Giro 2017: Stage 16: Rovetta – Bormio 222 km *Spoilers*

blazing_saddles
blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
edited May 2017 in Pro race
START TIME: 10.25 CEST[/b]
This queen stage across the Alps will feature a double pass over the Stelvio, first along the Bormio side, and then taking a first-ever climb up the Swiss side. The stage starts from Rovetta, starting stage town in 2008, and initially, the route climbs slightly, cutting across the Val Camonica. Next, the peloton clears the Mortirolo Pass (along the southern side, as in 1990), with gradients topping out at 16% in the last kilometres. Then comes a narrow and very technical descent leading to Grosio, where the route will run up the Adda River valley, heading for the first passage in Bormio that marks the beginning of a 100-km “circuit”. First, the route climbs up the Stelvio Pass (Cima Coppi), with a very technical descent leading to Prato allo Stelvio, and then enters Switzerland, heading for the Umbrailpass (Giogo di Santa Maria). The climb totals 13.5 km, at a steady 9% gradient, with peaks topping out at 12%. Another technical descent (with a few tunnels along the route) then leads all the way to Bormio (already stage town at the Giro for fourteen times). The final 20 km are essentially downhill. A little after the red flag, in Bormio, the route takes a U-turn and levels out, heading for the finish after a few 90-degree bends. The finish line lies on a 100-m long and 7.0-m wide asphalt home stretch.

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Map:-
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Profile:-
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Climbs:-
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T16_S02_Stelvio_web.jpg
T16_S03_Umbrail_web.jpg

Last Kms:-
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"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Eurosport live from 11-15am, in an attempt (by Rai) to catch some of the Mortirolo action.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I have to be in a work meeting from 14-18!

    Why! Why! Why! :shock: :cry:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    'ere we go, 'ere we blooming go
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I have to be in a work meeting from 14-18!

    Why! Why! Why! :shock: :cry:


    :(:(:(
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I have to be in a work meeting from 14-18!

    Why! Why! Why! :shock: :cry:

    Yeah, join the club.

    Should have taken Zonneveld's advice:

    Hier je programma voor vandaag:
    1. ziek melden bij je baas of school
    2. joggingbroek aan
    3. op de bank naar epische bergetappe kijken

    Here's your program for the day:
    1. call off sick with your boss or school
    2. Jogging slacks on
    3. watch the epic mountain stage on the sofa
    _
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I have to be in a work meeting from 14-18!

    Why! Why! Why! :shock: :cry:

    I'm running a course all day... Undecided whether to try and avoid spoilers and catch the replay or to follow on here and CN liveblog as I can...
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,119
    The Stelvio photo there is the side they descend to prato allo stelvio is it?
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    The Stelvio photo there is the side they descend to prato allo stelvio is it?

    yep... I'm a bit worried that the Umbrail ascent will end up being a damp squib.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Is the final descent going to be mental or will it serve to neutralize the climb? Basically, better or worse than a summit finish?
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,119
    inseine wrote:
    Is the final descent going to be mental or will it serve to neutralize the climb? Basically, better or worse than a summit finish?

    There's going to be some very tired riders going down that hill.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I have to be in a work meeting from 14-18!

    Why! Why! Why! :shock: :cry:


    2. Jogging slacks on

    what??
    p0360883.jpg
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,431
    VINCENZO! VINCENZO! VINCENZO!
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    It's a hectic descent, esp with those tunnels, and after those climbs... can't see everyone arriving at the bottom in a bunch
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    mr poll of this parish is around the Stelvio and Bormio right this minute with his mucker Dan Monaghan the cycling photographer
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Just starting the final 10kms of the Mortirolo, so coverage will start for the last couple of kms, no more, I reckon.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    That's a big break - with 2 for Sunweb (Haga and Bauhaus), which is good for Dumoulin. I had a fear they would get ambushed and forced to work.

    2 each for Katusha, Movistar, QS, Trek, Astana, Cannondale, UAE (and CCC)

    1 each for both Lottos, FDJ, AG2R, Sky, DD

    Bahrain-Merida missed the move so it's on them to chase.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Although Bahrain is not letting the break get away.
  • type:epyt
    type:epyt Posts: 766
    Sean's been at the hair dye by the looks of things ...
    Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    type:epyt wrote:
    Sean's been at the hair dye by the looks of things ...

    Brian Smith cut his hair apaz.
    _
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    ES live now with 3.5kms left to the top.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    King Kenny is no more


    (in the Giro)

    Ben Hermans has also pulled out
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Ought not to forget how riders do differently to normal post rest day...
    _
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Kruiswijk :twisted:

    Good lad.
    _
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Sunweb can afford to give this group a decent 5 minutes.
    _
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    New break with 1'40"

    Includes Ten Dam, critically for Dumoulin

    Also includes Amador and Kruijswijk.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Presume that Astana get the prize over the Mortirolo in Scarponi's memory?

    EDIT: LL Sanchez just did it...
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Nice touch to allow Sanchez first over the top.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Break contains Landa, Deignan, Henao and Kiryienka for Sky - looks good for my PTP for Landa...

    Fingers crossed
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Is that photo on the first page not the Bormio side, with the hydroelectric station and the cafe at the border of the national park, only I remember stopping at almost that exact point to put a jacket on, it was sadly not that sunny.

    Anyway I have 45 minutes to watch some of this stage before my meeting.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    live link - http://tiz-cycling.racing/live-stream/
    Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom

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