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***Official 2025 Pro Cycling Thread*** - This year a Grand Prize!!! (3 Viewers)

still hanging on (barely)

Stage 17


Overall


Giro 2025 Stage wins:
  1. Brettdj
  2. Jaysus
  3. Jaysus (2)
  4. BobbyLayne
  5. BobbyLayne (2)
  6. Jaysus (3)
  7. Da Raiders
  8. Cheeseypoof
  9. Da Raiders (2)
  10. Sand
  11. BobbyLayne (3)
  12. BobbyLayne (4)
  13. Brettdj (2)
  14. BobbyLayne (5)
  15. Sand (2)
  16. Jaysus (4)
  17. Sand (3)
 
Del Toro would be the third youngest winner of the Giro - the other two were in 1940 + 1930
I'll be surprised if he stays with Carapaz on Finestre. The one thing he seems to lack the really long top watts for the long climbs. I sort of doubt UAE can control either stage 19 or 20, but at least 19 seems to set up more like today. If he pops on Finestre, I doubt he can keep the loses to 30 seconds (which is probably what he would need with the bonuses available).
 
Del Toro would be the third youngest winner of the Giro - the other two were in 1940 + 1930
I'll be surprised if he stays with Carapaz on Finestre. The one thing he seems to lack the really long top watts for the long climbs. I sort of doubt UAE can control either stage 19 or 20, but at least 19 seems to set up more like today. If he pops on Finestre, I doubt he can keep the loses to 30 seconds (which is probably what he would need with the bonuses available).
I think the bull is a luck at this point and have no reason to doubt him.
Need more mountain top finishes. My team is gutted. Nice showing by del toro
They capped the elevation to try and not have snowed out finishes.
There were more sprint type stages this year... that's why I took a flyer on Groves in velo games
 
FBGs Velogames Team Strategy
  • BL - 1 fav, 4 GC+C, 2 S, TT, 4-pt break scrub
  • C - 2 fav, 4 GC+C, 2 S, TT
  • J - 2 fav, 3 GC+C, 2 S, TT, 4-pt break scrub
  • S - 2 fav, 3 GC+C, S, TT, 2 4-pt break scrubs
  • Ba - 1 fav, 5 GC+C, 2 S, TT
  • N - 2 fav, 2 GC+C, 2 S, 3 4-pt break scrubs
  • Br - 1 fav, 6 GC+C, 2 S
  • D - 1 fav, 5 GC+C, S, TT, 1 puncher
Listed in the current order of the standings
 
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RoundDeadlineRaceCategory

| Round 22 | 2025-06-08 10:00:00 |Brussels Cycling Classic | Cat 2 |

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| Round 24 | 2025-06-17 10:00:00 | CIC - Mont Ventoux | Cat 3 |

| Round 25 | 2025-06-22 10:00:00 | Copenhagen Sprint | Cat 2 |[/td]
 
Stage 18
Overall

Stage Winners
  1. Brettdj
  2. Jaysus
  3. Jaysus (2)
  4. BobbyLayne
  5. BobbyLayne (2)
  6. Jaysus (3)
  7. Da Raiders
  8. Cheeseypoof
  9. Da Raiders (2)
  10. Sand
  11. BobbyLayne (3)
  12. BobbyLayne (4)
  13. Brettdj (2)
  14. BobbyLayne (5)
  15. Sand (2)
  16. Jaysus (4)
  17. Sand (3)
  18. Nick Vermeil
 
Trek, ADC, and Visma with some horrible tactics today. 8 riders between them let a solo win.
Yeah...I didn't understand that at all. You ride to get your sprinters in the break and then let Van Baarle, Houle, and Plankheart ride off. Didn't make much sense to me even those Van Baarle and Houle should have bossed that group. I guess the only sense in it is that Pederson, Wout, and Groves all already have a stage win and Visma presumably has to ride tomorrow. Just weird though and the TnT guys thought so as well.
 
Stage 18
Overall

Stage Winners
  1. Brettdj
  2. Jaysus
  3. Jaysus (2)
  4. BobbyLayne
  5. BobbyLayne (2)
  6. Jaysus (3)
  7. Da Raiders
  8. Cheeseypoof
  9. Da Raiders (2)
  10. Sand
  11. BobbyLayne (3)
  12. BobbyLayne (4)
  13. Brettdj (2)
  14. BobbyLayne (5)
  15. Sand (2)
  16. Jaysus (4)
  17. Sand (3)
  18. Nick Vermeil

And with Nick's win my name should be not at the party.
 
