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2021 Giro d'Italia

104th edition: May 8 - 30, 2021
Stage 19: May 28, 2021

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Friday, May 28: Stage 19, Abbiategrasso - Alpe di Mera, 166 km

Stage 19 map & profile | Stage 19 photos

Simon Yates

Simon Yates wins at Alpe di Mera. Getty Sport photo

Weather at Scopello, on the route, 10 km from the finish at 1:30 PM, local time: 19C (67F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is a 5% chance of rain.

The race: The stage was given its official start to 145 riders at 12:49 PM. There were two non-starters: Jefferson Cepeda (Androni Giocattoli) and Victor Lafay (Cofidis).

The observant reader might have noted that the stage profile picture isn't the usual detailed drawing. That's because the stage was re-routed after Sunday's cable-car crash at Stresa-Mattarone that killed 14 people and badly injured one child. The race was originally scheduled to go over the Mattarone, but after the tragedy, the Mattarone was removed from the route and instead the riders are being sent over the lesser Agogna (km 83). The peloton is donating the day's prize money to the crash victims.

Stage start

Time for another day in the mountains.

The start was quite aggressive. At the 31st kilometer the average speed was 60.7 km/hr. After an hour's racing things had calmed down a bit with the average speed speed 52.4 km/hr

Here's the report from GC leader Egan Bernal's INEOS Grendiers team:

Egan Bernal and the INEOS Grenadiers rode a calm and measured final climb as the Colombian narrowly extended his race lead at the Giro.

With Simon Yates attacking on the Alpe di Mera summit, dragging nearest rival Damiano Caruso with him initially, the team set about riding at a tempo, with superb turns from Jonathan Castroviejo and Daniel Martinez.

Martinez saw both Caruso and Aleksandr Vlasov reeled in, as well as limiting the gap to Yates, before Bernal took it up with 2.5km to go.

The maglia rosa crossed the line in third, 28 seconds back on stage winner Yates, taking four bonus seconds and extending his overall advantage out to 2:29 in the process.

Martinez came home seventh, again instrumental and moving closer to sixth place on GC, just 10 seconds back on Romain Bardet with two stages to go.

The team had jumped into action to help bridge Martinez back to the front following a split on the descent off the Alpe Agogna, with Filippo Ganna helping shepherd his teammate back to the front.

Egan Bernal:
"I actually felt really good. I think I did a really good climb - I'm really happy with my climb. Of course Yates was the best today, chapeau for him, but I'm really happy with my condition.

"(Tomorrow) I hope to have the same legs than today. Today I felt really good and tomorrow with the altitude I hope to have the same feelings, and just try to manage the gap I have with the two guys who are on the podium. Hopefully I will be in pink tomorrow. I think I have some time to play with and I just want to have legs also for the time trial. Everything should be okay if I feel good."

Complete results:

