Stage 0: Pre-Race/ Race Presentation Full Results and Report
| Doric temple of Segesta, Palermo on the island of Sicily site of the Giro d'Italia teams presentation | The overall winner's trophy, Trofeo Senza Fine, made a Grand appearance as usual |
| Social distancing as the presentation gets underway | FDJ Groupama | Movistar | Lawson Craddock and EF Pro Cycling teammates modeling the latest garish team kit. Jonathan Caicedo is pleased he is a national (Ecuadorian) champion so he is somewhat exempted. | The view from the back was pretty busy too. Looks like the EF Pro Cycling had difficulty sorting through a bunch of design candidates and then decided to select them all. | EF Pro Cycling | Palace skateboards is now a sponsor hence the duck (photo credit: EF Pro Cycling) | Lots of purple from Bardiani - CSF - Faizane... good luck differenting them from points leader jersey | Luca Chirico and his Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec teammates look like they've been outdone this year fashion-wise | JUMBO - VISMA | Steven KRUIJSWIJK (JUMBO - VISMA): “The Giro was not on my original race program but after the set-back I suffered at the Dauphiné, it was more realistic to focus on this srace. I have good and bad memories from the Giro, especially in 2016. I’ve learned a lot from that experience. Now I know how to handle a lead. I’d like to get into the Maglia Rosa again this year. I haven’t raced much but the Giro is quite hard at the beginning, so after the first four stages in Sicily, I’ll know how good I am.” | DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP | Geraint THOMAS (INEOS) | INEOS with Worlds TT champ Filippo Ganna: “It's my first Giro and I'm really excited. Knowing that there is an ITT on the opening stage that suits me, thrills me. I'll try to stay calm and give it all on Saturday, then I'll put myself at the service of our captain.” | Geraint THOMAS (INEOS): “I'm excited but I know that I'll also have to stay calm. We certainly have one of the best teams and I'm looking forward to those three weeks of hard racing.” | MITCHELTON - SCOTT led by Simon Yates: “Having won Tirreno-Adriatico doesn't mean that I'm the favorite for the Giro but I'll do my best to win it. From my last participation I've learnt to stay calm in this race but I know it'll be hard from the beginning with important stages to start with in Sicily.” | Elia VIVIANI (COFIDIS): “For every Italian rider, the Giro d'Italia is a dream. After taking my first success in the 2015 edition of the Corsa Rosa and the four stage victories enriched by the Maglia Ciclamino in 2018, I return to the Giro to try to bring home some good results for me and my team.” | Making his first appearance at the Giro, Peter Sagan (BORA - HANSGROHE): “I came out of the Tour de France pretty well but I’ve never done two Grand Tours in such a short period of time. The Giro was my big goal for this year anyway so we’ve decided to go ahead with this goal. I want to do my best. If I can win a couple of stages, it’ll be great. After a few days, I’ll see if I can fight for the Maglia Ciclamino.” | A former winner of the KOM jersey, Giulio CICCONE (Trek - Segafredo) seemingly has his eye on the top prize this year | But of course, former winner, Vincenzo NIBALI is the team leader of Trek - Segafredo: “After Tirreno-Adriatico I felt my condition growing day by day and at the World Championships, I felt much better. Now I'm ready for the Giro. It is very exciting to be able to race a few stages of the Giro on the roads of my region, in Sicily. I don't want to make any predictions, I will try to do my best, and then we will see what we have achieved. There are many strong riders who will try to get on the podium in Milan: Thomas has the advantage of the ITT on his side. Fuglsang, Yates and Kruijswijk are also among the main contenders. I believe that the stage of the Laghi di Cancano could be decisive for the general classification.” |
Stage 1: Monreale → Palermo, 15 km Full Results and Report
| Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) getting ready to warm-up | Many thought Italy would not see the start of this year's Giro d'Italia | The Monreale/Palermo course and scenery | The early riders provided some lunch time entertainment |
| Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) on the cobble hill at the start of the 15 km opening ITT |
| Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) can't get by this fan fast enough. "Mask on your face not your arm FFS" as @Trudgin tweeted | Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) over the top and onto the fast run to the finish to win by 22s in 15:24 with average speed of 58.831 kph which is the all-time best average speed for a Grand Tour time trial | The photographer captured an action shot of the runner-up just in the nick of time. 2nd João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) + 22s for the 22 year-old | 13th down the ramp, João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) held the best time for 1 1/2 hours | 3rd Mikkel BJERG (DEN/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) also + 22s | Easily the best time by a GC rider, 4th Geraint THOMAS (GBR/INEOS) + 23s | 8th Lawson CRADDOCK (USA/EF PRO CYCLING) + 41s seen during the warm-up |
| Bad luck to go off when the winds especially high, 15th Rohan DENNIS (AUS/INEOS) + 48s | 69th Vincenzo NIBALI( ITA/TREK - SEGAFREDO + 1:20... that's some big GC time loss | Peter Sagan (Slovakia / Team Bora - hansgrohe) punching the climb | Peter Sagan (Svk/Bora-Hansgrohe) looking faster than he was 106th + 1:50 | 144th Filippo Zana (Ita/Bardiani CSF Fazing ) | 122nd Rafal Majka (Pol/Bora-Hansgrohe) + 2:00 nose how to use those aerobars in the winds | Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) 1 week after winning the Worlds TT (photos) and 2 weeks after setting a record best time in the Tirreno-Adriatico TT (photos) | Your Stage 1 winner, Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS): “This is only pride for myself, for the nation and for Italian cycling. My main concern was to ride clean. I've seen some riders had problems. I've won four World Championships on the track, one in time trialling and today this wonderful jersey. I hope to not finish my career here and there is more to come. We will now work to help our captain Geraint Thomas.” |
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| Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) is the first Italian to wear the Maglia Rosa after the opening stage since Marco Pinotti in (2011?) but Pinotti was part of a TTT. Overall, only four Italians have worn the Pink Jersey after the opening stage. | With a 22s lead, Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) may keep the jersey after the Stage 2 uphill finish | Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) getting tired spraying champagne | Another one of his jerseys from today | The Maglia Rosa ontop of Rainbows |
Stage 2: Alcomo → Agrigento, 150 km Full Results and Report
| Stage 2 teams presentation in Alcamo as fans peer down from the fort lookout | Deep purple would have been a better color for the EF Pro Cycling shorts | Bora - Hansgrohe | Bora - Hansgrohe legs | A trip down memory lane | Stage 1 TT winner and race leader, Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) next to GC team leader, Geraint THOMAS | Start scene for Stage 1 with jersey leader social distancing? | The crowded rollout from Alcamo | The route was ruined | Today's break led by Thomas De Gendt (BEL/Lotto Soudal) stayed away until 10 km to go | INEOS managing the gap for their race leader | Three puncheurs left at the front on the uphill finish in Agrigento | Diego ULISSI (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) checks to make sure he has enough of a gap to post-up | Diego ULISSI (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) wins the puncheur uphill finish in 3:24:58 ahead of 2nd Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) and 3rd Mikkel Frølich HONORÉ (DEN/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) | Finish scene in Alcamo... fewer fans than at the start | Diego Ulissi said: “I started the stage very motivated with the certainty of being able to beat everyone. After I sped up, I've seen a gap behind me and I knew that whoever would come across would have spent a lot of energy. It's big to win on the second day when everyone wants to win and is fresh as well. The sprinters also tried. That's why I asked the team to make the race hard. It's been a perfect tactic that enabled me to beat Peter [Sagan].” | 3rd Mikkel Frølich HONORÉ (DEN/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) is back in frame after spending few seconds obscured | Disappointed with another Grand Tour runner-up finish, Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE): "The final climb of the stage was pretty hard, 3.7km and from the bottom to the top we went full gas. In hindsight, maybe I could have done something better. When I caught Ulissi and Honoré, maybe I should have sprinted immediately, but I was also on the limit because of the big effort I did to catch them. When they sprinted I gave my maximum but Diego was stronger and won with a margin of 4-5 bikes. It is what it is and I'm satisfied with my second place. It is strange for me to wear the mountain jersey. I got some points for the ciclamino jersey but tomorrow will be another hard stage, so we will have to see day by day." | 4th Michael MATTHEWS (AUS/SUNWEB) + 5s | It has been so long, Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) asks Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) what it is like to win so much. (Sagan hasn't won a race in 15 months) Or, Sagan could be telling Ganna he looks pretty in Pink. | The Maglia Rosa Filippo Ganna said: “In my first 24 hours in the Maglia Rosa, I've realised what it means for the fans. I heard people yelling my name and Salvatore Puccio's because he's from here. I'll never forget that day. I thought of trying to go for the win but I've preferred to not take any risk and retain the jersey. Geraint Thomas had fantastic legs again today. I hope he'll take over from me tomorrow.” | Your Stage 2 winner, Diego ULISSI (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) now has seven career Giro stage wins | Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) celebrates his likely last podium ceremony in Pink | With a summit finish on Etna tomorrow, Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) is expected to pass the Pink Jersey to his teammate Geraint Thomas | Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE): "It is strange for me to wear the mountain jersey" | KOM leader Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) |