Trek, ADC, and Visma with some horrible tactics today. 8 riders between them let a solo win.
Yeah...I didn't understand that at all. You ride to get your sprinters in the break and then let Van Baarle, Houle, and Plankheart ride off. Didn't make much sense to me even those Van Baarle and Houle should have bossed that group. I guess the only sense in it is that Pederson, Wout, and Groves all already have a stage win and Visma presumably has to ride tomorrow. Just weird though and the TnT guys thought so as well.
Just plain dumb. You exchange a 1 in 3 win chance for a 1 in 10.
 
Todays winning team

Primož Roglič
Daniel Felipe Martínez
Mikel Landa
Simon Yates
Wout Van Aert
Nico Denz
Dries De Bondt
Mirco Maestri
Richard Carapaz
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Sigh..what could have been. If del toro has zero issues tomorrow the UAE Dr deserves the jersey. ;)
Stage was too hard. Strongest team won.

See if Del Toro cracks tomorrow. My guess is UAE just ride hard tempo the entire way and dare Carapaz to attack. He'd need 1'30" at the top to keep 40 seconds at the end. I also doubt a break gets away. Even if Carapaz gets away, unless UAE should be able to maintain the gap.
 
Stage 19

Overall


Stage Winners
  1. Brettdj
  2. Jaysus
  3. Jaysus (2)
  4. BobbyLayne
  5. BobbyLayne (2)
  6. Jaysus (3)
  7. Da Raiders
  8. Cheeseypoof
  9. Da Raiders (2)
  10. Sand
  11. BobbyLayne (3)
  12. BobbyLayne (4)
  13. Brettdj (2)
  14. BobbyLayne (5)
  15. Sand (2)
  16. Jaysus (4)
  17. Sand (3)
  18. Nick Vermeil
  19. BobbyLayne (6)​

 
least joyful GT ever from a Velogames perspective

but still super excited for the next two Stage races (Critérium du Daphané and Le Tour)
Just hoping I can hang on for 2nd being down to 5 riders. including both my All Around riders, and my Sprinter.

It's been interesting from the prospective that the biggest favorites are out and it's not always the usual suspects up front.
 
  1. 2000 points Isaac Del Toro UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  2. 1822 points Mads Pedersen Lidl - Trek
  3. 1469 points Richard Carapaz EF Education - EasyPost
  4. 1153 points Juan Ayuso UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  5. 949 points Antonio Tiberi Bahrain - Victorious
  6. 931 points Simon Yates Team Visma | Lease a Bike
  7. 913 points Primož Roglič Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
  8. 899 points Damiano Caruso Bahrain - Victorious
  9. 831 points Giulio Ciccone Lidl - Trek
  10. 830 points Wout Van Aert Team Visma | Lease a Bike
  11. 816 points Derek Gee Israel - Premier Tech
  12. 811 points Olav Kooij Team Visma | Lease a Bike
  13. 810 points Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  14. 789 points Egan Bernal INEOS Grenadiers
  15. 782 points Lorenzo Fortunato XDS Astana Team
  16. 779 points Orluis Aular Movistar Team
  17. 709 points Thomas Pidcock Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
  18. 694 points Christian Scaroni XDS Astana Team
  19. 672 points Kaden Groves Alpecin - Deceuninck
  20. 620 points Max Poole Team Picnic PostNL
  21. 592 points Giulio Pellizzari Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
  22. 583 points Nicolas Prodhomme Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
  23. 573 points Daan Hoole Lidl - Trek
  24. 559 points Diego Ulissi XDS Astana Team
  25. 552 points Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  26. 542 points Romain Bardet Team Picnic PostNL
  27. 525 points Michael Storer Tudor Pro Cycling Team
  28. 486 points Jay Vine UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  29. 472 points Casper Van Uden Team Picnic PostNL
  30. 469 points Einer Rubio Movistar Team
  31. 454 points Igor Arrieta UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  32. 449 points Mathias Vacek Lidl - Trek
  33. 432 points Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers
 
