Today in Giro d'Italia 2016 , stage 19, general classification

The Colombian Esteban Chaves has reached the pink jersey after finishing second in stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia finishing in Risoul. Orica Greenedge cyclist took the lead in the overall standings to go solo on the last climb with Vincenzo Nibali, who ended up winning the stage and distancing Chaves in the last kilometers. The Colombian, new pink jersey, leads in 44 seconds to Nibali himself, and in a minute and five seconds Kruijswijk, overall leader until today's stage, in the absence of only two stages, so there are many options to finish taking the Italian round. It remains complicated, but if Chaves achieve hold the lead after the mountain stage takes place tomorrow (with three ports first and one third) and the last one on Sunday (flat) will run, the rider of Orica enter history by becoming the second South American to win the Giro d'Italia. The first was his compatriot Nairo Quintana in 2014. For its part the cyclist Costa Rica and Movistar Andrei Amador, rose from position 08 to 07 in the overall standings to 9: 34 of the new leader of the Giro Esteban Chavez.

			RIDER	TEAM	TIME	ADVANTAGE
	1		CHAVES Esteban	ORICA GREENEDGE	78h 14’ 20”	0’ 00”
	2		NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA PRO TEAM	78h 15’ 04”	0’ 44”
	3		KRUIJSWIJK Steven	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	78h 15’ 25”	01’ 05”
	4		VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR TEAM	78h 16’ 08”	01’ 48”
	5		MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF	78h 18’ 19”	03’ 59”
	6		JUNGELS Bob	ETIXX - QUICK-STEP	78h 22’ 13”	07’ 53”
	7		AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR TEAM	78h 23’ 54”	09’ 34”
	8		URAN URAN Rigoberto	CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING TEAM	78h 26’ 38”	12’ 18”
	9		SIUTSOU Kanstantsin	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	78h 27’ 39”	13’ 19”
	10		POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R LA MONDIALE	78h 28’ 31”	14’ 11”
	11		FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA PRO TEAM	78h 33’ 01”	18’ 41”
	12		ATAPUMA Darwin	BMC RACING TEAM	78h 35’ 11”	20’ 51”
	13		DUPONT Hubert	AG2R LA MONDIALE	78h 35’ 52”	21’ 32”
	14		MONFORT Maxime	LOTTO SOUDAL	78h 44’ 13”	29’ 53”
	15		HENAO Sebastian	TEAM SKY	78h 44’ 22”	30’ 02”

Today in the Giro Italia 2016. ( Stage 18 )

To tail is all bull. And more in the Giro d'Italia with many alternatives as being this. And if not just ask Matteo Trentin, who has given a lesson in cunning in the longest stage of this Giro, the eighteenth, finishing in Pinerolo. The Italian surprised his team mate Brambilla and Moser, who marched escaped and managed to overcome the absence of one hundred meters to the finish line. Duo doubt head allowed him to show all its power and even celebrate the victory a few meters from the finish.

The battle between Brambilla and Moser, two runners of different generations, had been exciting. They fought to exhaustion cycling these two gladiators, who managed to leave their breakaway companions in the only port to try to gamble the stage victory. But when they had everything to win, Trentin made useless their enormous effort and lug them a victory they believed in his hand.

The longest stage of the Giro (244 km) was suitable for getaways. A flat day with a second-class port 20 kilometers from the finish that could also be a place where general are proven again. A very large leak with 24 runners from 15 different teams managed to open a gap of thirteen minutes. Hostilities not arrive until the only mountain pass of the day.

In the large group of cyclists, nobody attacked Kruijswijt, the overall leader, to a significant slope just two kilometers from the finish. It was Alejandro Valverde, but without much faith, which proved it shows that still thinking about the final victory. Friday will have a new opportunity to climb to the roof of the Giro, the dreaded Colle dell'Agenello.

  

  

general classification of the Giro d'Italia 2016:

1. Steven Kruijswijk (Lotto NL-Jumbo) 73h50'37 
2. Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge) + 3'00 "
3. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) + 3'23 "
4. Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) + 4'43 "
5. Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha) + 4'50 "
6. Rafal Majka (Tinkoff) + 5'34 "
7. Bob Jungels (Team Quick Step) + 7.57 "
8. Andrey Amador (Movistar) + 8'53 "
9. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ag2r) + 10'05 "
10. Kanstantsin Siutsou (Dimension Data) + 11'15 "

Fired coach in Costa Rica for Whatsapp

The President of the Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, Raul Pinto sacked coach Javier Delgado Prado through a WhatsApp message when this was vacationing in Miami Florida with his family, is the second time Mr. Pinto dismisses a coach when it is on vacation, the first was the Colombian Hernan Torres Six months ago and the day yesterday to Mr. Delgado. The way to do it fallen badly in the alajuelenses fans, who demonstrated negatively on the different social networks to so disastrously proceeding the official of the institution of the city of mangoes, which although is true to apologized for his ill-advised action, not convinced or its mirror such repentance. The post of Javier Delgado, will be occupied by Mr. Jose Giaconne, who has been featured as a new strategist Alajuelense, only two hours ago at a press conference.

