OFFICIAL Stage 11 Results
Laurens De Jong
Hello, Giro d’Italia Gamers!
STAGE Grade: A-
I rate today’s stage an A-.
Note that I gave this stage five stars for the GC implications. Nothing changed,
but everything was on the table today. We are seeing the foreshadowing of a
tactical masterclass of a grand tour, if I’m not mistaken.
Primož Roglič is the favorite to win the 2025 Giro d’Italia. But UAE
Team Emirates, Lidl-Trek, and even Bahrain-Victorious have stronger teams.
Today’s stage showed us that Roglič really only has Giulio Pellizzari to
protect him.
So what does Roglič do? He hides. I believe he’s not struggling, I believe he’s saving energy. Meanwhile, UAE, Lidl-Trek, and Bahrain-Victorious attack and attack and attack. Which, in the case of UAE, is turning into ten-dimensional chess. Isaac del Toro seems to me 100% capable of winning the Giro. From the attacks it’s obvious that UAE is not stopping him. But he’s also not showing his hand. He could have attacked today, or gone after Richard Carapaz. He didn’t. He kept his team together.
There’s a lot going on in the 2025 Giro d’Italia and today’s stage showed most of that. I am glad I put off retirement for at least another year so I could enjoy our beautiful sport of cycling a little longer.
Route: 4/5 GC: 5/5 Tactics: 3/5 Sprint: 3/5 Surprises: 3/5
Well, I read this race wrong. But so did everyone else who attacked before kilometer 110. How many attacks? Countless. And in the end it became a GC battle. Who would have thought?
Several GC riders struggled behind the fast-paced peloton on the Alpe San Pellegrino climb. I didn’t even think the peloton would care about that climb, with a breakaway ahead of them on a breakaway stage, but there you go. Egan Bernal put in a big attack, half the UAE team followed easily. Adam Yates one of the UAE riders who struggled, don’t know why, and the same for brother Simon.
They all came back, of course, and in the end all the GC riders got to the final climb together. UAE tried to isolate Roglič and succeeded, Pellizzari dropping behind at times but coming back as well. In the end, we didn’t learn too much about the GC contenders, except that Richard Carapaz can still win races, and Isaac del Toro is for real.
The Giro has passed close by a couple of ski resorts, but I didn’t really have an excuse to write about ski lifts yet. But today at least was the first time I noticed the Giro d’Italia train! It passed overhead the peloton after about 40 kilometers. Do not underestimate the precision that is required for a train to match the peloton, especially if the railroad doesn’t exactly follow the route.
But once again, I will not mention Mussolini. Come on.
The Giro d’Italia train had just peeled off into some tunnels when the first intermediate sprint came up. I saw Alessandro Tonelli taking a mighty pull in pursuit of traguardo volante points. Unfortunately for him, the very Basque sounding Xabier Mikel Azparren and Steven Kruijswijk were involved in the early stages of a breakaway.
I think Tonelli absolutely tried to catch them in time, but he failed. Third place for him, that’s still five points. He keeps the lead in the competition, well ahead of Taco van der Hoorn and Mads Pedersen.
From 2012 until 2018, the fuga competition was named Premio Fuga Pinarello. But not, as you might think, after Pinarello the brand. Or Giovanni Pinarello, the founder. But instead, for reasons I’ve not been able to trace, after Cesare Pinarello. A cousin of Giovanni’s, and they both raced in the 1950s. Cesare has won two bronze Olympic medals racing tandems on the velodrome. Back when tandem racing for was still an Olympic sport.
Anyway, Tonelli is still leading that competition as well.
Davide Piganzoli finished honorably in the main group of contenders, seventeenth and just behind Pellizzari. We’re keeping an eye on these two riders to see if I was right last year when I predicted that Pellizzari would be the more accomplished rider. Last year, Piganzoli worked hard for a respectable place in the standings, but Pellizzari stole the show and got a Red Bull contract out of it. This year, Piganzoli again is working hard to be in the top 10, but Pellizzari’s success will be defined by Primož Roglič. In the mountain stages, Pellizzari may finish twenty minutes back, but only after taking care of his team leader.