Stage 3: Enna → Etna, 150 km Full Results and Report
| The morning Grand appearance of Trofeo Senza Fine | Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) has enjoyed his time in Pink but it has come to an end | He wasn't on fire today but 6th Rafal MAJKA (POL/BORA - HANSGROHE) + 51s did finish in the GC group | Trofeo Senza Fine will do this to you | Peter Sagan (SVK - Bora - Hansgrohe) in the KOM Jersey ponders his chances of keeping it at the end of the day | Dropping the flag on Stage 3 in Enna | The downhill bumpy neutral start |
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| Today's break | Jonathan CAICEDO (ECU/EF PRO CYCLING) went solo from remnants of the break 3 km from finish of the 15 km climb | The GC negotiating the lava on Etna | GC group in the Lava | GC group in the Lava | Kind of chunky for a climber but Jonathan CAICEDO (ECU/EF PRO CYCLING) gets the job done | The action back in the GC group | In the hurt house, Jonathan CAICEDO (ECU/EF PRO CYCLING) gets more encouragement | Jonathan CAICEDO (ECU/EF PRO CYCLING) looking for the line | Jonathan CAICEDO (ECU/EF PRO CYCLING) in the Ecuadorian national champion's jersey wins the first mountain stage | Jonathan CAICEDO (ECU/EF PRO CYCLING): “I’ve made a dream come true. It’s only my second year as a pro rider and it’s been very hard. I woke up this morning with the intention to make the breakaway and try and win the stage. I achieved it and it makes me very happy. The last kilometres have been a mix of suffering, emotions and pain. Now that I’m in a good position, I’ll keep fighting on GC.” | If he had just rode like this through the line instead of posting up early, Jonathan CAICEDO (ECU/EF PRO CYCLING) would also be the new race leader | 2nd Giovanni VISCONTI (ITA/VINI ZABU KTM) + 21s | The action in the GC group was lively before the results came in: 5th Jakob FUGLSANG (DEN/ASTANA PRO) + 51s, 6 Rafal MAJKA (POL/BORA - HANSGROHE), 7 Vincenzo NIBALI (ITA/TREK - SEGAFREDO), 8 Jonathan CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS (ESP/INEOS), 9 Domenico POZZOVIVO (ITA/NTT PRO CYCLING) | Simon YATES' (GBR/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) bad legs from yesterday carried over to today and he was dropped at the base of the climb | 31st Simon YATES (GBR/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) + 4:22 lost 3 1/2 minutes to the GC group | Geraint THOMAS (INEOS) finished the day well back after his neutral zone crash and he is uncertain for tomorrow | Stage 3 winner, Jonathan CAICEDO (ECU/EF PRO CYCLING) gave us a good look at the long sleeve version of the new team kit | Jonathan Vaughters, team CEO said post-race “We proved that rain, UCI fines, and fans being scandalized by our new kit were all just … water off a duck’s back,” said team CEO Jonathan Vaughters. “I’m so thrilled for Jonathan and for the whole team working together to make today’s big win on the mountain happen. His ride was a surprise to most, and it had grit and style. Obviously everyone has been talking about the Palace and Rapha kit, which has been so cool to see. Even cooler? Winning in it, and showing that we’re here to race the Giro, too.” |
| 2nd in the opening TT and 11th today + 1:03, João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) is the new race leader | The Maglia Rosa João Almeida said: “I can’t describe how it feels to have the Maglia Rosa. It’s a dream come true. From the beginning of the climb, it was quite fast. I was informed more or less of the time gaps. I knew Geraint [Thomas] was dropped but I was still worried about Simon Yates who is very punchy but he got dropped also. I controlled the situation at my pace. 3 to 4km before the top, the wind was very strong. I did as much as I could. It’s been a lot of suffering until the finishing line. I think I’ll try to keep the Maglia Rosa as long as I can.” |
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Stage 4: Catania → Villafranco Tirrena, 140 km Full Results and Report
| UAE TEAM EMIRATES reviewing team plans to get their sprinter, Fernando GAVIRIA (2nd from right) over the mid-race cat 3 climb | LOTTO SOUDAL didn't have a successful plan for this stage either | [Catania hometown] Stage 4 Ambassador of the Corsa Rosa is Italian épée fencer, World Champion in 2014 and 2015, Rossella Fiamingo | NTT on stage while Ag2R stocks up at the NamedSport energy bar/gel buffet | Sly Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) was hoping to drop some sprinters on the lone mountain today | Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) enjoys a sprint finish after a testing climb | 22 year-old João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) enjoyed his first day in the Maglia Rosa | João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) rocks Pink | Stage 2 winner, Diego ULISSI (UAE TEAM EMIRATES) | João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) was ready to duke out it with EF PRO CYCLING for intermediate sprint points today | Stage 4 Ambassador Rossella Fiamingo with race leader, João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) | Start scene for Stage 4 win Catania... not nearly the same size crowd as 2018 (Amazing photos from the Catania start in 2018) | Last stage on Sicily for Sicilian Vincenzo NIBALI who looked good in the first mountain test yesterday and is less than 1 minute back on GC. Can he win the Giro again 10 years after his first win? | Leaving Cantania |
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| BORA - HANSGROHE driving the pace early | Today's break: Simon ELLAUD (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI - SIDERMEC) and most combative rider, Kamil GRADEK (CCC TEAM), Marco FRAPPORTI (VINI ZABU' - BRADO - KTM) | The peloton climbing the cat 3 Portella Mandrazzi mid-race | Matteo Fabbro (BORA - hansgrohe) leading the peloton | BORA - hansgrohe driving hard and successfully dropping Fernando GAVIRIA |
| Race leader, João ALMEIDA surrounded by DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP behind BORA - hansgrohe | Technically tied on time before the stage, João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) easily won the intermediate sprint over Jonathan CAICEDO (EF Pro Cycling), blurry in the background, to give him a 2s outright race lead. “When I saw Caicedo trying to go for the time bonus at the intermediate sprint, I decided to react and beat him to take the lead. In the end I am very happy it worked and that I can wear the Maglia Rosa another day.” | We had another loose bison incident today. Pieter WEENING (NED - Trek Segafredo) embarrassingly dropped then ran over his own water bottle in the feed zone. | Inside 10 km to go, GROUPAMA - FDJ driving the pace | Final leadout man Jacopo Guarnieri (Italy / Team Groupama FdJ) inside 1 km to go | The sprint finish in Villafranca Tirrena in full flight after Peter Sagan jumped first |
| Close sprint finish unfolding with 3 across the road: Davide BALLERINI (ITA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) , Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) and Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) | Great shot of Davide BALLERINI (ITA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) and Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) executing their lunge before Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) | The photo finish: Despite the worst bike throw of the three, Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) wins in 3:22:13 ahead of 2nd Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) and 3rd Davide BALLERINI (ITA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) | The finish scene in Villa Franca Tirrena | Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) wins Stage 1 ahead of 2nd Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) and 3rd Davide BALLERINI (ITA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) | Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ): “After I crossed the finish line I was not sure I had won. I saw Ballerini celebrating, so I thought I was second and could not celebrate until my success was made official on the podium. I am super happy. It was a special finish, we wanted to keep the high speed at the front as Gaviria and Viviani were 25-30 seconds behind. In the final kilometer, teammate Miles Scotson accelerated very fast and tried to go solo, Cofidis had then to work catch him and I could save some precious energy for the final sprint. Today I had good legs but also some luck on my side.” | All hands on the bars after a tight sprint on a twisting road | Your Stage 4 winner, Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) also won Stage 10 last year beating Bora (photos) | Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) has 11 wins since the season restarted this year | Now with a 2s race lead, João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP): “When I saw Caicedo trying to go for the time bonus at the intermediate sprint, I decided to react and beat him to take the lead. In the end I am very happy it worked and that I can wear the Maglia Rosa another day. Tomorrow we have more climbs to tackle, I expect some riders to attack. I hope I can follow then and be in the GC lead again tomorrow evening.” | João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) | Best young rider Jonathan CAICEDO (ECU/EF PRO CYCLING) and points leader Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) | Lots of good young riders looking over Sagan's shoulder these days | The Maglia Ciclamino Peter Sagan said: “When I crossed the line, I didn’t know if I’d won or if I was second or third. I did my best. In such a tight sprint, sometimes I’ve won, sometimes I’ve lost. Our tactic was to make the race very hard on the climb. I’m satisfied with the team. They’ve done a very good job. I’m in the Maglia Ciclamino now, but only by a few points. I just hope it’s going to continue like this.” | The Maglia Azzurra Jonathan Caicedo said: “The truth is that sprinting is not my speciality. But I was in a situation of getting the lead of a very important race so I tried my luck in the intermediate sprint. It didn’t quite work out but I’ll keep fighting for the Maglia Rosa. I’m very motivated.” |
