Giro d'Italia 2018: stage 16 time trial – live!

22 May 2018 12:54
Updates from the time trial from Trento to RoveretoYou can email Tom here or tweet him hereYates and Dumoulin set for time trial that could decide Giro 1.54pm BST Martin is not to be denied, storming home in 40:14 to lead by 13 seconds – the German hasn’t won a time trial since last June, and he’s never won a stage at the Giro, but he rolled back the years there. 1.50pm BST The Dutch rider Van Emden, a fine time-trialler, nabs the lead from Dowsett powering to the line to finish in 40:27. But how long will that last with Martin on the charge? Dowsett is second, and Vasil Kiryienka third. 1.42pm BST Anyway, leader in the early runnings today is the British rider Alex Dowsett, who has just stormed into the lead with an impressive time of 40:40, a whopping 24 seconds faster than today’s previous fastest, Mads Pedersen. But Jos Van Emden, less than 6km from the finish, is going to challenge that lead hard. As is Tony Martin, who at the 25.6km marker is the fastest so far 11.21am BST Afternoon everyone. Sometimes things are simple. And today’s action boils down to one rider against another. One leading, one chasing. One a young-ish outsider, the other a defending champion on familiar ground. Thus is today’s stage set between Simon Yates and Tom Dumoulin. Yates’s sensational performance in winning Sunday’s stage has somewhat upset calculations that Dumoulin’s time-trialling superiority can today wrench him the Pink Jersey, and the British Mitchelton-Scott rider has some time in hand now. Of course, Yates isn’t much of a time-trialler – it’s somewhat refreshing to hear a top-level sportsman utter the phrase “I’m not very good anyway” – whereas Dumoulin, world individual time trial champion and winner of the opening time trial in the Giro this year, most certainly is. It’ll make for a fascinating conclusion to today’s stage. Elsewhere, Chris Froome is fighting for a place on the podium but he could have his work cut out against the in-form climbers Domenico Pozzovivo and Thibaut Pinot. Today’s stage, a 34.2km schlepp from Trento, south to Roveroto, is largely flat though, despite its Alpine location. 10.39am BST Tom will be here shortly. Continue readingread full article

Source: TheGuardian