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Route: There's a brief opportunity for riders to get back into the swing of things, post-rest day, as the stage heads to and then along the coast. From there, it's up all the way; to more than 2000m. Ivan Basso took the maglia rosa 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:on this climb in 2006, but that day finished at the Lanciano pass, and that's at 1306m. Today's blast goes right to the🌺 summit of the Blockhaus, where the last two kilometres are particularly tesꦕting.

Local Hero: We're on Dan🐼ilo Di Luca's p꧂atch here, and it will be mayhem on the Blockhaus if The Killer is in contention; in fact, it will be mayhem anyway.

Procycling's top tip: Looking outsi✨de the obvious favourites, Rabobank's Denis Menchov, who has climbing ability and thඣe sprint finish to make a difference, should be in the frame today as the Russian builds his condition for the Tour.

Savio speaks: Blockhaus is another beautiful climb, one day after Monte Petrano and will re-arrange the classification again. It's short but a stage that will send the classification up in fla🎃mes. It's Di Luca's land; he won the race two years ago and will be out for the kill on Blockhaus.

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