The demanding start of the 16th stage of the Giro d'Italia did not dampen the fighting spirit of Przemyslaw Niemiec who attacked again but missed out on success.
The early 13.3 km of the race were rising to the summit of the Campo Carlo Magno after which the riders covered 16 km of descending before approaching the Passo del Tonale climb, where Niemiec escaped from the bunch with 10 companions.
Unfortunately, the peloton decided to chase the breakaway, which had a maximum advantage of 2' which caused the neutralization of the attackers' action before the passage of the Mortirolo. Niemiec preferred to save energy, completing the stage in 29th.
"The early kilometers of the stage were very demanding because of the climb and because of the cold and the rain," Niemiec explained. "The first selection was natural, then the battle began and I focused my attention on joining a good attempt. I succeded in joining a ten-rider breakaway but, as already happened last Sunday, the bunch did not give us too much freedom".
Tomorrow LAMPRE-MERIDA will start without Xu Gang. The Chinese rider did not complete today stage, suffering for a bad day.
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