Stage 19 photos

166 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.002 km/hr

1	Simon Yates	Team BikeExchange	4hr 2min 55sec
2	Joao Almeida	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@ 11sec
3	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	0:28
4	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	0:32
5	Aleksandr Vlasov	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
6	Daniel Martin	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:42
7	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:49
8	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	1:25
9	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
11	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
12	George Bennett	Jumbo-Visma	2:46
13	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	3:20
14	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	3:23
15	Eduardo Sepulveda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
16	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	3:30
17	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	3:34
18	Felix Grossschartner	Bora-hansgrohe	4:01
19	Lorenzo Fortunato	Eolo-Kometa	4:12
20	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	4:37
21	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	4:48
22	Michael Storer	Team DSM	4:56
23	Vincenzo Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	5:14
24	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
25	Luis Sanchez	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
26	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
27	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	6:03
29	Tanel Kangert	Team BikeExchange	6:11
30	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	6:58
31	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	7:00
32	Mark Christian	Eolo-Kometa	7:21
33	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
34	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	8:11
35	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
36	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	8:19
37	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	9:40
38	Harold Tejada	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
39	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	11:16
40	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
41	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
42	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	11:44
43	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
44	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	12:23
45	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
46	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
47	Davide Villella	Movistar	s.t.
48	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
49	Giovanni Carboni	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	12:30
50	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	13:53
52	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	13:54
53	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
54	Fabio Felline	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
55	Edward Ravasi	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
56	Louis Vervaeke	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
57	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
58	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
59	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
61	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
62	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
63	Paul Martens	Jumbo-Visma	14:22
64	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	14:24
65	Francesco Gavazzi	Eolo-Kometa	14:35
66	Vincenzo Albanese	Eolo-Kometa	14:36
67	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	15:48
68	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	16:37
69	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	17:14
71	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	17:32
72	Cameron Meyer	Team BikeExchange	17:42
73	Filippo Tagliani	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	21:22
74	Max Kanter	Team DSM	21:57
75	Dries de Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	22:29
76	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	22:39
77	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
78	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
79	Nicolas Roche	Team DSM	s.t.
80	Filippo Zana	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	23:54
81	Giovanni Visconti	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
82	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	25:06
83	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	s.t.
84	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
85	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	Koen de Kort	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
87	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
88	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
89	Natnael Tesfazion	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
90	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
91	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
92	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Simon Pellaud	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
94	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
95	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
96	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
97	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
98	Simone Ravanelli	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
99	Andrii Ponomar	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
100	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
101	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
102	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
104	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
105	Lukasz Wisniowski	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
106	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
107	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
108	Umberto Marengo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
109	Marton Dina	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
110	Guy Niv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
111	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
112	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
113	Wesley Kreder	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
114	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
115	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	s.t.
116	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
117	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	26:11
118	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	26:14
119	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	26:23
120	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	26:34
121	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
122	Michael Hepburn	Team BikeExchange	26:57
123	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	27:22
124	Simon Carr	EF Education-Nippo	27:26
125	Simon Guglielmi	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
126	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	28:11
127	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	28:26
128	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	28:33
129	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
130	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	28:38
131	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
132	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
133	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
134	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
135	Matthias Brandle	Israel Start-Up Nation	28:40
136	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	28:47
137	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
138	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	29:16
139	Davide Cimolai	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
140	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
141	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
142	Nicola Venchiarutti	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
143	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
144	Samuele Rivi	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.

GC after stage 19:

GC leader: Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers)
Mountains classification leader: Geoffrey Bouchard (Ag2r-Citroën)
Points classification leader: Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe)
Best young rider: Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers)
Team Classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

