Tadej Pogacar remains leader of the ‘Corsa rosa’ after a fast stage with a final crash
BARCELONA, 15 (EUROPA PRESS)
The Italian cyclist Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) won this Wednesday the eleventh stage of the Giro d’Italia, held between Foiano di Val Fortore and Francavilla al Mare over 207 kilometers, to add his second partial victory and reinforce his leadership in the points classification , while Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) remains the leader.
In a fast and long transition stage, with an average speed of more than 47 kilometers per hour, the end was as expected; a massive sprint. There was no room for any escape attempt to reach the finish line and, once the teams put their ‘trains’ into play, everything was decided, despite a final massive fall, in the final sprint.
Jonathan Milan, already winner of the fourth stage and second in two other stages, achieved his double with an indisputable victory, attacking through the center and with a power that Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quick Step), second, Kaden Groves ( Alpecin-Deceuninck), third, nor the rest of the sprinters.
However, after viewing the end, the judges disqualified Tim Merlier, relegating him to the last place in the first group, considering that he changed the direction of his sprint and blocked the Colombian from the UAE Team Emirates Juan Sebastián Molano, who entered sixth to finally be fifth, with Groves second after Milan and with the Italian Giovanni Lonardi (Team Polti Kometa), third.
It was a fairly clean finish but it had a previous battle full of lurches, elbows and fights to obtain a good position in the final stretch. In fact, about 300 meters away, one of those lurches knocked down an Intermarché who, crossing completely and on his way towards the fences, knocked down the two Team dsm sprinters; the Dane Tobias Lund Andresen and the Dutch Fabio Jakobsen, who continues with his fateful Giro.
Although the speed of the group and the presence of the wind caused some disruption in the main peloton, all the cyclists reached the finish line together and, unlike Tuesday’s stage, no escapes were allowed. A race was formed that had a margin of 2:30 minutes, but Thomas Champion (Cofidis), Tim van Dijke and Edoardo Affini (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) were caught 35 kilometers from the finish line.
Shortly after, he went through the bonus sprint at Fossacesia Marina, which had its success. Although Ryan Mullen (BORA-hansgrohe) and another teammate accelerated to prevent Geraint Thomas – with his INEOS Grenadiers leading the group – from gaining seconds on his leader Daniel Felipe Martínez, in the end the Welshman was second and 2″ .
An eleventh stage that was not started by the Belgian Cian Uijtdebroeks (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), who abandoned the Giro d’Italia due to an illness that had been weighing him down. He was fifth in the general classification, 4:15 minutes behind the leader Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and also wore the ‘maglia bianca’ of best youngster, which is now worn by the Italian Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain-Victorious).
This Thursday, the twelfth stage of the ‘Corsa rosa’ will depart from Martinsicuro and arrive in Fano after 193 kilometers, on a slightly shorter but more irregular route than this Wednesday, with 4 fourth category climbs and terrain more conducive to a escape that could prevent another massive arrival.
–CLASSIFICATIONS.
-Stage.
1. Jonathan Milan (ITA/Lidl-Trek) 4:23:18.
2. Kaden Groves (AUS/Alpecin-Deceuninck) mt
3. Giovanni Lonardi (ITA/Team Polti Kometa) mt
4. Laurence Pithie (NZE/Groupama-FDJ) m.t.
5. Juan Sebastian Molano (COL/UAE Team Emirates) mt
-General.
1. Tadej Pogacar (ESV/UAE Team Emirates) 41:09:26.
2. Daniel Felipe Martínez (COL/BORA-hansgrohe) at 2:40.
3. Geraint Thomas (GBR/INEOS Grenadiers) 2:56.
4. Ben O’Connor (AUS/Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) 3:39.
5. Antonio Tiberi (ITA/Bahrain-Victorious) 4:27.
2024-05-15 14:50:54
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