05.25 - Giro d'Italia: Stage 16

Pablo Lastras had a decent audience despite starting mid-morning before the biggest crowds arrived...

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Marco Pinotti placed 25th at 2'43" - is that his mechanic right behind on a bicycle..?

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Yes, that's Pinotti's mechanic pedalling his spare bike after the motorbike carrying him broke down - and he's going the same speed as Pinotti..!

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Daniel Martin placed 20th at 2'32"...

MARTINCORONES

Carlos Sastre continued his backward direction by taking 19th place at 2'31"...

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Richie Porte placed 17th at 2'17" - and he is 3rd overall...

PORTECORONES

David Arroyo finished 16th at 2'16: and easily hung on to his race-lead...

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Evgeni Petrov placed 10th at 1'46"...

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Dario Cataldo finished 9th at 1'41"...

Alexandre Vinokourov placed 8th at 1'37" and has slipped to 7th overall...

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Rigoberto Uran placed 7th at 1'36 - one of the surprises of the day...

URANCORONES

Ivan Basso placed 6th at 1'10" and is in 2nd-place overall now...

BASSOCORONES

Basso is the hero of the Italian tifosi - their cheers at Corones lifted their man's efforts all the more...

BASSOCORONES

Michele Scarponi raced to 5th at 1'07" - he is in 8th place overall...

SCARPONICORONES

Vincenzo Nibali placed 4th at 1'01 - he is in 6th place overall...

John Gadret placed 3rd at 54-seconds - the Frenchman was definitely the big surprise of the day..!

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Cadel Evans placed second today at 42-seconds - he is in 4th place overall now...

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Stefano Garzelli won stage sixteen at an average speed of just 19-kilometres-per-hour - that was a steep hill..!

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David Arroyo is still in the race lead by 2'27" - he might become as famous as Fernando Alonso if he wins this Giro..!