US EditionChaos on Giro d'Italia Gravel Stage as Favourites Crash, Lose Time
- On May 18, 2025, the 181-kilometer race from Gubbio to Siena featured five gravel sectors and a series of crashes that affected several leading riders.
- The treacherous gravel roads caused multiple crashes and punctures, notably Primož Roglič's fall on the second gravel sector, slowing the five-time Grand Tour winner.
- Wout van Aert won the stage after a two-up sprint against Isaac del Toro, who claimed the maglia rosa as the first Mexican rider to lead the race.
- Roglič lost over two minutes on the day, dropping from second to tenth and lying 2:25 behind leader Del Toro, while Michael Storer also crashed and lost time.
- With the race’s second rest day scheduled for Monday, Roglič is set to try and make up lost time in Tuesday’s 28.6-kilometer time trial stage that runs from Lucca to Pisa amid changes to the overall standings.
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‘The last week is going to be crazy. It’ll be full fireworks’ – Darren Rafferty finding his form as Giro d’Italia heats up
For the first time at this year’s Giro d’Italia, the Irish national champion’s jersey was on show at the head of proceedings on Sunday as the race tore across Tuscany’s white gravel roads on the ninth stage to Siena.
The race favorite, Roglič, lost a lot of time due to a crash, Van Aert won again after a long time, and Del Toro, in the pink jersey, made history on stage 9.
A one-day race to Siena, disguised as a Giro stage. It led to the rebirth of Belgian Wout van Aert. But in that same stage...
The Belgian rider, who has not been successful for many months, won the 9th stage of the Giro on Sunday in Siena. A victim of a fall and a puncture, the Slovene, the favourite of the event, gave more than a minute to his main opponents.
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