Stage 5: Mileto → Camigliatello Silano, 225 km Full Results and Report
| A Giro d'Italia in the Fall is a different experience | It didn't take long for Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) to go full Ciclamino | KOM leader and 2s back on GC, Jonathan CAICEDO (ECU/EF PRO CYCLING) had a bad day finishing 83rd + 16:34 today | Conversely, João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) extended his lead today | Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) rides by the tifosi | Stage start in Mileto | Last minute adjustments for race leader, João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) | Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) in the Maglia Ciclamino | Start scene for Stage 4 in Mileto | The colorful rollout |
| Marco Pantani mural along the way | The proper start to the stage |
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| After almost 50 km and an hour of racing, a quartet of Jan Tratnik (Bahrain McLaren), Carl Frederik Hagen (Lotto Soudal) and Ineos Grenadiers teammates Filippo Ganna and Salvatore Puccio managed to get away. (cyclingnews) Several more riders then bridged across |
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| Trek Segafredo at the front of the peloton attempting to thin the ranks, but they were unsuccessful. Chris Horner was highly critical of their climbing and descending tactics, Video: The Butterfly Effect Stage 5 - TREK Segafredo Terrible Tactics (10:13 English) — ChrisHorner | Simon Yates (MITCHELTON - SCOTT) was dropped again today | The break descending the big climb on the day | Break descending shot | The break | Filippo GANNA (INEOS) gaves a dig | Filippo GANNA (INEOS) took advantage of a feud between Einer RUBIO (COL/MOVISTAR) and Thomas De Gendt (LOTTO SOUDAL) |
| Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) powering over the final climb as it suddenly gets dark | There is no catching Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) when the roads flatten out or go downhill | After almost 4000m of climbing, one of the heaviest riders in the race (83kg) appears first at the finish, Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) | Plenty of time for Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) to celebrate his first road win as a pro: “There were strong riders in the breakaway, even riders who aren't far down on GC. Our initial plan was not for me to go away today but I went with Salvatore Puccio and we managed to reach the escape. He has advised me all day. He doesn't win races himself but he's a real leader of the team. He's like a brother for me. Yesterday I received a message from Geraint Thomas who told me to break away. With the advantage I had at the top of the climb, I tried to not take too many risks but in some curves in the downhill, I've seen the wall from too close.” | Exhaustion finally sets in as Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) crosses the line first on Stage 5 by 34s | Bunch sprint for second led by Patrick KONRAD (AUT/BORA - HANSGROHE): "It was a hard stage but really under control. The team worked well together, we were brought into a good position for the climb and then focused on the descent. We were at the front, we didn't have to take any risks and, in the finish, I was able to take second place." | 2nd Patrick KONRAD (AUT/BORA - HANSGROHE) + 34s, 3 João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP), 4 Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB), 5 Lucas HAMILTON (AUS/MITCHELTON - SCOTT), 6 Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB), 7 Harm VANHOUCKE (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL), 8 Pello BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA (ESP/BAHRAIN - MCLAREN), 9 Jakob FUGLSANG (DEN/ASTANA PRO), 10 Fausto MASNADA (ITA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) | Best finish face: Chris Hamilton (Australia / Team Sunweb): "It was an epic day... a good day" | Hugs for the winner, Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) | Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) signing the RAI camera | João ALMEIDA (DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) extended his race lead to 43s: | João ALMEIDA (DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP): “It's a good day for me in the defence of the Maglia Rosa. I had good legs again in the finale today. I wanted to sprint, also to show that I'm here and not in the Maglia Rosa by chance. I'll keep fighting for the jersey as long as I can. I knew that Caicedo was no longer with us but I also wanted more time bonus. I have a good gap now on GC. For sure the Maglia Rosa makes me stronger and gives me confidence. It's an extra motivation to perform.” |
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Stage 6: Castrovillari → Matera, 188 km Full Results and Report
| Tanel KANGERT's duckie bike | 6th on GC Domenico POZZOVIVO (ITA/NTT PRO CYCLING) + 1:05 | Limbering up before finishing 2nd today, Michael MATTHEWS (AUS/SUNWEB) | The spotlight was on the Maglia Ciclamino, Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) | On paper it looked like a good stage for Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) and his team did a lot of work at the front today | Stage 4 winner, Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ). We'll see him again later. | Stage 1 TT and yesterday's Stage 5 RR winner, Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) | Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) and Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) at the start of Stage 6 in Castrovillari | A scenic rollout from Castrovillari |
| Some climbing at the beginning of the stage | João ALMEIDA (DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) comfortably maintained his race lead |
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| BORA - HANSGROHE controlled the front of the peloton | Jimmy Whelan (EF Pro Cycling) was the last break survivor dangling off the front at the end of the stage | 30 km to go; the peloton in no rush | Masked fans abiding by the new mandatory Italian national outdoor mask mandate while reminding us of Michele Scarponi | The sprint finish in Matera | Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) powering away from the field; Maglia Ciclamino, Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) has given up |
| Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) easily wins Stage 6 in 4:54:38 almost gapping 2 Michael MATTHEWS (AUS/SUNWEB), 3 Fabio FELLINE (ITA/ASTANA PRO), 4 Juan Sebastian MOLANO BENAVIDES (COL/UAE TEAM EMIRATES), 5 Davide CIMOLAI (ITA/ISRAEL START - UP NATION), 6 Andrea VENDRAME (ITA/AG2R LA MONDIALE), 7 Mikkel Frølich HONORÉ (DEN/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP), 8 Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE), 9 Enrico BATTAGLIN (ITA/BAHRAIN - MCLAREN), 10 Jhonatan Manuel NARVAEZ PRADO (ECU/INEOS) | Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) wins Stage 6 | 12 wins since the season restart for Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) | Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ): “Until the team meeting this morning, I thought today’s stage was a good one for me but after the demanding race we had yesterday and the advantage the breakaway riders had today, I wasn’t confident for a bunch sprint finish. Eventually it came down to a sprint. I suffered like hell in the short but steep hill but I recovered just in time. I told my team-mates to hide as long as we could. When I saw the false flat uphill in the last 200 metres, with the strength I had in my legs at that moment, I realized this was the perfect moment for me.” | Your Stage 6 winner, Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) celebrates his second win in three days at the Giro | The Maglia Rosa João Almeida said: “I’m actually getting used to the Maglia Rosa, even though I don’t know how to describe this feeling. Hopefully, I’ll have it for a few more days. I was bumped in by another rider when I stopped to exchange my radio with a team-mate but I’m ok and I hope the other rider is fine too. I’m not worried about the possible crosswinds tomorrow. I have a very experienced team for that. I’m very relaxed even with the responsibilities of leading the race.” | Also best young rider, João Almeida | Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) is now in the Maglia Ciclamino, | The biggest Grand Tour KOM leader in recent memory, Filippo Ganna (Team Ineos Grenadiers) in the Maglia Azzurra |
Stage 7: Matera → Brindisi, 143 km Full Results and Report
| An overhead view of the morning sunshine glistening of the spectacular ancient town of Matera, the Stage 7 start host | The Grand arrival of Trofeo Senza Fine |
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| Youth is wasted on the young; 22 year-old race leader João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP) seems unimpressed | The rollout from Matera a complex of cave dwellings carved into the ancient river canyon, often cited as "one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world." | Bucket list |
