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2021 Giro d'Italia

104th edition: May 8 - 30, 2021
Stage 16: May 24, 2021

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Monday, May 24: Stage 16, Sacile - Cortina d'Ampezzo, ~~212~~ 153 km

Stage 16 map & profile | Stage 16 photos

Egan Bernal

Egan Bernal wins the stage and confirms his leadership of the 2021 Giro d'Italia.

Weather at the finish city of Cortina d'Ampezzo at 1:35 PM, local time: 8C (47F), raining, with the wind from the east at 8 km/hr (5 mph).The forecast is for the rain to continue all afternoon, which means snow in the high Dolomite passes. Heavy rain fell on the riders as they started the stage.

Passo Giau

The Passo Giau, still on the route, at 1:00 PM.

The race: Because of safety concerns with the day's bad weather, both the Fedaia & Pordoi passes have been removed from today's route, reducing the stage length from 212 kilometers to 153 kilometers. Though the roads were clear, the chances of an accident while descending an icy pass were too great. The revised stage map and profile are posted below.

Stage 16 start

The stage start in Sacile: The riders are bundled up for a cold, wet day in the saddle.

153 riders began today's cold, wet stage at 11:38 AM. Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), troubled with knee pain, did not start. That leaves two Lotto-Soudal riders in the race, Harm Vanhoucke & Stefano Oldani.

Here's the report from stage winner & GC leader Egan Bernal's INEOS Grenadiers team.

Egan Bernal made another big step in his quest for the Giro d’Italia title with an emphatic victory on the queen stage.

The Colombian attacked his rivals on the Passo Giau, securing the Cima Coppi prize and soloing to victory in difficult conditions in Cortina d’Ampezzo.

Bernal crossed the line 27 seconds ahead of his nearest rivals, proudly displaying the maglia rosa as he extended his overall race lead out to two minutes and 24 seconds.

Romain Bardet (Team DSM) and Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) finished second and third on the day, with Caruso elevating himself into second place overall.

Daniel Martinez was present as the GC group disintegrated under pressure from EF Pro Cycling on the early slopes of the Giau. The Colombian limited his losses over the top to remain in eighth place overall.

Some late changes pre-stage saw the route modified, with both the Passo Fedaia and Passo Pordoi climbs removed from the route due to the threat of bad weather.

Egan Bernal:
"It’s a great victory. If you win with the maglia rosa it’s special. I wanted to show it and it’s not every day you win in the Giro in the maglia rosa. I wanted to show it, and show respect to the jersey.

"I wanted to do something special. I wanted to show that I am back in the game. The team believed in me during the stage and I just tried to go and to do something special. It was hard, of course, but when the race is hard because of the weather you need a hard mentality. I had that at the beginning of the stage and then I kept it. It was a day to suffer and we did it."

Sir Dave Brailsford:
"It was a dream day for us. In days gone by, in the position that Egan had found himself in, we'd have just played it very efficiently and been quite defensive and safe - maybe not the most exciting. I thought today Egan saw his opportunity, and in the pink jersey, took the opportunity to go on the attack in a pretty ballsy move. He took the Cima Coppi, which he wanted to do, then descended fast but carefully to take the stage win.

"He wanted to win solo in the pink jersey, in the Dolomites. He first came to Italy from Colombia and he's got a real strong affinity with his Italian fans and the people who he stayed with and looked after him. He loves Italy and for him and the team it's a big deal - not just what he's done but the way that he's done it. We're very proud of him.

"It's a bit of a cliche but we know in cycling that anything can happen at any time. It's not the first time we've been in this position and we'll keep the guys focused. I'm extremely proud of the way the team has ridden as a group."

Complete results:

