Giro d'Italia 2016, May 24, Stage 16: Bressanone/Andalo *SPOILERS*

Melodeon

Date: Tuesday 24th May
Type: Mountains
Distance: 132Km
Start/Finish: Bressanone/Andalo


Stage Map:



Stage Profile:



1st Climb - Passo Della Mendola - Category 2
Start: Km 49.5 - Peak: Km 64.3 - Length: 14.8 Km
Vertical Distance: 958m
Average Gradient: 6.5%
Maximum Gradient: 10%



2nd Climb - Fai Della Paganella - Category 2
Start: Km 112.2 - Peak: Km 122.4 - Length: 10.2 Km
Vertical Distance: 758m
Average Gradient: 7.4%
Maximum Gradient: 15%



3rd Climb/Finale - Andalo - Category 3
Vertical Distance: 194m
Maximum Gradient: 9%



The General Classification after Stage 15:



Preview (© www.cyclingnews.com):

There’s a long mid-stage climb but it’s the stage-finishing double whammy of the Fai della Paganella climb, 12km up, but only 2km down, and then the summit finish, which will see more gaps created in the GC. With the final rest day out of the way, the final phase of the Giro begins here.

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MPFGLB

Well done Melodeon

So its a shorter stage than Saturday and its steep with less climbing ....
Nibali & Valverde will be looking to take back some time
But it looks like a Chaves stage to me

However who knows how riders will be feeling after the rest day


As for the Break I 'd go Boswell , Nieve or Henao e/w ...Also Dombroski or Attapuma again

Philip Deignan has said he hasn't been feeling well all along but hopes to feel better after the rest day

MPFGLB

https://twitter.com/JoeDombro/status/734844160390336512

dastardly00

Joe Dombrowski must know something we don't!

40km of slightly downhill road to start with. Will the breakaway form on that type of parcour?
Then a Cat. 2 climb followed by 50km of descending. A Cat. 2 and Cat. 3 to finish.

Not too extreme.... Or am I missing something?

godtabh

Roche on Sticku Bottle talking about his weight and not 100% yet. Still wants to attack. Sounds like he is trying to be positive but morale in the camp isn't all that

Brian?

dastardly00 wrote: »

Joe Dombrowski must know something we don't!

40km of slightly downhill road to start with. Will the breakaway form on that type of parcour?
Then a Cat. 2 climb followed by 50km of descending. A Cat. 2 and Cat. 3 to finish.

Not too extreme.... Or am I missing something?

These shorter stages usually make for great racing. Nibali and Valverde can't sit back and allow their teams to tempo ride up climbs.

dastardly00

Brian? wrote: »

These shorter stages usually make for great racing. Nibali and Valverde can't sit back and allow their teams to tempo ride up climbs.

Yeah I know the shorter stages can be far more exciting. But tomorrow starts with 40km of downhill. A nice way to get the legs warmed up

ThisRegard

Downhill start good for Nibali to charge the motor in his bike before abandoning it under the guise of a dropped chain before the finish to avoid the test.


Actually, I'm surprised that conspiracy theory hasn't gained more traction the way things are these days.

MPFGLB

I think Dombroski means that Movistar & Astana will go all out on this stage
Could drill it from the off

Nibali & Valverde are smarting and there will be plan ....maybe unsaid joint plan to attack Lotto & OGE who have weaker teams

Andre 3000

LOL @ Mendola being a Cat. 2 climb, it's an absolute monster.

I think the winner will be from the break as the stage is very short... Someone like Ullissi or Taaramae would be my shout. I can only see a GC win if the peloton push it hard from the get go. I'm hoping Chaves isn't settling for 2nd place an pushes it, he seems to be the guy in form. Hopefully Astana and Movistar work together to set a frantic pace and put S.K under pressure.

This stage has unreal potential, if this was a TDF stage it'd probably suck, but the Giro rarely disappoints.

stecleary

Lads nobody cares anymore its Rás week
I feel sorry for the Giro always clashing with the Rás

dastardly00

The Cat. 2 climb Fai della Paganella was tackled at the end of Stage 3 in the Giro del Trentino last month. That stage, although a good bit longer than today, had a similar parcours with a downhill start, followed by a long climb, another descent and then the Fai della Paganella climb near the finish.

Tanel Kangert won the stage while Jakob Fuglsang came fourth. Vincenzo Nibali also rode the stage. He did finish a lowly 32nd, but he wasn't targeting the GC. The omens are good for Astana today.

Philip Deignan rode this stage as well. So we might see him in the breakaway today perhaps.

neris

dastardly00 wrote: »

Philip Deignan

The forgotten man of the Sky Giro team.

