2019 Giro d'Italia Stage 16 Results & Recap
Stage 16 of the 2019 Giro d'Italia is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Giulio Ciccone (Trek Segafredo) won stage 16 of the Giro d’Italia today after outsprinting his only remaining breakaway companion Jan Hirt (Astana) in Ponte de Legno after conquering 194 kilometres and the famed Mortirolo. The 24-year-old Italian also padded his lead in the maglia azzurra competition, claiming maximum points over each GPM summit and practically cementing the jersey, provided he make it to Milan.
Richard Carapaz (Movistar) completed a successful defense of the pink jersey, putting more time into his closest rivals as Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) faltered. Carapaz is now 1:47 ahead of Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain Merida), who went on the offensive on Mortirolo and now sits in second place overall. Roglic is third at 2:09. \nAlso, in the original breakaway, Fausto Masnada (Androni-Giocattoli) hung on to claim third on the stage.
With rain in the forecast on the Mortirolo, the peloton rolled out of Lovere knowing what lie ahead. Mikel Nieve (MTS), Giulio Ciccone (TFS), Fausto Masnada (ANS), Mattia Cattaneo (ANS), Damiano Caruso (TBM), Jan Hirt (AST), Andrey Amador (MOV), Pello Bilbao (AST), François Bidard (ALM), Diego Ulissi (UAD), Jai Hindley (SUN), Koen Bouwman (TJV), Davide Villella (AST), Lukasz Owsian (CPT), Christopher Juul-Jensen (MTS), Antonio Nibali (TBM), Francisco Ventoso (CPT), Nathan Brown (EF1), Michael Schwarzmann (BOH) and Mikkel Honoré (DQT) eventually broke away from the peloton and gained almost six minutes over the first four climbs, two of which were unclassified.
The action began on the Mortirolo. Brown engaged a hard pace, going all in for his teammate, Dombrowski, however all riders, save for Hirt, Nieve, Caruso, Ciccone, and Masnada fell off the group due to the strain of the gradient.
Over the top of the climb, only Hirt and Ciccone were left and it was looking promising the two would hold their advantage to the line. Meanwhile, behind the two riders, a race for GC had started, with Nibali launching several attacks on Movistar on the steeper section of the climb. Hugh Carthy (EF Education First) was the only rider to react while Carapaz, Landa and Pedrero patiently kept the pace high, and gradually rode themselves back up to the two.
The attacks from Nibali dispatched Bauke Mollema, Simon Yates and Roglic, however, and they spend the rest of the race trying to limit their GC losses.
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