Tuesday, May 24: Stage 16, Salò - Aprica, 202 km
Jan Hirt wins stage sixteen. RCS Sport photo
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Weather at the finish city of Aprica at 1:40 PM, local time: 20C (68F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 13 km/hr (9 mph). There is an 18% chance of rain, growing to 80% at 5:00 PM. Thunderstorms are possible.
Info about the route: A queen stage across the Alps, with over 5,000 m vertical altitude gain. The stage begins in Valsabbia, going up, and takes in a long climb (nearly 30 km) leading to the 2,000m Goletto di Cadino. The route drops into the Val Camonica (with a few level crossings along the way) and goes up again, reaching Edolo. The route then tackles the Passo del Mortirolo coming from Monno. Three km before the summit, the road narrows and the gradients rise. A technical descent follows, leading to Grosio on narrow road (quite steep at points). After a flat stretch, the route goes up again, heading for Teglio (on narrowed roadway, with gradients even exceeding 15% at points), and then descends rapidly towards Tresenda, before the closing ascent up the Valico di Santa Cristina. The road, wide and well-paved in the first part (with two short tunnels along the way), narrows as soon as it switches towards the summit. The route winds its way in hairpins through the woods, with sharp gradients, dropping sharply and rapidly into the finish.
Final kilometers:
The descent from the Valico di Santa Cristina to the 1,500 m marker is highly technical, on narrow road and with sharp gradients. In the closing stretch, the route rises steadily at around 3% all the way to the finish (on tarmac).
The race: Jonathan Caicedo (EF Education-EasyPost) did not start today's stage. Well into the stage Natnael Tesfazione (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli) abandoned.
Today is a brutal day in the high mountains. Here are riders on the first big climb, the Passo Crocedomini. RCS Sport photo
Here's the stage report from second-place Thymen Arensman's Team DSM:
With yesterday’s final rest day behind them, the bunch rolled out from Salò this morning ahead of what has been billed as the queen stage of the race. Faced with a leg-numbing 5000 metres of climbing throughout the 202 kilometre route that featured the ascents of Goletto di Cadino, Passo de Mortirolo and Valico di Santa Cristina, and a stinging uncategorised climb to the intermediate sprint – it was set to be a brutal day out.
As expected, it was a fast start to the stage with multiple attacks at the head of the race and a big fight to form the day’s breakaway. Despite a smaller group going clear, the peloton kept them close and heading onto the first ascent of the day the full breakaway formed with Thymen Arensman and Chris Hamilton riding well to make it for the team.
On the valley road before the Mortirolo the breakaway split, with Arensman and Hamilton both alert to make the front group, rotating well and increasing the gap to those that missed out. Once onto the famous ascent itself, Hamilton came to the front and didn’t look back, setting a strong tempo to keep a now charging peloton at bay. After a monumental effort, Hamilton swung off towards the summit of Mortirolo, with Arensman and the rest of his breakaway companions forging on.
The group continued to work well together but approaching the steep uncategorised climb the peloton upped the pace and dramatically cut the gap from five to under three minutes as they hit the valley road ahead of the final ascent. On the descent, Kämna had attacked and built up a lead of over 45 seconds on Arensman’s group with 16 kilometres to go. Initially working together on the lower slopes, Arensman felt the pace slowing and attacked the rest of the group, setting off in pursuit of Kämna, with Hirt doing the same not long after.
As each rider battled on the steep slopes, the trio eventually came together at eight kilometres to go where Arensman immediately went on the move, with his stinging attack dropping Kämna. He and Hirt pushed on together but at the same time they sized each other up with probing moves before Hirt pressed on the pedals once more, and Arensman had to let go of the wheel. Not giving in, Arensman fought all the way to the top of the climb inside six kilometres to go, crossing the KOM point 17 seconds behind Hirt. Putting his technical skills to great effect, Arensman gained and gained on Hirt down the treacherous and wet descent before the flat run to the line, but it would be just not enough to take stage win as Hirt crossed seven seconds ahead of him.
