MADRID, 24 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Italian cyclist Andrea Vendrame (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) won this Friday the nineteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia, held between the towns of Mortegliano and Sappada over 157 kilometers, while the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) remains the leader one day more.
The transalpine achieved his second victory in the Italian race, in which he already won a stage in 2021, and adds his fifth victory as a professional, after a day that was decided in the breakaway, as was foreseeable due to the route.
The breakaway, formed practically from the beginning, was made up of up to three stage winners in this Giro, the German Georg Steinhauser (EF-Education EasyPost), the Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narváez (INEOS Grenadiers), the Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal Quick-Step ) and the Spanish Pelayo Sánchez (Movistar Team). Along with them, the Belgian Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-Deceuninck), the Australian Luke Plapp (Jayco AlUla) and the winner, Andrea Vendrame.
With 30 kilometers to go, the Italian started alone and left his fellow adventurers, among whom was the Spaniard, who demonstrated his good form and ambition, attacking on several occasions to get rid of his rivals. , but it was too late to contact a Vendrame who managed the income very well, to win comfortably.
Behind, almost 16 minutes behind the stage winner, the peloton arrived, led by leader Pogacar, and without hostilities between the favorites, with the exception of the incident involving Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers), who crashed. in the middle of the ascent of Mount Sappada after doing the ‘sharpener’ with Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious)
This Saturday the transalpine round will face the nineteenth day between Alpago and Bassano del Grappa, a 184 kilometer stage, which will put the culmination of the Giro before the final ride in Rome. The double ascent of the demanding Monte Grappa of 18 kilometers at 8.1% will be the last challenge for the runners.
–CLASSIFICATIONS.
-Stage.
Andrea Vendrame (ITA/Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) 3h:51:05. Pelayo Sánchez (ESP/Movistar Team) 0:54. Georg Steinhauser (AUS/Alpecin Deceuninck) 1.07. Jhonatan Narváez (ECU/Ineos Grenadiers) 2.27. Luke Plapp (AUS/Team Jayco AlUla) mt
-General.
Tadej Pogacar (ESV/UAE Team Emirates) 71:24:0 Daniel Felipe Martinez (COL/BORA-Hansgrohe) at 7:42. Geraint Thomas (GBR/INEOS Grenadiers) 8:04. Ben O’Connor (AUS/Decathlon AG2R The World) 9:47. Antonio Tiberi (ITA/Bahrain-Victorious) 10:29.
2024-05-24 15:41:21
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