2016 Giro d'Italia stage 16: Bressanone - Andalo (132 km)

[Vitapen]

BTW, what's the time limit on today's stage?

 

[Lexman]

Dombrwoski what was he doing ?

 

[woodburn]

Let's hope Dombrowski doesn't get dropped from this group.

 

[Climbing]

I've a feeling...

 

[Der Effe]

Average is 45,4 km/h after 2 hours

 

[Pippo_San]

After 2 hours they raced at 45,5 km/h.
And they did the Mendola.

Holy hell.

 

[Praying Mantis]

Eurosport is such a great way to watch all the latest ads, live. I don't know why they bother with the cycling nonsense.

 

[Arredondo]

Re:

Wonder if this is a one time thing because of the rest day, or if Chaves is fading in the last week like he did at the Vuelta

But he rode his best stage in the third week of that Vuelta, on the penultimate day.

 

[CheckMyPecs]

How about the time limit today, guys?

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re:

Eurosport is such a great way to watch all the latest ads, live. I don't know why they bother with the cycling nonsense.

They're contracted to a certain number of ads during the stage. Because the stage is going by so fast they're having to push them along quite close to each other. Plus they want to get them all done before the last climb starts

 

[PremierAndrew]

Nibali/Valverde should attack on the flat right now if they want to win the Giro. Kruijswijk isolated, this is exactly the same situation as Contador's fuente de attack (with the exception that AC had teammates up the road, but I don't think Nibs/Valv are gonna crack SK uphill)

 

[Broken_Leg]

How about time cuts today, guys?

On ES they spoke of 22' at the fastest schedule.
They're apparently still faster than that.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re:

How about time cuts today, guys?

Category C today, so very unforgiving for such a hard stage. Don't know the exact number of minutes yet, it'll depend on the speed on the final climbs

 

[luckyboy]

Dombrowski called back to help save ill Uran's twelfth place...

 

[Lexman]

Re:

Nibali/Valverde should attack on the flat right now if they want to win the Giro. Kruijswijk isolated, this is exactly the same situation as Contador's fuente de attack (with the exception that AC had teammates up the road, but I don't think Nibs/Valv are gonna crack SK uphill)

I don't see how they must achieve this, it's downhill and they're riding full speed...

 

[Praying Mantis]

Re: Re:

Eurosport is such a great way to watch all the latest ads, live. I don't know why they bother with the cycling nonsense.

They're contracted to a certain number of ads during the stage. Because the stage is going by so fast they're having to push them along quite close to each other. Plus they want to get them all done before the last climb starts

Yeah. For some reason there's no raw feed available today to switch to. It's great, no commentary, no ads, lots of ambient sounds. I dream of the day we get proper cycling coverage.

 

[carolina]

Re:

How about time cuts today, guys?

On ES they spoke of 22' at the fastest schedule.
They're apparently still faster than that.

they are 10 minutes faster then the fastest schedule

 

[Red Rick]

Re:

Dombrowski called back to help save ill Uran's twelfth place...

He wasn't called back, he didn't pay attention and got dropped like a stone on the false flat down

 

[SafeBet]

Before the stage Claudio Corti said Chaves weak spot is responding to constant accelerations in very fast stages.
Don't know if it's true but I believe he was his DS.

 

[deValtos]

Lol at Sean Kelly and Hatch misreading Dombrowski. Dropped not called back.

 

[hrotha]

Re:

Nibali/Valverde should attack on the flat right now if they want to win the Giro. Kruijswijk isolated, this is exactly the same situation as Contador's fuente de attack (with the exception that AC had teammates up the road, but I don't think Nibs/Valv are gonna crack SK uphill)

Chaves is also ahead of them in the GC, remember. Can't waste this chance to distance Chaves in the hopes that they'll succeed in distancing Kruijswijk.

 

[TomLPC]

They are all going to crack on the next climb surely

 

[Pantani_lives]

Re:

Nibali/Valverde should attack on the flat right now if they want to win the Giro. Kruijswijk isolated, this is exactly the same situation as Contador's fuente de attack (with the exception that AC had teammates up the road, but I don't think Nibs/Valv are gonna crack SK uphill)

You're right. They're currently riding for the second and third place, with Kruijswijk in their wheel.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re: Re:

Wonder if this is a one time thing because of the rest day, or if Chaves is fading in the last week like he did at the Vuelta

But he rode his best stage in the third week of that Vuelta, on the penultimate day.

I would argue his best stage was the stage he won.

 

[Escarabajo]

Who is the Sky rider in the group?