Nonetheless, it was an incredible fighting display by Arensman to take second place at the finish, his best result at WorldTour level, after what was some superb work by Hamilton earlier in the stage – with the team showing their resilient character and fighting spirit.
“Physically I feel good but mentally I feel really disappointed because I would have really liked to have done this for the team,” explained Arensman. “I had a good descent, especially with the rain, and I still thought I could do it but in the end I just missed a bit. The guys were awesome today and we just have to keep fighting and we hope another will come.”
Team DSM coach Matt Winston added: “I think it was really good today. We had Chris and Thymen in the break, which was perfect for us. It was a big break so the guys split the break in a good moment, with eight in front and we had both in there. Thymen told Chris that he had good legs, so Chris set a really good tempo on the Mortirolo so there was a good time gap between them and the peloton, as we knew they would come later in the stage. On the last climb Thymen gave it everything he had. He attacked the rest of the break when Kämna had the gap, and almost get rid of everybody but Hirt came with him. Then when they caught Kämna, Thymen went again but he got attacked himself over the top of the climb and finished second. Everyone feels a little bit disappointed because we knew that we did everything we could but didn’t pull off the win this time, but I think overall it was a really good day and a really good performance.”
Complete results:
202 kilometers raced at average speed of 35.569 km/hr
1 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 5hr 40min 45sec |
2 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | @ 7sec |
3 | Jai Hindley | BORA-hansgrohe | 1:24 |
4 | Richard Carapaz | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
5 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | s.t. |
6 | Mikel Landa | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
7 | Lennard Kämna | BORA-hansgrohe | 1:38 |
8 | Joao Almeida | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
9 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:06 |
10 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:13 |
11 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 3:23 |
12 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 4:11 |
13 | Pavel Sivakov | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
14 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
15 | Lucas Hamilton | BikeExchange-Jayco | 7:07 |
16 | Juan Pedro Lopez | Trek-Segafredo | 7:15 |
17 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | 8:22 |
18 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
19 | Joe Dombrowski | Astana Qazaqstan | 11:58 |
20 | Richie Porte | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
21 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
22 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | 14:58 |
23 | Simon Yates | BikeExchange-Jayco | 15:29 |
24 | Mikaël Chérel | Ag2r-Citroën | 16:59 |
25 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
26 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | 17:01 |
27 | Guillaume Martin | Cofidis | 19:08 |
28 | Vadim Pronskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | 19:14 |
29 | Filippo Zana | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 19:19 |
30 | Sylvain Moniquet | Lotto Soudal | 19:56 |
31 | Wilco Kelderman | BORA-hansgrohe | 23:27 |
32 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 23:27 |
33 | Chris Hamilton | Team DSM | 24:06 |
34 | Mauri Vansevenant | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 24:47 |
35 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
36 | Giulio Ciccone | Trek-Segafredo | 25:24 |
37 | Mattias Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | 26:50 |
38 | Luca Covili | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
39 | Sam Oomen | Jumbo-Visma | 27:19 |
40 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | 27:58 |
41 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 28:14 |
42 | Jhonnatan Narvaez | INEOS Grenadiers | 28:50 |
43 | Ben Tulett | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
44 | Diego Rosa | EOLO-Kometa | 29:13 |
45 | Domen Novak | Bahrain Victorious | 31:23 |
46 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 33:32 |
47 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
48 | Jose Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | s.t. |
49 | Mattia Bais | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
50 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
51 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
52 | Nico Denz | Team DSM | s.t. |
53 | Simone Ravanelli | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
54 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | s.t. |
55 | Ben Zwiehoff | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
56 | William Barta | Movistar | s.t. |
57 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
58 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
59 | Tobias Foss | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
60 | Damien Howson | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
61 | Fabio Felline | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
62 | Matteo Sobrero | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
63 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
64 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
