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Ineos are sitting just behind Sunweb as they protect GC prospect Tao Geoghegan Hart, who is now up to fourth overall. We're already half-way through the stage (roughly) as the gap to the break holds at just over eight minutes.
Almeida is riding well, just keeping in the wheels, after having his lunch. Just behind him he has a teammate and then all of Sunweb - who like QuickStep - don't have a rider in the break.
There are still a number of riders in the break but not cooperating but there are more than enough riders willing to keep the pace nice and high as the gap moves out to 8'08.
We're climbing again and it's Manuele Boaro who leads and takes a long pull on the front of the race. We've been through both the feedzone for the break and the bunch as QuickStep continue to manage the pace for the peloton.
114km to go with the gap creeping up to 8'01.
We've got QuickStep on the front of the peloton and the gap is at 7'20 with 130km to go as we see a few riders in the break scoff down some lunch.
Scinto's promise...
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Max Richeze (UAE Team Emirates) has also abandoned the Giro d'Italia, joining his teammate and friend Fernando Gaviria, who tested positive for COVID-19.
A longer ride in the valley before the next time, another third-cat test.
Vendrame leads the way through the intermediate sprint.
146km to go
6:20 for the breakaway now.
Vini Zabu boss Luca Scinto has promised to dye his hair blue if Visconti wins the mountain classification this Giro, so an added incentive for the Italian.
He leads Guerreiro by 26 points now.
A full-on sprint to the line and it looks like Visconti just about edged it at the top. Nine points for him versus four for Guerreiro and he extends his KOM lead.
152km to go
Visconti gets a lead out to the top of the climb while Guerreiro has a go as well.
5:45 for the break now. They're on the second climb of the day.
Giovanni Visconti has gone all-out for his first day as mountain classification leader.
A look at the peloton.
Deceuninck-QuickStep control the peloton in service of race leader João Almeida.
168km to go
Five minutes for the breakaway now as the gap keeps rising.
The Monte Spig is 4.7km long at an average of 8.2 per cent.
3:30 between break and peloton at the moment as they approach the next climb of the day.
The break: Ruben Guerreiro, James Whelan (EF Pro Cycling), Giovanni Visconti, Lorenzo Rota (Vini Zabu-Brado-KTM), Einer Rubio, Sergio Samitier (Movistar), Matteo Fabbro, Pawel Poljanski (Bora-Hansgrohe), Larry Warbasse, Francois Bidard, Geoffrey Bouchard, Andrea Vendrame (AG2R La Mondiale), Salvatore Puccio, Ben Swift (Ineos Grenadiers), Manuele Boaro, Fabio Felline (Astana), Ben O'Connor (NTT Pro Cycling), Enrico Battaglin, Jan Tratnik (Bahrain McLaren), Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo), Joey Rosskopf, Kamil Malecki (CCC Team), Filippo Zana, Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane), Alessandro Bisolti, Jefferson Cepeda (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec), Stefano Oldani (Lotto Soudal), Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates).
182km to go
The chasers have caught the leaders.
The riders are on the flat road after the climb now. A chance for the chasers to close in on the leaders.
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Situation
Guerreiro takes 18 points, with Visconti riding over in second place. The 27 chasers are at 1'18, with the peloton at 4'40. We've covered 33km of the stage.
Julien Bernard is in the second group, along with most of AG2R (five riders to be exact). Ben O'Connor is also in the move.
The main peloton are already at 4'20 after 31km of racing and it looks like we're going to have a group of between 20-30 riders at the front after we make it over this descent. We're still waiting for the complete list of riders in the break but there's no De Gendt and no GC contenders.
Visconti has joined Guerreiro at the front of the race with 28km covered and we have a huge group at 44 seconds which includes Warbasse, Guerreiro's best mate from earlier in the race, Swift, Puccio, Conti and about another 20 riders.
At my estimation we're about five fourteenths up the side of this climb. We've still got Guerreiro up the road and a rather large posse of riders hunting him down.