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| Climbing out of Matera | Simon PELLAUD was active again getting a small break started early | Cross winds produced echelons as expected | DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP was one of the instigators of break | The wind mills are an indication that this area is often windy | Race leades, João ALMEIDA (DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) was at the front of course | Filippo GANNA (INEOS GRENADIER) | Arnaud Démare (Groupama - FDJ) | Great shot of a straight section and the echelons | Rear view of echelons | With mostly a tailwind, this stage was the fastest Grand Tour stage on record at 51.234 kph |
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| One of several crashes on the day | Back together for a sprint finish in Brindisi with Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) barely hanging onto the wheel of Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) |
| Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) wins Stage 7 in 2:47:28 ahead of 2nd Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE), 3 Michael MATTHEWS (AUS/SUNWEB), 4 Ben SWIFT (GBR/INEOS), 5 Alvaro Jose HODEG CHAGUI (COL/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP), 6 Rudy BARBIER (FRA/ISRAEL START - UP NATION), 7 Davide BALLERINI (ITA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP), 8 Enrico BATTAGLIN (ITA/BAHRAIN - MCLAREN), 9 Filippo FIORELLI (ITA/BARDIANI CSF FAIZANE'), 10 Elia VIVIANI (ITA/COFIDIS) | Third win of this year's Giro for Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) and 13th win of the season. “It was a very fast stage, very nervous as well and marked by many crashes. The guys did, once again, an excellent job today, and we were very well positioned for the sprint, which was a chaotic one. I was close to the victory but it just wasn’t the day today.” said runner-up Peter Sagan | Arnaud Démare said: “It was a sprint won with muscles. We’ve made it with authority, thanks to our collective strength. Jacopo Guarnieri cleared me the way when UAE Team Emirates tried to disturb our train. My team-mate Ramon Sinkeldam had a mechanical in the last kilometre and it took us only 200 meters to get reorganised with Miles Scotson taking over from him and Ignatas Konovalovas being still up there despite the enormous amount of work he has already delivered. It was a real sprint with all the top sprinters in contention, at the end of a very fast stage marred by echelons and crashes. It’s been a big day of racing!” | Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) is riding a high | Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) | As Stage 7 winner, Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) indicates, he has won three times at this year's Giro | Flawless again today, João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) maintains his 43s lead: “What a fast stage. There have been many echelons created by the wind but luckily I have a strong and experienced team for these situations, with team-mates like Iljo Keisse, I have to say thanks to riders like him for the constant help and support. The final part of the stage was even faster, I tried to ride in front to avoid taking risks. It paid off.” |
Stage 8: Giovinazzo → Vieste, 200 km Full Results and Report
| The shady race leader João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) | The scene at the Stage 8 teams presentation in Giovinazzo with DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP on stage | João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) leads by 43s | The shark is lurking one-minute back, 5th overall Vincenzo NIBALI (ITA/TREK - SEGAFREDO) | World hour-record holder, Victor CAMPENAERTS (NTT PRO CYCLING) | Fernando GAVIRIA and Diego ULISSI | [Race director] Vegni has concerns for coronavirus impact on Giro d'Italia after Paris-Roubaix cancellation — cyclingnews
| The rollout from Giovinazzo | Southern Italy is still in Summer; The harbor at Giovinazzo | The harbor at Giovinazzo, the Stage 8 start host | The successful break on a beautiful day and good cycling roads | The peloton climbing the Monte Sant'Angelo, half way through stage and the only climb of the day | Beauty cycling roads |
| Feed zone | Vineyard view | 15 km to go: Alex DOWSETT (GBR/ISRAEL START - UP NATION) attacked before the final climb | The chase on the final climb with 10 km to go | Alex DOWSETT (GBR/ISRAEL START - UP NATION) descended with about a 40s lead | TT specialist Alex DOWSETT (GBR/ISRAEL START - UP NATION) in his element now | Alex DOWSETT (GBR/ISRAEL START - UP NATION) casting a fall shadow | Rabid for a road win is Alex DOWSETT (GBR/ISRAEL START - UP NATION) |
| After numerous TT wins in his career, Alex DOWSETT (GBR/ISRAEL START - UP NATION) celebrates only his second road win in his 10 year pro career | The finish scene in Vieste | With 1:15 gap, Alex DOWSETT (GBR/ISRAEL START - UP NATION) had plenty of time to celebrate | Without a road win in 9 years, no contract for next year and a baby on the way, this win meant a lot to Alex DOWSETT (GBR/ISRAEL START - UP NATION) | This was the break the first time through the finish before the finishing circuit. At the finish it was 2nd Salvatore PUCCIO (ITA/INEOS) + 1:15, 3 Matthew HOLMES (GBR/LOTTO SOUDAL), 4 Joseph ROSSKOPF (USA/CCC), 5 Matthias BRÄNDLE (AUT/ISRAEL START - UP NATION) + 2:10 | 7th Michael MATTHEWS (AUS/SUNWEB) won the field sprint about 14 minutes later ahead of 8th Fernando GAVIRIA RENDON (COL/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) | Peter SAGAN (BORA - HANSGROHE) left it up to another team to lead the chase but no team stepped forward | Alex DOWSETT (GBR/ISRAEL START - UP NATION) post-race | Alex Dowsett said: “Since Israel Start-Up Nation stepped up to the WorldTour, we’ve been fighting for this victory. Today we had a plan to break away. Either Matthias Brändle or myself could have been the winner. It’s an incredible thing to have experienced, and a massive relief. Uncertainty is the nature of 2020 and I have no contract for next year. I still want to be a bike racer. It’s not really a job, it’s what I like to do and what I’m good at. I have my first baby on the way. It makes me worried but I’m looking forward to being a dad. It must be as emotional as winning today’s stage.” | Your Stage 8 winner, Alex DOWSETT (GBR/ISRAEL START - UP NATION) | This is Alex DOWSETT (GBR/ISRAEL START - UP NATION) second Giro win after he won a TT stage at the Giro seven years ago (photos) |
| First road win in 9 years for Alex DOWSETT (GBR/ISRAEL START - UP NATION) and the first Grand Tour and World Tour win for his team Israel Start-Up Nation | Another solid day for race leader, João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) who will take his 43s into the next mountain stage |
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Stage 9: San Salvo → Roccaraso, 208 km Full Results and Report
Stage 10: Lanciano → Tortoreto, 177 km Full Results and Report
| Team Jumbo - Visma's sports director talking to the cycling podcast's Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe. Shortly afterward Jumbo - Visma withdrew from the Giro following the announcement that their team leader, Steven KRUIJSWIJK (JUMBO - VISMA), had tested positive for COVID-19 | The staging area for Stage 10 in Lanciano not only looked sparse from lack of fans but now two teams (Jumbo - Visma and Mitchelton - Scott) have withdrawn after their team leaders and, in the case of Mitchelton - Scott, staff tested positive | Team Sunweb minus Michael Matthews who has also tested positive for covid-19. Sunweb has decided to remain in the race. | Maglia Ciclamino Arnaud Demare (Groupama - FDJ) stocking up before Stage 10 | Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) was thinking of attacking today | KOM leader, Ruben GUERREIRO (EF PRO CYCLING) | Vincenzo NIBALI (ITA/TREK - SEGAFREDO) | 22-year old João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) continues to wear Pink after Stage 10. Is the prospect of winning Trofeo Senza Fine coming into focus? | Battle wounds after 9 days of racing | The rollout from Lanciano | The rollout from Lanciano | Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) and Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS) getting the early break started |
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| Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) was aggressive at the front of the race all day. His last breakmate was 4th Ben SWIFT (GBR/INEOS) + 23s | Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) checking the gap to the rest of the break | Sam Oomen (Netherlands / Team Sunweb) in the chase | Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) and Ben SWIFT (GBR/INEOS) off the front | Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) driving the pace before dropping Ben SWIFT (GBR/INEOS) | The dry spell is about to end for Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) after 15 months without a win | After near misses in sprint finishes, Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) won Stage 10 using brute force. | The chase group comes around the corner as Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) wins by 19s | "I'm very happy with this victory which also has a special meaning to me since it is my first one ever at the Giro d'Italia. My previous victory was last year at the Tour de France, so I had to wait a bit to get this result. The team and the fans had their expectations, so I owed them a victory. I was on the podium a lot of times but there is a big difference between first and second place. We knew that going in the breakaway would be important today but I can guarantee you it wasn't easy at all. It was very hard, it took a lot of effort and I think the escapees today were the ones with the best legs. On top of that, once our group was formed we had to work hard for a long time because the peloton, with Groupama-FDJ in front, also tried hard to bring us back. It took us a long time to build an advantage. In the final climbs, especially the last one, I knew I had to give it my all because I needed to have a gap and then make sure I didn't crash in the last descent. I lost a bit of time there and in the final 7km it was important to go on the limit because behind me there was a group of 10-15 riders that certainly wanted to catch me." – Peter Sagan | Peter Sagan looked like the Hulk today... | Sagan's amazing ride stats | 2nd Brandon MCNULTY (USA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) + 19s. “I got a puncture on one of the steep climbs and I had a long chase back on. It was a reduced group and no one had a teammate so I knew that if I could get a jump on the group then I could stay clear and that’s exactly what happened. I knew I was close to Sagan – the stage win would have been nice but also second place on the stage is incredible.Every day is possibly the last day here,so everyone is all-in everyday. We hope to continue but safety is the most important thing for all the riders and also all of Italy .” | 6th Rafal MAJKA (POL/BORA - HANSGROHE) and 7th Patrick KONRAD (AUT/BORA - HANSGROHE) + 23s |
