GIRO D’ITALIA 2025 – Un Olav Kooij SURPUISSANT s’impose et récompense un travail collectif parfait !

Cette fois, tout a roulé pour la Visma | Lease a Bike. Olav Kooij a remporté la 12e étape au sprint après un travail parfait de son équipe. Pourtant lancé très tôt en tête de peloton, Wout van Aert a pris un très long et puissant relais pour déposer son sprinteur idéalement et Kooij a conclu facilement. Journée tranquille pour Isaac Del Toro qui reste en rose.

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The finale will be more of a three-quarter tailwind, which is ideal for launching echelons , but I think we’ll have the same people at the start of the race. Yes, three riders at the front. It’s off to a great day at the front for our valiant riders from Polti, Bardiani, and Arkéa. A bit of a surprise, right? Look who’s riding. So, the Alpecin, we suspected it. The Visma, we suspected it. But the Décathlon team, Dries de Bondt. Hey, who’s riding. Yes, it’s true that he wasn’t mentioned in the lineup among the candidates for victory, but there’s still a sprinter at Décathlon – AG2R , and we seem to have faith in him. We’re anticipating. We’re launching from very far away for Andrea Pietrobon. He really surprised his breakaway companions. When you say: We know the roads, some of them know these little bends. With Epis, it was Giosué Epis who followed him. Don’t fall. The sprint just after the bend. It would be a shame to fall in this bend. The recovery is important. There are 100 meters left to fight for these points for the Cyclamen jersey. 12 points for the first. That will be enough. Yes. Yes, for him, he understood that Andrea Pietrobon had to take the lead. Always be consistent. And now, on the other hand, we see the wind picking up, clearly. Really, you predicted, Jacky, maybe 30 km/h at times. We are still in this somewhat tobogganing part, while we see Mads Pedersen in the last positions of this peloton. It will descend somewhat to reach Borsea, the second difficulty listed in the third category. A little further on, we’ll be 75 kilometers from the finish, in a little over 20 kilometers. This wind is really picking up. He’s almost getting a sprint, even. He’s starting from way back, it’s a bit far perhaps. Now, I think Epis isn’t going to get caught out. He’s well-settled in the wheel. He’s going to the ropes, it’s still daring on the part of the Arkéa team rider. It’s okay. The Polti rider opens the door for him. Epis, that’s all. And then it’s all good. Well placed. Pedersen who was in difficulty, who was really at the back of the peloton. We’re not coming to… No. really fight for this fourth place, Mads Pedersen, for a few easy points for the Cyclamen Jersey. Oh dear, Ayuso has a puncture. Ayuso retires. Change of bike, we’re not taking the risk. It’s definitely the leader, because the bike is on the right. Indication and information, indeed, Jacky. Less than 50 kilometers to go until the epilogue of this twelfth stage of the Giro d’Italia. Only 16 seconds. A 16-second lead for the three men in the lead, the Italians, you saw them on this aerial shot, gentlemen. It’s there. Jacky and Philippe, why the Jayco-Alula? In a kilometer and a half, it’s kilometer 122. That’s where it’s going to explode. We’ll be at 48 kilometers. They’re trying. We have the answer. Small road. Why were they there? They’re trying to anticipate. A little more wind, it’s also getting cloudy, even if it’s been cloudy from the start. Look at the trees. It’s not a storm. Far from it. The end of the adventure for the three men at the front. They set off more than 100 kilometers ago. The three Italians, Giosué Epis, Andrea Pietrobon, and Manuele Tarozzi. End of the adventure. They won’t be leading the way in a few moments. Now, the peloton is grouped together. Even though we’ve restarted. We’re restarting. One last hurrah. Andrea Pietrobon to grab those six seconds, you see. Look, he’s going to do it, the sprint. Isaac Del Toro, he’s the one who turned into first position in the bend. There was Tiberi behind. Only two seconds for Isaac Del Toro. And Roglic wanted to go for it. He’ll