65 | David De La Cruz | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
66 | Rui Costa | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
67 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
68 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
69 | James Knox | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
70 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
71 | Callum Scotson | BikeExchange-Jayco | 33:49 |
72 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | 35:48 |
73 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
74 | Nans Peters | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
75 | Alessandro De Marchi | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
76 | Oier Lazkano | Movistar | 36:35 |
77 | Dario Cataldo | Trek-Segafredo | 38:39 |
78 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | 39:25 |
79 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Cofidis | s.t. |
80 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 39:36 |
81 | Davide Gabburo | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
82 | Bauke Mollema | Trek-Segafredo | 40:42 |
83 | Otto Vergaerde | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
84 | Felix Gall | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
85 | Jos Van Emden | Jumbo-Visma | 41:55 |
86 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
87 | Diego Camargo | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
88 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
89 | Mirco Maestri | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
90 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | 44:09 |
91 | Tobias Bayer | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
92 | Erik Fetter | EOLO-Kometa | 44:29 |
93 | Edoardo Affini | Jumbo-Visma | 44:46 |
94 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
95 | Edoardo Zardini | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
96 | Oscar Riesebeek | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
97 | Davide Villella | Cofidis | s.t. |
98 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | 44:50 |
99 | Sacha Modolo | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 46:35 |
100 | Lawson Craddock | BikeExchange-Jayco | 47:19 |
101 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
102 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Fenix | 48:14 |
103 | Luca Rastelli | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
104 | Davide Ballerini | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
105 | Michael Hepburn | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
106 | Dries De Bondt | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
107 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | s.t. |
108 | Lilian Calmejane | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
109 | Alex Dowsett | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
110 | Jenthe Biermans | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
111 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | s.t. |
112 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
113 | Merhawi Kudus | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
114 | Rick Zabel | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
115 | Reto Hollenstein | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
116 | Miles Scotson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
117 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
118 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
119 | Clément Davy | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
120 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
121 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | s.t. |
122 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
123 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | s.t. |
124 | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
125 | Patrick Gamper | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
126 | Alexander Cepeda | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
127 | Davide Bais | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
128 | Barnabas Peak | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
129 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
130 | Andrii Ponomar | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
131 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
132 | Gijs Leemreize | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
133 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
134 | Samuele Rivi | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
135 | Edward Theuns | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
136 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
137 | Aimé De Gendt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
138 | Wesley Kreder | Cofidis | s.t. |
139 | Matthew Holmes | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
140 | Arnaud Démare | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
141 | Michael Schwarzmann | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
142 | Matthias Brändle | Israel-Premier Tech | 48:14 |
143 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 48:47 |
144 | Magnus Cort | EF Education-EasyPost | 48:55 |
145 | Julius Van Den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
146 | Filippo Tagliani | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
147 | Davide Cimolai | Cofidis | s.t. |
148 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 53:11 |
149 | Pieter Serry | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
