2023 Giro d'Italia stage 16 by BikeRaceInfo

Joao Almeida beats Geraint Thomas to the line. RCS photo

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Weather at the city of Aldeno, on the route, at the foot of the climb to finish at Monte Bondone at 2:10 PM, local time: 24C (74F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 60% chance of rain.

The race: There were three non-starters: Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech), Amanuel Ghebreigzabier (Trek-Segafredo) & Davide Ballerini (Soudal Quick-Step). Pavel Sivakov (INEOS Grenadiers) abandoned part way into the stage.

Here's the report from GC leader Geraint Thomas' Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Geraint Thomas put in a superb attacking performance to reclaim the pink jersey at the Giro d'Italia, finishing a close second on stage 16.

The Welshman pushed clear of a select GC group with 4.5 kilometres to go, riding across to Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) and opening out a gap to rival Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma).

Thomas and Almeida were able to combine forces on the run-in, but in the final metres the Portuguese rider was able to narrowly edge out the victory.

The result sees Thomas return to the top of the GC, now leading by 18 seconds over Almeida, and 29 seconds ahead of Roglic who finished third on the stage.

Thymen Arensman and Laurens De Plus came home in the top 10 on the stage and remain ninth and 10th overall respectively.

Earlier on the duo of Ben Swift and Salvatore Puccio rode well in the day's break, giving the team a key tactical card to play.

Sadly the stage also saw Pavel Sivakov abandon the race, with the Grenadier still struggling following a crash earlier in the Giro.

A beautiful place for a bike race.

Geraint Thomas:
"It would have been nice to win the stage. It was one of those where we had to keep riding. I didn’t want to play cat and mouse with Joao with Roglic behind. We worked well together. I led it out and unfortunately he got the jump on me and won the sprint. It’s nice to be back in pink and to gain some time. Obviously it’s not great to lose a team-mate.

"[Almeida] was always one of the biggest rivals coming here. He’s shown how strong he is and his team as well – so no surprise."

Matteo Tosatto:
"G came back into the pink jersey. I’m super happy for him, but disappointed as I think winning the stage would have been great after many second positions. But in the end it’s a good day for us. The team was super strong. Today was the first big test, now it’s super important to recover and focus for the next mountain stage.

"Pavel after the crash with Tao has not recovered. This morning and during the rest day he was suffering a lot. For us it’s one less rider but I have five riders who are super strong. I have confidence in them and what’s important now is recovery.

"G is strong and this was a perfect climb for him. The last two mountain stages are harder and now it’s important to recover and stay calm."

Complete results:

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203 kilometers raced at an average speed of 34.460 km/hr

1	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	5hr 53min 27sec
2	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
3	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	@ 25sec
4	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
5	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	1:03
6	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	1:16
7	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
9	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	1:20
12	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:26
13	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	2:01
14	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	2:42
15	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	3:18
16	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	3:27
17	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	4:15
18	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	4:24
19	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
21	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	6:07
22	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	6:34
23	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	6:48
24	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	8:05
25	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
26	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
27	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
28	Carlos Verona	Movistar	8:07
29	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	8:46
30	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	10:47
31	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	10:54
32	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	12:06
33	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	12:30
34	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	13:00
35	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	13:17
36	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	13:26
37	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
38	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	13:35
39	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	13:40
40	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	13:49
41	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	14:43
42	François Bidard	Cofidis	15:58
43	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	17:04
44	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
45	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
46	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	19:30
47	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
49	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
50	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
52	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	24:01
53	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
54	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
55	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
56	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	24:42
57	Nico Denz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
58	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
59	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	24:55
60	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	24:57
61	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	26:06
62	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	28:12
63	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
64	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	29:14
65	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	29:15
66	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	30:06
67	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	30:53
68	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
69	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	31:24
70	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	32:21
71	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
72	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
73	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	33:28
74	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	33:50
75	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	36:06
76	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	36:11
77	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	37:24
78	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
79	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	s.t.
80	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	37:39
81	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
82	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
83	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
84	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
85	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
86	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
87	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
88	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
89	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	s.t.
90	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	37:46
91	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
92	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	38:04
93	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	38:11
94	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	38:58
95	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
96	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	39:29
97	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
98	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	42:44
99	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
100	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
101	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
102	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
103	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
104	Veljko Stojnic	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
105	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
106	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
107	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	43:55
108	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
109	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	44:29
110	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	44:54
111	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
112	Max Kanter	Movistar	46:55
113	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
114	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
115	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
116	Karel Vacek	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
117	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	47:29
118	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	47:47
119	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
120	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	48:20
121	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
122	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
123	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
124	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	48:35
125	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Corratec-Selle Italia	51:25
126	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
127	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
128	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.

