Turning, Simon Yates seizes the leading pink jersey during a 20th spectacular stage won by Chris Harper

Third at 1'21 “by Isaac Del Toro at the start, the British of La Visma-Lease A Bike overturned the Giro in the slopes of the Finestre glue on Saturday.

For several weeks, the Delle Finistre glue had been announced as the Giro 2025 justice of the peace. And this out -of -category ascent of 18.5 km, including the last eight on stone paths, was up to expectations on Saturday May 31. History will remember that it is on his slopes that Simon Yates (Visma-Lease A Bike) overthrew this 2025 edition, during the 20th stage between Verrès and Sestrières. Because if the stage was won by Chris Harper (Jayco Alula), it is the Briton, a new pink jersey on the eve of the final arrival in Rome, the big winner of the day.

Third in the general classification at the start on Saturday, with 1'21 '' seconds late, Simon Yates played his card perfectly. While the pink jersey, Isaac Del Toro (Uae Team Emirates), closely marked his runner-up Richard Carapaz (EF Education-Easypost), on which he counted 43 seconds in advance, the British at the Mexican attacks from the foot of the fine fine. The wrong opponent, Isaac Del Toro lets Simon Yates slip, focusing on Richard Carapaz. A tactical error on which the Giro 2025 was likely.

After losing everything in the 20th stage in 2022 on the Giro, while he was in pink, Richard Carapaz had decided to try everything, three years later, to overthrow the table. The Ecuadorian, winner of Giro 2019, rolled his men before exploding the group of favorites from the first hectometers of the terrible Finestre glue, 40 kilometers from the finish. Very quickly, Richard Carapaz found himself alone with his target: Isaac Del Toro, a pink jersey quickly abandoned by his teammates.

The air of nothing, the third man of this Giro, Simon Yates, returned to their wheel, in a setback. The Briton tried several counters, followed by Richard Carapaz, but never by Isaac Del Toro. These last two have finally let the one they estimated without danger. But, after a very complicated 19th stage, Simon Yates found legs in the night, and was never taken up by the duo of large losers. At the top of the fine of fine glue, the Briton was around two minutes in advance, and therefore temporarily took the pink jersey.

This is where the tactical meaning of the Visma-Lease A Bike folded the case. Because, in addition to the error of judgment of Isaac Del Toro and Richard Carapaz, the Dutch team had placed Wout Van Aert in the large breakaway of the day, of around thirty runners. A group from which the winner of the day was extricated, Chris Harper, author of his first victory over a big tour. Meanwhile, Wout Van Aert, rather than playing the stage victory, waited for Simon Yates at the top of the fine of fine glue, before taking a long relay until the beginning of the final ascent to Sestrières.

So much so that Simon Yates's advance on his pursuers only inflated, to last more than seven minutes. Third in the stage, the Briton could not come back. Seven years after having lost everything in the 2018 Giro, on this same fine fine glue, Simon Yates has won everything. The winner of the 2018 Vuelta should, except immense incident in the streets of Rome on Sunday, win a sound first round in Italy, at 32.