Cycling: With the Monte Zoncolan, tomorrow's Giro d'Italia is the toughest mountain of the tour on the program. The 14th stage should answer many questions.
Who is wearing down Monte Zoncolan?
Can Egan Bernal be beaten? Can Emanuel Buchmann compete with the best in the high mountains? Is Remco Evenepoel imminent? Will Simon Yates find his way back to his best form? Is Vincenzo Nibali capable of fighting for the podium again? The first 13 days of the Giro d'Italia raised many questions. These now want to be answered. Tomorrow's 14th stage leads to the Start in Cittadella of 205 km and ends at 1.729 meters on the Monte Zoncolan. Due to the final climb, she will answer numerous questions and maybe even make a preliminary decision. However, things will only get down to business in the 14,1 kilometer long Monte Zoncolan with an average gradient of 8,5 percent. The journey there includes only two mountain classifications. The Castello di Caneva and the Forcella Monte Rest are far too easy and too far away for the favorites to go on the offensive here.
Velomotion prognosis: Bernal leaves no doubts
In the overall standings, the Giro d'Italia is still close. leader Egan Bernal only has a small lead over its opponents. But the distance seems larger than it really is. Because the Colombian has been convincing on all stages so far and has not had any weak phases. He appears to be in his 2019 tour form. Accordingly, we expect him to take another step towards overall victory tomorrow. His team will actively support him in this. Egan Bernal doesn't have to fear anyone. But especially the Russian Aleksandr Vlasov and the German Emmanuel Buchman have recently shown that they are to be reckoned with. Your shape curve seems to be pointing upwards. Also Hugh Carthy has underlined its ambitions with its strong team. A big question mark gives us Simon yates – but perhaps we will also get an answer from him tomorrow.
☆☆☆ Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers)
☆ ☆ Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana-Premier Tech), Emmanuel Buchman (Bora – hansgrohe)
☆ Damian Caruso (Bahrain-Victorious), Simon yates (BikeExchange), Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck – Quick Step)