Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2023, stage 16: Sabbio Chiese - Monte Bondone 203 km

[Samamba]

Not like Thomas is going to attack before the last climb.
If it's Puccio and Swift this is irrelevant.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Milan getting into breakaways to prevent Gee from taking away Ciclamino is entertaining, I have to admit that.
At least today we actually have a hectic start.

 

[Netserk]

Milan getting into breakaways to prevent Gee from taking away Ciclamino is entertaining, I have to admit that.
At least today we actually have a hectic start.

Maybe Milan should check where the intermediate sprint is located.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Not like Thomas is going to attack before the last climb.
If it's Puccio and Swift this is irrelevant.

Puccio is one of those guys who always gets overrated by Italian commentators once he's in a breakaway...

 

[Markolan]

Aurelien Paret-Peintre in the break-away.. It means Roglic v Thomas for the win imho, break-away won't gain much time with the french in it..

 

[Tim Cahill]

Break looks well set for a Caruso raid

 

[ppanther92]

Hm, if Konrad bridges then its at least Paret-Peintre, Haig and Konrad under 10min. But hoped for more still...

 

[Netserk]

Affini should just go to the front now.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Jumbo completely asleep

the elephant in the room?

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Ballerini and Clarke both DNS.
Plenty of room in the team bus now for Serry and Van Wilder.

That reminds me of the Bjarne Riis claim that when he was the only rider left in the team the staff wanted to go home but he wanted to ride on. He had to retire a couple of days later because he reckoned they poisoned him!!

 

[Samamba]

So.... breakaway stage?

 

[MrTea1976]

So Ineos aren't going to chase today. AG2R aren't chasing. Bahrain aren't chasing. Bora aren't chasing.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Can only assume the Ineos riders are getting up the road so they have a better chance of being there later in the stage, maybe an excuse not to chase, rather than some sort of legendary long range tactic.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Average speed for the first hour: 51.7km/h. Looking good for a hard stage.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

interesting but would have been sooo much more interesting if it was de plus/arensman with swift.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Now JV are riding

 

[Mayomaniac]

Odds of FDJ keeping the breakaway on a tight leash because they don't want to give the Maglia Rosa to AG2R out of principle?

 

[stetre76]

interesting - Benedetti doing the work in the 2nd group, Konrad at the back "relaxing"

Either BOH is planning to use Konrad as a relais station for Kämna, or, if the group is getting a big enought lead, Eisel said he might be allowed to ride for himself...

 

[Taxus4a]

I like to see Verona on the break. Good stage for him, or to help Rubio.

By the way, really good Giro for Derek Gee, strong rider.

 

[Netserk]

Merger.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Odds of FDJ keeping the breakaway on a tight leash because they don't want to give the Maglia Rosa to AG2R out of principle?

If it gets to a point where APP can take pink, then Haig is also suddenly back up there in the GC battle and Bahrain would look pretty scary if that happens, so you'd think the other main GC teams would start legitimately pulling well before that. Can't see many, if any, riders in this group staying ahead with the GC situation the way it is.

 

[ppanther92]

interesting - Benedetti doing the work in the 2nd group, Konrad at the back "relaxing"

Well, but thats the obvious choice right. Because in either case - for Kämna or himself for the stage, he is the better option than Benedetti.

 

[ppanther92]

Someone from the break going to contest the mountain sprints or will it be Healy all the way?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Someone from the break going to contest the mountain sprints or will it be Healy all the way?

Bais, but him keeping up with Healy is a big if.

 

[Netserk]

It looks like they were supposed to take the long way around in the roundabout.