2016 Giro d'Italia, Stage 21: Cuneo → Torino (163 km)

[Praying Mantis]

Oh right, there's one more. Nizzolo's gonna take it. No really, he is.

STAGE 21: Cuneo – Torino 163 km

Stage start: 12.45 CET, 29 May

Technical Overview:
The usual (recently) final flat parade. There is a little bump in the final circuit but the riders will hardly notice it.

What to expect:
The final parade, of course. And the podium.

 

[luckyboy]

Man I didn't realise the route was that side of the river. I guess they have to avoid the tramlines in the centre though.

Look how close they are to Superga Giro hasn't been there since the 50s I think

 

[RedheadDane]

Well... I know who'll be second...

 

[classicomano]

Astana to go crazy from the start.

 

[Lequack]

Kruijswik to go into timetrial mode and win back the pink jersey.

 

[Praying Mantis]

Re:

Astana to go crazy from the start.

Well sure, they can try, but they won't catch Uran. He has to win a stage, team orders. He'll enter the finishing straight solo, with tens of seconds in hand. But, he'll ride casually in the middle of the road, taking long lingering looks back down the road, almost oblivious to what's happening right behind him. And suddenly, he gets Trentin'd by Vinokourov who came over the barriers wielding a Venge! Vino takes a final triumphant victory in Astana's best grand tour ever.

 

[Red Rick]

The whole peloton to unanimously decide that Kruijswijk is awesome and gift him the stage.

In reality, I could see the break taking it again

 

[Gigs_98]

Lots of turns in the final parcours, please no crashes

 

[May0maniac]

Re:

Man I didn't realise the route was that side of the river. I guess they have to avoid the tramlines in the centre though.

Look how close they are to Superga Giro hasn't been there since the 50s I think

Superga was used in the hilly ITT of the 2005 Giro, stage 18.

 

[trevim]

Re:

Man I didn't realise the route was that side of the river. I guess they have to avoid the tramlines in the centre though.

Look how close they are to Superga Giro hasn't been there since the 50s I think

Superga deserved to see the Giro back just like San Luca in 2009

 

[May0maniac]

On another note, when will Eshnar finally start a Giro 2017 route rumours thread?

 

[ILovecycling]

Re:

On another note, when will Eshnar finally start a Giro 2017 route rumours thread?

Yeah,he is a bit late this year
Probably too busy with german colleagues

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Galimzyanov ftw.

 

[jsem94]

Late break FTW:

 

[SafeBet]

See the little bump in the circuit. That's where a late attack will get clear and take the win.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

So Giant, Nippo, Lampre, Dimension Data and Trek want a sprint?
The others are free to attack (- Astana)?

 

[jens_attacks]

going with roglic.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Hard to look past Roger Kluge here.

 

[Climbing]

Re:

See the little bump in the circuit. That's where a late attack will get clear and take the win.

That bump isn't that little, so as you say the chance for a late attack is a real possibility.

 

[Praying Mantis]

Well good thing he won, imagine if they would've had to send this back to Specialized unridden.

Raining in Cuneo, possibly heavy rain in Torino which could bring about a neutralization. I'm sure the italians will look after their campione

 

[StryderHells]

A heap of tired riders left in this race so I wouldn't be remotely surprised if a break or a Kluge style late attack takes it

 

[Climbing]

Quite surely the stage will be neutralized when entering the circuit.

 

[Matt92]

Re:

On another note, when will Eshnar finally start a Giro 2017 route rumours thread?

Speaking of which, the Corriere delle Alpi says that the 2017 Giro will feature a MTF on Passo Pordoi.

 

[Hakkapelit]

Both Chaves and Kruijswijk have hit the deck already, continued though. Bak, retired.

 

[Breh]

How does the team classification work in the giro? Time of the first three riders per team? Surely Movistar has to be leading this then with Valverde, Amador and Visconti. Giro site states Astana is leading and Cannondale 2nd. What am I missing?