Rafael Carrascoformer professional cyclist and former director of sports of the historic Kelme team, reviewing the 16th stage of the Giro d’Italia for MD.
X-RAY OF THE STAGE
Stage hard as expected, but things haven’t changed much, no big difference. The leader, the 2nd and Landa have been good all three. Even and they took Almeida a few seconds and it was always positive. There was a breakaway of 20 riders, of which eventually six or seven and there was Alejandro Valverde, who made a great stage for me at this stage of the race. worthy of a round of applause
THE FAVORITES
They watched each other and attacked each other, but the forces were very equal. Landa was good, on par with Carapaz and Hindley. Eventually, they arrive together and try to distance Almeida, who disappears for a few seconds, but is uncertain.
THE SPANISH
We will always remember Valverde as Valverde. He doesn’t give up, he doesn’t care about the identity card. He was on break from the start and he was 5th. Pello Bilbao has been doing well despite the fact he has fallen. He has, without a doubt, made a great stage, others have come as far as they can, including Juan Pedro López, who is not wearing the leader’s jersey and the kilometers are heavier on him.
CAREER SITUATION
The picture is a bit brighter, but not quite because the favorites are still there. Almeida has lost a bit of time now, but not much. Things like this will continue this Wednesday in another phase that will end in a 1st class port. If someone can take advantage of it, they will try it. Among the favorites there are many similarities and few differences
TOMORROW’S STAGE
168 km, ending in a first class port. There are two first-class ports, one at the finish line and another near the finish line, and a third. This will be a stage where there will be attacks from the beginning, looking for success and eventually the favorites will likely try to attack each other and if something loosens they will lose time, but for now they score a lot.
Source: La Verdad
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