| Peter Sagan rode like today was the last Giro stage | Your Stage 10 winner, Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) | Your Stage 10 winner Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE): “I won with my style, putting on a show! We were in the breakaway all day, I had good legs, and went solo on the uphill before descending with attention in the downhill and then full gas in the final kilometers.” | Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) | Race leader João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) by 34. “Also today the team did a perfect job. In the final I tried to attack, then I managed to gain a few seconds with the time bonus on the finish line. Overall, it was a good day.” | João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) | Arnaud Demare (Groupama - FDJ) wasn't a factor today but his three stage wins keep him in Maglia Ciclamino |
Stage 11: Porto Sant'Elpidio → Rimini, 182 km Full Results and Report
| Stunt rider and vigilante Vittorio Brumotti, Sabrina De Filippis (director of the Regional Passenger Division of Trenitalia) and Ivan Basso (former Giro d'Italia winner) arrive with the Trofeo Senza Fine by train | Two trains with the pink livery honoring the Giro d'Italia have been traveling in the Marche region since the end of September, demonstrating how close the world of two wheels is to train transport, both being sustainable and close to the environment. | Fernando GAVIRIA RENDON (COL/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) and Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) | Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) reading about his impressive Stage 10 win in Gazzetta della Sport | "There was no surprise today and this flat stage came down to a fast bunch sprint. The team did again a very good job, in the final kilometres we were in the front parts of the group and after the last left bend, I entered the long straight stretch well positioned. I did my best in the sprint but it wasn't enough to take the victory." – Peter Sagan | Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) regained his advantage over Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) in the Maglia Ciclamino competition | Alex DOWSETT (GBR/ISRAEL START - UP NATION) has also won a stage at this year's Giro | Start scene for Stage 11 in Porto Sant'Elpidio on a beautiful morning | Coastal scenery after the rollout from Porto Sant'Elpidio | More Stage 11 scenery |
| Today's (unsuccessful) break | Passing by the aforementioned pink Trenitalia train | After following the GROUPAMA - FDJ leadout train into Rimini, Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) then led out the sprint finish | Once again, Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) nor anyone else was a match for Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) in a sprint finish at this year's Giro | Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) won by almost a bike length | 1st Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) in 4:03:52, 2 Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE), 3 Alvaro Jose HODEG CHAGUI (COL/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP), 4 Simone CONSONNI (ITA/COFIDIS), 5 Rick ZABEL (GER/ISRAEL START - UP NATION) | 1st Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) in 4:03:52, 2 Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE), 3 Alvaro Jose HODEG CHAGUI (COL/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP), 4 Simone CONSONNI (ITA/COFIDIS), 5 Rick ZABEL (GER/ISRAEL START - UP NATION), 6 Nico DENZ (GER/SUNWEB), 7 Fernando GAVIRIA RENDON (COL/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) | The stage winner Arnaud Démare said: “It was the first perfect sprint of this Giro for me, even though it’s the fourth win and we weren’t in the right position at the entrance of the finishing town. But the sport directors and coaches of the team had prepared the finale very well so we knew where we’d go. When I launched my sprint, it was at very high speed again. Since I got my second stage win, everything is just a bonus, and the pleasure we take from winning together as a team is extraordinary.” | Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) is this year's dominant Giro sprinter with four wins (so far) | Your Stage 11 winner, Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) is the first Frenchman to win four stages at the Giro since Bernard Hinault in 1982 | Race leader, João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) by 34s: Tomorrow, a demanding stage awaits us. I don't think I will try to attack but rather I will try to defend myself from the other GC riders who will surely try to do something. Of course I hope to keep the Maglia Rosa. We have two other riders in good position, Fausto Masnada and James Knox. Fausto could try to get into an escape, at which point it would become even more dangerous.” |
Stage 12: Cesenatico → Cesenatico, 204 km Full Results and Report
| The monument to Marco Pantani in Cesenatico is popular attraction | Ominous clouds hanging over race leader João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) full of uncertainty about covid-19 and the weather conditions for the upcoming mountain stages | With uncertainty looming over the race, Domenico Pozzovivo is probably thinking... | Start scene for Stage 12 Cesenatico | Overhead view of the Stage 12 rollout from Cesenatico | Traditional sailboat backdrop to the Stage 12 rollout from Cesenatico. We need more sailboats in cycling. | Stage 12 rollout from Cesenatico |
| The narrow, hilly Emilia-Romagna landscape | DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP at the front of the chase for their team leader | Some openly wondered by NTT PRO CYCLING was chasing the break |
| The large break | Mark PADUN (UKR/BAHRAIN - MCLAREN) and Jhonatan NARVAEZ (ECU/INEOS GRENADIERS) attacking off the front of the break | Thomas De Gendt (BEL - Lotto Soudal) was highly critical of the race organizers for failing to protect the riders from covid-19. De Gendt: We are starting to feel unsafe at the Giro d'Italia — cyclingnews< | His face says it all... today was miserable. Peter Sagan (SVK - Bora - Hansgrohe) was quiet today | Mark PADUN (UKR/BAHRAIN - MCLAREN) flatted out of the two break in the final 10 km | Put your mask (and your shirt on). Jhonatan NARVAEZ (ECU/INEOS GRENADIERS) in TT mode | After his lead shrunk to 13s, Jhonatan NARVAEZ (ECU/INEOS GRENADIERS), then stretched it out again | Jhonatan NARVAEZ (ECU/INEOS GRENADIERS) | Jhonatan NARVAEZ (ECU/INEOS GRENADIERS) wins Stage 13 | The dreary finish scene back in Cesenatico | Even the wet and cold got to the winner, Jhonatan NARVAEZ (ECU/INEOS GRENADIERS) | 6th Brandon MCNULTY (USA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) + 8:25, 7 Patrick KONRAD (AUT/BORA - HANSGROHE), 8 Ruben GUERREIRO (POR/EF PRO CYCLING), 9 João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) | Your Stage 12 winner, Jhonatan NARVAEZ (ECU/INEOS GRENADIERS): “I’ve won a good stage of the Giro d’Italia. Fortunately, I’m a rider who has no problem with the rain and the cold. It’s been a long stage but I did it! When Padun punctured, my sport director asked me to wait a little bit but with the adrenaline in the middle of the racing, I could feel I was going for the stage victory. I refuelled myself very well so I had enough to eat and drink in the last ten kilometers. It’s been a difficult year. We’ve stayed at home for a long time so I really enjoy the Giro. It’s a really nice race.” | Jhonatan NARVAEZ (ECU/INEOS GRENADIERS) | Even the race leader was miserable: João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP). The race has had mostly good weather, but the Giro in the Fall can be cold... just wait for the mountain stages | The Maglia Rosa João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) since the end of Stage 2: “This one was hard! It’s been almost six hours of racing with the rain and cold almost all the way. Mentally, we have to be strong and prepared for this. Today’s stage winner also came from Axel Merckx’ development team, which was the right step for me before the WorldTour. I hope for this team to continue developing talents in the future.” | We need to remind ourselves that the race leader, João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP), is only 22 years -old | The Maglia Ciclamino Arnaud Demare (Groupama - FDJ) | Arnaud Demare (Groupama - FDJ) is ready to get warm again |
Stage 13: Cervia → Monselice, 192 km Full Results and Report
