of the better Grandi Partenze, and not just for the racing. Beautiful landscape again today.

Reminds me of 'UAE Tour'.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Not quite sure what RB are doing riding tbh

 

[Netserk]

Not quite sure what RB are doing riding tbh

They want the break to be caught and Pedersen to take pink.

 

[Divergence]

They want the break to be caught and Pedersen to take pink.

Nah, if they do not ride Tarling will get it anyways. I think they want to be at the front, they do not want the stage to take 30min more than necessary and also what is the point in going extremely slow, Rog needs some training impulse.

 

[Netserk]

Front of the peloton getting busy. Ineos, (B)DSM, UAE behind RB.

 

[Netserk]

Jayco not just getting in position for the technical section? Would be nice if they push it on the uncategorised climb.

 

[Potomac]

I've heard Blythe say "Plappy" at least twice now.

 

[Netserk]

Jayco disappeared again, the disruption was just for positioning Harper. Plapp was at the back of the peloton.

 

[yaco]

Jayco should never ride on the front in this edition of the Giro. Their job is to infiltrate breaks and support harper for GC.

 

[titan31]

Never hiring an Albanian to pave a road anyway.

 

[Netserk]

Pedersen next to Rogla at the front.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Pedersen isn‘t looking natural up here

 

[dgodave]

Pedersen isn‘t looking natural up here

Does he have a blue tint? Wires hanging out?

 

[Netserk]

Let's hope Strong will get the chance to sprint today.

 

[SafeBet]

A few sprinters already dropped.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

It has already been one of the better Grandi Partenze, and not just for the racing. Beautiful landscape again today.

An uphill finish in Krujë is the only thing missing.

 

[RedheadDane]

Let's hope Strong will get the chance to sprint today.

To show how... strong his sprint is?

 

[Netserk]

Twisty, narrow roads up ahead. And cobbles.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

what comms is Adam Blythe on

I have Brian Smith and Carlton Kirby

Albania looks like northern Spain to me

 

[dgodave]

Is Albanian food good?

 

[Netserk]

Bike change for Bernal. He is back in the bunch.

 

[Netserk]

Bernal back on his own second bike.