GIRO D’ITALIA 2025 – OPPORTUNISTE, Richard Carapaz surprend les favoris et remporte la 11e étape

Rattrapée dans la Pietra di Bismantova à dix kilomètres du but, l’échappée du jour a longtemps cru à la victoire sur la onzième étape du Tour d’Italie ce mercredi. Celle-ci est finalement revenue à Richard Carapaz (EF Education-Easy Post), qui a surpris tout le monde dans la dernière ascension du jour pour se détacher et filer vers le succès en solitaire à Castelnovo ne’ Monti.

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A Wout Van Aert, it’s true that we didn’t talk about him, on the Rois de la Pédale plateau. But Wout Van Aert, too, on this kind of stage, and there you go. He’s off. First attacker of the day, Wout Van Aert. Not even surprised. On the other hand, right now, we have a nice group that’s breaking away. There are a lot of people. It’s a peloton that’s breaking away. Yes, 25 riders minimum. We’re at 40, right? I don’t know. That’s a lot of people, in any case. The breakaway of the day. There are more than 35 at the front, even if we’re starting to lose units. The reason: we’re entering the first slopes of the main difficulty of the day, the Alpe San Pellegrino, 13.8 kilometers of climbing at 8.8%, in other words, a real challenge. According to Romain Bardet, it would even be the second most difficult climb of the Giro d’Italia. Ouch, ouch, ouch. There were ambitions this morning, we heard it with Louis-Pierre, and now, he’s losing everything, David Gaudu, because this group is more the gruppetto that is forming around David Gaudu. Fortunato. Again, he’s accelerating. He really wants his points, but he could afford to wait. Too nervous? Maybe not too nervous, but in any case, an incredible expenditure of energy because we know that his goal is the best climber’s jersey in this Giro, at least in this early Giro, but he also has the ability to win the stage. He could ride a little more in reserve with the ambition of going to take the points and try to play for the stage. It’s working well because for now, everyone is content to follow the pace set by the UAE, while up front, a former stage winner is making a move. But I think that at the top of the climb, we’ll take our time at Emirates. Unless we’ve targeted the stage, I don’t know, but I don’t believe it. I think that even if the gap is only 50 seconds at the top of the San Pellegrino, between this group and the Maillot Rose peloton, the descent will allow the breakaway to gain some space. By the sea. Bernal, look. We felt Castroviejo was in the front, Tarling. We were talking about it a few minutes ago, Bernal, he’s one of the riders who could attack, he goes on the attack. The big maneuvers begin in the Maillot Roe group and it blows Pidcock away, it blows Aleotti away. It’s over for Rivera, Bernal’s teammate who has just taken off. And Pelizzari, Roglic’s teammate, has also dropped out. There, we had doubts about the big maneuvers. It’s Team Ineos who decides to launch Egan Bernal, victim of a fall yesterday during the time trial. Damiano Caruso hangs on, Storer hangs on, Rémy Rochas recovers. Derek Gee, Carapaz. We take stock. Primoz Roglic, we’re not panicking. We’re still there for the Slovenian. At the front of the team, UAE is largely represented since there is still a teammate alongside Del Toro and Ayuso. 40 seconds ahead. For Lorenzo Fortunato. The peloton is 30 seconds behind the intercalated group which notably includes Pello Bilbao. Del Toro, he looks extremely strong because being able to accelerate like that, even just to overtake two riders, still shows great ease. And fervor. The fervor for one who will accompany Lorenzo Fortunato on the last kilometers of this terrible climb. It’s not a day in the high mountains, but it’s a day that will leave its mark. Lorenzo Fortunato anticipated and he did well. 40 additional points for him. He had 98 this morning, let’s remember. Objective achieved for Fortunato. They’re right there. They’re right there. The group of favorites. No, you’re not dreaming. It’s definitely Rafal Majka, well seen Théo. Juan Ayuso in the wheel, Del Toro, Roglic, Caruso, Tiberi, Ciccone, Rubio, as we’ve said, Bernal. And Vacek too. Look, Yates, Pelizzari and Jay Vine, it seems to me, managed to hang on and are going to come back. That could make the difference because we’re going to have some maneuvering. We have our leading quintet opening the road with a double representation for the Astana team, Wout Poels, Lorenzo Fortunato. We have the experienced Colombian rider, Nairo Quintana, who won the Giro in 2014. Pello Bilbao, the Basque rider from the Bahrain team. And finally, Luke Plapp, winner of the 8th stage, his first World Tour success, who rides under the colors of the Jayco – Alula team. There were other customers who came because we saw Tom Pidcock in difficulty earlier, but the Briton has rejoined this peloton and it’s a friend from the Q36.5 who is coming to fly. Lidl Trek has set an example. They now have help. We saw the UAE fall back. Lidl Trek move back up into this peloton. A big change, though, within the Pink Jersey peloton. More than a minute recovered over the last 10 kilometers. More than a minute. Huge. I noted, at 36 kilometers, the gap was 2’48”. So, officially 1’03” over the last ten kilometers. Do we still have the resources to really accelerate? Not easy. Quintana… No, Quintana is going to accelerate. Maybe he’ll take advantage of it to break away. Or maybe to grab the little bonus. Is that close, Nairo? 