| Race director, Mauro Vegni, has had to answer a lot of tough questions surrounding covid-19 and the weather for the upcoming mountain stages. | Arnaud Demare (Groupama - FDJ) has won four sprint stages and looked fast even before the start of Stage 13 | The finish of today's stage was just a little to hilly for Peter Sagan (SVK - Bora - Hansgrohe) | UAE Emirates during the teams presentation for Stage 13 | The Maglia Ciclamino Arnaud Demare (Groupama - FDJ) | Elia VIVIANI (COFIDIS) hasn't had any success so far at this year's Giro | TREK - SEGAFREDO's Vincenzo NIBALI and Giulio CICCONE | Race leader João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) | The start scene for Stage 13 in Cervia | Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani CSF Faizane) and Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R La Mondiale) were inching to get in the Stage 13 break | Italian photo-op with Today's Winner and The Shark of Messina teasing the Quiet Man of Italian Cycling. | More boats on Stage 13 |
| The threatening clouds never materialized |
| Today's break | Today's break | The chase | The two break survivors Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R La Mondiale) and Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani CSF Faizane) at the base of the two steep hills with 30 km to go | Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani CSF Faizane) going solo with much encouragement | The peloton before it split | After the cllimbing, Deceuninck - Quick-Step driving the pace to the line for race leader, Joao Almeida | The sprint finish in Monselice without pure sprinters | Diego Ulissi (ITA - UAE - Team Emirates), Joao Almeida (POR - Deceuninck - Quick Step) and Patrick Konrad (AUT - Bora - Hansgrohe) at the front |
| Blanket finish with three riders |
| Diego ULISSI (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) wins Stage 13 ahead of 2 João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) and 3 Patrick KONRAD (AUT/BORA - HANSGROHE) | The photo finish | The finish scene in Monselice |
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| Race leader, Diego ULISSI (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) is running out of fingers to count his Giro wins | Diego ULISSI's signature | The grinding, low profile style of Domenico POZZOVIVO (ITA/NTT PRO CYCLING) keeps him under the radar | Your Stage 13 winner, Diego ULISSI (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) | Diego ULISSI (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) post race: “We did a great job on the last climb to drop the sprinters and arrive with a small group. McNulty was very good in the final, how nice to get another success in the Giro!” | Diego ULISSI (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) | Race leader, João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP): “I am a bit disappointed with my second place, I wanted a stage win. I was really close but not close enough. Tomorrow will be a hard ITT but I will give it my best”. | Race leader, João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) | KOM leader, Ruben GUERREIRO (POR/EF PRO CYCLING) |
Stage 14: Conegliano → Valdobbiadene, 34.1 km Full Results and Report
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| 1st Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS GRENADIERS) by 26s, 34.1 km in 42:40 | 1st Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS GRENADIERS) by 26s, 34.1 km in 42:40 | 1st Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS GRENADIERS) by 26s, 34.1 km in 42:40 | 1st Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS GRENADIERS) by 26s, 34.1 km in 42:40 | 1st Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS GRENADIERS) by 26s, 34.1 km in 42:40 | 1st Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS GRENADIERS) by 26s, 34.1 km in 42:40 | 2nd Rohan DENNIS (AUS/INEOS GRENADIERS) + 26s | 2nd Rohan DENNIS (AUS/INEOS GRENADIERS) + 26s | 3rd Brandon MCNULTY (USA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) + 1:09 | 3rd Brandon MCNULTY (USA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) + 1:09 | 4th Thomas DE GENDT (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL) + 1:11 | 6th João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) + 1:31 | 6th João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) + 1:31 | 6th João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) + 1:31 | 9th Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) + 1:47 | 9th Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) + 1:47 | 14th Mikkel BJERG (DEN/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) + 2:32 | 16th Rafal MAJKA (POL/BORA - HANSGROHE) + 2:37 | 19th ?? Matthias BRÄNDLE (AUT/ISRAEL START - UP NATION) + 2:43 | 22 Pello BILBAO (ESP/BAHRAIN - MCLAREN) + 2:53 | 23 Vincenzo NIBALI (ITA/TREK - SEGAFREDO) + 2:54 | 27 Domenico POZZOVIVO (ITA/NTT PRO CYCLING) + 3:01 |
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| The stage winner Filippo Ganna said: “For sure today it was a more difficult time trial than in Palermo, because we were racing for more than 40 minutes and because of the hills as well, so I’m proud to have won again. Logically, with Geraint Thomas still in the race, my Giro would have been different but I’m happy about what we’ve been doing as a team since he crashed out. We haven’t had a single day without a top 10 finish. It's a good to have another great leader like Rohan Dennis in the team. We're friends but once we have a number on our back [in a time trial], we become rivals.” |
| Your Stage 14 winner and another TT win for Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS GRENADIERS) |
| Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS GRENADIERS) | João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) extended his race lead to 56s before the upcoming high mountains: “I gained more time than I thought I would. I actually expected to lose some to Wilco Kelderman and be closer to Vincenzo Nibali. Therefore, I can look ahead to the mountains feeling very relaxed and with no pressure at all. I had a plan and it paid off today. I pushed on the climbs and tried to rest a bit in the downhills. In the middle I was struggling a little bit but that was also part of the plan. This was my longest ever time trial so far.” |
Stage 15: Base Aerea Rivolto → Piancavallo, 185 km Full Results and Report
Stage 16: Udine → San Daniele del Friuli, 229 km Full Results and Report
Stage 17: Bassano del Grappa → Madonna di Campiglio, 203 km Full Results and Report
| Italian diver Francesca Dallapé, who won silver in the 3m synchronized springboard at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Tania Cagnotto, was at the start of Stage 17 as today's Ambassador of the Corsa Rosa. | Stage 15 winner Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) is 4th overall + 2:59 | He's led the race for so long now (15 days in Pink), it would almost be a shame if João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) doesn't win it now | Sleepy Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) | The rollout for Stage 17 from Bassano del Grappa | Today's break | Rohan DENNIS( AUS/INEOS GRENADIERS) driving the break | An overhead view of peloton | Snow at elevation |
| Downhill ski season is officially open | Matthias Brandle (AUT - Israel Start-Up Nation) slaloming while snacking | Pink on white; race leader Joao Almeida (POR/Deceuninck - Quick Step) | Lurking Wilco Kelderman (NED - Team Sunweb) is waiting to strike for Pink at the right moment but it wasn't today | With 8 km to go, Ben O'CONNOR (AUS/NTT PRO CYCLING) attacks from the break | 2nd yesterday, Ben O'CONNOR (AUS/NTT PRO CYCLING) was the one attacking early today | Ben O'CONNOR (AUS/NTT PRO CYCLING) wins Stage 17 by 31s | The finish scene for Stage 17 | Almost back-to-back wins for BAHRAIN - MCLAREN; 2nd Hermann PERNSTEINER (AUT/BAHRAIN - MCLAREN) + 31s | Not much action from the GC group | 11th Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) + 5:11, 12 Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB), 13 Rafal MAJKA (POL/BORA - HANSGROHE), 14 Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB), 15 João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP), 16 Pello BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA (ESP/BAHRAIN - MCLAREN), 17 Patrick KONRAD (AUT/BORA - HANSGROHE), 18 Vincenzo NIBALI (ITA/TREK - SEGAFREDO), 19 Jakob FUGLSANG (DEN/ASTANA PRO), 20 Domenico POZZOVIVO (ITA/NTT PRO CYCLING) | The Maglia Ciclamino isn't suppose to climb very well; Arnaud Demare (Groupama - FDJ) is happy to finish | Biggest win for Ben O'CONNOR (AUS/NTT PRO CYCLING) needless to say | Ben O'CONNOR (AUS/NTT PRO CYCLING): "Yesterday I was pretty disappointed but I think that I’ve said before that I was very happy with how I raced. Today I think I was the strongest in the race,at the front, and I managed to pull it off." | Ben O'CONNOR (AUS/NTT PRO CYCLING): “In the road book, I only looked at the first two climbs because that was where the breakaway was meant to go. Tactically, it was a pretty simple stage. I just had to follow and make it to the front. My celebration gesture on the finishing line was something like [Australian cricketer] Shane Warne used to do. I prefer to get a victory out of an attack rather than stay in the peloton. If I become a consistent rider, I’ll try and race for overall classifications but for now the attacking way of racing is pretty fun.” | First Grand Tour victory for Ben O'Connor who is only the second Australian to win an Alpine stage of the Giro d'Italia. The only other Australian to do so was one of his current coaches, Michael Rogers, who took glory atop the Zoncolan in 2014. | Ben O'CONNOR (AUS/NTT PRO CYCLING) | Ben O'CONNOR (AUS/NTT PRO CYCLING): | Race leader, João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) by 17s |
| The pressure on the 22 year-old João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) after 15 days in Pink has to be getting to him but he isn't showing it |
