'Dale Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 Visconti has now dropped back to the chasing group while Niemiec is about to be caught. That makes a hefty 13-man group out front.
'Dale Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 Boem is setting the pace in the escape group. Bardiani know that this is a rare opportunity for their team to take pink for at least a day.
'Dale Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 Pirazzi drops back to the team care for a quick tactical chat. Behind, Etixx-QuickStep are really going for it and they've brought the gap down to 4:45. Pirazzi is still in provisional pink for now though.
'Dale Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 think it’s always a hard day the first day after rest day. It’s long stage pretty hilly, I think second last climb is hard. We can expect some attacks from the other teams but we have a pretty strong team to defend the jersey and that is what we’re going to do. Jungels
'Dale Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 Rigoberto Uran had hoped that the time trial at the weekend would give him an advantage over some of his rivals but a crash saw him tumble out of the top 10. The Colombian is not ready to give up just yet and he told reporters this morning that he will fight until the final stage.
'Dale Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 Mehcanical problem for Preidler. It's a slow wheel change for the Giant-Alpecin rider and that could be his day done in the break because it's going to be a very hard chase to make it back on.
'Dale Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 50km remaining from 219km There is still the second intermediate sprint to come before the Pian del Falco. The escapees are now 4:35 ahead of the Etixx-led peloton.
'Dale Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 The break, with 44km to go, still have 4:35 on the maglia rosa group.
'Dale Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 Preidler takes the intermediate sprint points and three bonus seconds that go with it. Pirazzi comes over in second and gets two bonus seconds with Zoidl taking the last available points.
'Dale Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 After attacking at the intermediate sprint, Preidler has decided to go it alone. The Giant-Alpecin rider is really pushing ahead of this penultimate ascent.
'Dale Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 In the peloton behind, Trek Segafredo have moved up to the front along with Movistar. Trek's best placed rider is Ryder Hesjedal who is 16th at 3:29.
tombeej Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 Bardiani's helmets (Briko Gass) have to be the best looking I've seen in a long time. Gerrans has been wearing their shades for a couple of years now and I've wanted a pair for a while. Now Bardiani are wearing the new Briko helmets and shades together. I want!
tombeej Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 Sonny Colbrelli has a birthday today (turns 26). Briko gave him a custom paint job for his Briko Gass:
'Dale Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 Dumoulin struggling at the back of the peloton. He said ahead of today's stage that he is willing to lose time to go for stage wins.
'Dale Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 The breakaway group has broken up completely. Atapuma and Bonnafond are chasing down Preidler while Boem is caught by the peloton.
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