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00:00Carlos Verona, a winner at the Dauphine four years ago, comes to Italy in triumph and takes the first big stage in the Alps.
00:08Carlos Verona blasted away early on that final climb and was never seen again.
00:15Stage 16 and a first big day in the mountains.
00:195,000 metres of climbing on the cards, heading out from Veneto towards a finish in Trentino.
00:25Four categorised climbs, three of them, Cat 1 climbs and a first summit finish of the 108th Giro d'Italia.
00:34A day for Egan Benal and Ineos Grenadiers to attack.
00:37For Isaac del Toro to prove his Grand Tour winning credentials.
00:42And perhaps for Simon Yates to challenge him in second place.
00:46Primoz Roglic under pressure to make up time in the general classification.
00:50And at the start, filthy weather conditions and cold, heavy rain.
00:54Lorenzo Fortunato setting out on the hunt for yet more King of the Mountains competition in a classification that he is completely in command of.
01:02The flag dropping on time and straight away Josh Tarling getting underway and up the road in a six or seven rider break.
01:10Maz Pedersen trying to get a counter-attack across the road, but then disaster for Josh Tarling.
01:14Crashing out on a roundabout in the wet road and being forced to abandon the race.
01:18The move went on without him and through the first intermediate sprint, six riders including Wout Van Aerts sweeping up the first sprint between them.
01:27But behind that, an 18 rider group was getting itself organised including three Astana riders and Lorenzo Fortunato was one of them.
01:35The King of the Mountains with an uncanny ability to seek out the moves that count.
01:39Over the top of the first of the four categorised climbs, it was Lorenzo Fortunato who picked up 18 further points.
01:46And Primoz Roglic, unseen by the cameras, crashing in the company of Richard Carapaz and forced to abandon the Giro d'Italia.
01:54Then on to the first Cat 1 climb of the day and Fortunato adding a further 40 points to his tally.
02:0058 so far on a very successful day for Fortunato.
02:03The final intermediate sprint won by Dries de Bont from the breakaway ahead of Wout Van Aerts as the remainder of the breakaway started to relay together to hold off the chase.
02:14Fortunato still stamping on the pedals on the Santa Barbara second Cat 1 climb, but behind that, EF Education Easy Post were changing the dynamic in the GC race and starting perhaps to set things up for Richard Carapaz.
02:27Van Aiuzo put into difficulty at the back.
02:29Michael Storer and then Max Poole attacked briefly off the front and that put Egan Bernal off the group of favourites, temporarily at least.
02:40As Storer and Poole continued to work together, they gained a 10 or 12 second advantage.
02:46And as things calmed down a little, Egan Bernal managed to winch his way back into the group of favourites.
02:50Some brave riding from the Colombian, Pello Bilbao though, at the front of the breakaway group, driving the group on to the top of the climb where Lorenzo Fortunato picked up another 40 points.
03:03UAE Team Emirates then in control of the GC group as they descended towards the foot of the final climb.
03:08And at the front of the race, it was Yanis Vozhar of Tudor Pro Cycling who opened up an advantage.
03:13But he was being chased by the Astana duo of Scaroni and Fortunato in the company of Jefferson Cepeda.
03:20Watt Van Aert, picked up by Simon Yates in the GC group, did a big turn at the foot of the final climb.
03:25And when he stopped, Giulio Pellizzari attacked from the group of favourites.
03:29At the front of the race, Christian Scaroni attacked, went through the Red Bull kilometre ahead of his teammate and of Jefferson Cepeda.
03:35And in the GC group, they waited for the next attacks, which came from Simon Yates, followed by the Malia Rosa and by Richard Carapaz.
03:45Derek G bridged across to that group and as there was a lull in the action, Richard Carapaz attacked and went clear.
03:51Derek G then going after him.
03:53Instantly, Isaac Del Toro was on the wheel of Simon Yates.
03:58As Carapaz continued to gain time, Isaac Del Toro was dropped then by Simon Yates and Michael Storer and losing time on GC.
04:06Carapaz blasting up the road, Bernal picking up the wheel of the Mexican further behind.
04:11Carapaz getting across to Giulio Pellizzari and continuing to make gains on the road in the general classification.
04:17The smile breaks out, Christian Scaroni, the handshake is there and finally it has become clear what is going to happen at the top of this climb.
04:25They come over the line together, watch the wheels, who gets to the line?
04:31Scaroni wins the stage by a whisker ahead of Lorenzo Fortunato, a Giro stage winner at last.
04:41Overcome by emotion, Scaroni, a Grand Tour stage winner for the first time in his career.
04:52The two riders congratulating one another on a brilliant day for Astana.
04:55Pellizzari, finishing in third place, made it an all-Italian podium on the stage.
05:01And then Richard Carapaz battling against the clock, perhaps even for the Malia Rosa.
05:07Stopping the clock and waiting to see which groups would come over the line.
05:10Egan Bernal in the company of Damiano Caruso and Michael Stora.
05:14And then all on his own, Isaac Del Toro in the Malia Rosa, crossing the line, just defending the jersey.
05:22But a lot of his margin had been erased by that attack from Richard Carapaz.
05:28Christian Scaroni popping open the champagne corks in the sunshine.
05:33Scaroni the winner ahead of Lorenzo Fortunato and Giulio Pellizzari on the stage.
05:37Isaac Del Toro, still the Malia Rosa, but with a massively reduced advantage.
05:4426 seconds to Simon Yates, 31 to Richard Carapaz with Derek G. moving up to fourth.
05:50The Malia Ciclamino still firmly in command of the points classification.
05:59As well as Lorenzo Fortunato taking a huge amount of points in the blue jersey,
06:04leading his teammate Christian Scaroni by a substantial margin.
06:08Del Toro in white, still four minutes and seven seconds ahead of Antonio Tiberi.
06:13I'll see you again if you want to repeat that after the truth.