30 seconds. That was the gap we needed at the bottom of the climb. For the peloton, it’s ideal because now, it’s still possible. It’s really a hell of a fight. It’s a steady climb. We’re at 6% or so in this final section. And here’s Carapaz’s attack. We were expecting the Ecuadorian, always very offensive in the grand tours. Still perfectly placed in the general classification, ninth, 2 minutes and 10 seconds behind. This attack is sharp, and Rafal Majka responds. Consequence: it’s over for the breakaway. Note that it’s not the leaders who are chasing Carapaz. We have complete confidence in Rafal Majka. Almost four kilometers from the summit. Del Toro himself. Del Toro goes for it. After Majka’s work, the Pink Jersey attacks. It’s Caruso and Tiberi who react behind. He would like to raise his arms with this beautiful Pink Jersey. Obviously, Isaac Del Toro. Bernal, Ciccone, we’re hanging on. Yates who’s going to make the effort. Where is Primoz Roglic? Ayuso. Where are Roglic and Ayuso? Break. It’s Tom Pidcock and a Movistar, Einer Rubio rather, who will make the effort. Storer, Gee in the wheel. Yes, Gee, right there. Primoz Roglic, who no longer has a teammate, who is basing his race more on… Maybe on Ayuso. 23 seconds. There, it’s starting to… If we pass the psychological barrier of 30 seconds, it could be done for the leader of the EF team. We’re at the summit. It’s incidental, the mountain points for Richard Carapaz, who will now switch and go for the finish line. Not bad, a fairly technical finale. We talked about the last kilometer, but in the last five kilometers, we have some tricky passages. 20 seconds, they have him in their sights. Richard Carapaz, he turns around, he sees them. He’s lost time, but he’ll switch with a good twenty seconds of advantage all the same. Change now, it’s Bilbao, but already well-worn after spending much of the day at the front, who’s rolling. It’s Isaac Del Toro himself who’s in second place. Adam Yates is moving back into position. He might just outscore the Briton. Resist, resist on this long, false uphill flat. Now we’re in the final kilometer. It’s the slightly tight turn on the right 600 meters from the finish line. It’ll do. It’ll do for Richard Carapaz, because behind him, there’s no attack. We’re content to follow Yates’ relay. Roglic, who has just repositioned himself after a short sprint. And with Giulio Pelizzari, who might also make a final effort for his Slovenian leader, who is catching up with Juan Ayuso. Diego Ulissi, with his great burst of speed, was also repositioning himself, the former Pink Jersey wearer. Having started nine kilometers from the finish, Richard Carapaz is now entering the final 500 meters. Will he go on to claim his fourth stage victory on the roads of the Giro d’Italia? The Ecuadorian is starting to believe it, we can feel it. There was an attack from a Lidl Trek also within the peloton, on the right of the road. Ciccone perhaps to anticipate. We’re playing beaten behind because Richard Carapaz had a sense of the race. It’s Egan Bernal who brings Tom Pidcock into the wheel, but it seems, it’s too late for the peloton. Del Toro, he wants the bonuses. He’s ready to do his sprint, the wearer of the Pink Jersey, to go for second place, because for the victory, it’s done. The last 300 meters, the last 200 meters for Richard Carapaz, who anticipated at the best of times, who also had the flair to ask his team to ride. There was the excellent work of Mads Pedersen to return to the breakaway. EF also delivered its little relay to allow Richard Carapaz to take off and claim his first victory this season, his fourth on the roads of the Giro d’Italia. What anticipation and what a rider, the Ecuadorian. And behind, the sprint for second place with Del Toro, the fastest, just ahead of Ciccone, where it will be decided between the two and Tom Pidcock. Very, very easy, Del Toro. Impressive. He gets up 25 meters from the finish. Victory then, the 24th of his career for Richard Carapaz, the Ecuadorian, ahead of the Mexican. Isaac Del Toro. Third place for Giulio Ciccone. And Carapaz who climbs, Florian, three places in the general classification. Yes, he only gained 10 seconds, plus 10 bonus seconds and only 4 seconds compared to Isaac Del Toro, but it was the Mexican who ultimately made a good move with his six bonus seconds. He slightly gained on Ayuso, on Tiberi, who is now well over a minute ahead. Ultimately, it was a stage where we saw the leaders of the general classification reveal themselves and go for the stage victory.