The Colombian Egan Bernal (Ineos), leader of the Giro d’Italia, He illustrated himself by winning the 16th stage alone, this Monday in Cortina d’Ampezzo, in a day to which the organization had to cut two ports due to the cold and rain.
In the Dolomites, Bernal, who took off his raincoat and discovered his ‘pink jersey’ before entering the finish line, He beat Frenchman Romain Bardet and Italian Damiano Caruso by thirty seconds.
The stage was shortened to 153 kilometers due to bad weather conditions, being deprived of two of its three great ports, the Fedaia and the Pordoi.
In the general classification, the winner of the Tour de France has strengthened his leadership and He is now 2 minutes and 24 seconds ahead of Caruso, and 3:40 with the British Hugh Carthy, on the eve of the second rest day, six days before the end of the test in Milan.
An escape had been formed on the first ascent of the day. His five survivors (Almeida, Formolo, G. Izagirre, Nibali and Pedrero) They appeared at the feet of Giau with an advantage of less than two minutes.
In the favorites group, with the EF Education team at the helm, Bernal attacked twice, remaining only 4 kilometers from the top of this port located at 2,233 meters.
His offensive could not be seen on television, due to bad weather conditions, but he reached 45 seconds over Caruso and 1 minute and 13 seconds over Bardet.
Protagonist of a great descent, Bardet, now seventh overall, caught up with Caruso, but the pair couldn’t reach the Colombian.
The Italian Giulio Ciccone was fourth at 1:18, ahead of Carthy and the Portuguese Joao Almeida.
Simon Yates, second in the Giro at the exit of Sacile, he lost more than two and a half minutes.
The belgian Remco Evenepoel gave up before the last 30 kilometers and the ascent to the Giau pass.
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