Tour of Italy
Jonathan Milan struck again at the Giro d’Italia on Wednesday. The leader in the points classification won the eleventh stage over 207 km from Foiano di Val Fortore to Francavilla al Mare in the finish sprint and celebrated his second day’s victory on the Adriatic in the 107th edition of the Tour of Italy. Meanwhile, the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar defended the pink jersey of the overall leader without any problems.
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Milan relegated Belgian Tim Merlier and Kaden Groves from Australia to second and third place and further extended their lead in the points standings. Pogacar, who finished 28th immediately after Patrick Gamper, is still 2:40 minutes ahead of the Colombian Daniel Felipe Martinez in the overall standings. Third is the Brit Geraint Thomas (+2:58).
About 20 kilometers from the finish, Felix Großschartner, one of the most important helpers of UAE star Pogacar, fell as well as sprinter Fabio Jakobsen and landed in the meadow next to the side of the road. The 30-year-old Upper Austrian was able to climb back up after a short break with his face distorted in pain. Jakobsen was doubly unlucky; the Dutchman was also involved in a mass crash shortly before the finish.
Sprinter teams catch breakaways 35 km from the finish
The eleventh stage was characterized by a three-man breakaway group with Cofidis professional Thomas Champion and the Visma duo Tim Van Dijke and Edoardo Affini. The trio was caught by the sprinter teams just under 35 km from the finish. The Dutch Visma team had to accept their fourth retirement before the start of the stage, and shooting star Cian Uijtdebroeks was unable to continue due to illness. The 21-year-old Belgian was in fifth place in the overall standings and wore the white jersey of the best young rider.
On Thursday there are 193 km on the program from Martinsicuro to Fano, the twelfth section of this year’s cycling tour of Italy is peppered with several short but steep climbs.
Eleventh stage
Foiano di Val Fortore – Francavilla al Mare (207 km): 1. Jonathan Milan ITA 4:23:18 2. Tim Merlier BEL -“- 3. Kaden Groves AUS -“- 4. Giovanni Lonardi ITA -“- 5. Laurence Pithie NZL – “- 6. Sebastian Molano COL -“- 7. Danny van Poppel NED -“- 8. Fernando Gaviria COL -“- 9. Phil Bauhaus GER -“- 10. Stanislaw Aniolkowski POL -“-
Patrick Gamper
AUT -“- 28. Tadej Pogacar SLO -“- 37. Daniel Felipe Martinez COL -“- 52. Geraint Thomas GBR -“- 85.
Tobias Bayer
AUT
-“-
106.
Rainer Kepplinger
AUT
+ 2:26
155.
Felix Großschartner
AUT 5:53 Overall ranking after eleven of 21 stages: 1. Tadej Pogacar SLO 41:09:26 2. Daniel Felipe Martinez COL + 2:40 3. Geraint Thomas GBR 2:56 4. Ben O’Connor AUS 3:39 5 . Antonio Tiberi ITA 4:27 6. Romain Bardet FRA 4:57 7. Lorenzo Fortunato ITA 5:19 8. Filippo Zana ITA 5:23 9. One Rubio COL 5:28 10. Thymen Arensman NED 5:52 42.
Felix Großschartner
AUT
45:53
81.
Rainer Kepplinger
AUT
1:33,29
88.
Patrick Gamper
AUT
1:44:42
111.
Tobias Bayer
AUT
2:05:52
Stage plan:
04.05. 1. Stage Venaria Reale – Turin (140 km) 05.05. 2. Stage San Francesco al Campo – Sacro Monte di Oropa (161 km) 06.05. 3. Stage Novara – Fossano (166 km) 07.05. 4. Stage Acqui Terme – Andora (190 km) 08.05. 5. Stage Genua – Lucca (178 km) 09.05. 6. Stage Viareggio – Rapolano Terme (180 km) 10.05. 7. Stage Foligno – Perugia (40.6 km/EZF) 11.05. 8. Stage Spoleto – Prati di Tivo (152 km/BAK) 12.05. 9. Stage Avezzano – Neapel (214 km) 13.05. Ruhetag 14.05. 10. Stage Pompeii – Cusano Mutri (142 km/BAK) 15.05. 11. Stage Foiano di Val Fortore – Francavilla al Mare (207 km) 16.05. 12. Martinsicuro stage – Fano (190 km) 17.05. 13. Stage Riccione – Cento (179 km) 18.05. 14. Stage Castiglione delle Stiviere – Desenzano del Garda (31.2 km/EZF) 19.05. 15. Stage Manerba del Garda – Livigno (220 km/BAK) 20.05. Ruhetag 21.05. 16. Etappe Livigno – St. Christina in Gröden (202 km/BAK) 22.05. 17. Etappe Wolkenstein in Gröden – Brocon Pass (159 km/BAK) 23.05. 18. Etappe Fiera di Primiero – Padua (171 km) 24.05. 19. Stage Mortegliano – Sappada (157 km) 25.05. 20. Etappe Alpago – Bassano del Grappa (181 km/BAK) 26.05. 21. Etappe Rom – Rom (122 km)
EZF = individual time trial
BAK = Bergankunft
