Lars Bak (Lotto Soudal) was the lucky, or perhaps unlucky, rider to win 100 beers for being the heaviest rider to complete the Stelvio during Tuesday's stage. The Stelvio Bike Experience cafe put up the offer ahead of the Giro d'Italia and duly delivered, with Sporza's man on the motorbike, Renaat Schotte, photographing the incident.
Bak took the honours with a reported weight of 80 kilos, beating CCC Sprandi Polkowice's Marcin Bialoblocki at 79 kilos and Sunweb's Tom Stamsnijder at 77 kilos. Trek-Segafredo's Jasper Stuyven questioned the results, telling Schotte that he weighed in at more than 80 kilos. Perhaps Bak will give him one or two beers. He's certainly got enough to keep him going for some time.
Official: heaviest rider finishing il tappone #giro 1. Bak/LTS (80 kg) 2. Bialoblocki/CCC (79kg) 3. Stamsnijder/SUN (77kg) #100belgianbeers http://pic.twitter.com/RJxulzgXJa
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Sunweb: We'd have signed for a 31-second lead after Stelvio
Tom Dumoulin's Sunweb team manager Ivan Spekenbrink has denied that his rider's chances of victory at this year's Giro d'Italia are done after a difficult queen stage. With three more punishing mountain stages and a time trial to come, Dumoulin holds a 31-second advantage over Nairo Quintana (Movistar) in the general classification.
Of course, Dumoulin's lead heading into stage 16 had been much greater, but it was almost demolished after the Dutchman had to stop for an unexpected, and unwanted, comfort break. However, Spekenbrink says that if the 31-second lead had been offered to them ahead of the Giro d'Italia then they would have gladly taken it.
"When you see how he rode the last climb on his own and barely lost time to all the favourites, he rode a very strong climb. Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana were ultimately not much better. The Giro is certainly not lost," Spekenbrink told Dutch newspaper de Telegraaf. "Beforehand we would have signed up to a scenario after riding the Stelvio with Tom in the pink with 31 seconds ahead of Quintana. We stay with our plan because there is everything still to win. We keep going full for the final victory. "
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