Interesting last few days. Bit of action on the transition stage, and Stantambrogio was the loser. Podium now looks set, assuming none of the three (Nibali, Evans and Uran) have a bad day. Cavendish didn't win the last stage as the final climb was too much for him, so Evans also now has a real chance of picking up the red points jersey as well. Evans sits just 3 points behind Cavendish, and the next three stages favour Evans, and the last stage Cavendish will likely win. If Evans can get within the top couple of places in two of the next three stages then he might steal the points jersey from Cavendish.
Unfortunately, it has been snowing in the Dolomite mountains, so the two key mountainous in the Giro may be neutered somewhat. Bizarre weather for the time of the year, which is really unfortunate. I think it's almost certain that they will be neutered.
Tonight's stage is the mountain timetrial (MTT). You don't see too many MTTs, so this should be good. The last MTT Evans rode was in the 2010 Giro on the Kronplatz. Evans, despite being sick, managed to come in in second place. However, there was a nasty section of the Kronplatz that favoured Evans: a steep (up to 24%!) non-asphalted section covered in a loose gravel.
Here was the result for that day. Expect Nibali to give a better performance today than he did on the Kronplatz.
Here's the profile for tonight's MTT, up the Polsa:
A 19km climb, with about 1km of false flat at the start. Not overly steep, with the steepest ramp at 10%, and large sections averaging 6.6%. If Wiggins had been around, this sort of climb is his cup of tea: long, steady gradients that are not very steep.
Hopefully the MTT will favour Evans and he can take some time on Nibali, and not lose any time to Uran and Scarponi.