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00:00 A massive Alpine day, stage 16, 203 kilometers, over 5,000 meters of climbing from Sabio Chiesi
00:08 to a finish on Monte Bondone.
00:10 A group of 28 riders getting up the road including Aurelien Paripaintre sitting at just 4.30
00:17 on GC.
00:18 That meant that Jumbo Visma were riding a controlled pace behind.
00:21 The first Cat 1 climb of the day, the Passo Santa Barbara went to Ben Healy who picked
00:25 up 40 points there, enough to put him in the lead of the King of the Mountains competition
00:30 where he would finish at the end of the day.
00:32 Then the breakaway began to disintegrate, a pair of riders from Astana, Scaloni and
00:37 Pnonski going clear and briefly holding an advantage before they were reeled in by Aurelien
00:42 Paripaintre.
00:43 Meanwhile, Jumbo Visma were starting to shred the GC group.
00:47 Bruno Amire in the pink jersey eventually relinquished after a brave fight and then
00:53 João Almeida's team set it up for the Portuguese champion to attack.
00:59 Briefly he found himself on the front with Sepkos, Primoz Roglic, Eddie Dunbar and Geraint
01:04 Thomas on his wheel and then with 6K to go, the Portuguese lit up an attack in unexpected
01:09 fashion.
01:10 No reaction from Primoz Roglic as Sepkos looked around to see where he was.
01:14 Geraint Thomas detecting a moment of weakness in Roglic who'd slipped onto his wheel then
01:19 counterattacked and rode across to João Almeida and those two started to become a fighting
01:25 force working well together to extend their advantage over Roglic who was being nursed
01:30 over the line by Sepkos the American.
01:33 Eddie Dunbar on his wheel in a great place as they entered the final kilometre.
01:38 Roglic with Sepkos was recovering his position but still sustaining serious losses as Thomas
01:44 and Almeida battled out for their first ever Giro stage win between them.
01:49 Neither of these riders to this point had ever won a stage of the Giro d'Italia.
01:52 There were bonus seconds up for grabs and huge strides in the GC.
01:56 João Almeida winning the sprint with Geraint Thomas on his wheel settling for the second
02:01 time in this Giro for second place.
02:02 A massive moment for him and Roglic recovering some of the time gap that he'd lost.
02:09 But the Maglia Rosa changed hands with Bruno Amirai over four minutes down and out of pink.
02:17 So for four years you've been a major player of the Giro d'Italia but today it's your first
02:22 stage win.
02:23 Is that your predominant feeling?
02:24 Yeah, I'm super happy.
02:26 It's a dream come true.
02:29 After four years I was always so close and so far at the same time and finally I got
02:34 it so yeah I'm super super happy and yeah I don't have words to describe it.
02:39 But after an impressive opening individual time trial he's waited until stage 16 to deliver
02:45 a telling blow.
02:46 A brilliant victory in the company of Geraint Thomas and Roglic 25 seconds down in third
02:51 place.
02:52 Geraint Thomas moving back into pink then this time with an extended lead in the GC
02:57 but Almeida's in second place on 18 seconds.
03:00 Roglic in third.
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