Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2025, Stage 8: Giulianova > Castelraimondo (197 km)

[Gigs_98]

To be honest, I can see why a team like UAE would be conservative on a day like this. The stage really isn't that hard and there is a much better opportunity to use your team against Roglic a day later. I think it's peobably smarter to conserve energy. If they don't do anything on Sunday however, I will join the complaining

 

[Red Rick]

To be honest, I can see why a team like UAE would be conservative on a day like this. The stage really isn't that hard and there is a much better opportunity to use your team against Roglic a day later. I think it's peobably smarter to conserve energy. If they don't do anything on Sunday however, I will join the complaining

Today is low risk high reward. Tomorrow is just expected chaos no matter what anyway.

 

[Cycling111]

To be honest, I can see why a team like UAE would be conservative on a day like this. The stage really isn't that hard and there is a much better opportunity to use your team against Roglic a day later. I think it's peobably smarter to conserve energy. If they don't do anything on Sunday however, I will join the complaining

As long as their rivals do the work for them, they can be conservative and rest as much as they want.
UAE has two riders on the podium without any work from their domestiques.

Neither Bahrain nor Ineos should have worked yesterday. It was surprising to see how they did all the work.
First Bahrain, then INEOS. Bernal shouldn't have closed the gap to Ciccone when there were two riders from the same team. Del Toro should´ve closed that gap, and Bernal should´ve been on Ayuso's wheel.

If Bernal, Tiberi, and others want a podium finish at the Giro, their teams can´t do the work that UAE should do.
Yates and McNulty haven't worked in seven days. If they don't work, Del Toro won't work, and he can continue his aspirations while Pello Bilbao and Arensmann do his work.

Furthermore, some people are convinced that Roglic didn't win yesterday due to strategy. That is, he wore his team down for 100km to favor Ayuso. UAE doesn't need domestiques
Obviously, I don´t share that point of view.

 

[Netserk]

McNuggets and Vine should get in the break today. Del Toro can save himself for tomorrow.

 

[Cookster15]

Yes, hard to see anything but a break take this.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Bora should allow del toro 2 minutes as to foster dissension in the ranks

 

[Netserk]

Honoré and Rafferty are allowed to join the break, according to the former.

Plapp: Everyone apart from [Harper] will try today

 

[Netserk]

I think Vacek wants to take pink today.

 

[Netserk]

Fuglsang: We should try to save as much energy as possible for tomorrow [...] ~But Frigo could be a good bet for today

 

[Netserk]

We are live.

Vino's boys attack at the drop of the flag!!!!

 

[KZD]

Not sure about Vaček but McNulty or Scaroni are great picks for today.

 

[RedheadDane]

Guess Kanter can't get in trouble in the sprint if he goes solo.

 

[Netserk]

Kanter has a gap.

Denz patrols the front.

 

[Netserk]

Van Aert is active! Lemmen follows moves too. No Keldermania though?

 

[Tim Cahill]

That's it Paul just lurk near the front and follow nothing silly like yesterday

 

[Netserk]

Pedersen attacks! Caught Cattaneo who had a little gap.

 

[YavorD]

Pedersen is probably tired of 2 days in a row not winning and wants to give it a go.

 

[Netserk]

De Pretto is the third rider with Pedersen and Cattaneo.

 

[Netserk]

Hayter is alive and at the front of the peloton! A rare sighting.

 

[search]

Roglic will be hoping to dump off the jersey again. Possible on a stage like this.

I'd think so too, but they brought up an interesting point in the Cycling Podcast, saying that Bora would likely want to remain a good position in the convoy for tomorrow. So while they may be interested in giving away the jersey, they probably don't want multiple teams/riders to get past them - which could be difficult to balance correctly.

 

[Boehmand]

Is Visma really pulling in the peloton because of the bonus sprint for Kooij?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Is Visma really pulling in the peloton because of the bonus sprint for Kooij?

They're trying to get Van Aert in the break

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

I sencerely hope a strong breakaway gets it today.

Edit: And no silly heads at the road, thanks!

 

[KOM]

Always nice to show rider interviews with scripted pr answers for 3 minutes during the phase of a stage where something somewhat reliably actually happens. If only there'd routinely would come up a phase of 3 hours of nothingness, where it would actually be ok to show such things

 

[Tim Cahill]

Frigo looks very keen as expected at the front