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

[Tricycle Rider]

Dang, Fortunato is on fire today, he beat Bardet for the KOM points

 

[Netserk]

Important that he passed him! 40 points instead of 18 points.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

For a stage start as chaotic as today, this is sure a perfect break for Bora.

Fortunato does complicate things a bit. He may be no O'Connor, but on this route the difference between him barely taking pink and Roglic needing long-range attacks on other places than Finestre to overtake him can't be more than five minutes.

 

[Netserk]

Bardet insists after the top. Vai, vai!!!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Jensie giving us some information from „Team Postal NL“ among others

 

[Peyroteo94]

Fortunato does complicate things a bit. He may be no O'Connor, but on this route the difference between him barely taking pink and Roglic needing long-range attacks on other places than Finestre to overtake him can't be more than five minutes.

Fortunato will lose almost 3 minutes just in the TT.

 

[Red Rick]

Fortunato does complicate things a bit. He may be no O'Connor, but on this route the difference between him barely taking pink and Roglic needing long-range attacks on other places than Finestre to overtake him can't be more than five minutes.

I would keep it under 6 minutes just for car order tomorrow anyway. But the break should not really be pushing for more than 6 minutes anyway

 

[YavorD]

Fortunato does complicate things a bit. He may be no O'Connor, but on this route the difference between him barely taking pink and Roglic needing long-range attacks on other places than Finestre to overtake him can't be more than five minutes.

Roglic will probably put him 2 minutes in the TT, so even if he wins by 8 minutes, he is ~3 ahead virtually.
It's not easy, but with the energy he (Fortunato) spent already, Roglic should be comfortable just with a San Valentino and Finestre attack.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Fortunato will lose almost 3 minutes just in the TT.

That would require him to be fully 10% slower than Roglic. Seems a bit much even for him.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Bardet accidently getting 5 minutes back when he clearly just wants to go for stages and muck around in breaks.

 

[Netserk]

Vendrame and Steinhauser bridged across.

 

[Salvarani]

Plapp is not a good descender.

 

[Samamba]

Those 4 could honestly be gone if you get group 2 syndrome.

Most riders will look at Cofidis but they aren't strong

 

[Tim Cahill]

If you're asking a cooked Jonathan Lastra to pull through then things aren't looking good for you.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Looks like a newly paved road they're descending on, thankfully it's not raining

 

[Red Rick]

Honestly think this was a pretty predictable scenario so Kelderman not being in this move is proper shambles.

 

[Samamba]

Honestly think this was a pretty predictable scenario so Kelderman not being in this move is proper shambles.

Yeah literally always happens in these kind of stages

 

[Samamba]

Smart from Frigo to just go.

 

[titan31]

Vendrame must be pretty happy in that group. Fastest finisher by a mile there

 

[Netserk]

Frigo closing the gap.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I'm getting whiplash from all these ever-changing breaks and chasing groups...

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Please stop showing castles for minutes on end making me watch the multi-screen

 

[Tim Cahill]

Fantastic castle, absorbing viewing.

 

[nightowl]

Fortunato looks ridiculously strong today

 

[Sciatic]

Polti and all the GC grandpas up there

Dang, I’m stuck at the airport with no stream.