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

[webvan]

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I think the top 3 is already established ......... and Nibali ain't in it

Difficult to call between Zakarin and Chaves for me.

Don't discount another Valverde fail when they hit 2500+

As for Nibs he might be better off cutting his losses at this point...

 

[Krokro]

Crazy stage today. That was a superb day of cycling. Full of surprises

 

[saganftw]

now was chaves just riding slow from the start intentionally to finish strong or did he just need a little bit more time to get the legs going?

 

[huangho]

Bala, Zaka and SK were pretty impressive today... SK has this in the bag and Zaka, Bala and Chaves will fight for the podium...

 

[ice&fire]

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Great to see Valverde ride like he does in smaller races!

After all, it was a small stage

 

[ILovecycling]

I forgot to say...
What a form Jungels has!
Bravo!

 

[TheGreenMonkey]

Chaves was massively strong on the second climb, not sure what happened to him on the first climb but he certainly recovered.

Kruijswijk did not have to show everything in my view, Zakarin gave everything. Valverde excellent.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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I think the top 3 is already established ......... and Nibali ain't in it

Difficult to call between Zakarin and Chaves for me.

Don't discount another Valverde fail when they hit 2500+

Doubt it. They're not going to spend 3 consecutive hours at altitude in any other stage. He had no problem over the Bonette, Lombarde and so on in previous races

 

[SafeBet]

Super performance by Bala today. Movistar controlled the stage at the beginning, then he attacked multiple times, kept pulling in the valley and attacked again on Fai della Paganella. Chapeau champion!

 

[arvc40]

Great ride by Valverde.

 

[staubsauger]

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What a stage again!
Who said its like 2012 giro?

Congrats to Valverde,experience won

Tbh it's even more like Hampsten 88 now. Once in a lifetime chance, once in a lifetime shape, once in a lifetime performance!

There might even be a blizzard on Agnello!

 

[valentius borealis]

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Next group No Cannondale riders!

LOL.

Cardoso and Formolo dragged Uran in 5'28" down.

 

[luckyboy]

Podium fight should be good, and I guess Nibali will try to do something on one of the Alps stages.

 

[TheGreenMonkey]

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now was chaves just riding slow from the start intentionally to finish strong or did he just need a little bit more time to get the legs going?

If it was tactics then it was bad tactics, if it was not tactics then he did brilliantly to recover.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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What a stage again!
Who said its like 2012 giro?

Congrats to Valverde,experience won

Tbh it's even more like Hampsten 88 now. Once in a lifetime chance, once in a lifetime shape, once in a lifetime performance!

Once in a lifetime luck too.
It's not often mentioned that Hampsten was going to lose that Giro in the final TT anyway and was saved by an oil spill in a roundabout that brought down the other contenders.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

this has to be best moment of the day :lol:

erodogan is a goat****** :lolcry:

 

[Praying Mantis]

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Great to see Valverde ride like he does in smaller races!

After all, it was a small stage

Indeed, a short mountainous stage delivers yet again.

 

[DNP-Old]

Mountain stages of <130k are the best.

 

[Miburo]

For the not dutch people. It says "Erdogan likes to fuc k goats " Reference to that german journalist

 

[ILovecycling]

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What a stage again!
Who said its like 2012 giro?

Congrats to Valverde,experience won

Tbh it's even more like Hampsten 88 now. Once in a lifetime chance, once in a lifetime shape, once in a lifetime performance!

Once in a lifetime luck too.
It's not often mentioned that Hampsten was going to lose that Giro in the final TT anyway and was saved by an oil spill in a roundabout that brought down the other contenders.

Rofl

 

[huangho]

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What was Nibbs thinking today??? He cooked himself for the rest of the Giro...

simple. He got no form. Now he needs to fight for pride. I hope zakarin will fight to bump Valverde. We all know, Valverde likes to keep his podium spot once he is in there. He wheelsucked to the gill.

You are right about it, but if you don't feel the form you cannot attack like that, he just cooked himself, now he lost his podium place and maybe he can't finish in the top five because of the energy wasted.

I mean, you know your body, if you feel that you are on the limit, you don't attack, that's quite simple, just smart ridding.

He was the favorite, not on his peak, but if he were a bit smarter there he could get a nice podium place at least.

 

[jsem94]

I saw that too. Erdogan's lawyers, please come after me, cause your client is a top class **** and ****er.

 

[arvc40]

Valverde is such brilliant rider. No matter what race it is, hes there trying to get something from it, rain or shine, all year long. A man who clearly loves to race his bike.

 

[killswitch]

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What was Nibbs thinking today??? He cooked himself for the rest of the Giro...

simple. He got no form. Now he needs to fight for pride. I hope zakarin will fight to bump Valverde. We all know, Valverde likes to keep his podium spot once he is in there. He wheelsucked to the gill.

You are right about it, but if you don't feel the form you cannot attack like that, he just cooked himself, now he lost his podium place and maybe he can't finish in the top five because of the energy wasted.

Nibali doesn't care about a podium place or top5.

 

[sir fly]

Nice stage.
Good racing and congrats to the trio.
Valverde deserved winner, Kruijswijk in charge, Zakarin courageous.
Too bad Chaves had a crisis on the lower slopes, he should have been with the trio at the finish.
Nibali's really struggling. Looking at his spring, I wonder if there's some hidden health problem.