Giro d'Italia 2025, stage 9: Van Aert wins. Del Toro in pink, while Roglic sinks

Siena, May 18, 2025 - The stage 9 of the Giro d'Italia 2025 offers the highly anticipated Sienese dirt roads that recall the ever-enchanting Strade Bianche: between spectacle and twists, the stage does not disappoint. It starts with the pink jersey: from the tricolor of Diego Ulissi to that of Isaac Del Toro, who becomes the first Mexican to wear the symbol of primacy. Then there is the tale of Wout van aert, who for once shakes off the label of eternal second: the Belgian resists the fury of the youngster Del Toro and also beats him on the fearsome tear of Via Santa Caterina, finding the first joy in Corsa pink. Despite the second place, the young Mexican is also celebrating, lighting up the race on dirt roads and overturning the home hierarchy UAE Team Emirates-XRG: today he is the leader, at the expense of Juan Ayuso, who suffers and now chases after 1'13 " in a top 10 that was also and above all turned upside down for Primois Roglic. Between falls, mechanical problems and isolation, the Slovenian slips to tenth place, losing a lot but perhaps less than feared, with the internal games of theUAE Team Emirates-XRG who almost ended up helping him. Then there are the Italians Antonio Tiberi e Julius Ciccone, who come out of the dust with good news, as well as Egan Bernal, Richard Carapaz and the twins Yachts, For a Giro d'Italia 2025 which from today has a new leader but, perhaps, still no master. After the second day of rest, the Corsa pink will restart on Tuesday from stage 10, the Lucca-Pisa: a time trial of 28,6 km for pure specialists who will further shape the overall ranking.

The chronicle of stage 9 of the Giro

 Il Giro d'Italia 2025 restarts from Gubbio-Siena: 181 km, 2.500 meters of altitude difference and 2 GPM, But especially 5 strokes on dirt, for a total of 29,5 km in the dust style Strade Bianche that disturb the dreams of the runners. Among them, they attack immediately Caden Groves, Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dries de Bondt (Decathlon AG2R The World Team) e Milan Fretin (Cofidis), chased and then reached by Taco Van Der Hoorn (Intermarché-Wanty) e Luke Lamperti (Soudal Quick-Step). For De Bondt two contrasting emotions arrive: first a mechanical problem, with the associated bike change, and then the first to cross the intermediate sprint of Mercatale. We then go up towards the GPM of La Cima (4,2 km with an average slope of al 7,6% and maximum of 10%): he is the first to reach the top of the hill Hermans, while Fry is the victim of a fall on the subsequent descent. The flying finish line of Sinalunga returns to reward De Bondt just before the race faces the first of the 5 strokes on dirt, that of Pieve a Salti (8 km with a maximum slope of11%).

The group accelerates the pace and the advantage of the escapees, among whom puncture Fry, collapses headlong: only the ones ahead remain Hermans, Groves, Van Der Hoorn e Lamperti, with the first two then becoming the last survivors of the escape. The main platoon stretches out and splits up under the pressure of Mads pedersen (Lidl-Trek): the pink jersey Diego Ulissi (XDS Astana Team) and the blue one Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS Astana Team), in addition to Davide Piganzoli (Team Polti VisitMalta) remain in the second group, unlike the other big names in the general classification. With this scenario we enter the sector of Serravalle (9,3 km), at the entrance of which it slips Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling Team), overwhelmed by his teammate Florian Stork (Tudor Pro Cycling Team), while losing contact Max Poole (Team Picnic PostNL): The work of a generous person is finished Pedersen. Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) then ended up on the ground in one fell swoop, tom pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team), Lucas Hamilton (Ineos Grenadiers), Derek Gee (Israel-PremierTech) e Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates-XRG). At this moment they attack Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Wout van aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Egan Bernal, Brandon Rivera e Thymen Arensmann (Ineos Grenadiers): This group reaches Groves ed Hermans.

Things get complicated for Roglic e pidcock when a puncture also arrives: they don't fare much better Juan Ayuso, Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious), Julius Ciccone, Mathias Vacek (Lidl Trek), Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) e Simon yates (Visma-Lease a Bike), twenty seconds behind the head of the race. We move on to the sector of San Martino in Grania (9,3 km with a maximum slope of 7%), which coincides with a fourth category GPM: Ayuso e carapaz they immediately try to accelerate to recover at the head of the race, where there are Bernal, which is the first to reach the top, Rivera, Del Toro, Van Aert e Arensmann, with the latter forced to stop due to a mechanical problem. We arrive at the sector of Mountaperti (600 meters with a maximum slope of 16%), shortly before which Vacek he hooks onto the head of the race.

A new shot of Del Toro still inflames the platoon of the frontrunners, as well as complicating the pursuit from the rear of his captain Ayuso. The fifth and final sector is that of Pinzuto Glue (2,3 km with an average slope of 15% and maximum of 18%), whose summit coincides with the Red Bull Km. Ready, go and Del Toro shoot again, taken by the only one Van Aert: the Mexican also takes the 6" of credit, the Belgian 4" e Bernal he collects it 2"The new leading pair is about to play the stage, with Del Toro who is also aiming for the pink jersey: mission accomplished for the rider of theUAE Team Emirates-XRG, but surprisingly on the tear at the 16% di Via Santa Caterina è Van Aert to raise the bar, taking the stage. ciccone, after a risk in the final curve, takes third place and the bonus points, while struggling Ayuso: loses even more Roglic, the big loser today also due to a lot of bad luck.

Stage 9 arrival order

1) Wout Van Aert (TVL) in 4h15'08"

2) Isaac Del Toro (UAD) st

3) Giulio Ciccone (LTK) +58"

4) Richard Carapaz (EFE) +58"

5) Simon Yates (TVL) +1'00"

6) Antonio Tiberi (TVB) +1'00"

7) Juan Ayuso (UAD) +1'07"

8) Thymen Arensman (IGD) +1'10"

9) Egan Bernal (IGD) +1'10"

10) Adam Yates (UAD) +1'10"

General classification Giro d'Italia 2025

1) Isaac Del Toro (UAD) in 33h36'45"

2) Juan Ayuso (UAD) +1'13"

3) Antonio Tiberi (TBV) +1'30"

4) Richard Carapaz (EFE) +1'40"

5) Giulio Ciccone (LTK) +1'41"

6) Simon Yates (TVL) +1'42"

7) Egan Bernal (IGD) 1'57"

8) Brandon McNulty (UAD) +1'59"

9) Adam Yates (UAD) +2'01"

10) Primoz Roglic (RBH) +2'25"