Cycling: The decision has been made. The 16th stage of the Giro d'Italia will be shortened by around 85 kilometers. This means that the Umbrail Pass is now completely out of the program.
Snow in Livigno
Actually, the professionals should have been on their bikes and completing the first mountains long ago. But due to the very bad weather, the drivers and the organizer have now agreed to... 16th stage of the Giro d'Italia To shorten. The start will now only take place at 14:25 p.m. in Lasa, around 85 kilometers later. Because in the actual starting location Livigno At first it rained heavily before it even started to snow. It had been snowing the entire night Umbrail Pass. Crossing this mountain and especially the dangerous descent afterwards would have been unreasonable - according to the drivers' association Cyclistes Professionnels Associés (CPA). The organizer RCS had initially refused to remove the Umbrail pass from the program, but has now bowed to the will of the drivers.
#tour ahora nevando in the first tramo de la etapa 16 ❄️ pic.twitter.com/Rev3Vumwkv
— Marcelo La Gattina (@MLaGattina) May 21, 2024
❄️ ¡Qué frío, Alberto!
@Alberto counter viviendo the Nevada del Giro in primera persona.#GirodItalia | #LaCasadelCiclismo pic.twitter.com/9iB1WgOtpX
- Eurosport.es (@Eurosport_ES) May 21, 2024
It looks like that this is how the tomorrow's stage will look like as riders don't want to ride the UmbrailPass climb and downhill because of the weather forecast with snowing and 0°C.
If it will be true, it will be again a dominant Pogi show. #GirodItalia pic.twitter.com/dFUR52xba5
— Lukáš Ronald Lukács (@lucasaganronald) May 20, 2024