Giro d'Italia (2012) Photos; Stage 16: Limone sul Garda → Falzes, 174 km
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2004 Giro d'Italia flashback: Today's stage finished in Falzes where 8 years ago, Damiano Cunego took one of the biggest wins of his career. At the end of a mountainous stage, Cunego rode into Falzes and won by 1:16 putting him in the Pink Jersey for good. In total he won 4 stages in 2004 on his way to winning his first and only Giro d'Italia. Although, he's had some big wins since like Amstel Gold, Vuelta a Espana (2 stages) and Giro di Lombardia (3x), he hasn't won a Giro d'Italia stage since 2004.		share this photo
Start panoramic of Limone sul Garda along Lago di Garda		share this photo
Limone sul Garda		share this photo
The rollout from Limone sul Garda		share this photo
The peloton during the scenic neutralized start on the road that was built in the 1940s to provide easy access to Limone sul Garda		share this photo
One more fish eye shot		share this photo
Although there were lots of hills and mountains in sight on this stage, the course followed Adige and Isarco rivers and valleys		share this photo
A ten man break got away early on		share this photo
The break consisted of Alessandro De Marchi (Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela), Mathias Frank (BMC Racing Team), Jon Izagirre (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Luca Mazzanti (Farnese Vini-Sella Italia), Lars Ytting Bak (Lotto Belisol), Nicolas Maes (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), José Herrada Lopez (Movistar), Stef Clement (Rabobank), Matthias Brändle (NetApp) and Manuele Boaro (Saxo Bank)		share this photo
The peloton/GC contenders took the day off for a wine tour through the region		share this photo
The break worked well together and stretched out a lead of over 10 minutes		share this photo
It was only on the 2.5 km climb in Falzes with 5 km to go that there was any action on this stage		share this photo
Jon Izagirre (Euskaltel - Euskadi) and Mathias Frank (BMC Racing) leading the final attack followed José Herrada (Movistar)		share this photo
Jon Izagirre (Euskaltel - Euskadi) continued to power up the 2.5 km climb slowly gaining time the entire way		share this photo
Jon Izagirre (Euskaltel - Euskadi) then soloed the 2 km flat run to the line in Falzes to win by 16s		share this photo
Finish panoramic		share this photo
2nd Alessandro De Marchi (Androni Giocattoli) and 3rd Stef Clement (Rabobank) + 16s		share this photo
The peloton finally making there way up the climb in Falzes ...		share this photo
The peloton was saving themselves for tomorrow's big Dolomites stage and finished almost 9 minutes back of the winning time		share this photo
23 year-old Jon Izagirre (Euskaltel - Euskadi) on the podium celebrating the biggest (2nd) win of his career		share this photo
This must be Joaquim Rodriguez' (Katusha) fifth or sixth Pink Jersey this year		share this photo
Celebrate now because the Dolomites are tomorrow		share this photo
Mark Cavendish is determined to finish the race and claim the final Red Jersey for the points competition		share this photo
Giro d'Italia (2012) Photos; Stage 16: Limone sul Garda → Falzes, 174 km
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