The defending champion might be down but his Garmin-Sharp team are certainly not out. Lithuanian Ramunas Navardauskas got into the 20-man strong breakaway group that went away 80km into the stage, and bided his time as the peloton let the break have its day. Continue reading
With the first high summit finish in the bank, the general classification is now starting to solidify. With a hilly conclusion today and back-to-back summit finishes to tackle over the weekend, what can we expect the key players (and some of the peripheral ones) to do over the rest of this week to try to shake up the existing order? Continue reading
After yesterday’s big summit finish, the GC boys will be probably be wanting a quieter stage for themselves. Therefore, we can expect a breakaway to quietly slip away – that is unless someone fancies having a go on the fast descent of Sella Ciampigotto. There’s a 7.55km uphill finish into Erto e Casso, with the section between 1,500m and 500m to go averaging 7.3%. It’s a small town where hundreds of people lost their lives in the Vajont Dam tragedy 50 years ago. This stage will be an emotional one for the region. Continue reading