3,223.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.680 km/hr

1	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	81hr 13min 37sec
2	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	@ 2min 29sec
3	Simon Yates	Team BikeExchange	2:49
4	Aleksandr Vlasov	Astana-Premier Tech	6:11
5	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	7:10
6	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	7:32
7	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	7:42
8	Joao Almeida	Deceuninck-Quick Step	8:26
9	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	10:19
10	Daniel Martin	Israel Start-Up Nation	13:55
11	George Bennett	Jumbo-Visma	21:30
12	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	28:44
13	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	32:20
14	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	38:18
15	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	41:16
16	Lorenzo Fortunato	Eolo-Kometa	42:19
17	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	49:16
18	Vincenzo Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	50:02
19	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	50:29
20	Tanel Kangert	Team BikeExchange	52:32
21	Louis Vervaeke	Alpecin-Fenix	55:31
22	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	1:01:42
23	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	1:03:19
24	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	1:10:11
25	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	1:12:36
26	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	1:14:03
27	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-Nippo	1:21:13
28	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	1:21:25
29	Francesco Gavazzi	Eolo-Kometa	1:24:12
30	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:29:07
31	Luis Sanchez	Astana-Premier Tech	1:36:11
32	Michael Storer	Team DSM	1:41:19
33	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	1:41:39
34	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	1:42:49
35	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:45:46
36	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	1:46:20
37	Giovanni Carboni	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	1:46:23
38	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	1:47:43
39	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	1:49:29
40	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	1:50:40
41	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	1:51:34
42	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:54:14
43	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	1:54:33
44	Einer Rubio	Movistar	1:55:36
45	Harold Tejada	Astana-Premier Tech	1:56:13
46	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:58:43
47	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana-Premier Tech	1:59:46
48	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	2:02:22
49	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	2:05:18
50	Nicolas Roche	Team DSM	2:06:36
51	Felix Grossschartner	Bora-hansgrohe	2:07:28
52	Edward Ravasi	Eolo-Kometa	2:07:35
53	Eduardo Sepulveda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:11:19
54	Davide Villella	Movistar	2:13:14
55	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	2:13:29
56	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r-Citroën	2:15:49
57	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:17:04
58	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:20:15
59	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	2:21:52
60	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	2:24:03
61	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	2:25:06
62	Fabio Felline	Astana-Premier Tech	2:26:27
63	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	2:27:06
64	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	2:27:46
65	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	2:41:07
66	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:43:48
67	Andrii Ponomar	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:46:00
68	Simon Carr	EF Education-Nippo	2:53:07
69	Simone Ravanelli	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:53:46
70	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	2:55:57
71	Simon Pellaud	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:59:03
72	Filippo Zana	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	2:59:15
73	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	2:59:50
74	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	3:00:08
75	Mark Christian	Eolo-Kometa	3:00:44
76	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	3:02:52
77	Vincenzo Albanese	Eolo-Kometa	3:02:53
78	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	3:03:22
79	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:06:53
80	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	3:07:32
81	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	3:08:15
82	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	3:10:18
83	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	3:10:25
84	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-Nippo	3:11:09
85	Guy Niv	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:12:40
86	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	3:13:47
87	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	3:14:30
88	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	3:18:32
89	Dries de Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	3:24:07
90	Natnael Tesfazion	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	3:26:33
91	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	3:31:08
92	Giovanni Visconti	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	3:31:11
93	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	3:33:10
94	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	3:35:16
95	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	3:37:22
96	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	3:38:01
97	Marton Dina	Eolo-Kometa	3:38:41
98	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	3:40:37
99	Simon Guglielmi	Groupama-FDJ	3:41:39
100	Paul Martens	Jumbo-Visma	3:43:29
101	Nico Denz	Team DSM	3:44:07
102	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	3:52:52
103	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	3:53:15
104	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	3:53:30
105	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	3:57:00
106	Cameron Meyer	Team BikeExchange	3:58:54
107	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	3:58:55
108	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	3:59:09
109	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	3:59:50
110	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	4:01:08
111	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	4:01:30
112	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	4:01:57
113	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	4:05:41
114	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	4:07:14
115	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	4:08:01
116	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
117	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	4:10:13
118	Max Kanter	Team DSM	4:11:33
119	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	4:11:45
120	Michael Hepburn	Team BikeExchange	4:13:59
121	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	4:14:50
122	Filippo Tagliani	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	4:19:57
123	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4:20:31
124	Davide Cimolai	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:22:07
125	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	4:22:35
126	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-Assos	4:23:09
127	Wesley Kreder	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	4:23:14
128	Samuele Rivi	Eolo-Kometa	4:23:22
129	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	4:24:51
130	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	4:25:25
131	Matthias Brandle	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:26:16
132	Nicola Venchiarutti	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	4:26:57
133	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	4:30:18
134	Lukasz Wisniowski	Qhubeka-Assos	4:30:22
135	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	4:32:53
136	Koen de Kort	Trek-Segafredo	4:35:51
137	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	4:37:37
138	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	4:37:54
139	Albert Torres	Movistar	4:38:34
140	Umberto Marengo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	4:38:53
141	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	4:45:29
142	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	4:49:24
143	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	4:49:45
144	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	4:56:44