Giro d’Italia 2016 – Stage 07 [LAST 5 KM]

May 13, 2016
Giro d’Italia 2016 – Stage 7 [Hilly stage] – Sulmona – Foligno – 210 km

The 2016 Giro d’Italia will be 99th running of the Giro d’Italia, one of cycling’s Grand Tour races. The Giro will start in Apeldoorn on 6 May with an 9.8 km (6 mi) individual time trial, and continue with two other stages in the Netherlands, both between Nijmegen and Arnhem. Then, after a rest day, there will be 18 further stages to reach the finish on 29 May. These stages are principally in Italy, although two stages take place partly in France.

Andre Greipel took his second stage victory at this year’s Giro d’Italia and gave Lotto Soudal a third consecutive victory with another well-timed sprint victory.

The German ‘Gorilla’ seemed to have lost his place at the front in the hectic twisting finish but somehow emerged again as Caleb Ewan (Orica-GreenEdge) launched is sprint. Greipel followed Sacha Modolo (Lampre-Merida) out of the traffic and then kicked to the line.

Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) was second and Modolo was third. Ewan managed to hang on for fourth. Marcel Kittel (Etixx-QuickStep) had fought to survive over the climbs but was taken out of the sprint due to a puncture just five kilometres from the finish.

“It was a hard day, a really hard day,” Greipel explained. “There was a strong break upfront but my team did an amazing job again. They killed themselves to bring the race back together. We hit the front early and but I was happy to find a gap, get through and win.”

Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) finished safely in the peloton and so kept he leader’s pink jersey.

Results :
1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 5:01:08
2 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
3 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre – Merida
4 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
5 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
6 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step
7 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha
8 Aleksei Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha
9 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
10 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky

General classification after Stage 7:
1 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 29:23:23
2 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:00:26
3 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:28
4 Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:35
5 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:38
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:41
7 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre – Merida
8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:47
9 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Dimension Data 0:00:49
10 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:51