Now the Giro survivors face the first decisive high mountain stage

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After the calm, the storm. After the survival exercise in el Touring Italy With all that happened, now came the first great stage of the mountain to Alps, the first of the five stars, which will put everyone in their place. The best are in front and in all battles and no one can hide.

Ahead of a new day that exceeds 200 kilometers, which stands out for its length and hardness, with more than 5,000 meters of accumulated unevenness and does not know the word rest.

A stage that after the first 49 kilometers of warm-up begins to look up to face the first big mountainous difficulty of the Giro and begin the roller coaster of the dizzying rise and fall of the sun. Unfortunately it will not be crowned great saint bernard and runners will not ride more than 2,000 meters. Due to the risk of avalanches due to heavy snowfall, the ascent is shortened, although it will reach 1,800 meters, where the cyclists will take a tunnel that will take them to Switzerland to deal with the first Heart Cross (15.4 km of climbing at an average slope of 8.8% and ramps of up to 13%) and the final climb to crans montanawith ramps of up to 11%.

And after beating it, a well-deserved break.

Source: La Verdad

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