Giro d'Italia 2022 Giro d'Italia, Stage 16: Salò – Aprica 202 km (Tuesday, May 24th)

[glassmoon]

nice one Cico!

 

[Netserk]

Now just 29 points between Bouwman and Ciccone.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Unless the GC riders take a surprising amount of KOMs the jersey is certainly Ciccone's.

 

[tobydawq]

Valverde more than two minutes faster than Nibali on the Goletto di Cadino.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Spanish PT teams could do Giro-Vuelta double without depth problems, but they're not better than Italian PT teams.

Of course I'd invite Euskaltel out of principle and having them pull for presidente Landa would also be a rather interesting dynamic...

 

[ice&fire]

Valverde more than two minutes faster than Nibali on the Goletto di Cadino.

He can't get back to the top10 unless he drops Martin, and he's not doing it

 

[Eclipse]

Great effort from Ciccone to take the points.

Time to see if Almeida can survive his first descent of the day hah

 

[Mayomaniac]

From Procyclingstats:
Riders with the most KOM sprint wins in Giro d'Italia since 2000.

1	CICCONE Giulio	24
2	SELLA Emanuele	23
3	GONZÁLEZ Freddy Excelino	23
4	VISCONTI Giovanni	18
5	BALIANI Fortunato	16

 

[Devil's Elbow]

There's the answer to the question whether the descent is hard.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Great effort from Ciccone to take the points.

Time to see if Almeida can survive his first descent of the day hah

By pushing the pace you could also give Porte and Sivakov, on paper the 2 best climbing domestiques for Carapaz, problems.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Valverde more than two minutes faster than Nibali on the Goletto di Cadino.

Showing some aggression a long way out from the finish too. Meanwhile Nibali is sucking wheels for fun in the peloton.

The only logical conclusion: Valverde wants to end that old debate now so that the focus can shift to his standing alongside a particular philosopher.

 

[Netserk]

Swift back near the front.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

By pushing the pace you could also give Porte and Sivakov, on paper the 2 best climbing domestiques for Carapaz, problems.

I would be shocked if we go all week without either of Bahrain and Astana trying to take advantage of a descent.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Swift back near the front.

Swift is actually a good descender, so it's not a huge surprise.

 

[skippo12]

Turns out that getting dropped and nearly killing yourself downhill is the perfect way to get TV time. Well played Androni...

 

[Rollthedice]

Swift is actually a good descender, so it's not a huge surprise.

The philosopher is not.

 

[Netserk]

Puncture for Kelderman?

 

[glassmoon]

wilco mechanical...

 

[SafeBet]

Mechanical for Kelderman? Bad news for the race if so.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Urgh Keldermann flat

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Kelderman had only had bad luck once this race, clearly the cycling gods didn't think that was enough.

 

[HelloDolly]

Kelderman is such an unfortunate rider

 

[Netserk]

Don't worry, Keldermerckx will bomb the descent!

 

[Fantastico]

Mechanical for Kelderman? Bad news for the race if so.

It also seemed to take quite long to change the tire.

Edit: He's one minute back.

 

[sir fly]

Gonna be tough for the breakaway.
Even if they work really hard together in the valley, Mortirolo will split them.