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2023 Giro d'Italia

106th edition: May 6 - 28, 2023
Stage 16: Tuesday, May 23

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Tuesday, May 23: Stage 16, Sabbio Chiese - Monte Bondone, 203 km

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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

 


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Stage 16 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

GC leader Bruno Amirail descends the Passo Bordala. That's his teammate Thibaut Pinot on his wheel.

Ben Swift

Joao Almeida wins the stage. It would appear to this old cynic that the usual courtesey was observed. The rider in a break who would take over the GC lead allowed the other rider to win the stage.

Primoz Roglic finished third with Edward Dunbar right on his wheel.

Fifth place Sepp Kuss

Ilan Van Wilder (left) and Damiano Caruso (right) lead in their group at 1min 16sec

Andreas Leknessund was 14th.

Derek Gee finishes 38th.

Stage winner Joao Almeida enjoys his victory

Geraint Thomas will ride stage 17 in pink.