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Giro d’Italia 2016 Favourites stage 3: King Kittel again?

Marcel Kittel 2016Stage 3 in the 2016 Giro leads from Nijmegen to Arnhem. The only climb is up the Posbank, with a steepest section at 12%, yet no sprinter will be alarmed as it's 53 kilometres remaining at the top. (Slideshow route/profile)

Looking at the height profile of stage 3 it must be hard for Marcel Kittel to suppress a smile. He is top favourite to win the Nijmegen-Arnhem stage, especially after outperforming his opponents in stage 2 the way he did. The German speed bomb doesn’t like to climb, well, he is being served with a course that’s almost all flat. Only at the 2.2 kilometres Posbank the road goes uphill, yet, only the last 700 metres are worth mentioning in that respect. Furthermore, the top is crested with 55 kilometres left to race.

The sprinters teams have all the time they could wish for to prepare for a sprint at the 14 kilometres closing circuit (that’s to be raced two times).

Favourites 3rd stage Giro d’Italia 2016:

*** Marcel Kittel, Caleb Ewan
** André Greipel, Sacha Modolo, Arnaud Démare, Moreno Hofland
* Giacomo Nizzolo, Matteo Pelucchi, Elia Viviani

Giro 2016 Stage 3: Route maps, height profiles, etc.

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Giro d'Italia 2016: All stages - source: gazetta.itAll stages

Giro d'Italia 2016: Route and profile 3rd stageRoute and profile

Giro d'Italia 2016: Profile stage 3: Nijmegen - Arnhem - source: gazetta.itProfile 3rd stage

Giro d'Italia 2016: Route stage 3: Nijmegen - Arnhem - source: gazetta.itRoute 3rd stage

Giro d'Italia 2016 stage 3: Climb details Posbank - source: gazetta.itClimb details Posbank

Giro d'Italia 2016 stage 3: Scheduled times - source: gazetta.itScheduled times

Giro d'Italia 2016 stage 3: Final kilometres - source: gazetta.itFinal kilometres

Giro d'Italia 2016 stage 3: Start in Nijmegen- source: gazetta.itStart in Nijmegen

Giro d'Italia 2016 stage 3: Nijmegen and ArnhemStart and finish at Google Maps

Giro d'Italia 2016 stage 3: Start in Arnhem - source: gazetta.itFinish in Arnhem

Giro d'Italia 2016: Grande PartenzaMap Grande Partenza

Giro d'Italia 2016: Video of the routeVideo of the route

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