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Giro d’Italia 2016: Stage 10 live race updates, blog

17th May, 2016
Stage type: Mountain stage
Distance: 219 kilometres
TV: Live, Eurosport and SBS
General classification
1 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 34:33:04
2 Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:00:01
3 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:00:32
4 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:51
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:53
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:55
7 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:58
8 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Team Sky 0:01:18
9 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team 0:01:45
10 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:51
Esteban Chaves is chasing his second Grand Tour podium of the year at the Vuelta a Espana. (Team Sky)
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17th May, 2016
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Stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia is another important test for the general classification, with four categorised climbs and a mountain-top finish in Setola. Join The Roar for live coverage from 10pm (AEST).

The second rest day has been and gone, and the riders are restarting the race in the town of Campi Bisenzio for the 219-kilometre trek to the uphill finish.

The day starts on flat roads, before heading up the third category climb of the Passo della Collina, which is completed after 37.5 kilometres. The climb averages out at around six per cent for 14 kilometres (guessing from Strava information).

It is then an untechnical descent for another 30 kilometres, before the second climb, another third category climb, this time up to the town of Pietracolra after 76 kilometres. The climb is similar in gradient to the first climb, but only eight kilometres long.

This time, the descent of the climb is reasonable technical, but nothing too difficult.

The riders descend along the Fiume Panaro river until 100 kilometres to go, where they take a left-hand turn in the town of Marano Sul Panaro to mark the start of an uncategorised, ten-kilometre rise, which averages out at 4.5 per cent.

After this point, the road becomes undulating before the riders go through the two intermediate sprints, at Pavullo del Frignano (146 kilometres) and Lama Mocogno (179 kilometres).

A descent of 10 kilometres is completed after the second sprint point, before the start of the second-last climb of the day.

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The only first category climb, up to the town of Pian del Falco, is difficult to read at just over 12 kilometres and around 6.5 per cent, but featuring three distinct sections.

The first four kilometres average out at a gradient of 6.5 per cent along a few switchbacks, but following that is around 6 kilometres at three per cent. The final ramps, from the finishing town of Sestola up to the summit, will be difficult, as the final three kilometres are at just under nine per cent.

It is then a technical descent for less than ten kilometres before the riders climb back up from the opposite side to Sestola.

The final climb is a category three, and only averages five per cent over 7.5 kilometres.

If the stage win is up for grabs for the general classification favourites, it will be hard to bet against a rider like Alejandro Valverde. However, Vincenzo Nibali could put pressure on his rivals with a late attack over the penultimate climb, and string off a fast descent to give himself time before the finish.

Another battle which really heats up today is the King of the Mountains jersey, with 53 points on offer.

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