Pudsy33

Happy Eritrean independence day everyone!

Taxuser1

Visconti, Ulissi, Denifl, Atapuma, Henao and Cunego up a tree

dastardly00

The riders have started climbing the 'Cat. 2' Passo della Mendola.
As predicted, no breakaway managed to form before the climb.
Movistar are leading the peloton.

dastardly00

Taxuser1 wrote: »

Visconti, Ulissi, Denifl, Atapuma, Henao and Cunego up a tree

Ya what?

dastardly00

It's all kicking off.
Zakarin attacks, followed by Kangert.

Andre 3000

Zakarin attacks, Kangert follows. Brambilla and a Sky rider and a few more trying to bridge. Kruijswijk isolated already.

Valverde!!

neris

is anyone else watching eurosport online getting these poxy pop ups about tennis matches?

dastardly00

neris wrote: »

is anyone else watching eurosport online getting these poxy pop ups about tennis matches?

Would that be on Eurosport Player, or eh... by other methods?

Andre 3000

Chaves is way down the main group. Nibali was down there too but he's easily joined up to the front again.

Andre 3000

Majka has attacked with a teammate, Nibbles has a mechanical and has to swap bikes with a teammate. This stage is epic already!

dastardly00

Nibali with another mechanical.
Dodgy Campag electronic gears! :pac:

dastardly00

Duran Duran has attacked.

Andre 3000

Valverde attacks and all the GC lads follow except Chaves who looks f*cked

dastardly00

Irregardless if all the GC riders don't gain time on each other by the end of the stage, the racing at the moment is epic!

neris

dastardly00 wrote: »

Would that be on Eurosport Player, or eh... by other methods?

player

Pudsy33

This is ****ing mental

dastardly00

neris wrote: »

player

I'm on Sky Go, so it's been okay for me.

dastardly00

Nibbles has attacked and has a small gap.

I feel sorry for anyone not watching this live :pac:

Andre 3000

This is going to be carnage. Chaves is going to lose tonnes today.

velo.2010

Those pop up ads on Eurosport player seem to only come up in the minimized screen format. Full screen appears to be OK. They've tinkered with the website recently so that may have something to do with it.

dastardly00

velo.2010 wrote: »

Those pop up ads on Eurosport player seem to only come up in the minimized screen format. Full screen appears to be OK. They've tinkered with the website recently so that may have something to do with it.

@neris

I hope you are not watching it in work?

neris

velo.2010 wrote: »

Those pop up ads on Eurosport player seem to only come up in the minimized screen format. Full screen appears to be OK. They've tinkered with the website recently so that may have something to do with it.

showing up in full screen on my pc, annoying the bollox off me now, i hate tennis and have no interest in it

retalivity

Im at work and can only read updates online.... looks like dombrowski stayed true to his word.

irishrover99

Why is the pink jersey helping with the break away. He should be more worried about Nibali than Chaves and saving his energy

neris

think i have the pop ups sorted

dastardly00

irishrover99 wrote: »

Why is the pink jersey helping with the break away. He should be more worried about Nibali than Chaves and saving his energy

He probably just feels very strong. It'll be disheartening to Nibali to see Kruijswijk coming through and taking turns on the front.

dragratchet

neris wrote: »

showing up in full screen on my pc, annoying the bollox off me now, i hate tennis and have no interest in it

yep, its wrecking my head. i don't want to know about the tennis unless Andy Murray is getting shot headfirst out of whatever tournament the miserable git is playing .

Andre 3000

He also probably fears Chaves' climbing ability, and knows Valverde and Zakarin want a podium and nothing more so he's using that to his advantage.

dastardly00

Nico is in the chasing group along with Chaves and Majka.

Andre 3000

Chaves looking great now if the GPS is accurate

neris

is it just me or are there more ads on eurosport then normal. seems to be more ads then cycling

Andre 3000

neris wrote: »

is it just me or are there more ads on eurosport then normal. seems to be more ads then cycling

The stage is super short, and the pace has been frantic. ES still have to fit in their ads somehow.

velo.2010

#homeofadverts

Itziger

Why is Jungles working so hard?

dastardly00

I wonder how far back are the grupetto.... time limit could be an issue today.

Average speed so far: 45.2 km/h :eek: :eek:

Rob Hatch on Eurosport mentioned earlier that an average speed of 36 km/h would mean that the time limit would be around 22-23 minutes.

stecleary

is that ValVerde in he front group?

dastardly00

stecleary wrote: »

is that ValVerde in he front group?

Yeah. Valverde, Zakarin and Kruijswijk.

Andre 3000

Chaves has made a super recovery. Fair f*cks