The moment of truth came to the Giro. After the day off this Monday, the race will face its final stage with everything that must be decided. The first two weeks of the competition they left everyone open, with Richard Carapaz (Ineos) as leader, with the top five overall within a minuteand some scary final stages, including climbs to Mortirolo and La Marmolada as remaining appointments and the final culmination of the Verona time trial on Sunday.
Ecuadorian leads Australian Jai Hindley (Bora) by just 7 seconds and Portuguese Almeida by 30and he had also seen in the final stages how his team showed signs of weakness that could cost him substantial value in the rest of the competition.
The great Spanish asset was Mikel Landa. Fourth, 29 seconds from the podium and 59 behind leader Richard Carapazthe runner from Alava is confident that luck will smile on him in these last days after surfing the waves of the first 15 stages and avoiding the dreaded collapse, which always lowers his performance in a race where he is 4th in 2019 and 3rd in 2015, which was his only podium finish on a Grand Tour.
Bahrain leader is clear his Giro will “start on Tuesday”. “The last week has very hard stages and I’m sure the classification will change a lot. I’m in good physical condition and in a good team and I’m confident I can use the experience I have at 32 years old,” he says after the fifteenth episode.
mythical peak
And he’s not without reason. Except on Thursday, where sprinters can have their last chance, the rest of the stages will be scary, starting with the queen’s day on Tuesday, which included climbing Goletto di Cadino (1st, 19 km in 6.2), Mortirolo (1st, 12.7 to 7.7) by Edolo, Teglio, not scoring (5, 1 to 8.7) and Valico di Santa Cristina (1st, 12.7 km to 7.1). A litmus test that will reduce the list of candidates for the final victory.
Also not far off is the session on Wednesday, where Tonale, who did not score, will warm up from the start (8.6 km to 6.3), and then Giovo (3rd, 5.9 km to 6.8), Vetriolo (1st, 11.8km to 7.7) and Monterovere (1st, 8.8km to 9.6) whose summit is only 8km from the end at Lavarone.
On Thursday there will be a break on stage between Borgo Valsugana and Treviso, 152 kmto reach Friday, Marano Lagunare-Sanctuary of Castelmonte, where four climbs will be climbed, including the route to Slovenia, along the Kolovrat (1st, 10.4 km to 8th and the arrival at the top of the Sanctuary (1st 2, 7.3 km to 6).
On Saturday, a 167 km day between Belluno and La Marmolada (Passo Fedaia) with three very serious climbs. The climb to San Pellegrino (1st, 9.6 km to 8), Pordoi (Special Category, Cima Coppi, 11.9 km to 6.6), with a height of 2,236 meters, and the Marmolada finish (1st, 12.9 km and 7.8) are mark the day of Saturday, that is will give way to the decisive final test in time in Verona. It will be 17 kilometers to climb Torrecella Massimiliana and the final at the Arena that will determine who will be crowned in the Italian round.
Source: La Verdad
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