150 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
151 | Mark Cavendish | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
152 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
153 | Rui Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
154 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
155 | Simone Consonni | Cofidis | s.t. |
GC after stage 16:
2,762.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.138 km/hr
1 | Richard Carapaz | INEOS Grenadiers | 68hr 49min 6sec |
2 | Jai Hindley | BORA-hansgrohe | @ 3sec |
3 | Joao Almeida | UAE Team Emirates | 0:44 |
4 | Mikel Landa | Bahrain Victorious | 0:59 |
5 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Qazaqstan | 3:40 |
6 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 3:48 |
7 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 3:51 |
8 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 4:45 |
9 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 7:42 |
10 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | 9:04 |
11 | Juan Pedro Lopez | Trek-Segafredo | 9:55 |
12 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | 10:23 |
13 | Lucas Hamilton | BikeExchange-Jayco | 17:11 |
14 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | 17:28 |
15 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | 23:18 |
16 | Guillaume Martin | Cofidis | 25:46 |
17 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | 27:20 |
18 | Pavel Sivakov | INEOS Grenadiers | 28:24 |
19 | Wilco Kelderman | BORA-hansgrohe | 32:37 |
20 | Lennard Kämna | BORA-hansgrohe | 32:44 |
21 | Simon Yates | BikeExchange-Jayco | 32:49 |
22 | Giulio Ciccone | Trek-Segafredo | 39:33 |
23 | Joe Dombrowski | Astana Qazaqstan | 45:47 |
24 | Sam Oomen | Jumbo-Visma | 46:38 |
25 | Mikaël Chérel | Ag2r-Citroën | 50:57 |
26 | Bauke Mollema | Trek-Segafredo | 56:54 |
27 | Richie Porte | INEOS Grenadiers | 58:40 |
28 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | 59:12 |
29 | Luca Covili | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 1:00:52 |
30 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | 1:13:04 |
31 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 1:16:49 |
32 | Mauri Vansevenant | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 1:22:30 |
33 | Vadim Pronskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:24:47 |
34 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:25:12 |
35 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | 1:26:47 |
36 | Chris Hamilton | Team DSM | 1:27:46 |
37 | Damien Howson | BikeExchange-Jayco | 1:35:57 |
38 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:37:44 |
39 | Jhonnatan Narvaez | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:38:28 |
40 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | 1:40:40 |
41 | Tobias Foss | Jumbo-Visma | 1:45:19 |
42 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | 1:46:16 |
43 | Fabio Felline | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:46:30 |
44 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | 1:46:32 |
45 | Rui Costa | UAE Team Emirates | 1:48:05 |
46 | Gijs Leemreize | Jumbo-Visma | 1:49:33 |
47 | Mattias Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | 1:49:51 |
48 | Domen Novak | Bahrain Victorious | 1:51:32 |
49 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | 1:55:12 |
50 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:59:10 |
51 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | 1:59:35 |
52 | Ben Tulett | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:01:51 |
53 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Jumbo-Visma | 2:10:04 |
54 | Merhawi Kudus | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:11:23 |
55 | Nans Peters | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:11:44 |
56 | Davide Villella | Cofidis | 2:12:20 |
57 | Davide Gabburo | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 2:12:47 |
58 | Filippo Zana | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 2:13:17 |
59 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | 2:16:00 |
60 | Ben Zwiehoff | BORA-hansgrohe | 2:16:04 |
61 | Sylvain Moniquet | Lotto Soudal | 2:20:02 |
62 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | 2:20:54 |
63 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | 2:23:38 |
64 | Jose Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | 2:24:06 |
65 | Felix Gall | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:24:39 |
66 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 2:25:15 |
67 | Diego Rosa | EOLO-Kometa | 2:26:52 |
68 | William Barta | Movistar | 2:29:12 |
69 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | Alpecin-Fenix | 2:30:38 |
70 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | 2:31:57 |
71 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 2:36:13 |
72 | Matteo Sobrero | BikeExchange-Jayco | 2:39:26 |
73 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:39:45 |
74 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | 2:40:46 |
75 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:41:05 |
76 | Dario Cataldo | Trek-Segafredo | 2:42:20 |
77 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:43:23 |
78 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Fenix | 2:45:38 |
79 | David De La Cruz | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:45:49 |
80 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:49:18 |
81 | Erik Fetter | EOLO-Kometa | 2:50:18 |
82 | Mattia Bais | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 2:50:33 |
83 | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 2:53:37 |