Giro d'Italia Stage 16 Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) wins the stage.

The attacks have already begun to lack of 60 km with a very active Astana throwing the race to Nibali. Valverde, very careful, was always ahead and waited for his chance to blow up the race on the penultimate port, which is crowned 10th goal, and attack only endured the Kruijswijk leader, again very strong, and Zakarin, which He beats the sprint taking advantage of its higher top speed.

A win that gives back to the podium as he took 42 "to the Colombian Chaves, who had been the first port after an attack by Nibali, and almost ruled the own Italian Astana ended up paying the effort to go on the offensive all day and relented.

Giro d'Italia 2016 stage 14 change leader

Today to run the number stage 14 in the Giro d'Italia, a very hard stage of 210 kilometers with 6 stations montana where the Colombian Esteban Chaves cattle at the end of the race, led in almost all its entirety by the well cyclist Colombia Darwin Atapuma who missing only 02 km to reach the goal was reached and relegated to fourth place at this stage 14, in the general classification also I suffered changes since the Costa Rican Andrey Amador could not keep already past since its leadership number 1 to 5 in the general classification, arriving ranked 9th day today, 3:15 minutes and get the new leader and pink shirt: Steven Kruijswijk.

Andrey Amador: Giro d'Italia leader

The rider of Costa Rica, and Movistar, Andrey Amador team is the new leader of the Giro d'Italia at the end of stage 13 the number today. It is the first Central American to accomplish the feat historical, his parents and his girlfriend traveled to Italy to accompany him and give affection and motivate every step of the rotation. He's to return more than getting  today shirt pink as overall leader of the stage to the delight of his teammates, his family, friends and 5 million Costa Ricans who flooded social networks and media to congratulate his compatriot . Pura Vida Costa Rica.

In the Giro d'Italia 2016 Gungels ( German ) vs Amador ( CR )

The Giro d'Italia is very exciting as every year, for this 2016 edition focuses of attention cyclist fall in Costa Rica, Andrey Amador, who is a show at every stage of this international competition as prestigious. The boy Movistar team goes on a high level in this year and is only 24 seconds behind the German, Bob Gungels who has a great physical condition and walks with a frenzied pace, another protagonist is the Spanish Alejandro Valverde team Movistar who up to 1.07 while Steven Kruijswijk (Hol.) LottoNl-jumbo.

Sevilla, Europe League champion 2016

Sevilla of Spain champion of the Uefa Europe League 2016 by winning the final in Basel , the English Liverpool in tremendous and playing game with many emotions in both goals, Congratulations Sevilla for the big win and Liverpool will proclaim again be one of the biggest in this year 2016 in which he returned to be protagonist, after many years of absence.

Sporting Club of Portugal won 4 x 0 but not quite enough

Sporting Clube de Portugal team won 4 goals to 0 Sporting Braga, but it was not enough to be champion in the Portuguese league, as also the Benfica triumphed against Nacional 4 x 1 and with this result the team Eagles of Benfica proclaims champion with two points more than green Lions coach Jorge Jesus. (BEN 88 and 87 Sporting) The Green team goals were scored by Slimanni, Teo Gutierrez and two goals from Costa Rican Brayan Ruiz. That if it should be noted that although they were not champions Sporting returns to the UEFA Champions League directly for the next edition accompanied Benfica. Congratulations Sporting Clube Portugal, its officers, fans and players for the great effort, support and professionalism to the last date of the Portuguese championship,. Welcome to the Uefa Champions League 2017.

Congratulations Benfica, Champion in Portugal League

Portugal Benfica won the championship a few hours ago his country by defeating the National 4 x 1 in the Stadium of Light, the Eagles 88 points, Sporting Club de Portugal 86 points. The two teams go directly to the next edition of Uefa Champions League form. Congratulations to all players, coaches, managers and fans. Benfica, 2016 champion.