Alpine stage of 207 km from Pinzolo to the Cancano Lakes, four Gpm with the Stelvio
13.40 – 4 ‘of advantage
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When there are 84 km to the finish, the advantage of the 15 leads is 4 ‘compared to the pink jersey group pulled by the Sunweb of Dutch Wilco Kelderman, second in the general classification just 17 “from the pink jersey, the Portuguese Joao Almeida.
13.32 – 89 at the finish
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3’44 “the advantage of the 15 fugitives when 89 are missing at the finish line, 37.8 km / h the average of the race. The riders have already tackled the Campo Carlo Magno pass (second category GPM) and the new Castrin / Hofmahdjoch pass (Gpm first category, 8.8 km at 9.7%) The Stelvio, the Coppi top of this Giro, is approaching.
13.26 – Sunweb to pull
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At the head of the group to pull the team of two of the main protagonists of this pink race, Hindley and Kelderman. These are the words at the departure of Paolo Slongo, Vincenzo Nibali’s historic coach.
13.21 – 96 km to the finish
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3’13 “the advantage of the 15 fugitives when 96 km are missing at the Cancano Lakes. The first GPM of the day was conquered by the blue jersey Guerreiro, the second by De Gendt in front of the Portuguese in the blue jersey, leader of the climbers’ classification. Fausto Masnada’s prediction on today’s stage.
13.13 – Visconti did not leave
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Tendonitis for Giovanni Visconti who did not start.
13.08 – the attackers
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The fifteen leaders are: Fabio Felline (Astana), Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani CSF Faizané), the French Stéphane Rossetto (Cofidis), the Portuguese Ruben Guerreiro (Ef Pro Cycling), the Spanish Daniel Navarro (Israel Start-Up Nation), the British Matthew Holmes and the Belgian Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal), the Spanish Antonio Pedrero, the compatriot Sergio Samitier and Dario Cataldo (Movistar), the South African Louis Meintjes and the Australian Ben O’Connor (NTT Pro Cycling), the British Ben Swift and Filippo Ganna (Ineos), the American Joe Dombrowski (UAE Emirates).
13.04 – 15 on the run
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The attackers of the first hour are 15, 2’30 “their advantage over the pink jersey group. 106.5 km to the finish.
The Stelvio arrives
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In the 17th stage of the Giro d’Italia the pink jersey group let go of the escape, Ben O’Connor took his revenge after the second place in the previous stage and arrived alone at the finish line in Madonna di Campiglio. No battle between the best in the general standings, who have decided to save energy in view of today’s stage. Almeida still in the pink jersey with a 17 “lead over Kelderman.
Path
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Alpine stage with over 5400 m in altitude, departure from Pinzolo and arrival after 207 km at the Cancano Lakes (Stelvio National Park). Uphill start on the Campo Carlo Magno pass (second category GPM) leading to Val di Sole, after about 45 km the riders will face the new Castrin / Hofmahdjoch pass (first category GPM, 8.8 km at 9.7% ) up to Val d’Ultimo / Ultental. The long descent takes you to the outskirts of Merano, where you continue uphill from Foresta / Forst entering Val Venosta and climbing it almost entirely. It is then up to the Stelvio (2758 m), from the more challenging side (almost 25 km at 7.5% of which half over 2000 m, Cima Coppi del Giro). After the very long descent, final ascent towards the Cancano lakes (first category Gpm, 8.7 km at 6.8%). The climb leads to the Towers of Fraele, 2 km from the finish. Two short tunnels follow and a short descent to Lago delle Scale, which runs along a flat road for about a kilometer. The last 500 meters are slightly uphill, at about 3.5%.
I big
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The pink jersey Joao Almeida (Deceuninck Quick-Step) has a lead of 17 “over Wilco Kelderman (Sunweb), 2’58” over Jai Hindley (Sunweb) and 2’59 “over Geoghegan Hart (Ineos). First of the Italians Vincenzo Nibali (Trek Segafredo), seventh at 3’31 “.
22 October 2020 (change October 22, 2020 | 13:41)
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