Stage 16 photos

153 kilometers raced at an average speed of 34.947 km/hr

1	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	4hr 22min 41sec
2	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	@ 27sec
3	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
4	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	1:18
5	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	1:19
6	Joao Almeida	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:21
7	Aleksandr Vlasov	Astana-Premier Tech	2:11
8	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	2:31
9	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	2:33
10	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
11	Simon Yates	Team BikeExchange	2:37
12	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	2:51
13	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	3:13
14	George Bennett	Jumbo-Visma	6:12
15	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
16	Daniel Martin	Israel Start-Up Nation	7:10
17	Vincenzo Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	7:16
18	Eduardo Sepulveda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	7:25
19	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	7:33
20	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	8:22
21	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	8:24
22	Lorenzo Fortunato	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
23	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	10:17
24	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	Simon Carr	EF Education-Nippo	10:32
26	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	11:40
27	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
28	Giovanni Carboni	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	11:48
29	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
30	Louis Vervaeke	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
31	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	12:11
32	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	16:03
33	Harold Tejada	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
34	Nick Schultz	Team BikeExchange	16:47
35	Francesco Gavazzi	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
36	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
37	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	17:44
38	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	17:55
39	Fabio Felline	Astana-Premier Tech	18:32
40	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
41	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	18:49
42	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	18:54
43	Michael Storer	Team DSM	s.t.
44	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	19:19
45	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	19:49
46	Tanel Kangert	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
47	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	19:57
48	Alexander Cepeda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	20:16
49	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	21:06
50	Simon Pellaud	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
51	Simone Ravanelli	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
52	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
53	Andrii Ponomar	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
54	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	23:19
55	Michael Hepburn	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
56	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
57	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-Nippo	23:45
58	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	24:05
59	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
60	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
61	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
63	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
64	Luis Sanchez	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
65	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
66	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
67	Cameron Meyer	Team BikeExchange	26:42
68	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	27:29
69	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	27:41
70	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
71	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
72	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
73	Vincenzo Albanese	Eolo-Kometa	27:50
74	Marton Dina	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
75	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
76	Filippo Zana	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	28:17
77	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
78	Giovanni Visconti	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
79	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	28:49
81	Felix Grossschartner	Bora-hansgrohe	29:29
82	Davide Villella	Movistar	s.t.
83	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
84	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	29:53
85	Nico Denz	Team DSM	30:10
86	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	30:19
87	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	31:42
88	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	32:26
89	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
90	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	32:36
91	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	32:42
92	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
94	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
96	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	33:03
97	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	33:45
98	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
99	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
100	Mark Christian	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
101	Samuele Rivi	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
102	Edward Ravasi	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
103	Max Kanter	Team DSM	34:15
104	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	34:30
105	Nicolas Roche	Team DSM	35:25
106	Paul Martens	Jumbo-Visma	36:16
107	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
108	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	s.t.
109	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	40:17
110	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
111	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	41:28
112	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
113	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
114	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
116	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
117	Natnael Tesfazion	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	41:32
118	Umberto Marengo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	41:43
119	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	41:45
120	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	41:57
121	Matthias Brändle	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
122	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	42:06
123	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	s.t.
124	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
125	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
126	Nicola Venchiarutti	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
127	Koen de Kort	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
128	Filippo Tagliani	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
129	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
130	Davide Cimolai	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
131	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	42:13
132	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	42:15
133	Wesley Kreder	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	42:15
134	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	43:07
135	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
136	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
137	Guy Niv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
138	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
139	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	44:33
140	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	44:37
141	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	44:50
142	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
143	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	45:05
144	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	45:17
145	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
146	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
147	Albert Torres	Movistar	45:19
148	Dries de Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	47:40
149	Lukasz Wisniowski	Qhubeka-Assos	48:17
150	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
151	Simon Guglielmi	Groupama-FDJ	49:00
152	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.

GC after stage 16:

GC leader: Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers)
Mountains classification leader: Geoffrey Bouchard (Ag2r-Citroën)
Points classification leader: Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe)
Best young rider: Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers)
Team classification leader: Trek-Segafredo