Already a stage winner in the race, Guerreiro from EF Pro Cycling has attacked. He's being chased down by a group of around 20 riders. That's a really big group, perhaps too big, but the climb is long enough to sort things out.
We're at the base of the first climb of the day and still no action. It's only a matter of time though before the moves fly off the front of the peloton.
Situation, 14km into the race and no breaks or major attacks. Everyone seems to be waiting for the climb before things properly kick off.
The Vuelta starts today by the way. Of course it does.
And to help you catch up and talk to your friends with a degree of confidence about who might win, we've put together a list of GC favourites. You're welcome.
Kelderman was the big winner after stage 15, after the stage winner of course, and the Dutch rider is in the perfect position heading into the final week. With Almeida at 15 second Kelderman has the young maglia rosa wearer just where he wants him. He and Sunweb don't have to control the race and they can be patient and wait for the jersey to come to them in the mountains.
Gaviria was the only non starter today, so as we reported earlier the rest of the UAE squad have remained in the race and we have 137 athletes on the road right now. That second cat climb peaks out at the 31km mark so still plenty of time for the break to form and establish a pretty healthy lead over the bunch. This looks like a De Gendt day.
Here's the top ten on GC coming into today's stage.
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 59:27:38 |
| 2 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:00:15 |
| 3 | Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb | 0:02:56 |
| 4 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:02:57 |
| 5 | Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain McLaren | 0:03:10 |
| 6 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:03:18 |
| 7 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:03:29 |
| 8 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling | 0:03:50 |
| 9 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:04:09 |
| 10 | Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:04:12 |
The road gently rises from the start of the stage, all the way to the foot of the second cat climb and we've seen a few riders inch forward and try and make a move but nothing has stuck so far.
With a major climb coming so soon in the stage, riders have the perfect launchpad to attack. Peter Sagan will be interested in getting into the break today in order to snaffle more points up and worry Demare but it's such a tough stage, even for the three-time world champion. So far, no attacks.
You can find our breaking news on Gaviria, right here.
These roads lead into the finishing circuit, which is covered three times. There are two climbs on it, the first very short indeed up to the Castello di Susans, and the second much more testing as it climbs Monte di Ragogna, which averages 10.4 per cent over 2.8 kilometres and briefly touches 16 per cent.
The finale features one last sting, a 20-per-cent ramp in the final kilometre as the road rises into the heart of San Daniele del Friuli. It’s followed by a short drop and a sharp right turn towards the finish, which sits at the top of yet another short but steep rise.
We will return with more on Gaviria soon but it's important to mention that stage 16 is also about to begin. It's a long one too, 229km from Udine to San Daniele del Friuli with several categorised climbs along the route. It looks like one for the breakaway
The escapees will look to extend their advantage on the 30 kilometres of flat roads before that sequence of third-category hills commences, the five of them standing out on the stage profile like waves lining up to crash on a beach. The first in the string is Monte Spig, the descent dropping into the first intermediate sprint at Cividale del Friuli and another 30km or so of valley riding. Next is the climb to Monteaperta, which is once more followed by 30 kilometres on flatter roads.
And it's confirmed. Gaviria has been pulled from the race by his team after testing positive for Coronavirus. Here's a statement from the team:
After undergoing a PCR test on yesterday’s Giro d’Italia rest day, UAE Team Emirates’ Fernando Gaviria has tested positive for COVID-19.
All other riders and staff returned a negative test, and will undergo further testing today.
The teams medical staff are monitoring the situation closely and doing all they can to ensure the we can proceed safely.
Gaviria was immediately isolated following the test result and is feeling well and is completely asymptomatic. This is the second time the Colombian has tested positive for the virus, after also having it in March.
492 tests were carried out over Sunday and rest day. We've heard reports that the UAE Team Emirates rider is Fernando Gaviria, so that will mean he's out of the race. It's up to the team if they want to pull their entire roster like Jumbo Visma did last week. This is the second time this season that Gaviria has tested positive for the virus after he caught it back at the UAE Tour in February.
We start with some breaking news that was released by RCS this morning.
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