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Luis Leon Sanchez wrote:
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LLS

Giro del Trentino – Stage 5

Today’s stage will decide the GC. The stage is just 160km.
After roughly 115km, the riders will have to take the Brentonico climb. The second part is fairly steep, even reaching gradients up to 20%. A downhill and a small flat part follows, and the main obstacle of today is called the Sega di Ala, a 12km climb of 9,5% average. It will certainly cause GC differences.
This will probably be another showdown between the 3 top climbers. The sequence is what matters most. Purito and Contador can take risks, after all, they can both lose around 3 minutes on the 4th. Purito lost 31 seconds on Nibali, and Contador is on 55 seconds. But Nibali used a lot of energy yesterday. Will that have consequences?
Also, it will be interesting how the fight for 4th develops. Could König hold on to that? Also, what will AG2R do? They are on 8th, 9th and 10th now. So they will probably take some risks.


Favourites

J.Rodriguez(KAT)


V.Nibali(AST)
A.Contador(SAX)


L.König(TNE)
C.Evans(BMC)
Either Bardet, Pozzovivo or Peraud(ALM)

The Race
155km -

A breakaway was formed fairly quickly. Some good climbers: D.Rosa(AND), J.Coppel(COF), Cardoso(CJR) & Pardilla(MTN). A 100% CT break it is, and they already have 2 minutes.
149km -
Guys that missed out started to regret, it seems. Al Mohney(LAM), E.Battaglin(BAR), M.Rabottini(VIN), S.Firsanov(KAT), G.Izagirre(EUS) attack, and get space. Santaromita(BMC) follows on a distance.
147km -

Astana thought it was too much, and reeled the ‘new’ group back in, leaving only those 4 ahead after all.
120km -
These guys don’t get too much space, they have 4’30 on the peloton. The riders now reach a long, flat part, which probably won’t bring too much action.
100km -
The gap seemed to have maxed out at 5’30.
68km -
The 4 escapees are now 4 and a half minutes ahead of the pack. The weather is awful today.
44km -

The leaders have reached the climb, with a gap just under 3 minutes. Doesn’t seem enough, but hey, that’s what we thought last time. Astana is controlling the pack.
39km -

The leaders nearly reached the KoM. Coppel doesn’t look too good, but should be able to hang on. Meanwhile, a few secs later, Atapuma(COL) attacks from the peloton.

Herrada(MOV), Nibali(AST), Ulissi(LAM) & Bardet(ALM) try something as well on the steep hills. Contador tries to follow.
38km -

Rosa wins the KoM. Pardilla sort of cracked. The peloton got back together, except for Atapuma, who’s now 1’39 ahead of the peloton. He’s still 2 minutes behind of the leaders though, which means the gap to the peloton is at roughly 3 minutes.
32km -
Atapuma reached Pardilla. The peloton is 1 minute behind the duo, and the front group is 2 minutes ahead of them. Notable is that Nerz(BMC) dropped from the peloton, due to a puncture. That said, the peloton only has 53 riders left, with LLanet & I.Izagirre missing out.
26km -

The Astana train looks convincing. They nearly reached Pardilla & Atapuma, but the latter attacks. The trio at the front is still 2’30 in front though, and they are starting to consider their chances.
16km -

With Atapuma back in, Barguil(ARG) gives it a go. Ulissi joins him. The gap is now 2 minutes.
13km -

While the escapees are nearing the mountain, Barguil attacks again, he doesn’t like the fact that Ulissi joined him.
12km -

It seems that Rosa(AND) got a gap over the other 2. Barguil, on 1’20 at the moment, is getting near. The peloton is at 2 minutes.
11km -

Attacks! So many!
Contador(SAX) was the first to attack, followed by Pozzovivo(ALM) & Nibali(AST).
König(TNE), Purito(KAT) & Basso decided to attack as well, and finally, Peraud(ALM), De las Campos(EUS) and Evans(BMC) attack as well.
10km -

It looks like the big 3 will do this again. Pozzovivo won’t hang on, and behind him, it’s König, Basso & Peraud looking good.
The big 3 are close to Barguil. From Barguil, there’s just 45 seconds left to Rosa, who still has a gap on Coppel and Cardoso.
8km -

