Nowhere to hide: Sestola finale offers first test for Giro d'Italia GC contenders

The peloton raced into Sestola during stage 10 of the 2016 Giro d'Italia
The peloton raced into Sestola during stage 10 of the 2016 Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Getty Images)

The Giro d’Italia is a race of many beginnings. Officially, the race began in Turin last Saturday, but the Grande Partenza is always followed by a succession of other, intermediate starts as the general classification gradually begins to take shape.

Stage 4 through increasingly rugged terrain to Sestola won’t change the course of this Giro irrevocably, but it does feature the first tough finish and ought to provide the first firm indications of the condition of the overall contenders. It marks the start of a new phase of the race.

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Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.