Stage 18: Pinzolo → Lago di Cancano, 207 km Full Results and Report
| João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) checks out his pink sunglasses before putting them on Ebay in the evening | 8th today Vincenzo NIBALI (ITA/TREK - SEGAFREDO) conceded at the end of day that the next generation of riders have taken over the Giro | The rollout from Pinzolo | Early attack by KOM leader Ruben Guerreiro (EF Pro Cycling) |
| Ruben Guerreiro (EF Pro Cycling) stretching it out | The ribbon switchbacks of Passo dello Stelvio | The front of the race: Rohan DENNIS (AUS/INEOS GRENADIERS) leading Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) and Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) | It was two Sunweb and two Ineos riders at the front until Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) was dropped | It looks like an infinite number of switchbacks | The steps up to the Stelvio | Great aerial shot of the ribbon switchbacks leading up to Passo dello Stelvio built in 1820–25 by the Austrian Empire | Many of the 48 hairpin turns leading up to Passo dello Stelvio | Passo dello Stelvio is the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps, and the second highest in the Alps | Rohan DENNIS (AUS/INEOS GRENADIERS) on his way to winning the Cima Coppi (winner of the highest Giro pass) with only Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) and Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) behind him |
| Patrick KONRAD (AUT/BORA - HANSGROHE) was 6th today | An interesting shot of both Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) and Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) struggling to put on their jackets before the descent of the Stelvio | Looking back down the switchbacks | Although in the Virtual Pink Jersey, Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) rode about 50 km on his own which he was clearly frustrated with post race | Race leader João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) further down the hill with Fausto MASNADA (ITA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) along with Patrick KONRAD (AUT/BORA - HANSGROHE), Rafal MAJKA (POL/BORA - HANSGROHE) and Hermann PERNSTEINER (AUT/BAHRAIN - MCLAREN | Race leader João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) further down the hill with Fausto MASNADA (ITA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) along with Patrick KONRAD (AUT/BORA - HANSGROHE), Rafal MAJKA (POL/BORA - HANSGROHE) and Hermann PERNSTEINER (AUT/BAHRAIN - MCLAREN | Race leader João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) further down the hill with Fausto MASNADA (ITA/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) along with Patrick KONRAD (AUT/BORA - HANSGROHE), Rafal MAJKA (POL/BORA - HANSGROHE) and Hermann PERNSTEINER (AUT/BAHRAIN - MCLAREN | The top of the Stelvio, elevation 9,045′, the highest point of this year's Giro | Tunnel on the Stelvio descent | The final climb, Torri di Fraele | Reservior at Laghi di Cancano | The front of the race with just Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) and Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) riding the final climb | Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) tried to get Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) to do more work | The Maglia Rosa riding on fumes; João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) in the hurt house with Vincenzo NIBALI (ITA/TREK - SEGAFREDO) joining in | Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) and Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) | Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) coming around Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) in the dual sprint | Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) coming to the front when it meant the most much to the frustration of Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) | Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) wins epic Stage 18 | The finish scene at Laghi di Cancano | Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB): “It’s incredible, I have always dreamed of a victory like this. Putting my hands in the air and crossing the line today was massive for me and my career. I still cannot believe it, hopefully, it's the first of many. On the Stelvio, I was told to follow Tao. It's probably not the way I like to race, but this is professional bike racing in the end.I am here to help Wilco win this Giro, he is the Maglia Rosa and the final ITT suits him. I know what he has been through in the past few years and how hard he's worked to get back to this level, I respect him as a rider and as a person and I want him to win.” | 1st Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) and 2nd Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) | 3rd Pello BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA (ESP/BAHRAIN - MCLAREN) + 46s | 5th Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) + 2:18, the new race leader | João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) vows to continue fighting to end the race on a high despite being divested of the pink jersey after 15 consecutive days | 6th Patrick KONRAD (AUT/BORA - HANSGROHE) + 4:04. "It was a big day! Unfortunately, I started suffering from the first climb and in the ascent to the Stelvio I decided to ride at my own pace and not go on the limit and risk even more. On the last climb, it got better, I had good power and I was able to distance some of the GC contenders. Overall, I think it was a good day for me. We have three more stages, including another climbing one and a time-trial, and we are done." |
| 7th João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) + 4:51 (dropping him from 1st to 5th), 8th Vincenzo NIBALI (ITA/TREK - SEGAFREDO), 9 Hermann PERNSTEINER (AUT/BAHRAIN - MCLAREN). Almeida post-race: “Today was very hard. Others were stronger, I’m not yet at their level yet and there wasn’t too much I could do about it. I was pretty much on the limit halfway up the climb, so the only thing I could do was ride at my own pace. On the other hand, being in pink on the Stelvio was really special, despite losing first place on the GC. It was also every emotional, as my family and a couple of Portuguese fans were at the top cheering for me.”“I am a bit sad not having this iconic jersey anymore after more than two weeks, but at the same time happy of what I achieved and proud that I had such a great team by my side, which helped me live the pink dream. I don’t know what this race still holds for me until Milan, but I’m ready to do my best” | Your Stage 18 winner, 24 year-old Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) | Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB). Since becoming pro, he has taken the 2017 Tour of Fuzhou with a stage victory and the 2020 Herald Sun Tour, with two stages on his record book. So today's stage is easily his biggest pro win. | Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) | Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) | New race leader, Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB): “Our plan was to go full gas all day and drop João Almeida on the Stelvio. That’s what we did but I could not follow the Ineos Grenadiers riders. Jai [Hindley] could. He also could have waited for me but the team had different plans. It means a lot to me to take the Maglia Rosa after having had a lot of broken bones. I’m really happy to be back. The fight isn’t over yet. Ineos is really strong but the final time trial is in my favour. I’m confident. I’ll try to do everything to win the Giro.” | Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) leads his teammate, the winner of today's stage, by just 12s | Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) is the ninth Dutchman to have worn the Maglia Rosa. The last to do so was Tom Dumoulin after the opening time trial in Jerusalem in 2018. Dumoulin is also the only Dutch rider to have won the Giro to date (in 2017). | For going over the Stelvio first, Rohan DENNIS (AUS/INEOS GRENADIERS) wins the Cima Coppi. He ended up finishing 14th + 8:33 | 1st and 5th today and 2nd and 1st on GC for Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) and Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) respectively |
Stage 19: Morbegno → Asti, 251 km Full Results and Report
| Urbano Cairo, President of RCS MediaGroup is 2nd from right, race director Mauro Vegni is 2nd from left with what looks like Cairo's dad and brother. | New race leader Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) | 6th on GC Jakob FUGLSANG (DEN/ASTANA PRO) + 3:59 | Rider representative Adam Hansen and other riders discussing the idea of shortening a 250 km cold, rainy stage | Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) | The wet gloomy Stage 19 start Morbegno. It was important for the race to start from the original start host so the organization could fulfill its contractual obligations. | Shortly after the start and beyond town, Adam Hansen and the race organization negotiate shortening of Stage 19. Mauro Vegni said post-race: "There will be consequences because of the behaviour of the riders." | The riders celebrate cutting the route in half from 250 to 125 km. The Maglia Rosa Wilco Kelderman said post-race: “It's nice to be wearing the Maglia Rosa and all the equipment in pink to go with it. I’m happy with the decision to shorten the stage. Today it was a good day to take things a bit easy. What I need to do tomorrow is to follow the other guys from Ineos Grenadiers. They've showed that they’re strong but tomorrow’s stage is not as hard as yesterday’s. It’ll be a big day but I don’t see it as the biggest fight of my career. I’ll give it everything either way.” | Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) enjoyed his first day in Pink riding 100 km in a car | When the race resumed BORA - HANSGROHE chased the break |
