Giro d’Italia stage 17 live: A big day in the Dolomites awaits

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157km to go: Andrea Bagioli (Lidl-Trek), Pelayo Sánchez (Movistar) and Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost) are among those heading up the road.

157km to go: Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) has also dropped back. It won’t be panic station yet, but they’ve got to stay in touch with the peloton early on if they’re going to make the time cut. It’s a brutal day.

158km to go: There are riders already at the back, including Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates) and Fernando Gaviria (Movistar). 

159km to go: They are away.

The riders are about to head off for the neutralised start. There’s a moustachioed man with a flag. Here we go. 

While we wait, why not read my piece about one of the only exciting competitions left at the Giro, the Intergiro. It’s going to the wire!

My time up the Sella, according to Strava, by the way, was 41:10. I rather think that the riders of the Giro will smash this out of the water. 12 minutes maybe? We will see.

It does not look like it’s raining today in north east Italy, so that’s a relief for the riders. The neutralised start is supposed to be very soon.

Today’s stage will see 4,087m of climbing across 159km, firmly in Dolomite territory. So, if nothing else, pay attention to the beautiful scenery.

All told, Tuesday was a very weird day of racing, with confusion over where the stage would start from, and when it would begin, thanks to a lot of snow and rain.

Tadej Pogačar wins Giro d'Italia stage 17

(Image credit: Zac Williams/SWPix.com)

Before we get going today, let’s have a look at yesterday’s stage. Thanks to another exhibition from Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) in the rain, the Slovenian won, and put more time into his GC rivals.

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