After a crazy start, Tadej Pogacar won stage 16 of the Italy spin, that took place this Tuesday between Laas and Santa Cristina Val Gardena (Monte Pana), 118 kilometers, a route shortened by bad weather, while the Slovenian remains the leader and Daniel Martinez He rose to second place overall.
Strike?
“After two hours of discussions, the RCS organizers announced shortly before noon that they had postponed the fictitious start, but at the scheduled time there was no runner on the starting line, under the heavy snow,” said the EFE agency. .
And he added: “According to the RCS plan, the riders had to do a parade in Livigno before moving to Parti allo Stelvio, the new actual starting point of this 16th stage of the Giro. But the runners preferred to travel by car to the new starting point, without having to take a lap ‘for photos’ in Livigno.”
The race started and only 118 km were ahead. There was a leak and they were in it Julian Alaphilippe, Davide Ballerine, Mirco Maestri and Filippo Fiorelli, who did not have considerable time with the leader’s lot.
Alaphilippe kept the lead until the final climb began, in which Movistar tried to launch an attack, but was quickly controlled.
Nairo Quintana was the first to move and that strong step made him Romain Bardet who was seventh overall, stayed, which served him well. Einer Rubior to move up the rankings.
Alaphilippe was joined by Ewen Costiou, Christian Scaroni and Giulio Pellizzari. UAE Emirates was the team that shouldered the pace of the peloton, when it was promoted to the second category mountain prize.
pace of the peloton, when promoted to the second category mountain prize. At that point in the race, Quintana was losing the lead in the big group and was falling in the general classification after the effort of accompanying Rubio.
On the descent, the Arab team launched its strong rhythm and that made the group line up, seeking to get rid of the rivals who do not have good ability to descend on wet floors.
The passage of the lot ruined the illusion of the escapees to obtain partial victory. Alaphilippe stayed in the last two kilometers.
In the final two kilometers, another madness broke out. Geraint Thomas He had trouble after the attack by Pogacar, who was followed by Martínez.
The Colombian managed to overcome the difference and climb to second place overall after the Slovenian rider’s fifth stage victory.
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