Preview - Giro d'Italia 2022 stage 13

Stage 13 of the Giro d'Italia is a day for the sprinters, if nothing tricky happens, however it is indeed a day where surprises may happen. It’s a short day with only 150 kilometers on the road, and the first half is far from easy. The riders will set off from Sanremo in the Ligurian coast, and afterwards travel north over the mountains.

The big question mark of the day revolves around the Colle di Nava. It summits with 96 kilometers, 10.1 kilometers at 6.8%, a proper mountain to climb and one where if the pace is pushed, sprinters will suffer. A lot can happen, attacks for a breakaway, teams accelerating to split things up in order to have chances of fighting for the stage after the deorganization, teams with sprinters that can climb uniting and work together to drop and then keep some fast men far away… Or a calm ride up it, of course is also a possibility.

The riders won’t have the pleasure to descend off the climb which won’t be pleasant to many, as then they’ll undergo mostly pan-flat roads into Cuneo where the finale will take place. Likely a sprint will happen, with slight uphill gradients in the mix specially from the 2 to 1 kilometer to go banner. Nevertheless, nothing too complicated, nothing too technical aswell, a regular bunch sprint is expected.

**** Arnaud Démare

*** Fernando Gaviria, Mathieu van der Poel

** Simone Consonni, Alberto Dainese, Davide Ballerini

* Giacomo Nizzolo, Vincenzo Albanese, Phil Bauhaus, Andrea Vendrame