- Feb 28, 2009
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Another flat as a pancake sprint stage last night. At least Nizzolo finally broke his Giro duck after coming 2nd something like 15 times previously.
But tonight should be anything but boring given its a summit finish atop the mighty Monte Zoncolan!
9km that's basically a consistent 8% gradient before they reach the false flat that is the car park. And then 3km of brutality thanks to some ramps up to 27% (overall the final 3km averages 13%). There's even an 18% ramp just a few hundred metres before the finish line.
There's a real chance for big chunks of time to be made up or lost among the GC challengers, but I think it'll still take a hell of an effort to overtake Bernal for pink
But tonight should be anything but boring given its a summit finish atop the mighty Monte Zoncolan!
9km that's basically a consistent 8% gradient before they reach the false flat that is the car park. And then 3km of brutality thanks to some ramps up to 27% (overall the final 3km averages 13%). There's even an 18% ramp just a few hundred metres before the finish line.
There's a real chance for big chunks of time to be made up or lost among the GC challengers, but I think it'll still take a hell of an effort to overtake Bernal for pink