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2021 Giro d'Italia

104th edition: May 8 - 30, 2021
Stage 20: May 29, 2021

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Saturday, May 29: Stage 20, Verbania - Valle Spluga/Alpe Motta, 164 km.

Stage 20 map & profile | Stage 20 photos

Damiano Caruso

Damiano Caruso takes the stage and 30 seconds from Bernal's lead. RCS Sport photo

Weather at the city of Madesimo, on the route, 2.5 kilometers from the finish: 12C (54F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is a 9% chance of rain.

The race: Today's route takes the riders into the Swiss Canton of Ticino for 112.8 kilometers.

Stage 20 start

Time to head into the mountains for the last time this Giro. RCS Sport photo

143 riders began today's stage at 12:34 PM. There was one non-starter, Fabio Felline (Astana).

Here's the stage 20 report from GC leader Egan Bernal's INEOS Grenadiers team:

Egan Bernal and the INEOS Grenadiers put up a robust defence of the maglia rosa on the final day in the mountains at the Giro d'Italia.

Bernal crossed the line in second place on the Alpe Motta summit, just 24 seconds back on nearest rival Damiano Caruso. That means the Colombian takes an advantage of 1:59 into Sunday's final time trial in Milan.

The team worked tirelessly to support Bernal on the day, spreading their resources across the mountainous stage, and refusing to panic after Caruso attacked following the first of three climbs.

After early work from Filippo Ganna, Salvatore Puccio and Gianni Moscon were forced into action as Caruso went clear alongside Romain Bardet on the long descent off the Passo San Bernadino.

Jhonatan Narvaez took it up before Jonathan Castroviejo put in yet another impressive turn on the Splugenpass. Only an elite GC group remained, with the gap to Caruso pegged at 40 seconds by controlled riding.

Bernal looked comfortable and on the final climb Daniel Martinez pushed hard, cutting the gap and eventually distancing third-placed Simon Yates. Martinez was even able to finish third on the day, moving up to sixth overall on the GC.
Egan Bernal

"I’m very satisfied with the result. We managed the situation well. Finally we have two minutes of an advantage for tomorrow’s time trial. We are in a good position.

"It’s not the best (situation) to have the second in the GC in front of you with almost one minute, but I still had three teammates and I tried to use them, and just arrive as fresh as possible in the last climb, and also for tomorrow. We managed well the situation but it was difficult."

Complete results:

Stage 20 photos

164 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.732 km/hr

1	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	4hr 27min 53sec
2	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 24sec
3	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:35
4	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
5	Joao Almeida	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:41
6	Simon Yates	Team BikeExchange	0:51
7	Aleksandr Vlasov	Astana-Premier Tech	1:13
8	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	1:29
9	Lorenzo Fortunato	Eolo-Kometa	2:07
10	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	2:23
11	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
12	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	2:37
13	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
14	Daniel Martin	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:10
15	George Bennett	Jumbo-Visma	3:42
16	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana-Premier Tech	3:42
17	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	4:08
18	Einer Rubio	Movistar	4:10
19	Harold Tejada	Astana-Premier Tech	4:44
20	Felix Grossschartner	Bora-hansgrohe	5:29
21	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	6:01
22	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	6:25
23	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	6:41
24	Michael Storer	Team DSM	6:46
25	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	6:50
26	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
27	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	6:55
28	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	6:56
29	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	7:00
30	Eduardo Sepulveda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	7:33
31	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	8:02
32	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
33	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
34	Louis Vervaeke	Alpecin-Fenix	8:15
35	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	8:18
36	Edward Ravasi	Eolo-Kometa	9:05
37	Giovanni Carboni	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	12:28
38	Vincenzo Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	13:42
39	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
40	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
41	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
42	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
43	Luis Sanchez	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
44	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
45	Tanel Kangert	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
46	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	14:00
47	Francesco Gavazzi	Eolo-Kometa	14:18
48	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	14:30
49	Simon Guglielmi	Groupama-FDJ	14:53
50	Davide Villella	Movistar	14:55
51	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	17:58
52	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
53	Guy Niv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
54	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
55	Simon Pellaud	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
56	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	18:01
57	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	18:47
58	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	20:13
59	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	22:06
60	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
61	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	22:10
62	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	22:18
63	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-Nippo	24:06
64	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
65	Paul Martens	Jumbo-Visma	24:25
66	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-Nippo	24:59
67	Simon Carr	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
68	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
69	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	25:38
70	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	26:43
71	Simone Ravanelli	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
72	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	27:09
73	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	27:55
74	Filippo Zana	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	28:25
75	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
76	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
77	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
78	Marton Dina	Eolo-Kometa	29:50
79	Vincenzo Albanese	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
80	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	31:17
81	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
82	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
83	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
84	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
85	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
86	Giovanni Visconti	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
87	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
88	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
89	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	31:37
90	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
91	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	Mark Christian	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
93	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	31:39
94	Andrii Ponomar	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
95	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
96	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
97	Nico Denz	Team DSM	32:05
98	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
99	Koen de Kort	Trek-Segafredo	32:48
100	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
101	Nicolas Roche	Team DSM	32:58
102	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	33:29
103	Natnael Tesfazion	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
104	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	33:45
105	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	34:07
106	Michael Hepburn	Team BikeExchange	34:17
107	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
108	Max Kanter	Team DSM	34:18
109	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	34:47
110	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	35:18
111	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	35:38
112	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	37:36
113	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
114	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
115	Nicola Venchiarutti	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
116	Dries de Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
117	Umberto Marengo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
118	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
119	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
120	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
121	Filippo Tagliani	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
122	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
123	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	37:42
124	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	37:47
125	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
126	Lukasz Wisniowski	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
127	Wesley Kreder	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
128	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
129	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	37:53
130	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	38:05
131	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
132	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
133	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
134	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
135	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
136	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
137	Matthias Brandle	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
138	Cameron Meyer	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
139	Samuele Rivi	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
140	Albert Torres	Movistar	38:09
141	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	38:21
142	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
143	Davide Cimolai	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.

GC after stage 20:

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

3,387.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.524 km/hr

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