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Race Thread: ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Giro d'Italia 2025, week 4 (self.procycling)
submitted 1 week ago by Deschanel2027 to c/[email protected]
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Regulations

Standings after week 3

General classification:

  1. Del Toro (๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ UAE)
  2. S. Yates (๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Visma) at 1'20''
  3. Ayuso (๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ UAE) at 1'26''
  4. Carapaz (๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ EF) at 2'07''
  5. Gee (๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ IPT) at 2'54''
  6. Caruso (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Bahrain) at 2'55''
  7. Tiberi (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Bahrain) at 3'02''
  8. Bernal (๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Ineos) at 3'38''
  9. Arensman (๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Ineos) at 3'45''
  10. Roglitch (๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Bora) at 3'53''

Mountain classification:

  1. Fortunato (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Astana) 197 pts
  2. Ayuso (๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ UAE) 54
  3. Tarozzi (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Bardiani) 50
  4. Double (๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Jayco) 36
  5. Scaroni (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Astana) & Del Toro (๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ UAE) 31

Points classification:

  1. Pedersen (๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Lidl-Trek) 240 pts
  2. Kooij (๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Visma) 135
  3. Van Uden (๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Picnic) 88
  4. Del Toro (๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ UAE) 80
  5. Van Aert (๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Visma) 78

Intermediary sprints:

  1. Tonellii (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Polti) 64 pts
  2. De Bondt (๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Decathlon) 51
  3. Pedersen (๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Lidl-Trek) 50
  4. Epis (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Arkรฉa) 44
  5. Tarozzi (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Bardiani) 36

Breakaways:

  1. Tarozzi (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Bardiani) 406
  2. Tonellii (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Polti) 368 km
  3. De Bondt (๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Decathlon) 302

Redbull KM:

  1. Del Toro (๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ UAE) 33
  2. Tarozzi (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Bardiani) 30 pts
  3. Tonellii (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Polti) 19

Teams:

  1. UAE๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช
  2. Bahrain๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ at 22'56''
  3. Astana๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ at 31'23'
  4. Visma๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ, Bora๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช & Movistar๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ between 35 and 40 minutes

NB: I didn't have to use a single French flag while writing down any of those multiple classifications... ๐Ÿ˜ž

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Unsure if Carapaz will give it another go. I think he'll probably be satisfied with second and not attack all out unless del Toro shows clear signs of weakness.

In other words, not a super aggressive stage.

[โ€“] Deschanel2027 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Another snore fest? Well...

I guess Carapaz will at least try a little something. I hope a much bigger/earlier one than the 200 m long attack of yesterday in the last (2?) km of the climb before the final one, but we'll see.

But one scenario is missing! We didn't have yet the traditional Giro riders strike! It's gotta be today or tomorrow ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well.... I guess we were wrong about it being a snoozefest!

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That was a hell of a stage. Del Toro was either close to cooked or simply not smart tactically. Carapaz was smart to sit up and wait for Del Toro to panic chase, but it just never happened.

[โ€“] Deschanel2027 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

He didn't seem cooked to me at any point, therefore the second option should be the right one.

Imagine losing a Grand Tour you lead with some margin: not because you have not the legs and are overpowered in the long run or on multiple short attacks or on an unfavourable terrain; not because you have a bad day on the wrong day; not because there are natural or provoked circumstances that put you in a catastrophic situation; but just because you and your team are a bunch of wallies. ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Has to be the worst day on the car ever for the DS team at UAE. And conversely the best day ever for whoever was in the Visma car, I hope it's Jesper Mรธrkรธv (brother of Michael Mรธrkรธv who is now Danish national team coach).