2024 Giro d'Italia stage 16 by BikeRaceInfo

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Weather at Bolzano, on the route, 45 kms from the finish, at 1:45 PM, local time: 16C (60F), rain, with the wind from the southwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). Earlier, there had been snow. There is about a 50% chance that the rain will continue through the afternoon.

The stage: A high mountain fraction broken up by the Adige and Isarco valleys, basically a 3-part stage: mountain, with Foscagno Stelvio (this year’s Cima Coppi, the highest point of the race); plain, from Prato allo Stevio until shortly after Bolzano; mountain, with the ascent of Passo Pinei and the finish in Val Gardena. The stage runs on roads with fairly wide carriageways and in good condition. Of particular note are the Stelvio tunnels (wide and well lit) uphill after Bormio and downhill shortly before Merano.

Last kilometers
The last 3 km are almost entirely uphill except for the short descent leading from the center of Santa Cristina to the bridge (-2 km) where the final wall begins. Average gradient of around 12% with steep pitches of 16% in the initial part with narrow hairpin bends. The final straight is 100 m long and 6 m wide.

Race leader Tadej Pogacar at what is a cold, wet start to the day.

The race: Because of rider protests that racing in freezing rain and snow was too dangerous, the Umbrail pass was removed from the route.

Danny Van Poppel (Bora-hansgrohe) & Jenthe Biermans (Arkea-B&B Hotels) did not start. Julius Van Den Berg (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) abandonded early in the stage.

Here's the race organizer's stage 16 report:

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) has won Stage 16 of the 107th Giro d’Italia, the 118.4 km long Lasa/Laas-Santa Cristina Val Gardena/St. Christina in Gröden (Monte Pana). Giulio Pellizzari (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) and Daniel Felipe Martinez (Bora – Hansgrohe) finished second and third respectively.

Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner and Maglia Rosa Tadej Pogacar said: “We wanted to leave some gap to the breakaway riders because we didn’t want to take any risk but Movistar decided to pull. Once we were close to the attackers I said to Novak and Majka to push and in the finale I made the difference again. Five wins is a great achievement”.

The stage gets underway.

Team INEOS Grenadiers posted this:

Thymen Arensman climbed to sixth, with Geraint Thomas digging deep to limit his losses on a weather affected stage 16 of the Giro d’Italia.

The day started in a confused state, with forecasted severe weather on the already altered course causing concern for the peloton. Some back-and-forth with the race organisers would see the stage significantly shortened, with the main climb of the day, the Umbrail pass, tackled in cars, rather than bikes, owing to the extreme conditions.

The new, shortened route kicked off from 120 kilometres remaining, with a small break gaining less than two minutes before their advantage was eradicated on the first of the climbs in the finale.

Onto the penultimate climb and the Dutchman was unfortunate to puncture as the pace was on, but great teamwork saw him return to the group in short order.

With the pressure ramping up, Thymen and Geraint were present in an ever-reducing GC group, as they bounced into the final climb of the day. Fierce gradients would prove decisive, with Arensman going well to climb to sixth, and Geraint digging deep in tough conditions to limit his losses in 15th.

Julian Alaphilippe was the first rider over the Passo Pinei, 12 km from the finish.

Complete results

Photos

118.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.882 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	2hr 49min 37sec
2	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	@ 16sec
3	Daniel Martinez	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	0:31
5	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	0:33
6	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	0:38
7	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	0:39
8	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:42
9	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
10	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:45
11	Einer Rubio	Movistar	0:46
12	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
13	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:49
14	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
15	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	1:09
17	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:12
18	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	1:16
19	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:19
20	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	1:22
21	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:32
22	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	1:48
23	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	1:50
24	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	2:01
25	Alex Baudin	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:12
26	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	2:12
27	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:46
28	Domenico Pozzovivo	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:54
29	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	3:56
30	Kevin Vermaerke	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	4:07
31	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar	4:31
32	Michel Ries	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	5:14
33	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	5:57
34	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	6:09
35	Alessandro Tonelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	6:16
36	Jan Tratnik	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	6:24
37	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
38	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
39	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	6:26
40	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	6:59
41	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
42	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	7:35
43	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	7:41
44	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	8:54
45	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	11:37
46	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	11:57
47	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
48	Max Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	13:07
49	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	14:11
50	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	14:49
51	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
52	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
53	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
54	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti Kometa	15:05
55	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
56	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	15:27
57	Davide Ballerini	Astana Qazaqstan	16:27
58	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	16:33
59	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	18:00
60	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	19:31
61	Albert Torres	Movistar	19:49
62	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
63	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
64	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
65	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
66	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
67	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
69	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
70	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
71	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
72	Davide Bais	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
73	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
74	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
75	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
76	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
77	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
78	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
80	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
81	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
82	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
83	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
84	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
85	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
86	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
89	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
90	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
91	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
92	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
93	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
94	Andrea Piccolo	EF Education-EasyPost	20:54
95	Martin Marcellusi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	22:06
96	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	22:06
97	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	23:41
98	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	24:23
99	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	24:35
100	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	24:50
101	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	27:29
102	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
103	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	27:31
104	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
105	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
106	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
107	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
108	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
109	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
110	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
111	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
112	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
113	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
114	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
115	Lucas Plapp	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
116	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
117	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
118	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
119	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
120	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
121	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
122	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	27:46
123	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
124	Tim Van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	27:53
125	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
126	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
127	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	s.t.
128	Max Walscheid	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
129	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
130	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
131	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	27:59
132	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	28:04
133	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	28:08
134	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	28:34
135	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
136	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	28:40
137	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
138	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	28:46
139	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	28:51
140	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	29:01
141	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
142	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
143	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	29:18
144	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	29:43
145	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	29:54
146	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	30:39

