The 16th stage was also marked on Tuesday by the abandonment of the favorite Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) and Joshua Tarling (ineos grenadiers) after falls.
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A dantesque step and a general classification tightened. Christian Scaroni (XDS-Astana) won on the road to the 16th stage of the Giro, Tuesday May 27, after the 16th stage of 203 kilometers between Piazzola Sul Brenta and San Valentino Di Brentonico, next to Lake Garda, in northern Italy. The runner from Brescia signed the first Italian victory since the departure of this Giro, and his first career success on the Tour of Italy. Present in the breakaway of the day, the runner of the Astana team ended the ascent alongside his teammate Lorenzo Fortunato, second on arrival, and in front of Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) for an Italian hat-trick.
Contested in dantesque conditions, especially at the start of the course, this day also rebatted the cards for several runners. The Isaac del Toro pink jersey (UAE Team Emirates), attacked by Simon Yates (Visma Lease A Bike) in the final, flanked but retained his first place in the general classification with 26 '' ahead of Yates and +31 '' on Richard Carapaz (EF Education-Easypost).
Victim of a huge failure and now relegated more than 13 minutes to the leader, Juan Aysuo (UAE Team Emirates) said goodbye to his hopes to win the event, while one of the big favorites in the event, Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe), and sprouter Joshua Tarling (ineos-grenadiers), winner of the 2nd stage in Albania, were forced to abandon.
The Slovenian, reduced by two falls last week and released in the last two stages, threw the sponge after a new fall alongside Richard Carapaz in the descent of the carbonare, while the Briton struck a safety barrier in a roundabout.
This step was also marked by the impressive fall in Italian Alessio Martinelli (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè), fell into a ravine after an aquaplanning in a descent, and transported to the hospital. He suffers from trauma to the chin and the right buttock, but avoided fractures, According to information communicated by his team at the end of the afternoon.