The big 3 already made it to the front. Purito has a tiny gap, but that’s neglectable. Barguil and the 3 remaining escapees hang on. A minute later, it’s Basso, König, Peraud & Pozzovivo just being ahead of the pack.
6km -

Purito is still just a bit ahead, but he looks a bit tired. Barguil is the only one getting a bit close to the big 3, the former breakaway members all dropped. The AG2R group is still ahead of the pack, and also Duarte(COL) attacked from the small peloton.
5500m -

More guys escaped from the peloton. Intxausti(MOV) & Duarte(COL) are at the front, and a group with Evans(BMC), De las Campos(EUS), Pellizotti(AND), Rogers(SAX) & Bardet(ALM) are the other 5 that got a gap.
5000m -

While we just passed the 5km banner, it might be a good idea to take a look at the current situation:
Leader: Rodriguez
0’10: Nibali & Contador
0’50: Barguil
1’45: König, Peraud, Pozzovivo, Cardoso, Basso, Intxausti, Rosa
2’20: Evans, Pellizotti, Duarte, De las Campos, Rogers, Bardet.
3’30: Reduced peloton.

4000m -

Purito is still a little bit ahead. Barguil is a minute behind the big 3, and another 50 seconds behind, there’s the group of 5. Cardoso dropped out of it.
Evans and Pellizotti are trying to bridge the gap to group AG2R.
3000m -

Nibali attacks, Contador counters. The gap to Purito is bridged instantly, but they do not get further than that. Pozzovivo dropped out of the group behind, and Evans reached him.
2000m -

Nibali leading the big 3. Purito has to do something soon, if he wants to win the GC. Contador looking a bit tired, but he might be faking it of course.
1000m -

Nothing happening, Purito should’ve attacked. It’s going to be a sprint on the summit.
600m -

Purito already passed Nibali. Has he got enough energy to make it to the line?
Finish -

Yeah! Purito takes it on the line. No gap though, which means Nibali takes the GC!

Barguil comfortably takes 4th, on 2’30 though. He’s not a threat for the GC though, but still, a great ride!

On a bit more than 3 minutes, König takes 5 in a sprint of four, outsprinting Basso(wow, he outsprinted Basso), Intxausti and Peraud.

A minute later, Pozzovivo pips out Evans for 9th, and next up is a group with Pellizotti, Rogers, Duarte & Bardet.
So, Nibali takes the GC, in front of Purito & Contador. König(on 7 minutes!) takes 4th, with Intxausti 5th. Basso managed to sneak into the Top 10 after all.
Also, Nibali takes the points jersey, and Purito at least takes the KoM.

Results

1	Joaquím Rodríguez	Katusha Team	4h20'17
2	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	s.t.
3	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	s.t.
4	Warren Barguil	Team Argos - Shimano	+ 2'32
5	Leopold König	Team NetApp - Endura	+ 3'07
6	Ivan Basso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
7	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team	s.t.
8	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Domenico Pozzovivo	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 4'05
10	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	s.t.

GC

1	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	17h44'56
2	Joaquím Rodríguez	Katusha Team	+ 23
3	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 59
4	Leopold König	Team NetApp - Endura	+ 7'34
5	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team	+ 8'02
6	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 8'37
7	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 8'48
8	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	+ 9'07
9	Domenico Pozzovivo	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 9'43
10	Ivan Basso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 9'59

Points

1	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	20	65
2	Joaquím Rodríguez	Katusha Team	25	63
3	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	16	36
4	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team	9	34
5	Ion Izagirre	Euskaltel - Euskadi	0	28
6	Leopold König	Team NetApp - Endura	12	28
7	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	0	26
8	Davide Mucelli	Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox	0	26
9	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	0	25
10	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	5	22

KoM

1	Joaquím Rodríguez	Katusha Team	20	32
2	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	14	30
3	Alberto Contador	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	12	22
4	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel - Euskadi	0	16
5	Ivan Santaromita	BMC Racing Team	0	16
6	Winner Anacona	Lampre - Merida	0	14
7	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela	0	14
8	Leopold König	Team NetApp - Endura	8	12
9	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	4	12
10	Esteban Chaves	Colombia	0	10