Giro d’Italia 2024 Stage Report: Stage 16 was made for a break to go all the way in which to the end and the peloton was fairly pleased to allow them to. Within the finale, Andrea Vendrame rode away from the opposite escapees to present his Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale group one other win. Pelayo Sánchez (Movistar) completed second at 54 seconds and Georg Steinhauser (EF Training-EasyPost), winner of stage 17, was third at 1:07. The favourites completed collectively, though Geraint Thomas crashed with 6 kilometres to go, however the others waited.
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The finale of stage 19
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One other win for the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale group – This time for Andrea Vendrame
Andrea Vendrame gained the nineteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia after a solo of 28 kilometres. Pelayo Sánchez and Georg Steinhauser completed second and third. The GC riders let the break go, so Tadej Pogačar continues to be the general chief with two levels to go.
The route travels up the Valle del Tagliamento, passing San Daniele del Friuli, Forgaria nel Friuli and Peonis. Previous Tolmezzo, the riders will absorb consecutive ascents to Passo Duron, Sella Valcalda and Cima Sappada, adopted by a brief descent resulting in the end. The roads, each up and downhill, are slender and have a number of bends. The course merges onto the Sappada cycle observe with approx. 5km to go. The roadway right here is barely narrower, and there’s a delicate downhill gradient. The route turns proper on the 2 km mark, and the pitch goes up (reaching 10%). The gradient eases out to five% within the city space, till the final kilometre, after which the street descends for just a few hundred metres as much as the house straight (400m), on 6m vast tarmac.
Sure, your identify continues to be on the trophy, Alberto
The escape specialist have been wanting ahead to stage 19 on Friday. Tadej Pogačar mentioned he was extra within the victory on Saturday and Sunday is for the sprinters and the celebrations in Rome. The stage was for the ‘Break of the Day’.
Can Geraint Thomas transfer up the rostrum?
From the beginning in Mortegliano, the route was undulating for some time, which was perfect for an escape. Daan Hoole, Attila Valter, Magnus Sheffield and Andrea Vendrame have been first to get away, however their lead was by no means massive. The tempo within the peloton was at that time as many groups weren’t proud of the composition of the main group.
Simply three extra levels…
On certainly one of early climbs within the stage, Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal Fast-Step) jumped throughout to the leaders. This gave us a lead group of Vendrame (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), Jhonatan Narváez (INEOS Grenadiers), Luke Plapp (Jayco AlUla), Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Pelayo Sánchez (Movistar).
Which Polti Kometa rider, or riders, can be within the break right this moment?
The six leaders struggled to remain away, however they have been finally joined by 13 different riders: Edward Theuns & Jasper Stuyven (Lidl-Trek), Enzo Paleni (Groupama-FDJ), Mattia Bais (Polti Kometa), Tim van Dijke & Jan Tratnik (Visma | Lease a Bike), Andrea Piccolo, Mikkel Frølich Honoré & Georg Steinhauser (EF Training-EasyPost), Simone Velasco (Astana Qazaqstan), Dries De Pooter (Intermarché-Wanty), Alessandro De Marchi (Jayco AlUla) and Manuele Tarozzi (Polti Kometa).
Julian Alaphilippe appears to have discovered a few of his previous type
That lad in pink appears common
The jerseys in the beginning in Mortegliano
The final probability for a break to go all the way in which
The peloton and Pogačar have been pleased to allow them to take quarter-hour
A time out for the escape
Alaphilippe was there once more, however…
It wasn’t a straightforward day for the break
Giro d’Italia Stage 19 End result:
1. Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale in 3:51:05
2. Pelayo Sánchez (Spa) Movistar at 0:54
3. Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Training-EasyPost at 1:07
4. Jhonatan Narváez (European) INEOS Grenadiers at 2:27
5. Luke Plapp (Aus) Jayco AlUla
6. Simone Velasco (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan at 2:30
7. Jan Tratnik (Slo) Visma | Lease a Bike
8. Michael Valgren (Den) EF Training-EasyPost
9. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Soudal Fast-Step at 2:32
10. Quinten Hermans (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck at 3:52
Giro d’Italia Total After Stage 19:
1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Group Emirates in 71:24:03
2. Daniel Felipe Martínez (Col) BORA-hansgrohe at 7:42
3. Geraint Thomas (GB) INEOS Grenadiers at 8:04
4. Ben O’Connor (Aus) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale at 9:47
5. Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious at 10:29
6. Thymen Arensman (Ned) INEOS Grenadiers at 11:10
7. Romain Bardet (Fra) dsm-firmenich PostNL at 12:42
8. Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar at 13:33
9. Filippo Zana (Ita) Jayco AlUla at 13:52
10. Jan Hirt (CZ) Soudal Fast-Step at 14:44.
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