Curtain ! After a Tour of Italy controlled from start to finish, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) finished very well at the top of the general classification, almost ten minutes ahead of his main pursuer, Daniel Felipe Martinez (Bora-Hansgrohe) . The Slovenian had no real competition in this Giro, won six stage victories and finished with the largest gap in a Grand Tour for forty years, after the last stage won by Tim Merlier in the sprint in Rome on Sunday.
The first Frenchman overall is Romain Bardet (DSM Firmenich PostNL), ninth, more than twenty minutes behind the leader. He is the only Tricolor in this top 10. Note the victories of Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) in the points classification and Tadej Pogacar, again, in the mountain classification. Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain-Victorious), fifth overall, takes on the white jersey of best young rider.
THE GENERAL CLASSIFICATION (PINK JERSEY)
1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) : 79h14′03″
2. Daniel Felipe Martinez (Bora-Hansgrohe): at 9′56″
3. Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers): at 10′24″
4. Ben O’Connor (Decathlon-AG2R): at 12′07″
5. Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain-Victorious): at 12′49″
6. Thymen Arensman (INEOS Grenadiers): at 14′31″
7. Einer Rubio (Movistar): at 15′52″
8. Jan Hirt (Soudal Quick-Step) : à 18′05″
9. Romain Bardet (DSM Firmenich PostNL): à 20′32″
10. Michael Storer (Tudor): at 21′11″
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16. Valentin Paret-Peintre (Décathlon-AG2R): at 43′26′’
21. Alex Baudin (Décathlon-AG2R): at 1:00′47′’
THE MOUNTAIN CLASSIFICATION (BLUE JERSEY)
1. Tadej Pogacar (SLO, UAE Team Emirates), 270 points
2. Giulio Pellizzari (ITA, VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizane), 206 points
3. Georg Steinhauser (ALL, Education EasyPost), 153 points
POINTS CLASSIFICATION (CYCLAMEN JERSEY)
1. Jonathan Milan (ITA, Lidl-Trek), 352 points
2. Kaden Groves (AUS, Alpecin-Deceuninck), 225 points
3. Tim Merlier (BEL, Soudal-Quick Step), 193 points
THE RANKING OF THE BEST YOUTH (WHITE JERSEY)
1. Antonio Tiberi (ITA, Bahrain Victorious) in 79h26′5
2. Thymen Arensman (NED, Ineos Grenadiers) à 1′42″
3. Filippo Zana (ITA, Team Jayco Alula) at 11′10″
