Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2025 Stage 5: Ceglie Messapica – Matera

[Tricycle Rider]

wow from the thread you can really tell the race is popping off today

Give it another 10-30kms, something should hopefully be happening then.

 

[Sciatic]

the things RAI chooses to highlight with their slo-mo replay montages are always interesting

 

[RedheadDane]

wow from the thread you can really tell the race is popping off today

There are two other races currently being broadcast that are nearing their finish.
Come over to the Lesser Known Races Thread.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Meanwhile I can't get over you still using a paper calendar - in 2025 - while writing on a digital online forum

I like to hang wall calendars that have some nice pictures of nature and/or animals, and each month is different! (You young'uns with your smartphones and all... )

 

[Tricycle Rider]

the things RAI chooses to highlight with their slo-mo replay montages are always interesting

They had some nice, super slo-mo shots of Munoz's legs yesterday

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Nice sprint by the Italian squad upfront, 49km to go

 

[Sciatic]

great turnout along the roadside in the towns and cities.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I disagree. I think the days of the week should be:

1. Second Sunday
2. Tuesday
3. Wednesday
4. Little Friday
5. Friday
6. Saturday
7. Sunday

I think for the next three weeks it should be:

1. Giro Day
2. Giro Day
3. Giro Day
4. Giro Day
5. Giro Day
6. Giro Day
7. Giro Day

Naturally you would never have to go to work on Giro Day.

 

[RedheadDane]

I think for the next three weeks it should be:

1. Giro Day
2. Giro Day
3. Giro Day
4. Giro Day
5. Giro Day
6. Giro Day
7. Giro Day

Naturally you would never have to go to work on Giro Day.

Technically it would be

1. Boring No-Giro Day
2. Giro Day
3. Giro Day
4. Giro Day
5. Giro Day
6. Giro Day
7. Giro Day

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Only 32km to go, is the peloton finally waking up?

Why yes, yes they are!

 

[Sciatic]

Hopefully we'll see some racing in the next 5 km. Or the other teams will just let Trek control the pace . . .

 

[Boehmand]

For those who stopped watching this boring stage, it is starting to ramp up now, the speed is high, the big teams are fighting for position and the gap to the break is dropping fast - the pre-finale is on.

 

[Samamba]

Hayter is such a meme
What even happened to him

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Some riders starting to drop off on the Montescaglioso climb - wheeeee, something's happening!

 

[Andre]

Is the parcours of this Giro dull, or is it just me?

 

[Samamba]

All these top sprinters are in bad form. Groves would normally be a top favorite here

 

[Tim Cahill]

Road surface too nice, bikes too fast, domestiques too strong for anything big to happen.

 

[Boehmand]

Okay, enough contract-talk.

According to Asgreen he "Looks just like Peppa Pig".
And I'm sure it was meant in a friendly manner.

From RHD in the Mads Pedersen forum - I thought you all needed to see it

 

[Samamba]

UAe actually making it hard. Pedersen was losing a bit of terrain there.

 

[search]

yeah, it's honestly a very unusual race so far. Most sprinters have improved their climbing massively over the last couple of years, but here "everyone" with a a bit of speed always gets dropped instantly, no matter if the pace is high or not.

 

[Mayomaniac]

The Basilicata region has a few much harder muritos that are actually not that far away from eachother. One could make a great stage with a 3 murito sequence (if the region is paying for it).

 

[Samamba]

yeah, it's honestly a very unusual race so far. Most sprinters have improved their climbing massively over the last couple of years, but here "everyone" with a a bit of speed always gets dropped instantly, no matter if the pace is high or not.

Kooij and Groves are both in bad form due to his injuries. They can ride a fast sprint, but their climbing isn't at normal level.

And then Van Aert of course too.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

From RHD in the Mads Pedersen forum - I though you all needed to see it

Only if he's in the pink jersey does Mads remotely resemble Peppa, methinks.

 

[Sciatic]

I don't think they dropped the sprinters (esp. Groves) sufficiently to keep them from returning. Only the last 5 km of that climb were suitable for attacking, but noone bothered anyways.

 

[Boehmand]

Only if he's in the pink jersey does Mads remotely resemble Peppa, methinks.

That's what the comment is referring to