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The Guardian
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Giro d'Italia: battle for overall title in mountains on stage 20
Update: Date: 2025-05-31T09:31:00.000Z Title: For anyone Content: in need of a catchup on the race situation, here is the report from stage 19: Update: Date: 2025-05-31T09:26:41.000Z Title: Preamble Content: Today has to be the day if either Richard Carapaz or Simon Yates want to deny Isaac del Toro the pink jersey. The stage itself is a monster, with 4500m of altitude gain spread over 205km, culminating in the climb of the Colle delle Finestre – a mountain that has claimed some souls in the Giro before. Yates cracked here in 2018 when Chris Froome staged his stunning comeback to win the pink jersey. For the sake of entertainment, such a turnaround, or at least an attempt at one would be welcome. Carapaz is perhaps most likely, given he gave it a go yesterday but Del Toro has looked strong. For Yates how fitting would it be to come back to the climb that saw him suffer his career lowpoint and earn redemption? With three climbs to tackle there is plenty of scope for action from early in the stage, perhaps even the Corio the category four pitch up at 69m in.
Yahoo
5 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
Giro d'Italia Stage 20 preview: Penultimate-day Alpine showdown set to decide maglia rosa
After a thrilling and often surprising three weeks, the Giro d'Italia all comes down to this: 205km of Alpine terrain to settle the destiny of the maglia rosa. The accumulated fatigue of three weeks' racing and several difficult Alpine days could yet see the GC favourites crumble, and this Giro has proved there's always a surprise, a twist and turn in store. The last of five tough outings in the mountains in this final week, stage 20 encompasses 4,500m of altitude gain, the majority of it on the showpiece climb of the Colle delle Finestre. Advertisement Unlike stage 19's constant climbing and descending, stage 20 begins with a lumpy first 100km with the serious climbing much closer to the finish line. Mads Pedersen's points jersey is mathematically secure but we could still see the Dane jump into the early breakaway to mop up points at the day's first intermediate sprints, at Rocca Canavese, which comes just before the first categorised climb, 69km in at Corio. It's only a cat-four but from there the road pitches uphill again steadily until the start of the category two Colle del Lys: 13.7km, it's a long one averaging 4.3% but hitting 12% at its toughest points. There's time to recover on the descent and long valley that follows, but looming large is the Finestre: 2,178m high, nearly 19km at an average of 9.2%, an hour-long effort on one of the most difficult climbs in the Alps. This will either make or break each of the GC contenders: it's where Simon Yates cracked in 2018 and where Chris Froome attacked to win his final (as of now) Grand Tour, so the Visma-Lease a Bike rider will have less than fond memories of its hideous slopes. It's a classic hairpin-heavy climb, which will only add to the difficulty and energy required to keep position. The Red Bull kilometre with its bonus seconds is around four kilometres from the top, at Bergerie le Casette, and could be crucial for the final standings. Once over the top there's only 28km left to race, including a cat-three ascent to Sestriere, a summit finish to decide the GC before tomorrow's sprint stage. Route map and profile Giro d'Italia – stage 20 map ( Giro d'Italia – stage 20 profile ( Start time Set your alarms for an early start: stage 20 kicks off at 10.45am local time (9.45am BST) and is set to conclude at 4.15pm local time (3.15pm BST). Prediction It all comes down to this. Who of the GC favourites will rise to the occasion, and who will crumble? Richard Carapaz's attacking flair has livened up the final week and the Ecuadorian looks in his best form since he won this race in 2019, so he could be in line for another stage win and to perhaps nab the maglia rosa in the process. Advertisement Derek Gee has also been biding his time and steadily working his way up the standings, while Giulio Pellizzari has climbed incredibly and could add to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe's unexpectedly positive final week with a late stage win to add to Nico Denz's on stage 18. But for pure theatre, nothing could beat Simon Yates redeeming himself on the Finestre this year. It would provide a fitting end to what has been an excellent Giro for the Visma-Lease a Bike rider, who had looked superb on nearly all the mountain stages so far until wobbling yesterday. Could he yet pinch another Grand Tour crown?
