Giro d'Italia 2016 ***spoilers***

[Flying_Monkey]

Okay, here's the contenders after that first day in the mountains. I would say that we've now realistically got a fight between 10 riders, because neither #10 Fuglsang nor #11 Brambilla nor #13 Visconti are going to be allowed to actually go for the overall by their teams.

1 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 54:05:50
2 Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:00:26
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:41
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:43
5 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
6 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team 0:01:37
7 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:02:01
8 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-GreenEdge 0:02:19
9 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:02:48
12 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:37

I think Amador, Jungels, and Uran are the most vulnerable to losing more time tomorrow and in the following days because they are more of the steady power climber type and can be caught out by sudden attacks. Just like Steps, 5,6,7,8 is where it's all likely to kick off, because all of those riders seem to be waiting for the opportunity to attack. Pozzovivo too. Nibali is really in the best position but he's going to have to watch out.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

neither #10 Fuglsang nor #11 Fuglsang

#11 Brambilla

 

[400bhp]

It feels like Nibali is going to do one big stage as something intuitively tells me he isn't on top form and I believe he's been riding defensively.

I'd really like to see Pozzivivo get up there as he was really unlucky losing time the other day.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

#11 Brambilla

Corrected.

 

[400bhp]

#11 Brambilla

I'm now officially a fan. Real team player.

 

[mjr]

You're lost me there

It might depend whether @BSRU was watching the Italian feed or the World feed. The Italian one has an odd habit of showing old cycling films during the stage, with the race continuing in a small picture alongside.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Okay, here's the contenders after that first day in the mountains. I would say that we've now realistically got a fight between 10 riders, because neither #10 Fuglsang nor #11 Brambilla nor #13 Visconti are going to be allowed to actually go for the overall by their teams.

1 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 54:05:50
2 Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:00:26
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:41
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:43
5 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
6 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team 0:01:37
7 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:02:01
8 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-GreenEdge 0:02:19
9 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:02:48
12 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:37

I think Amador, Jungels, and Uran are the most vulnerable to losing more time tomorrow and in the following days because they are more of the steady power climber type and can be caught out by sudden attacks. Just like Steps, 5,6,7,8 is where it's all likely to kick off, because all of those riders seem to be waiting for the opportunity to attack. Pozzovivo too. Nibali is really in the best position but he's going to have to watch out.

I think that Kruijswijk is the real "unknown" - would love to see him take on Nibali.

 

[BSRU]

You're lost me there

He has a habit of breaking away from showing the cycling to show women, one example showing four women in four different coloured t-shirts walking slowly across the finish line, with close ups on each one.

It's the same as Italian football coverage, the directors randomly showing images of a young ladies in the crowd they like the look of.

 

[SWSteve]

70 kilometres of continuous climbing to start the day. That's going to get the legs pumping. And then there are the sawtooth sections to follow!

 

[SWSteve]

DeMare pulls out. Bizarre as to why he started considering the climbing

 

[rich p]

I cycled the Sella round once on my hols. I'll tweet them a few tips.

 

[brommers]

Who is the best climber of the sprinters that are left?

 

[rich p]

Who is the best climber of the sprinters that are left?

I was about to say that Demare won the MSR but he's just abandoned!

 

[brommers]

Clever race coverage - they've just missed the intermediate sprint!

 

[brommers]

I was about to say that Demare won the MSR but he's just abandoned!

That was one of the reasons I prompted the question