84 | Lilian Calmejane | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:54:22 |
85 | Callum Scotson | BikeExchange-Jayco | 2:56:10 |
86 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:57:35 |
87 | James Knox | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 2:58:04 |
88 | Diego Camargo | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:00:15 |
89 | Alessandro De Marchi | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:00:16 |
90 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | 3:04:06 |
91 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r-Citroën | 3:05:42 |
92 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 3:06:41 |
93 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | 3:06:52 |
94 | Jos Van Emden | Jumbo-Visma | 3:09:09 |
95 | Edoardo Zardini | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 3:11:28 |
96 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Groupama-FDJ | 3:18:00 |
97 | Simone Ravanelli | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 3:18:44 |
98 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Cofidis | 3:19:11 |
99 | Edoardo Affini | Jumbo-Visma | 3:21:23 |
100 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:21:55 |
101 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | 3:23:55 |
102 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | BikeExchange-Jayco | 3:28:18 |
103 | Mirco Maestri | EOLO-Kometa | 3:28:51 |
104 | Patrick Gamper | BORA-hansgrohe | 3:30:56 |
105 | Magnus Cort | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:31:35 |
106 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | 3:36:44 |
107 | Dries De Bondt | Alpecin-Fenix | 3:39:16 |
108 | Lawson Craddock | BikeExchange-Jayco | 3:39:40 |
109 | Andrii Ponomar | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 3:42:25 |
110 | Oier Lazkano | Movistar | 3:42:36 |
111 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | 3:43:04 |
112 | Sacha Modolo | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 3:44:01 |
113 | Michael Hepburn | BikeExchange-Jayco | 3:46:03 |
114 | Tobias Bayer | Alpecin-Fenix | 3:47:35 |
115 | Aimé De Gendt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 3:49:08 |
116 | Alexander Cepeda | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 3:50:32 |
117 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | 3:52:27 |
118 | Nico Denz | Team DSM | 3:53:56 |
119 | Simone Consonni | Cofidis | 3:54:19 |
120 | Miles Scotson | Groupama-FDJ | 3:54:36 |
121 | Barnabas Peak | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 3:54:58 |
122 | Luca Rastelli | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 3:55:27 |
123 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | 3:57:19 |
124 | Davide Ballerini | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 3:59:07 |
125 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | 4:03:08 |
126 | Oscar Riesebeek | Alpecin-Fenix | 4:03:54 |
127 | Davide Bais | EOLO-Kometa | 4:04:03 |
128 | Jenthe Biermans | Israel-Premier Tech | 4:08:20 |
129 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | 4:09:55 |
130 | Arnaud Démare | Groupama-FDJ | 4:10:16 |
131 | Samuele Rivi | EOLO-Kometa | 4:10:51 |
132 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | 4:12:30 |
133 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Groupama-FDJ | 4:12:51 |
134 | Matthew Holmes | Lotto Soudal | 4:14:06 |
135 | Otto Vergaerde | Trek-Segafredo | 4:15:39 |
136 | Reto Hollenstein | Israel-Premier Tech | 4:17:43 |
137 | Michael Schwarzmann | Lotto Soudal | 4:20:54 |
138 | Alex Dowsett | Israel-Premier Tech | 4:22:48 |
139 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 4:26:21 |
140 | Edward Theuns | Trek-Segafredo | 4:28:35 |
141 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Groupama-FDJ | 4:30:45 |
142 | Davide Cimolai | Cofidis | 4:31:44 |
143 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 4:32:39 |
144 | Filippo Tagliani | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 4:34:03 |
145 | Wesley Kreder | Cofidis | 4:34:11 |
146 | Rick Zabel | Israel-Premier Tech | 4:35:58 |
147 | Julius Van Den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | 4:37:19 |
148 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | 4:38:09 |
149 | Rui Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | 4:39:45 |
150 | Clément Davy | Groupama-FDJ | 4:52:23 |
151 | Matthias Brändle | Israel-Premier Tech | 4:53:15 |
152 | Mark Cavendish | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 4:56:44 |
153 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 4:58:52 |
154 | Pieter Serry | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 5:06:07 |
155 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | 5:16:23 |
Stage 16 map & profile:
Stage 16 map
Stage 16 profile
Stage 16 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
It was a day for racing in the high Alps.
Points classification leader Arnaud Démare finished safely within the time limit.
Through an Alpine valley.
Jan Hirt wins stage 16.
Thymen Arensman finishes second, 7 seconds behind Hirt.
Jai Hindley beats Richard Carapaz for third place and the bonus seconds that now put Hindley just three seconds behind Carapaz.
Lennard Kamna & Joao Almeida finish 7th & 8th.
Joao Almeida remians the leader of the young rider classification.
Simon Yates was 23rd, at 15min 29sec
Mountains classification leader Koen Bouwman was 25th.
2008 & 2015 Giro winner Alberto Contador was there.
Stage winner Jan Hirt
Richard Carapaz will start stage 17 in pink.