Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2021 stage 16: Sacile - Cortina d'Ampezzo 212km

[Red Rick]

Aaaaand my uninterrupted Eurosport cuts to empty Roland Garros

How very appropriate

 

[Samamba]

1 stage with an uphill start and we immediately have an exciting break. Well, it's gonna be the only one this giro.

 

[luckyboy]

Nibali to win amidst the snow banks on top of the Giau, only to refuse to take the podium in protest

Get hype people. It is happening.

The first 40 finishers will be DSQ for some reason then eh?

 

[King Boonen]

Yes, it looks like it's around the top of the climb.

Thanks, my Italian is basically non-existent so I wasn't sure. Looks like a typical March ride in Scotland...

 

[Rollthedice]

Vegni is also in charge with the live pictures? It looks like it.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Thanks, my Italian is basically non-existent so I wasn't sure. Looks like a typical March ride in Scotland...

Typical spring weather in the Dolomites, it's not that bad.

 

[Gigs_98]

 

[gregrowlerson]

Could you shift the all the "organizers, riders are bad" stuff to another thread so that this one is for the race action? This should not be impolite, but it makes following the race harder and it worsen my moot.

Would you prefer that we ramble about the pros and cons of ITT's?

 

[Giro1914]

Is this the top of Fedaia?

It should actually be the bottom of the ascent

 

[Mayomaniac]

Cortina is one of my favourite places, but could we get some images from the race?

 

[groogster]

#free_almeida

It looks that it's finally going to happen

 

[RedheadDane]

Break, according to PCS (guess they have their information from somewhere):

1		13	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	+1:20:00
2		28	VERVAEKE Louis	+24:49
3		37	TESFATSION Natnael	+2:13:15
4		44	IZAGIRRE Gorka	+39:46
5		76	FABBRO Matteo	+48:42
6		77	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	+1:00:01
7		92	ALMEIDA João	+8:32
8		114	DINA Márton	+2:23:21
9		141	MARTIN Dan	+7:50
10		153	BOUWMAN Koen	+16:07
11		168	VANHOUCKE Harm	+1:38:05
12		175	PEDRERO Antonio	+35:21
13		176	RUBIO Einer Augusto	+46:52
14		178	VILLELLA Davide	+1:04:30
15		184	KANGERT Tanel	+18:53
16		197	ROCHE Nicolas	+1:16:57
17		211	NIBALI Vincenzo	+14:25
18		212	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	+50:41
19		215	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	+1:35:04
20		221	FORMOLO Davide	+9:52

Might be more.

 

[MrTea1976]

Martin in the break?

 

[Eclipse]

I think sods law now dictates that after the stage became markedly less interesting that something crazy happens with the break but we don't actually get any live pictures of it.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Nibali stage wins piecing together the 2013 stage 20.

And so starts the myth that Nibali only excels when stages are made easier

 

[Samamba]

So Daniel Martin, Almeida and Formolo in the break.

 

[luckyboy]

I am so mad that these wimp riders denied us two more hours of studying the finish line and looking at highlights of the start!!

 

[Red Rick]

 

[Eclipse]

Martin in the break?

Needs a 10 min buffer for the descent off Giau

 

[gregrowlerson]

#free_almeida

#free_fedaia

 

[Devil's Elbow]

We need a new poll between Vegni, the CPA and the RAI production team to see which should be replaced first.

 

[Rollthedice]

Flecha predicting Nibali will win. Here first WT victory of Nibali, Plouay 2006 in front of... Flecha.

 

[groogster]

Amazing live coverage of this stage so far

 

[Red Rick]

Needs a 10 min buffer for the descent off Giau

Yeah I'd bet my left kidney that descent's gonna get canceled too

 

[gregrowlerson]

The first 40 finishers will be DSQ for some reason then eh?

No.

The peloton will be OTTL.