Giro dItalia Stage 7 Race Report: Juan Ayuso (UAE Emirates XRG) won the seventh stage of the Giro dItalia. The Spanish rider was the strongest on a summit finish after a battle between the GC riders. Ayuso’a teammate Isaac Del Toro finished second, ahead of Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers) in third. Primoz Rogli was fourth, but took the overall lead.The first GC battleStage seven has the first summit finish of the 2025 Giro dItalia. The 168 kilometre stage starts in Castel di Sangro, the first climb is Roccaraso (6.6km at 6.4%), followed by the steep Monte Urano (4.5km at 9.4%) and the long Vado della Forcella (21.6km at 3.6%).The final climb begins after 155 kilometres, strangely the Red Bull kilometre is at the base of the Tagliacozzo (12.6km at 5.4%). The climb is not too difficult, but comes in two stages. In the last three kilometres, the road ramps up to 14% in places. The race will blow to pieces, maybe this wont be the winning move, but the Giro could be lost on the steep finale.Is Mads talking about an injury?Today should be a day for the GC men and also for the attackers. There were a lot of early moves as many riders wanted to be in the break. A group with Jay Vine, Lorenzo Fortunato and Diego Ulissi tried, but were not allowed to get away, mostly because of Vine and it was Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe who closed them down. Not long after there was another attempt, and…
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