Giro d’Italia, 12th stage: 13 men on the run | the Direct

204 very demanding km with start and finish in Cesenatico, five Gpm on the roads of Marco Pantani

13.07 – the situation

132 km from the finish the 14 fugitives have 12’52 “on the group, which let the escape go. The average of the race is 40.8 km / h, these are the names of the attackers: the Spanish Hector Carretero (Movistar) Frenchman François Bidard (AG2R La Mondiale), Swiss Simon Pellaud (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec), Manuele Boaro (Astana), Ukrainian Mark Padun (Bahrain-McLaren), Cesare Benedetti (Bora-Hansgrohe), American Joey Rosskopf (CCC Team), the Danish Jesper Hansen (Cofidis), the Australian Simon Clarke (EF Pro Cycling), the Spanish Albert Torres (Movistar), the Belgian Victor Campenaerts (NTT Pro Cycling), the Ecuadorian Jhonathan Narváez (Ineos Grenadiers ), the Argentine Maximiliano Richeze (UAE Team Emirates) and the Dutch Etienne Van Empel (Vini Zabù-Brado-KTM). This morning the news of the positivity of 15 Giro E.

12.56 – Deceuninck to pull

The team of the pink jersey Joao Almeida, the Deceuninck Quick-Step, took the lead of the group to shoot but does not seem to have any intention of mending the gap compared to the 14 leaders. 138 km to the finish, 12’09 “the advantage of the fugitives. This morning before the start Domenico Pozzovivo (NTT Pro Cycling) commented on today’s route.

12.52 – 14 in front

Carretero has reached the front runners, there are 14 fugitives. 11’45 “their advantage over the pink jersey group. The average of the race is 40.4 km / h. These are the words of Vincenzo Nibali (Trek Segafredo) before the demanding stage on the roads of the Pirata.

12.46 – 11 ‘of advantage

The pink jersey group lets the escape go. When there are 145 km to the finish there are thirteen riders in front with 11’17 “ahead of their rivals. Carretero always at 1’50” from the treads.

12.34 – attacks immediately

Thirteen men attacked, followed by the Spanish Hector Carretero (Movistar) at 1’45 “, the pink jersey group at 10’03”. The attackers are: Frenchman François Bidard (AG2R La Mondiale), Swiss Simon Pellaud (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec), Manuele Boaro (Astana), Ukrainian Mark Padun (Bahrain-McLaren), Cesare Benedetti (Bora-Hansgrohe), the American Joey Rosskopf (CCC Team), the Danish Jesper Hansen (Cofidis), the Australian Simon Clarke (EF Pro Cycling), the Spanish Albert Torres (Movistar), the Belgian Victor Campenaerts (NTT Pro Cycling), the Ecuadorian Jhonathan Narváez (Ineos Grenadiers), Argentine Maximiliano Richeze (UAE Team Emirates) and Dutch Etienne Van Empel (Vini Zabù-Brado-KTM).

Poker di Démare

In the eleventh stage of the Giro d’Italia, Arnaud Démare confirmed his dominance in the sprint and took the fourth victory in this pink race, a quiet day for the big names. The twelfth fraction promises to be much more challenging, on the roads of Marco Pantani the many climbs could prove to be the ideal scene for the battle among the first in the standings.

Path

204 km stage with start and finish in Cesenatico, which follows in its entirety the route of the Gran Fondo Nove Colli. With the exception of the first and last 25 km, the other over 150 km of route do not have a single stretch of plain. The riders will face a continuous succession of climbs and descents at times with double-digit gradients, with a road surface in some cases worn. Five Gpm: the climb of Ciola (Gpm of the fourth category, 6 km at 6.4%), that of Barbotto (Gpm of the third category, 4.5 km at 8.4%), the ascent towards Perticara ( Gpm of third category, 8.1 km at 4.7%), that of Madonna di Pugliano (Gpm of third category, 9.1 km at 5.5%) and finally the ascent of Gorolo (Gpm of fourth category, 4 , 4 km at 6.3%). Numerous roundabouts in the last kilometers. At 1400 m from the finish the last bend to the left to arrive on the final straight.

I big

The pink jersey Joao Almeida (Deceuninck Quick-Step) has a 34 “lead over Wilco Kelderman (Sunweb) and 43” over Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-McLaren). At 57 “Domenico Pozzovivo (NTT Pro Cycling), at 1’01” Vincenzo Nibali (Trek Segafredo). More detached Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) at 2’20 “.

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