GC after stage 16:

GC leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
Mountains classification leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)
Best young rider: Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious)
Teams classification leader: Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale

2,514.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.560 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	59hr 1min 9sec
2	Daniel Martinez	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 7min 18sec
3	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	7:40
4	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	8:42
5	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	10:09
6	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	10:33
7	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	12:18
8	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	12:43
9	Einer Rubio	Movistar	13:09
10	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	14:07
11	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	15:33
12	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	17:20
13	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	19:55
14	Domenico Pozzovivo	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	21:59
15	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	25:12
16	Alex Baudin	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	26:17
17	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	28:28
18	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	32:39
19	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	33:27
20	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	38:41
21	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	39:44
22	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	43:43
23	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	44:29
24	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	48:55
25	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	52:47
26	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	54:53
27	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	55:53
28	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	56:04
29	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	56:23
30	Michel Ries	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	57:44
31	Kevin Vermaerke	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:03:29
32	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	1:03:45
33	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	1:07:38
34	Max Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	1:11:26
35	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:13:57
36	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	1:15:49
37	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:20:39
38	Jan Tratnik	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:20:50
39	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	1:27:46
40	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	1:27:57
41	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	1:29:48
42	Alessandro Tonelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	1:30:42
43	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	1:33:46
44	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	1:35:10
45	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	1:44:46
46	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar	1:46:43
47	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:46:58
48	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	1:48:03
49	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:48:49
50	William Barta	Movistar	1:49:11
51	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	1:50:31
52	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:54:41
53	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti Kometa	1:56:46
54	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	1:57:28
55	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	2:01:54
56	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	2:02:32
57	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:06:29
58	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	2:07:27
59	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	2:08:29
60	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	2:09:15
61	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	2:09:37
62	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	2:09:39
63	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:09:57
64	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:12:59
65	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	2:13:28
66	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	2:18:49
67	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	2:20:30
68	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	2:21:01
69	Lucas Plapp	Jayco-AlUla	2:21:46
70	Albert Torres	Movistar	2:25:40
71	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:27:17
72	Davide Ballerini	Astana Qazaqstan	2:33:04
73	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:33:09
74	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:35:45
75	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	2:36:38
76	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	2:37:21
77	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:38:42
78	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	2:39:19
79	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	2:40:22
80	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:41:09
81	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	2:42:31
82	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	2:43:28
83	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	2:45:05
84	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	2:46:19
85	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	2:47:22
86	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	2:48:21
87	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	2:49:47
88	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	2:53:33
89	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	2:53:41
90	Davide Bais	Team Polti Kometa	2:55:05
91	Andrea Piccolo	EF Education-EasyPost	2:55:09
92	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	2:56:46
93	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	2:57:25
94	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:57:45
95	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	2:58:55
96	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	3:00:00
97	Martin Marcellusi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	3:00:24
98	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	3:00:43
99	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:04:02
100	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	3:04:59
101	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	3:11:13
102	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:11:52
103	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	3:12:34
104	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:13:18
105	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	3:15:11
106	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:15:25
107	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:17:52
108	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	3:18:29
109	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	3:19:06
110	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:23:12
111	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	3:27:38
112	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	3:30:05
113	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti Kometa	3:31:05
114	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	3:31:11
115	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:32:25
116	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	3:33:01
117	Tim Van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:33:25
118	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	3:37:06
119	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	3:37:39
120	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	3:37:43
121	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	3:38:57
122	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	3:40:01
123	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	3:40:31
124	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	3:40:53
125	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	3:41:17
126	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	3:45:19
127	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	3:46:28
128	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	3:47:12
129	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	3:47:19
130	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:47:58
131	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	3:50:04
132	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	3:50:32
133	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	3:51:34
134	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti Kometa	3:51:46
135	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
136	Max Walscheid	Jayco-AlUla	3:53:31
137	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	3:58:25
138	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	3:58:54
139	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:00:09
140	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	4:00:19
141	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	4:04:29
142	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	4:05:13
143	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	4:05:42
144	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	4:05:50
145	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	4:18:17
146	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	4:24:05