GC after stage 16:

GC leader: Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers)
Mountains classification leader: Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost)
Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious)
Best young rider: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates)
Teams classification leader: Bahrain Victorious

2,668.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.504 km/hr

1	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	67hr 32min 35sec
2	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	@ 18sec
3	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	0:29
4	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	2:50
5	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	3:03
6	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	3:20
7	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	3:22
8	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	3:30
9	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	4:09
10	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	4:32
11	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	4:50
12	Einer Rubio	Movistar	5:43
13	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	6:48
14	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	7:21
15	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	7:46
16	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	10:02
17	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	10:54
18	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	10:58
19	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	12:28
20	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	19:13
21	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	23:10
22	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	24:08
23	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	26:18
24	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	28:36
25	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	31:00
26	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	31:29
27	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	31:56
28	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	33:44
29	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	36:52
30	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	39:04
31	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	43:16
32	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	44:23
33	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	46:24
34	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	50:36
35	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	52:10
36	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	53:25
37	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	56:30
38	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	58:05
39	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:01:30
40	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	1:02:13
41	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	1:04:33
42	William Barta	Movistar	1:05:10
43	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:05:37
44	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	1:05:49
45	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:11:25
46	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	1:13:59
47	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	1:16:10
48	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	1:16:33
49	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:17:02
50	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	1:18:59
51	Nico Denz	BORA-hansgrohe	1:19:33
52	François Bidard	Cofidis	1:24:56
53	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	1:28:29
54	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	1:28:55
55	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	1:31:06
56	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:31:29
57	Carlos Verona	Movistar	1:32:50
58	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	1:36:30
59	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:42:18
60	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	1:42:24
61	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	1:43:13
62	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	1:51:03
63	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	1:59:52
64	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	2:01:10
65	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	2:02:09
66	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	2:05:25
67	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	2:05:27
68	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	2:07:29
69	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	2:08:50
70	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	2:08:53
71	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	2:09:28
72	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	2:09:59
73	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	2:11:08
74	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	2:11:53
75	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:12:54
76	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	2:13:59
77	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	2:19:02
78	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	2:21:22
79	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	2:21:27
80	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	2:24:59
81	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	2:29:32
82	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	2:32:32
83	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	2:36:43
84	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	2:39:21
85	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:41:23
86	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	2:42:40
87	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:43:14
88	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	2:44:47
89	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	2:47:14
90	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:47:45
91	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	2:49:01
92	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:49:52
93	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	2:53:02
94	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	2:55:14
95	Karel Vacek	Corratec-Selle Italia	2:56:19
96	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	2:58:11
97	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	2:58:50
98	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:59:26
99	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	3:01:22
100	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	3:02:45
101	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	3:04:23
102	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	3:07:30
103	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:08:09
104	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	3:08:30
105	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:14:57
106	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	3:17:44
107	Veljko Stojnic	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:17:56
108	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:20:35
109	Max Kanter	Movistar	3:23:18
110	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	3:24:02
111	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	3:25:04
112	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	3:28:10
113	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	3:28:41
114	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	3:33:54
115	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:35:27
116	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:38:13
117	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	3:39:30
118	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:39:43
119	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	3:40:30
120	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	3:44:25
121	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	3:45:23
122	Albert Torres	Movistar	3:46:56
123	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:47:25
124	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	3:48:41
125	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	3:50:44
126	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:51:14
127	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	3:53:08
128	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:55:36