Eugene Oppelt Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 Cannondale and Lampre trading turns on the front of the break. Lampre want to set up Ulissi for the stage and the overall, while Cannondale want to go for the stage, and keep pressure off Uran back in the peloton.
Eugene Oppelt Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 Visconti drops back to the team car to pick up bottles for his teammates in the break. The gap is coming down though it's at 2'16 with 61km to go.
Eugene Oppelt Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 Everybody is strung out! Both break and pelotonPain etched everywhere 2:30 for the break
Eugene Oppelt Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 Lamprè-Merida is driving the break super hardTrying to set up their 3rd stage win 2:52 to the break
Eugene Oppelt Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 In the valley and Etixx have the peloton strung out as they exit the feedzone. It's all about keeping the break in control at the moment. Movistar and Astana are likely to move up to the front on the next climb, regardless of the gap up ahead. 51 kms of lactic acid to go
Eugene Oppelt Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 Uran: "It’s good weather for the first mountain stage. The important thing is to see if we’re feeling good and then we can think about trying something. The last climb suits me quite well but the descent afterwards is quite technical.”
Eugene Oppelt Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 44 kms to go with two seriaaas speed bumps before a technical downward finalè
Eugene Oppelt Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 Ettix continue to drive hard as the main bunch is still snake-like through the valley floor
Eugene Oppelt Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 Advantage to the break is steady now 43 kms to go All the big GC favorites still chasing with their roleurs protecting them from the wind
Eugene Oppelt Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 The gap moves out to 3'07 as we head into the final 50km of the race. Etixx have been on the front almost the entire stage so far but they look good for their money so far...
Eugene Oppelt Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 A reminder of where we stand coming into the stage today: 1 Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx - Quick-Step 49:32:20 2 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:00:24 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:07 4 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:09 6 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team 0:02:01 7 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:02:25 8 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-GreenEdge 0:02:43 9 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:02:45 10 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - Merida 0:02:47 11 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:03:12 12 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:03:39 13 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:56
Eugene Oppelt Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 Ulissi virtual Maglia Rosa at this stage as he clings on in the break on the penultimate climb
Eugene Oppelt Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 With Astana driving now, the break is being reeled in dramatically About just over 130 secs ahead now 36 clicks to go
Eugene Oppelt Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 Astana continues to stretch the peloton Nibbles sitting 3rd wheelThe other GC favorites playing close attention Don't blink The break will be caught soon after a brace fight, most likely
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