What I’m saying is: I keep reporting who finished where, but the real story will be: is Pellizzari going to be a good gregario — Italian for domestique.
Watch the final kilometer HERE.
Watch the official Giro d’Italia highlights HERE.
Read the TNT Sports report HERE.
Nothing is stopping Team Tadej these days. Another win, most points from classifications, and still ahead of everyone else. In second place today, Team Ansel made a big move. Most points from the stage, most riders in the Top-25 (twelve), and they jump from fourth to second overall.
Team Katja has been solid in these GC stages. Third today, they remain seventh overall. Team Charles was fourth, and they move up a spot to fifth.
The second group came in led by Team Joshua, fifth, and Team Oliver, sixth. Both lose one spot in the standings.
Teeam Hugo were seventh, they lost a spot as well.
Team Sam were eighth and Team Thomas ninth, that’s also where they remain in the standings.
Team Amalia, Team Noah, and Team Grace all missed the boat
today. Tenth, eleventh, and twelfth on the day and in the standings.
Stage 12 of course is going to be a sprint stage. Olav Kooij, Kaden Groves, Mads Pedersen. And all the others. In the road book I read: “Over the last 3 km, there is just one bend some 500 m from the line. The tarmac roads are wide and well maintained. The home straight (450 m) is on 8 m wide tarmac.” A lot will depend on the effectiveness of the sprint trains. And if Wout van Aert’s revival is real, then Olav Kooij cannot lose this sprint. Kooij. Or Groves. Or someone else. Unpredictable.
Standings after stage 11:
|
Rank |
Name |
Points |
WAS |
MOVES |
|
1 |
Team Tadej* |
2009 |
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
Team Ansel* |
1742 |
4 |
2 |
|
3 |
Team Oliver* |
1739 |
2 |
-1 |
|
4 |
Team Joshua* |
1712 |
3 |
-1 |
|
5 |
Team Charles* |
1657 |
6 |
1 |
|
6 |
Team Hugo* |
1636 |
5 |
-1 |
|
7 |
Team Katja* |
1610 |
7 |
0 |
|
8 |
Team Sam* |
1444 |
8 |
0 |
|
9 |
Team Thomas* |
1341 |
9 |
0 |
|
10 |
Team Amalia* |
1149 |
10 |
0 |
|
11 |
Team Noah* |
788 |
11 |
0 |
|
12 |
Team Grace* |
524 |
12 |
0 |
Standings after stage 11 (including adults):
|
Rank |
Name |
Points |
WAS |
MOVES |
|
1 |
Team Tadej* |
2009 |
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
Team Andrew |
1918 |
2 |
0 |
|
3 |
Team Kent |
1885 |
3 |
0 |
|
4 |
Team Feng |
1808 |
4 |
0 |
|
5 |
Team Amelia |
1793 |
6 |
1 |
|
6 |
Team Ansel* |
1742 |
12 |
6 |
|
7 |
Team Rob |
1741 |
7 |
0 |
|
8 |
Team Oliver* |
1739 |
5 |
-3 |
|
9 |
Team Joshua* |
1712 |
8 |
-1 |
|
10 |
Team Laurens |
1699 |
9 |
-1 |
|
11 |
Team Ed |
1697 |
11 |
0 |
|
12 |
Team John |
1674 |
15 |
3 |
|
13 |
Team Charles* |
1657 |
14 |
1 |
|
14 |
Team Campbell |
1653 |
10 |
-4 |
|
15 |
Team Hugo* |
1636 |
13 |
-2 |
|
16 |
Team Katja* |
1610 |
16 |
0 |
|
17 |
Team Sam* |
1444 |
17 |
0 |
|
18 |
Team Kari |
1438 |
18 |
0 |
|
19 |
Team Adam |
1381 |
19 |
0 |
|
20 |
Team Julie |
1360 |
21 |
1 |
|
21 |
Team Thomas* |
1341 |
20 |
-1 |
|
22 |
Team Doug |
1231 |
22 |
0 |
|
23 |
Team Amalia* |
1149 |
23 |
0 |
|
24 |
Team Noah* |
788 |
24 |
0 |
|
25 |
Team Kate |
635 |
25 |
0 |
|
26 |
Team Grace* |
524 |
26 |
0 |
Complete breakdown of points from stage 11:
|
Name |
STAGE RESULTS |
PINK JERSEY |
PURPLE JERSEY |
BLUE JERSEY |
WHITE JERSEY |
POINTS/CLASS |
TOTAL |
PREVIOUS |
CUM. TOTAL |
|
Team Amalia* |
65 |
25 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
36 |
101 |
1048 |
1149 |
|
Team Ansel* |
208 |
35 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
56 |
264 |
1478 |
1742 |
|
Team Charles* |
158 |
