Giro d'Italia Giro D'Italia 2025 Stage 9: Gubbio – Siena (181km)

[pelotonIQ]

Bravo Toro, don't trust Ayuso, he will snake you.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Rare enjoyable win by van aert. Have to credit him , deserved the stage today

 

[titan31]

I'll say it again:

Vacek was designated by the team to go for the win today.

As long as that was feasible he stayed out front, and when it wan't he dropped back to Ciccone.

He did exactly what the team wanted him to do.

Id argue Lidl Trek are as competent as Ferrari s strategists

 

[noob]

OMG that look!

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Wva 100% losing a 2 man sprint unfortunately

I am glad you were wrong

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

I'll say it again:

Vacek was designated by the team to go for the win today.

As long as that was feasible he stayed out front, and when it wan't he dropped back to Ciccone.

He did exactly what the team wanted him to do.

First the team car should’ve told him before the attack that “sorry dude, you will only kill yourself by bridging 45 seconds, you’ll have to settle for domestique role today”

Second, he should’ve dropped back to Ciccone much earlier that he actually did. There was a significant period where he was dropped but still rode with Bernal.

I fully understand that the plan before the stage was to give him a chance, but the way the stage turned out it was obvious that him attacking to try to chase back wasn’t going to work. Weak from the team car.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Okay. Nice positive takeaway after an all-timer of a stage.

Yea, it was a great stage, but then we get to the end and it's UAE/Visma SSDD.

There have been some great editions of El Clásico, but it doesn't mean I have to like either team.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I am glad you were wrong

So am I to be honest

 

[Andre]

Van Aert gives El Toro a valuable cycling lesson

 

[Cycling111]

Roglic's result isn't as bad as it could´ve been.
UAE kept him alive. He could´ve lost 3-4 minutes if Yates and McNulty had sacrificed themselves. Both lost little time today because they didn't work as hard as they could have.

 

[Peyroteo94]

C'mon Del Toro, don't let Ayuso go away just like Vingegaard in the Vuelta 2023

 

[postmanhat]

Id argue Lidl Trek are as competent as Ferrari s strategists

Agreed. They were lucky the race played out as it did. It could have been a lot better for them.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Brilliant win by Van Aert, so happy for him. He deserves this one and needed it badly. I hope this is a springboard for a successful rest of the season.

 

[tobydawq]

Just hard to take serious not saying he didnt have incentive to pull cause he didnt. Del Toro isnt a GC treath stop kididng yourself.

Not objecting Van Aert deserve it cause im glad for him too, but saying Del toro didnt dserve to win is just lol and hard to take serious at that stage.

Of course he is a GC threat. You certainly can't be sure that he isn't.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Van Aert had zero incentive to pull, Yates behind and he needs no time, Del Toro could have an extra minute today.

Also while he proved to be strong enough to win (having raced the final from the front before obviously helped him) he never exactly looked in complete control. If he had worked and lost, he would have looked like a Trek rider.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Great stage.

Isaac was the best rider today, and he's my favorite to win the overall now. Roglic all things considered did well to manage his looses. Was lucky that Pidcock and Gee also was caught, otherwise this would have been very bad.

 

[titan31]

5 minutes lost for Poole. Just finished ahead of Ullissi and Fortunato

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Really a great stage! Love Wout's win and love Del Toro's Pink!!

 

[jsem94]

Stone heart here. Anybody but the cartel.

One correction: The cartels. We've got Juarez and Sinaloa going head to head.

 

[Escarabajo]

Giro over!

At least Bernal died attacking. Tactical blunders from the team, but at least they tried.

 

[James M]

Of course he is a GC threat. You certainly can't be sure that he isn't.

Regardless of whether he is or isn't which we can disagree on that doesn’t change the point. Why didn’t Del Toro deserve to win the stage?

That was the point. I’m glad Van Aert won; he deserves it too, after his struggles glad for him! But my point was that saying Del Toro didn’t deserve it is hard to take serious at that point

 

[Cycling111]

This doesn't give us indicators for the high mountains.
Del Toro in pink! Let him win this race!

I don't think he's going to win the Giro. He's going to have a bad day.

 

[TastyGroceries]

Completely idiotic from Lidl Trek. Ciccone could have had good chance winning the stage if they had ridden it in a clever way. I understand that they want Vacek to have some success given his shape and his great work for Pedersen, but that shouldn't be at the cost of making awful racing decisions.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Van Aert gives El Toro a valuable cycling lesson

Jesus Christ... belgians...

 

[KoopaCycling]

kept saying WVA isn't washed, and needed to grind himself into shape through racing, racing, racing. The way he did last year in the vuelta. So happy he got his first victory in, and completed the trilogy of a stage win in all GT. I still think WVA should refocus on tough 1 week stage races instead of 1 day races, but this was cathartic for WVA.