  1. 2000 points Isaac Del Toro UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  2. 1822 points Mads Pedersen Lidl - Trek
  3. 1469 points Richard Carapaz EF Education - EasyPost
  4. 1153 points Juan Ayuso UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  5. 949 points Antonio Tiberi Bahrain - Victorious
  6. 931 points Simon Yates Team Visma | Lease a Bike
  7. 913 points Primož Roglič Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
  8. 899 points Damiano Caruso Bahrain - Victorious
  9. 831 points Giulio Ciccone Lidl - Trek
  10. 830 points Wout Van Aert Team Visma | Lease a Bike
  11. 816 points Derek Gee Israel - Premier Tech
  12. 811 points Olav Kooij Team Visma | Lease a Bike
  13. 810 points Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  14. 789 points Egan Bernal INEOS Grenadiers
  15. 782 points Lorenzo Fortunato XDS Astana Team
  16. 779 points Orluis Aular Movistar Team
  17. 709 points Thomas Pidcock Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
  18. 694 points Christian Scaroni XDS Astana Team
  19. 672 points Kaden Groves Alpecin - Deceuninck
  20. 620 points Max Poole Team Picnic PostNL
  21. 592 points Giulio Pellizzari Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
  22. 583 points Nicolas Prodhomme Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
  23. 573 points Daan Hoole Lidl - Trek
  24. 559 points Diego Ulissi XDS Astana Team
  25. 552 points Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  26. 542 points Romain Bardet Team Picnic PostNL
  27. 525 points Michael Storer Tudor Pro Cycling Team
  28. 486 points Jay Vine UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  29. 472 points Casper Van Uden Team Picnic PostNL
  30. 469 points Einer Rubio Movistar Team
  31. 454 points Igor Arrieta UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  32. 449 points Mathias Vacek Lidl - Trek
  33. 432 points Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers
7 of my 9 in the top 33 in points for the Giro contest. May have had a chance if I didn’t lose 4 riders.
 
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  1. 2000 points Isaac Del Toro UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  2. 1822 points Mads Pedersen Lidl - Trek
  3. 1469 points Richard Carapaz EF Education - EasyPost
  4. 1153 points Juan Ayuso UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  5. 949 points Antonio Tiberi Bahrain - Victorious
  6. 931 points Simon Yates Team Visma | Lease a Bike
  7. 913 points Primož Roglič Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
  8. 899 points Damiano Caruso Bahrain - Victorious
  9. 831 points Giulio Ciccone Lidl - Trek
  10. 830 points Wout Van Aert Team Visma | Lease a Bike
  11. 816 points Derek Gee Israel - Premier Tech
  12. 811 points Olav Kooij Team Visma | Lease a Bike
  13. 810 points Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  14. 789 points Egan Bernal INEOS Grenadiers
  15. 782 points Lorenzo Fortunato XDS Astana Team
  16. 779 points Orluis Aular Movistar Team
  17. 709 points Thomas Pidcock Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
  18. 694 points Christian Scaroni XDS Astana Team
  19. 672 points Kaden Groves Alpecin - Deceuninck
  20. 620 points Max Poole Team Picnic PostNL
  21. 592 points Giulio Pellizzari Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
  22. 583 points Nicolas Prodhomme Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
  23. 573 points Daan Hoole Lidl - Trek
  24. 559 points Diego Ulissi XDS Astana Team
  25. 552 points Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  26. 542 points Romain Bardet Team Picnic PostNL
  27. 525 points Michael Storer Tudor Pro Cycling Team
  28. 486 points Jay Vine UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  29. 472 points Casper Van Uden Team Picnic PostNL
  30. 469 points Einer Rubio Movistar Team
  31. 454 points Igor Arrieta UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  32. 449 points Mathias Vacek Lidl - Trek
  33. 432 points Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers
8 of my 9 in the top 33 in points for the Giro contest. May have had a chance if I didn’t lose 4 riders.

8 of 9 as well, and the two who abandoned (Tarling & Ayuso) were on 6/8 FBG league squads - very little differentiation there.

I thought being the only team to not take Roglič could be huge, but I guess having 3 of the Top 5 was a bigger factor?

:shrug:

Definitely felt like I was going to fade away Stages 15-18…finished 6th, 4th, 5th, and 5th in the league before winning today.

But looking back on it, no one had the right combo to move up. 4 of the Top 8 Velogames riders went unselected by anyone in FBGs.

  1. 2000 points Isaac Del Toro UAE Team Emirates - XRG
  2. 1469 points Richard Carapaz EF Education - EasyPost
  3. 931 points Simon Yates Team Visma | Lease a Bike
  4. 899 points Damiano Caruso Bahrain - Victorious
 

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