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First things first, the final standings. stories may or may not follow: Final standings after stage 21: General classement: 01. 00:00:00 Jamshid Abdurashitov (SouthWest Packers) 02. 00:04:27 Gabriel Lafuente (Big Donkey) 03. 00:05:17 Salvatore Meeus (Flandrien Pro Cycling) 04. 00:05:23 Tilen Trkman ...

Standings after stage 18: General classement: 01. 00:00:00 Jamshid Abdurashitov (SouthWest Packers) 02. 00:04:28 Gabriel Lafuente (Big Donkey) 03. 00:05:22 Salvatore Meeus (Flandrien Pro Cycling) 04. 00:05:34 Uros Urbanek (L RSV) 05. 00:05:40 Tilen Trkman (L RSV) 06. 00:05:48 Arjen Burger (CreditPom...

Standings after stage 17: General classement: 01. 00:00:00 Jamshid Abdurashitov (SouthWest Packers) 02. 00:04:28 Gabriel Lafuente (Big Donkey) 03. 00:05:04 Moreno Ottema (Romoc Riders) 04. 00:05:22 Salvatore Meeus (Flandrien Pro Cycling) 05. 00:05:34 Uros Urbanek (L RSV) 06. 00:05:40 Tilen Trkman (L...

Nice race report from Big Donkey. Just for the protocol, the standings after stage 16: General classement: 01. 00:00:00 Jamshid Abdurashitov (SouthWest Packers) 02. 00:04:28 Gabriel Lafuente (Big Donkey) 03. 00:05:04 Moreno Ottema (Romoc Riders) 04. 00:05:22 Salvatore Meeus (Flandrien Pro Cycling) 0...

For all those who are missing the rest day stories: I had a rest day as well yesterday. Guess that's the rest day story .

no time yesterday for the stage report, so stage 14 and 15 together: Stage 14 was probably the most mountain stage so far. up and down from the beginning. Which also meant Gruppetto work from the beginning. Unfortuantely, Raul Valero (Equip Ciclista Poblenou) was the first victim of this Giro, not m...

Piling up stages like nothing. Stage 13 already! And we have a new winner. Simon Mølgaard (VC Team Multi) won the sprint of the classics in front of Manfred Matt (Team FL) and Magnus Jensen (Falcor), after 189 km of mostly flat terrain with a steep hill around 15 km before the finish line. The set u...

hardly any time to do much of a report for stage 12: but it's a short story anyway. Flandrien Pro Cycling showed again that its one of the most active teams in this year's Afternoon Giro and attacked with three riders at the start of the stage. As nobody else attacked, he chose a cosy way of riding ...

Stage 11, we have a new winner! NOT! But we have a new hero: Alvaro Guerra (Equip Ciclista Poblenou). After being isolated in the back of everybody, he managed to stay in time, riding alone for around 100 km. Unfortunately he won't be fit for today's bunch sprint... Anway, were was I? Yes, stage 11,...

Well, it was not Pyry, he finished third. It was a Domingo again, Gonzales this time, to win a stage at the Giro, stage 10, the only ITT this year, in front of his team mate Raul Valero, both from Equip Ciclista Poblenou. Fourth and the new leader in the GC, the guy in Rosa, is Jamshid Abdurashitov ...

things that really give an importance to divisions before changing divisions d'accord - but any good ideas? I highly dislike the idea that higher divisions get more advantages and hence more importance. So far, the Divisions have more or less four meanings: a) fun, comparison, fight for div1 win, e...

L RSV wrote: ↑

Tue May 19, 2026 9:57 am

I will not spoiler Pyrys form, but he is only 21...
And no strategy neither

Huch, almost didn't see that he's that young. So it's a 21yo against two 24yo riders for the win. the future is bright!

Robyklebt wrote: ↑

Tue May 19, 2026 8:01 am

Anyway, today TT, Poblenou for the win! But L wants it too, how is the form setting?

My bet would be Pyry Pitkäaikainen for the win. Raul Valero and Domingo Gonzales with the better nominal TT skill, but I doubt they have better form or a better TT strategy than Pyry.

Afternoon Stories from stages three to nine (aka week 1) Week 1 of the Giro 2026 is over and there have been more stories to tell. This time, the stories will focus on the different jerseys and how they got treated during stages 3 to 9. The lazy Maglia Ciclamino The magic of the Ciclamino was very ...

Stage 9, another hockey stick, even more than the Blockhaus stage. But it was before the 2nd rest day, so everybody was in the attack. Everybody? Well, not everybody. Everybody but Confidential Era and CreditPommes (from the online teams with stage interests). Even SouthWest Packers have found joy i...

Stage 8, Or: The fear of the Rocha. The guy has earned himself quite a name in the cycling worlds. At least in the Afternoon. The Portuguese pavé specialist found himself in the early escape today again, after already trying yesterday. Unfortunately, the situation was similar, although not as hopele...

Stage 7: Some wrote: mountains, finally! And that's what stage 7 offered, at least one of them mountains. The Blockhaus. The way until the riders finally finished took a while though, as this was the longest stage in this year's Giro with 244 kms. Uff. And on the way, a lot of things happened. Big g...

Stage 6: Last chance for the Sprinters in a while. And this was how the sprint teams approached the stage. No long leash, everything was in tight control. Even more surprising, that Domingo Cruz attacked for Falcor, the team with Rosa wearing Magnus Jensen. But in the end, it were two riders from Eq...

Stage 4: We have the first cereal of this year's Afternoon Giro (and not completely unexpected): Artem Palamarchuck. For Vince the Prince, this means that the Ciclamino is gone, most likely to Artem for good. At the beginning of the stage, nobody knew how it would turn out, although different scenar...

What Falcor writes. It seems only to be a problem for the prize and money statistics display in the race. Regarding team finances, everything seems to be fine.

Anyway, voting for most combative rider on a rest day shouldn't be a thing.

Tomorrow, Wednesday 13 May still needs a one day race. Friday 15 May as well.

2026-05-12 Wim Wijkstra Climbing +1 2026-05-12 Vincent Verwimp Downhill -1 2026-05-12 Vincent Verwimp Climbing +1 2026-05-12 Felikss Fokerots Climbing +1 2026-05-12 Arturas Andriuskevicius Flat +1 2026-05-12 Steindor Steinsson Flat +1 2026-05-12 Steindor Steinsson Climbing +1 2026-05-12 Steingrimur...

I have similar thoughts about today's stage. No idea what to do yet. But I am pretty sure, the chances for the sprinters around 50 mountain (Bongiorno, Frizzante, Verwimp, etc.) are close to 0. I think even if Romoc Riders or Tukhtahuaev would cooperate with the other sprinters, the climb is too inv...

GW to ten years of fun, Tukta...Tuktha... Tukhtae... fuck it... GW

There will be no new favourite check, but four stories from the first three days: Story 1: The most combative Offensive or aggressive, who cares, what matters ist the most combative. For the first three days, the honour goes out to one of the newest teams around: Flandrien Pro Cycling. After only 23...