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Gallery: Snapshots from the Giro’s most brutal finish – CyclingTips
Saturday’s stage 14 of the Giro ended atop the fearsome Monte Zoncolan.
The climb from Sutrio to Monte Zoncolan rises at around 8.5% for more than 14 km. That’s plenty steep enough as an average gradient, but that stat doesn’t really do justice to the last few kilometres of the climb. This 3 km stretch at 13%, with one brutal ramp of roughly 27%, made stage 14’s visit to Monte Zoncolan the toughest finish of this year’s Giro.
On the brutal, snow-lined ascent, the breakaway again had its way. The stage winner: 25-year-old Italian Lorenzo Fortunato, claiming both the…
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