The 16th stage of the Giro starts at Lake Garda: from the start in Salo, the field makes its way north over 202 kilometers to the finish in Aprica.
After 30 kilometers of rather flat driving, the terrain rises, the first mountain classification is then following 60 kilometers. the dreaded climb to Mortirolo then starts in the middle of the stage, the pass summit is reached following 129 kilometers.
Before the final ascent, there is still an additional ramp to complete for the second intermediate sprint – in other races that would almost be a category 2 mountain classification.
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In the final of the stage, following the third difficult climb, there is another five kilometers downhill before the last kilometer climbs once more slightly.
Giro live: The 16th stage in the ticker
16th Giro stage: 1:45 p.m. – 116 kilometers to go
The descent is over, the leading group around Kämna is now eating. Keldermann is 1:14 minutes behind following a defect, the field is now 2:41 minutes behind.
The overview of the leading group with its currently 18 drivers:
Kämna (Bora), Bouwman (Jumbo-Visma), Poels (Bahrain-Victorious), Martin (Cofidis), Fortunato (EOLO-Comet), Zana (Bardiani-CSF), Carthy (EF-Easypost), Hirt und Rota (Intermarket). – Wanty – Gobert Materials), Moniquet (Lotto-Soudal), Valverde (Movistar), Vansevenant (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl), Yates (BikeExchange-Jayco), Hamilton and Arensman (DSM), Ciccone and Cataldo (Trek-Segafredo), Formolo (UAE Team Emirates).
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Live ticker 16th Giro stage | First mountain classification
Ciccone wins the fight for the 40 points in the mountain classification at 1938 meters, Bouwman secures 18 points in second place behind him. So it’s getting tighter between the Dutchman and the Italian. The field is 2:20 minutes behind the mountains classification. Now follows a long descent down to Breno, then a flat section on the way to Mortirolo.
16th Giro stage in the ticker: Feld does not give up
In the field, Team Ineos decided not to let this group with so many strong riders go far, they keep a gap of less than two minutes. The first mountain classification will soon be in sight, it will be an exciting fight from the leading group between Bouwman in mountain jersey and Kämna, Ciccone, Kelderman and Poels: Many top riders of the climbing classification are here!
Giro live ticker: 22 drivers around Kämna in front
The overview of the leading group with its 22 drivers:
Kämna and Kelderman (Bora), Bouwman and Eenkhorn (Jumbo-Visma), Poels (Bahrain-Victorious), Martin (Cofidis), Fortunato (EOLO-Kometa), Bais (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocatolli), Zana (Bardiani-CSF) , Carthy (EF-Easypost), Hit and Wrong (Intermarket – Wanty – Gobert Materials), Moniquet (Lotto-Soudal), Valverde (Movistar), Vansevenant (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl), Juul-Jensen and Yates (BikeExchange-Jayco), Hamilton and Arensman (DSM), Ciccone and Cataldo (Trek-Segafredo), Formolo (UAE Team Emirates).
From the overall standings, Martin, Valverde, Hirt, Keldermann, Hamiltom, Arensman and Ciccone are there – places ten to sixteen.
16th Giro stage: 12:45 p.m. – 154 kilometers to go
The leading group with its 22 riders around Lennard Kämna i and Wilco Keldermann from the Bora racing team is in the middle of the first of the three difficult climbs of the day. The field is a minute behind, led by Team Ineos around leader Ricjard Carapaz in the pink jersey.
Giro ticker: New top group with Kämna
A new, larger group forms on the ascent: Lennard Kämna is also there! While Mark Cavendish falls behind, Simon Yates, Guillaume Martin, Alejandro Valverde, among others. Hugh Carthy, Giulio Ciccone, Koen Bouman and many more riders moved up. But the field doesn’t give up, it’s only 35 seconds behind.
Giro in the live ticker: the first climb begins
The key data for the upcoming mountain classification Goletto di Cadino at 1938 meters altitude: It is 19.9 kilometers uphill with an average of 6.2%. But there are always flat sections in the very unrhythmic increase, but also passages of 12%. The field is getting closer to the six breakaways and new riders are chasing the leading group.
16th Giro stage in the ticker: Tempohatz continues
The racing situation has not calmed down, attacks from the field keep starting – but they are not successful. The lead of the leading group has grown to over a minute. Perhaps the chances of making the leap forward are better on the first climb than here on the still flat terrain.
Giro live ticker: Stars in the attack
Chasing the long field is a group of six riders, 40 seconds ahead: Big names – Mark Cavendish (GBR/Quick-Step), Mathieu van der Poel (NED/Alpecin), Nans Peters (FRA/ag2r), Christopher Juul-Jensen (DEN/BikeExchange), Thomas De Gendt (BEL/Lotto) and Pascal Eenkhoorn (NED/Jumbo). But in the peloton you are not letting up and are continuing to push…
11:25 a.m. – Start of the 16th Giro stage
The field starts with a little delay on the stage, the attacks start immediately – but still without success. Jonathan Caicedo from the EF team is not at the start today: he has tested positive for Covid-19. The rest of the team is negative and in the running.
It’s getting serious for all riders in the leader’s jerseys of the various classifications: Richard Carapaz is only a few seconds ahead of Jai Hindley in the pink jersey, Koen Bouwman has to score points in the mountain jersey and in the maglia ciclamino it’s up to Arnaud Démare once morest the grace period…
Giro route: profile and course of the 16th stage – the Mortirolo is waiting
16th Giro stage: The favorites
The top five drivers in the overall standings are only separated by a minute. But today’s stage is so difficult that the gaps can increase by minutes. To make matters worse, the king’s stage is held directly following a rest day and rain showers can occur during the course of the day. Overall leader Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) is going into the race as a big favourite. But Jai Hindley (Bora) has done well so far. It remains to be seen how well Mikel Landa (Bahrain) gets into climbing form in week three.
Welcome to the live ticker of the 16th Giro stage!
With 5250 meters in altitude over 202 kilometers, this is the king’s stage of this Giro. After the start in Aprica there are almost 30 flat kilometers before the Goletto di Cadino (1st category: 19.9 kilometers; 6.2%) opens the climbing. After a short passage through the valley, the first sprint takes place in Edolo following 112 kilometers.
This is the starting point for the dreaded Passo di Mortirolo, which this time is tackled from the somewhat easier east side (1st category: 12.6 kilometers; 7.6%). After another passage through the valley, there is a short climb for the second intermediate sprint in Teglio (5.6 kilometers; 8.2%). After a short intermediate descent, the decisive ascent to Valico di Santa Cristina (1st category: 13.5 kilometers; 8%) takes place. From the summit it is only six kilometers to the finish in Aprica.
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