The Giro, my favourite tour of the year is only 2 weeks....

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***Some cool reading for the Giro Enthusiasts***

[jimmycool]

I'm gonna be rooting for a good finish from Kristian Sbaragli today. He has always been there and there abouts in the sprints while nursing a bit of illness for the first part of the giro so today with the big sprinting boys all out and on the buss home he could well be in with a shout.

['Dale]

Sign-on time about now....

 

Sunny blue breezy conditions

 

['Dale]

The flag drops and racing gets underway. It's no surprise to see some early attacks as Daniel Oss (BMC), Eugert Zhupa (Wilier Triestina-Southeast), and Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff) - all of whom tried to go clear at the start of yesterday's stage - try their luck.

['Dale]

And, despite tough times for early breakaway efforts at this year's Giro...

 

1 minute advantage for the trio

['Dale]

Well, that was easy. We have our break of the day it seems. The leading trio have over two minutes on the bunch now, and counting. They're in for the long haul.

Daniel Oss (BMC)
Eugert Zhupa (Wilier Triestina-Southeast)
Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff)

['Dale]

4 minutes 15 seconds is the latest time gap.

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***Notice DiData in the top 10.... ***

 

 

A reminder how the GC looks after 16 stages, not that it will change much today.

 

1 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 63:40:10
2 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-GreenEdge 0:03:00
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:23
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:04:43
5 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:04:50
6 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team 0:05:34
7 Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:07:57
8 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:08:53
9 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:05
10 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Dimension Data 0:11:03