take his two seconds with the same attitude as yesterday, look with your eyes. No, it wasn’t Roglic, it was Nico Denz. We’ll be there in about 30 minutes. Technically, we have time to dry the road. We can clearly see that the road is drying. For me, it should be fine, if it stops raining, obviously in this last half hour. Taking the landmark that Philippe and Jacky were talking about earlier, entering the circuit. We cross the line for the first time. 26.6 kilometers from the finish, this final circuit around Viadana. And on the line, the peloton is almost bunched up. There was a 43-meter lead for Andrea Pietrobon. The peloton is bunched up 10 kilometers from the finish towards Viadana. The end of this twelfth stage of the 2025 Giro d’Italia. And in formation, we see Romain Bardet’s work on the right of the road, on the left of your screen, who will move away from Romain. Because there was this surprise, Casper Van Uden with a lot of confidence, accumulated by the Dutchman. Change of direction, narrowing, sprint. That’s it, each bend, it created. And roundabout on the left. We understand it, in the mouths of all the sprinters, of all the riders, the positioning is important. Everyone wants to be in the top five. There’s a fight between Cattaneo. Oh Cattaneo. It’s over. Paul Magnier, now, will have to get into Lamperti’s wheel. For now, he has chosen to follow Olav Kooij, the Frenchman. Karen Groves, who is replacing himself, we saw her led by Edouard Planckaert . Fall on the right of the road. The break with a rider from the Polti VisitMalta team at 70 km/h and more. Olav Kooij for the Visma – Lease a Bike team, but he’s lost Wout Van Aert’s wheel for now. The red flame. Who can win this sprint to Viadana? We’ve seen Mads Pedersen’s victories, we’ve seen Casper Van Uden’s victory, Kaden Groves’ victory as well. Come on, Van Aert’s on. Now he has to go to the last corner with Kooij in his wheel. Kaden Groves is there in fourth position, you see. Van Aert has understood. He was a little too early in front, but he has no choice, he must continue. Mads Pedersen in fifth position. Sam Bennett who made the effort, who lost his teammate’s wheel. Van Aert for the hard work for Olav Kooij, the Dutchman. And Van Uden, always well placed. Kaden Groves, well placed. Paul Magnier in fifth position to turn there, to the left. Van Aert takes Olav Kooij. The dream position, perhaps. Also. Here we go. Is he still capable of accelerating Van Aert, well yes? To drop Olav Kooij 200 meters away, it’s Van Uden who will anticipate. Van Uden who passes Olav Kooij perhaps for the first position. Van Aert for the work with Olav Kooij. The match between Van Uden and Olav Kooij. Kaden Groves who comes back. Mads Pedersen, also on the left of the road. Mads Pedersen, can he pass Mads Pedersen? No, it will be Casper Van Uden. Or? Olav Kooij. The photo finish no doubt, but it is Olav Kooij, the Dutchman, who raised his arms for a 40th career victory. This still needs confirmation, Olav Kooij, who is congratulated by his Dutch compatriot, Van Uden. We said it. If Van Aert was at his best, he should have already won, I think, in Lecce. He was the fastest rider. Of course, he didn’t raise his arms. Groves won, Van Uden won, Pedersen won, but on paper he’s the fastest rider. Affini was just enormous and Van Aert found his legs again. Not only did he… He managed to approach this bend in first position. He was still able to accelerate again for 200 meters. We saw some breaks behind. How much is left when he drops him? 250, 300 meters. And then, he saw the other riders launch the sprint, but there was room. And honestly, from the front, it looks like it was very close, but he dominated Pedersen and others, Kaden Groves, in the final straight. We found ourselves. Van Aert, that’s great Van Aert. And when you have great Van Aert, you have Olav Kooij who pushes hard. He’s slow to come. So confirmation. The twelfth stage is won by the Dutchman Olav Kooij. There was the Dutch hat trick, there’s a Dutch double. Isaac Del Toro remains in the pink jersey before the thirteenth stage tomorrow, Friday, May 23.