2,633.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.535 km/hr

1	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	66hr 36min 4sec
2	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	@ 2min 24sec
3	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	3:40
4	Aleksandr Vlasov	Astana-Premier Tech	4:18
5	Simon Yates	Team BikeExchange	4:20
6	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	4:31
7	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	5:02
8	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	7:17
9	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	8:20
10	Joao Almeida	Deceuninck-Quick Step	10:01
11	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	12:45
12	Daniel Martin	Israel Start-Up Nation	15:10
13	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	16:23
14	George Bennett	Jumbo-Visma	18:10
15	Vincenzo Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	21:50
16	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	23:50
17	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	27:10
18	Nick Schultz	Team BikeExchange	27:12
19	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	28:07
20	Louis Vervaeke	Alpecin-Fenix	36:47
21	Lorenzo Fortunato	Eolo-Kometa	37:07
22	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	38:22
23	Tanel Kangert	Team BikeExchange	38:52
24	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	39:38
25	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	42:27
26	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	44:00
27	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	46:57
28	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	57:42
29	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	59:10
30	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	59:13
31	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	1:04:11
32	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	1:07:42
33	Francesco Gavazzi	Eolo-Kometa	1:08:21
34	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	1:12:05
35	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:16:13
36	Luis Sanchez	Astana-Premier Tech	1:16:14
37	Einer Rubio	Movistar	1:16:31
38	Harold Tejada	Astana-Premier Tech	1:19:51
39	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-Nippo	1:20:11
40	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	1:21:34
41	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	1:22:42
42	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	1:26:18
43	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	1:26:40
44	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:27:56
45	Felix Grossschartner	Bora-hansgrohe	1:29:40
46	Giovanni Carboni	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	1:29:47
47	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	1:30:26
48	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:31:05
49	Davide Villella	Movistar	1:34:09
50	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	1:34:45
51	Michael Storer	Team DSM	1:35:05
52	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r-Citroën	1:36:00
53	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	1:36:29
54	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:38:34
55	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:40:05
56	Eduardo Sepulveda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	1:41:14
57	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	1:46:30
58	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana-Premier Tech	1:47:55
59	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:48:45
60	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	1:49:44
61	Edward Ravasi	Eolo-Kometa	1:52:10
62	Nicolas Roche	Team DSM	1:52:32
63	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	1:54:05
64	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:54:41
65	Simon Carr	EF Education-Nippo	1:54:47
66	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	1:59:37
67	Fabio Felline	Astana-Premier Tech	2:01:22
68	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	2:01:38
69	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:07:10
70	Alexander Cepeda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:08:32
71	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:09:33
72	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	2:10:12
73	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	2:11:18
74	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	2:11:34
75	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	2:13:25
76	Vincenzo Albanese	Eolo-Kometa	2:13:36
77	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	2:14:49
78	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	2:17:42
79	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	2:18:00
80	Simone Ravanelli	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:19:43
81	Guy Niv	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:20:52
82	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	2:21:59
83	Andrii Ponomar	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:22:57
84	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	2:23:03
85	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	2:25:11
86	Simon Pellaud	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:26:15
87	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	2:26:52
88	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-Nippo	2:27:32
89	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	2:28:24
90	Filippo Zana	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	2:29:36
91	Dries de Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	2:32:03
92	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	2:32:10
93	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	2:36:57
94	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	2:37:40
95	Mark Christian	Eolo-Kometa	2:38:09
96	Giovanni Visconti	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	2:39:05
97	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	2:40:27
98	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	2:40:50
99	Simon Guglielmi	Groupama-FDJ	2:43:19
100	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	2:43:23
101	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	2:44:27
102	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	2:45:19
103	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	2:45:20
104	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-Assos	2:47:37
105	Marton Dina	Eolo-Kometa	2:51:21
106	Natnael Tesfazion	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:54:57
107	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	2:58:11
108	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	2:58:58
109	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	2:59:23
110	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	3:02:07
111	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	3:02:11
112	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	3:02:27
113	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	3:04:00
114	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	3:04:54
115	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	3:05:52
116	Cameron Meyer	Team BikeExchange	3:06:31
117	Nico Denz	Team DSM	3:07:41
118	Paul Martens	Jumbo-Visma	3:08:25
119	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	3:10:09
120	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	3:10:34
121	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	3:11:22
122	Michael Hepburn	Team BikeExchange	3:11:35
123	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	3:13:15
124	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	3:14:25
125	Max Kanter	Team DSM	3:15:49
126	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-Assos	3:17:57
127	Davide Cimolai	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:18:10
128	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	3:18:17
129	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	3:18:25
130	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	3:19:16
131	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:19:36
132	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	3:20:04
133	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	3:21:45
134	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	3:23:48
135	Matthias Brandle	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:27:53
136	Nicola Venchiarutti	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	3:27:58
137	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	3:28:00
138	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	3:29:34
139	Lukasz Wisniowski	Qhubeka-Assos	3:30:35
140	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	3:34:18
141	Albert Torres	Movistar	3:34:37
142	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	3:35:29
143	Wesley Kreder	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	3:38:55
144	Samuele Rivi	Eolo-Kometa	3:39:57
145	Koen De Kort	Trek-Segafredo	3:41:02
146	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	3:42:30
147	Filippo Tagliani	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	3:43:01
148	Umberto Marengo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	3:45:35
149	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	3:48:16
150	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	3:49:28
151	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	3:53:24
152	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	3:55:29