Andrea Vendrame has won the 19th stage of the Giro d’Italia. The Italian won the 157-kilometer route from Mortegliano to Sappada on Friday in partly pouring rain.
The 29-year-old from the French team Decathlon rode a lonely race at the front and secured his second Giro stage victory, 54 seconds ahead of the Spaniard Pelayo Sanchez. The German Georg Steinhauser came in third.
There were no changes at the top of the overall standings. Slovenian Tadej Pogacar continues to lead comfortably ahead of Colombian Daniel Felipe Martinez and Briton Geraint Thomas ahead of the finale this weekend.
On the 20th stage on Saturday, the riders will face the last mountain stage on a 184-kilometer route from Alpago to Bassano del Grappa.
107. Tour of Italy
19. Stage
Mortegliano – Sappada (157 km): 1. Andrea Ventrame ITA 3:51:05 2. Pelayo Sanchez ESP + 0:54 3. Georg Steinhauser GER 1:07 4. Jhonatan Narvaez ECU 2:27 5. Luke Plapp AUS -” – 6. Simone Velasco ITA 2:30 7. Jan Tratnik SLO -“- 8. Michael Valgren DEN -“- 9. Julian Alaphilippe FRA 2:32 10. Quinten Hermans BEL 3:52 19.
Felix Großschartner
AUT 15:56 21. Tadej Pogacar SLO -“- 23. Daniel Felipe Martinez COL -“- 32. Geraint Thomas GBR -“- 59.
Rainer Kepplinger
AUT
18:36
64.
Patrick Gamper
AUT
19:27
68.
Tobias Bayer
AUT -“- Overall ranking after 19 of 21 stages: 1. Tadej Pogacar SLO 71:24:03 2. Daniel Felipe Martinez COL + 7:42 3. Geraint Thomas GBR 8:04 4. Ben O’Connor AUS 9:47 5. Antonio Tiberi ITA 10:29 6. Thymen Arensman NED 11:10 7. Romain Bardet FRA 12:42 8. Einer Rubio COL 13:33 9. Filippo Zana ITA 13:52 10. Jan Hirt CZE 14:44 34.
Felix Großschartner
AUT
1:33:10
66.
Rainer Kepplinger
AUT
2:54:47
80.
Patrick Gamper
AUT
3:33:59
85.
Tobias Bayer
AUT
3:43;26
