LIVE - Giro d'Italia stage 8 - Will the 22% ramps shake up the GC battle, or will the breakaway hold on for victory?
CyclingSaturday, 16 May 2026 at 12:25
Good afternoon and welcome to the liveblog of the Giro d'Italia. Today’s finale is a mountainous one, packed with demanding ramps that could spark attacks from the GC contenders. A strong breakaway may also fancy its chances of staying clear all the way to the line. How will the stage unfold? Find out with us as we follow every twist and turn of the race live and minute by minute.
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- Thanks for making your last comment. Highly appreciated. As with most subjects, you are wrong on this one too.ColdeLaLozeGoneandDead16-05-2026
- This is my last comment on yesterdays race. According to the Watts2win calculation, Vinny's level from 2021-2026 is stable, from 86-95, except when he exploded and broke the 100 mark for the 1st and only time in the 2024 Tour... while Pogi was at 81-87 from 2019-2023, and from 2024-2026 his level is 100-105. It's all math, capish? End of story.M-cOnstitUtion16-05-2026
- I think you are right. He's holding back. It is extremely important for him to win the Giro. But is is equally important to do it in a way that doesn't compromize his chances in the tour. Quintanas record is 9 years old. The top ten on the stage all beat Quintanas record. Jonas is not peaking or showing his real strength yet. He doesn't have to.ColdeLaLozeGoneandDead16-05-2026
- Good point. But the route design - with most mountains placed in the end of the Giro - doesn't allow for tapering in the last week of the Giro. And wouldn't tapering be placed closer to the tour in June? So far there has been a lot of zone 2 like intensity, which is ideal for building a base and endurance for the tour. Add some controlled intensity like Blockhaus yesterday and this is near perfect training for the tour. No teams seems interested in making this a hard Giro - and Visma doesn't have to make it hard to win. I think Visma are very happy with how things are playing out.ColdeLaLozeGoneandDead16-05-2026
- Surely it would also be better to plan to use more energy in the first week of the Giro, where it could be regarded as 'training', than in the last week, where tapering down with the Tour in mind would be wiser? I don't know, just wondering.Hills3316-05-2026
- he broke quintana's record so his form is peak but how they approach the next stages in the third week, whether attack or follow will decide the overall strategyabstractengineer16-05-2026
- Considering both beat Quintana's record, Gall did a performance of his life. Now whether he can repeat is the question, that too in the third week.abstractengineer16-05-2026
- Exactly. Out of this world and unbelievable.
Andrew16-05-2026 - You win the internet for the day?Andrew16-05-2026
- Surprised you can type as much as you type seeing as how your always holding on to some Pogacar dildoMrMcGibletts16-05-2026
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