30 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
46 |
204 |
1453 |
1657 |
|
Team Grace* |
35 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
45 |
479 |
524 |
|
Team Hugo* |
124 |
30 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
49 |
173 |
1463 |
1636 |
|
Team Joshua* |
142 |
25 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
41 |
183 |
1529 |
1712 |
|
Team Katja* |
166 |
36 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
49 |
215 |
1395 |
1610 |
|
Team Noah* |
53 |
15 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
71 |
717 |
788 |
|
Team Oliver* |
134 |
31 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
47 |
181 |
1558 |
1739 |
|
Team Sam* |
107 |
29 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
42 |
149 |
1295 |
1444 |
|
Team Tadej* |
203 |
42 |
10 |
5 |
13 |
70 |
273 |
1736 |
2009 |
|
Team Thomas* |
91 |
25 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
38 |
129 |
1212 |
1341 |
Complete breakdown of points from stage 11 (including adults):
|
132 |
20 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
33 |
165 |
1216 |
1381 |
|
|
Team Amalia* |
65 |
25 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
36 |
101 |
1048 |
1149 |
|
Team Amelia |
172 |
40 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
65 |
237 |
1556 |
1793 |
|
Team Andrew |
212 |
42 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
61 |
273 |
1645 |
1918 |
|
Team Ansel* |
208 |
35 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
56 |
264 |
1478 |
1742 |
|
Team Campbell |
131 |
26 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
42 |
173 |
1480 |
1653 |
|
Team Charles* |
158 |
30 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
46 |
204 |
1453 |
1657 |
|
Team Doug |
118 |
14 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
140 |
1091 |
1231 |
|
Team Ed |
162 |
35 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
56 |
218 |
1479 |
1697 |
|
Team Feng |
177 |
35 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
54 |
231 |
1577 |
1808 |
|
Team Grace* |
35 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
45 |
479 |
524 |
|
Team Hugo* |
124 |
30 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
49 |
173 |
1463 |
1636 |
|
Team John |
205 |
44 |
2 |
5 |
9 |
60 |
265 |
1409 |
1674 |
|
Team Joshua* |
142 |
25 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
41 |
183 |
1529 |
1712 |
|
Team Julie |
129 |
30 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
41 |
170 |
1190 |
1360 |
|
Team Kari |
153 |
29 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
44 |
197 |
1241 |
1438 |
|
Team Kate |
61 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
73 |
562 |
635 |
|
Team Katja* |
166 |
36 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
49 |
215 |
1395 |
1610 |
|
Team Kent |
212 |
42 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
61 |
273 |
1612 |
1885 |
|
Team Laurens |
145 |
38 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
57 |
202 |
1497 |
1699 |
|
Team Noah* |
53 |
15 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
71 |
717 |
788 |
|
Team Oliver* |
134 |
31 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
47 |
181 |
1558 |
1739 |
|
Team Rob |
150 |
33 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
52 |
202 |
1539 |
1741 |
|
Team Sam* |
107 |
29 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
42 |
149 |
1295 |
1444 |
|
Team Tadej* |
203 |
42 |
10 |
5 |
13 |
70 |
273 |
1736 |
2009 |
|
Team Thomas* |
91 |
25 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
38 |
129 |
1212 |
1341 |
-Laurens.