No it was a fairly flat stretch, wet road and they were ambling along.
A messy looking one. Pedersen the pink jersey came down, said he was doing 65kmph! The road was like glass, one touch of the brakes and arrividerchi. Jai Hindley will be a big loss for Roglic.
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First summit finish today. Watch out for Michael Storer the Aussie
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He’s in good form
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Yeah he was really impressive in the Tour of Alpes (Trentino). I know it wasn’t the highest quality field but he was a level above the rest.
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On the last climb now
Juan Ayuso wins. Impressive. Great showing from Bernal good to see him back. Roglic in pink.
You probably won’t see a better day’s racing that this, this year.
Giro d’Italia 2025 | Stage 9: Highlights
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Ayuso to go rogue again and become a rival to his own teammate 
Del Toro is a future tour winner. Dominated the Tour de L’Avenir two years ago. UAE didn’t know what to do yesterday, let Del Toro off or drive time into Roglic. They did neither. Roglic crashed and lost time, he had only one team mate in support. Brilliant win for Wout. Timetrial tomorrow. Big one now for Roglic.
Seemed mental to be finishing with a sharp left turn 170m from the finish but shure 
He just ran out of road. Where was that, Milltown?
Yeah, Cong to Miltown today. Good job it wasn’t wet there
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Irish roads are rotten for riding on. Way too bumpy.
Giro gets serious today with a big mountain stage. Del Toro leads from Simon Yates by 1:20 and from Ayuso his team mate by 1:26. Roglic has crashed a few times and is 3:53 down in tenth. Del Toro looks good.
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Race thrown wide open after yesterday. Carapaz, simon Yates and Derek Gee took time off Del Toro who hung on to the lead by about 30 seconds. Ayuso lost time, Roglic crashed again and pulled out. Yates looked good yesterday.
Last moutain stage tomorrow. Del Toro leads by 50 odd seconds from Carapaz. Yates lost 30 seconds today. Tomorrow is savage however:
"The stage will start in Verrès, and the first 60km are flat before the category 4 climb to Corio (6.5km at 3.7%) gently kicks off the climbing proceedings. The road then continues upwards towards the Colle del Lys, which is 13.7km at 4.2%. From the descent of that climb, there’s then about 30km of flat in the valley, all running towards the daunting Colle delle Finestre – more on that shortly.
From the top of the Finestre, the peloton will descend just over 10km, and then the road kicks up again, with a 16km climb to the finish in Sestrière. Though long, it’s only a category 3 climb with an average gradient of 3.8%, so whilst that final ramp will seal the standings, it’s the Finestre where things will really be decided.
The Finestre itself is a beast of a climb, and as we explored in a special feature before the Giro, it’s become a modern legend of the race, only included for the first time 20 years ago but already synonymous with several legendary rides.
The climb is 18.5km long, and it just goes up and up and up, taking the race up to 2,178m above sea level, the highest point in this year’s Giro, with an average gradient of 9.2% and ramps of up to 14%. A climb with those statistics would be pretty tough anyway, but the Finestre has an extra sting in its tail, as the final 8km is totally unpaved, taking the riders onto rough gravel. If the gradients weren’t hard enough, the surface will be leg-sapping.
As we saw in 2018 with Chris Froome, and 2015 with Alberto Contador, the unique challenge of the Colle delle Finestre, and its positioning in the final week, can lead to some truly epic battles and huge efforts, with riders making a last-ditch attempt on the fearsome ascent to save or change their Giro. UAE Team Emirates-XRG may have controlled this week fairly well so far for Del Toro and the pink jersey, but even they won’t be immune to the chaos and unpredictability that Finestre brings. "
I think Del Toro will hold on but Carapaz was second here in 2018 behind Froome. Well worth a watch on tnt tomorrow.
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It’s kicking off now
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That road looks fair shit
You earn your chapeau from the big man
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