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| The successful break led by Josef ČERNÝ (CZE/CCC), Victor CAMPENAERTS (BEL/NTT PRO CYCLING) and Jacopo MOSCA (ITA/TREK - SEGAFREDO) | Urbano Cairo, President of RCS MediaGroup, followed the final part of the stage. Here he cheers on the passage of the riders from Masio, his hometown. | Josef ČERNÝ (CZE/CCC) attacked the break with 20 km to go | Josef ČERNÝ (CZE/CCC) solos into Asti | Josef ČERNÝ (CZE/CCC) win Stage 19 | When your first pro win is a Grand Tour stage win is the reaction from Josef ČERNÝ (CZE/CCC) | 3rd Jacopo MOSCA (ITA/TREK - SEGAFREDO) + 26s, 4th Simon CLARKE (AUS/EF PRO CYCLING), 5th Iljo KEISSE (BEL/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP), 6th Sander ARMEE (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL) | The GC group finishing 11:43 later | Your Stage 19 winner, Josef ČERNÝ (CZE/CCC): “History won't remember if today was a short or a long stage. I just won a stage of the Giro d'Italia and it was was fantastic to raise my hands up in the air. It's a nice victory. It makes me feel really happy. I enjoyed my time in the breakaway and it was a bit of a lottery to go for the win. I'm glad I still had good legs today after climbing the Stelvio yesterday. It feels good to get a win at the Giro.” | Josef ČERNÝ (CZE/CCC) | Maglia Ciclamino Arnaud Démare (Groupama - FDJ) | Best young rider, Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) is 2nd on GC 12s behind his teammate |
Stage 20: Alba → Sestriere, 190 km Full Results and Report
| Start scene in Alba for Stage 20 | New race leader, Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) | Vincenzo NIBALI (ITA/TREK - SEGAFREDO) has ceded to the younger generation | Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) looks concerned about today's mountain stage | Start scene for Stage 20 in Alba |
| Fall scenery | 3x up Sestriere |
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| Race leader Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) is about to be dropped | Rohan DENNIS (AUS/INEOS GRENADIERS) pace setting | Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) launched several attacks the final time up Sestriere | Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) finally dropped Rohan DENNIS (AUS/INEOS GRENADIERS) with 2.5 km to go but he couldn't shake Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) | Let two days ago, it came down to Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) and Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) | Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) surges ahead of Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) | Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) comes out ahead of Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) today | Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) netted 4 bonus seconds tying him with Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) for the overall race lead | 3rd Rohan DENNIS (AUS/INEOS GRENADIERS) + 25s | Only one day in Pink; 8th Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) + 1:35 dropped him from 1st to 3rd + 1:32 | 11th Vincenzo NIBALI (ITA/TREK - SEGAFREDO) + 2:02 | A scenic shot of the Maglia Ciclamino Arnaud Démare (Groupama - FDJ) | Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) post-race: “Certainly before the Giro I wasn’t expecting this scenario with 15km left in the race. Although, this is a lot like last year, with unexpected and young contenders. What Rohan Dennis has done for me has been incredible. I owe him for the Stelvio stage and for today. Having a two-time TT world champion and the current world champion [Filippo Ganna] helping me the way they did is fantastic but tomorrow it’ll be up to me to perform against the clock.” | Ideally Wilco KELDERMAN is the one SUNWEB wanted in the lead for the final day TT but his climbing let him down and he's out of Pink | Lots of complements for Rohan DENNIS (AUS/INEOS GRENADIERS) climbing work the past few days | Your Stage 20 winner, Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) also won Stage 15 | Also tied for the overall race lead now, Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) is favored to win the stage 21 TT to claim the overall | New race leader, Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB): This is amazing. I’ve been watching the Giro since I was a little boy and it's been a dream of mine to lead a Grand Tour. It’s an incredible feeling. I have no regrets about the Stelvio stage. We won it and we can’t change the way it unfolded. Today I looked at Tao [Geoghegan Hart] to see if he was tired or not. I attacked but I couldn’t get rid of him. He's already showed he can time trial well. But tomorrow will also be the last day of a 3-week race. All I know is I’ll die to keep this jersey. It’ll really be a 'race of truth'.” | One should always enjoy their time in Pink because you never know how long it will last | Arnaud Démare (Groupama - FDJ) has won the Maglia Ciclamino: "My motivation for getting in the break away today was to continue to enjoy the Giro. It was a challenge with my teammate Simon Guglielmi to make the break and it was great to share that with a young guy who helped me out tremendously. It was a wonderful way to celebrate my Giro with the crowd. I was encouraged a lot on the climb. It’s enormous to finish the race in Milan with the Maglia Ciclamino after the four wins we've taken." | KOM winner, Ruben GUERREIRO (EF PRO CYCLING): "Actually Tao [Geoghegan Hart] is one of my big friends, since we rode together for Axeon. I’m happy for him. Today I tried to do a good race. I finished with Pozzovivo and Nibali. I was happy with the legs. One day maybe I’ll try to go for GC. It’ll be nice to ride into Milan with the Maglia Azzurra tomorrow. It makes me happy and motivated for the future." | Two riders tied on the same time in the GC before the final time trial is unprecedented. Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) will likely eat Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) in the final day TT and claim the overall |
Stage 21: Cernusco sul Naviglio → Milano, 15.7 km Full Results and Report
| Game day face | Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS GRENADIERS) about to sweep the three TTs at this year's Giro to go along with his road win for four stage wins in total | Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS GRENADIERS) wins the 15.7 km ITT in 17:16 by 32s | 2nd Victor CAMPENAERTS (BEL/NTT PRO CYCLING) + 32s | 2nd Victor CAMPENAERTS (BEL/NTT PRO CYCLING) + 32s | After his great domestique climbing exploits, Rohan DENNIS (AUS/INEOS GRENADIERS) still had something left in the tank | 3rd Rohan DENNIS (AUS/INEOS GRENADIERS) + 32s | 15 days in Pink and 4th on the final day TT... impressive for a first year pro. 4th João ALMEIDA (POR/DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP) + 41s for 4th overall. “I can’t put into words how happy I am, this is incredible, something I would have never dreamed of. My goal three weeks ago was a top 10 finish, so the be fourth on the GC of this beautiful race is simply mind-blowing! This wouldn’t have been possible without the help of my Deceuninck – Quick-Step teammates and staff, who have shown at all times the amazing Wolfpack spirit and to whom I am very grateful”, an over-the-moon João said in Milan.“I discovered a lot of things about me here, I pushed myself mentally and gave everything every single time. I leave this hard race with many beautiful memories, the best of these being the day when I seized the maglia rosa on the Etna. I am still young and will see what the future holds, but what I can tell you now is that one day I hope to wear this iconic jersey again.” | 8th Brandon MCNULTY (USA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) + 46s for 15th overall, top overall finish by a North American | 11th Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) + 55s for 3rd overall | 13th Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) + 58s was good enough for the overall win | Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) looking for the ride of his life | Being a pure climber, the odds were against Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) but he was racing in the Maglia Rosa | Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) anxiously awaits the arrival of Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) | 38th Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) + 1:37 dropping him to 2nd overall | INEOS GRENADIERS wins the final day TT day making seven stages and the overall prompting David Brailsford to say the team would be more aggressive in the future. |
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| Bouncing back from the Geraint Thomas crash in fine style |
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| Your Stage 21 TT winner, Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS GRENADIERS) book ends the Giro: “I have won this ITT but I am even happier for my teammate Tao, it's fantastic. I knew he could do it. Now I look forward to celebrating today's results with Tao.” | Your 103rd Giro overall podium: 2nd Jai HINDLEY (AUS/SUNWEB) + 39s, 1st Tao GEOGHEGAN HART (GBR/INEOS GRENADIERS) in 85:40:21, 3rd Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) + 1:29 | Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the overall winner Tao Geoghegan Hart said: “It's incredible! It was impossible for me to even think about winning the Giro when we started in Sicily. All of my career I have dreamt of being top 10 or top 5 in a race like this. During the ITT my DS [Directeur Sportif] told me I was faster than Jai Hindley. When my DS told me not to take risks in the final part I understood I was close to the victory.” |
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| Arnaud Démare (Groupama - FDJ), maglia ciclamino: "I'll remember my four stage wins above everything" | Ruben Guerreiro (EF Pro Cycling), maglia azzurra |
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