Scaroni wins stage 16 as Roglic pulls out on chaotic day at Giro
Stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia was a 203-kilometre ride from Piazzola sul Brenta to San Valentino featuring four brutal climbs totalling up to 4,900m of elevation, with heavy rainfall leading to several crashes.
Scaroni and teammate Lorenzo Fortunato broke away on the final climb, a punishing 12.6km stretch at an average gradient of 8.3 per cent, and built up a sizeable lead to ensure a one-two finish for XDS Astana Team.
Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe) was third, completing an all-Italian podium.
In the overall standings, Mexican Del Toro is now just 26 seconds ahead of Simon Yates (Visma–Lease a Bike) after running out of steam with three km to go and failing to keep up with the Briton and Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost).
Carapaz, winner of the 2019 Giro d'Italia and a gold medallist at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, started the day over two minutes behind Del Toro but now trails by 31 only seconds after an explosive effort on the final climb.
"At the end we knew it was a real key stage here, I think I went well and I demonstrated what I've worked, everything it's cost me to get here and be here once again," Carapaz said.
"I think in the last few years I haven't had the aptitude, the shape to be here in this moment but that was the motivation to get myself up and go ahead and be here and try it once more.
"And good, I think we're good to give a big battle and go for it."
DAY OF CRASHES
Earlier today, Slovenian Roglic abandoned the Giro d'Italia after suffering another crash on a downhill section alongside Ecuadorian Carapaz.
The 2023 winner's title bid had suffered a major blow after a crash on Saturday, which was his third in a week, with Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe's sports director Christian Pomer saying on Sunday the team could decide to pull the 35-year-old out of the race.
Welshman Joshua Tarling (INEOS Grenadiers), the stage two winner, also abandoned the race after a heavy crash.
Roglic and Tarling were among riders to crash on Tuesday, with Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), Carlos Verona (Lidl–Trek) and Alessio Martinelli of VF Group–Bardiani–CSF–Faizane all losing their footing in the rain.
Martinelli was taken to hospital after the crash, where he was conscious and in a stable condition.
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