Yahoo
6 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
Giro d'Italia Stage 20 preview: Penultimate-day Alpine showdown set to decide maglia rosa
After a thrilling and often surprising three weeks, the Giro d'Italia all comes down to this: 205km of Alpine terrain to settle the destiny of the maglia rosa. The accumulated fatigue of three weeks' racing and several difficult Alpine days could yet see the GC favourites crumble, and this Giro has proved there's always a surprise, a twist and turn in store. The last of five tough outings in the mountains in this final week, stage 20 encompasses 4,500m of altitude gain, the majority of it on the showpiece climb of the Colle delle Finestre. Unlike stage 19's constant climbing and descending, stage 20 begins with a lumpy first 100km with the serious climbing much closer to the finish line. Mads Pedersen's points jersey is mathematically secure but we could still see the Dane jump into the early breakaway to mop up points at the day's first intermediate sprints, at Rocca Canavese, which comes just before the first categorised climb, 69km in at Corio. It's only a cat-four but from there the road pitches uphill again steadily until the start of the category two Colle del Lys: 13.7km, it's a long one averaging 4.3% but hitting 12% at its toughest points. There's time to recover on the descent and long valley that follows, but looming large is the Finestre: 2,178m high, nearly 19km at an average of 9.2%, an hour-long effort on one of the most difficult climbs in the Alps. This will either make or break each of the GC contenders: it's where Simon Yates cracked in 2018 and where Chris Froome attacked to win his final (as of now) Grand Tour, so the Visma-Lease a Bike rider will have less than fond memories of its hideous slopes. It's a classic hairpin-heavy climb, which will only add to the difficulty and energy required to keep position. The Red Bull kilometre with its bonus seconds is around four kilometres from the top, at Bergerie le Casette, and could be crucial for the final standings. Once over the top there's only 28km left to race, including a cat-three ascent to Sestriere, a summit finish to decide the GC before tomorrow's sprint stage. Set your alarms for an early start: stage 20 kicks off at 10.45am local time (9.45am BST) and is set to conclude at 4.15pm local time (3.15pm BST). It all comes down to this. Who of the GC favourites will rise to the occasion, and who will crumble? Richard Carapaz's attacking flair has livened up the final week and the Ecuadorian looks in his best form since he won this race in 2019, so he could be in line for another stage win and to perhaps nab the maglia rosa in the process. Derek Gee has also been biding his time and steadily working his way up the standings, while Giulio Pellizzari has climbed incredibly and could add to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe's unexpectedly positive final week with a late stage win to add to Nico Denz's on stage 18. But for pure theatre, nothing could beat Simon Yates redeeming himself on the Finestre this year. It would provide a fitting end to what has been an excellent Giro for the Visma-Lease a Bike rider, who had looked superb on nearly all the mountain stages so far until wobbling yesterday. Could he yet pinch another Grand Tour crown?
SBS Australia
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
- SBS Australia
Stage 19 - Winning Moment - Giro d'Italia 2025
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BBC News
20 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Yates loses time as Del Toro closes in on Giro title
Isaac del Toro marginally extended his lead in the Giro d'Italia to set up a deciding penultimate day after Nicolas Prodhomme rode solo to success on stage Del Toro sprinted to take second on the stage and gain two seconds on nearest rival Richard Carapaz, who finished third and is now 43 seconds behind Simon Yates was dropped late on and remained third, but trails the 21-year-old Del Toro in the leader's pink jersey by one minute and 21 the general classification battle not fully sparking into life, the three-week Grand Tour will be decided on Saturday's stage 20, which culminates in a gruelling 20km climb up the Colle delle Finestre. Sunday's final stage is a processional route in Rome, with tradition dictating that the race leader at the start of the day will not be Prodhomme was in the early breakaway and struck out alone on the penultimate climb with around 30km to go, before bravely hanging on to take his maiden Grand Tour stage win in Champoluc, just under a minute in front of Del Toro. 'Plan was completely different' - Yates Visma-Lease a Bike rider Yates was visibly frustrated after finishing 24 seconds behind Del Toro in seventh."The plan was completely different from what we did today, so I will talk about that with the team," he told Eurosport."I will not say anything more about that."However, team director Marc Reef said the day went "exactly as we agreed", and added Carapaz and Del Toro were "just a bit stronger".Although Yates, 32, could still overhaul Carapaz and Del Toro, it looks most likely this year will again add to the heartbreak he has experienced in bids to win the led for 13 days in 2018 but cracked in the final week when Chris Froome launched an astonishing comeback to win the an underwhelming eighth-placed finish in 2019, Yates had to withdraw from the 2020 edition with Covid-19 and then had to recover from a difficult first two weeks to claim third in twin brother Adam sat up and dropped out of the top 10 overall in order to save himself to help team-mate Del Toro on Carapaz, the 2019 Giro champion, tried to drop Del Toro on the final climb, but could not shake the 21-year-old, who is bidding to become the youngest winner of the Giro since Team Emirates-XRG rider Del Toro, who won stage 17, showed impressive nous to grab the six bonus seconds for second place, with EF Education-EasyPost's Carapaz, 32, having to settle for four bonus seconds in third. Stage 19 results Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra/Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) 4hrs 50mins 35secsIsaac del Toro (Mex/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +58secsRichard Carapaz (Ecu/EF Education-EasyPost) Same timeDamiano Caruso (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) +1min 22secsBrandon McNulty (US/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) Same timeEgan Bernal (Col/Ineos Grenadiers) Same timeSimon Yates (GB/Visma-Lease a Bike) Same timeRafal Majka (Pol/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) Same timeAntonio Tiberi (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) Sane timeEiner Rubio (Col/Movistar) Same time General classification after stage 19 Isaac del Toro (Mex/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 73hrs 47mins 59secsRichard Carapaz (Ecu/EF Education-EasyPost) +43secsSimon Yates (GB/Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min 21secsDerek Gee (Can/Israel-Premier Tech) + +2mins 27secsDamiano Caruso (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) +3mins 36secsEgan Bernal (Col/Ineos Grenadiers) +5mins 13secsGiulio Pellizzari (Ita/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +5mins 32secsEiner Rubio (Col/Movistar) +6mins 39secsMichael Storer (Aus/Tudor Pro Cycling) +9mins 11secsBrandon McNulty (US/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +9mins 33secs
