2023 Giro d'Italia stage 7 by BikeRaceInfo

Davide Bais takes a solo win at Gran Sasso d'Italia. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the city of Calascio, on the route, 33 km from the finish, at 1:50 PM, local time: 13C (56F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 12% chance of rain, growing to 28% at 3:00 PM. It was raining hard at the start, but later stopped.

The race: Two riders tested positive for Covid-19 and did not start: Giovanni Aleotti (Bora-hansgrohe) & Nicola Conci (Alpecin-Deceuninck).

Here's the report from GC leader Andreas Leknessund's Team DSM:

Andreas Leknessund defends the Maglia Rosa for Team DSM after a strong race from the whole team at stage 7 of the Giro d’Italia.

After two sprints in the last days, a long day with a summit finish was waiting for the riders. With four riders going clear quickly, the team took the initiative straight away and controlled the gap to the breakaway throughout the whole day. Every rider did their turn to protect the GC lead and be in position for the long climb and a potential fight of the favourites. But the peloton took on the final climb in a moderate pace and the team kept being present in the front rows throughout the whole finale. While the breakaway took the stage victory, Andreas finished safely in the peloton and kept the lead in the general classification as a reward for the strong teamwork today.

Speaking after the stage Leknessund said: “We expected the race to be a bit harder but with the break going away and the strong work of the team, it was quite perfect. The last kilometres got a little bit harder, but until that, we were in full control of what was happening. Now I am looking forward to another day in the pink jersey tomorrow.”

Complete results:

Stage 7 photos

218 kilometers raced at an average speed of 35.479 km/hr

1	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	6hr 8min 40sec
2	Karel Vacek	Corratec-Selle Italia	@ 9sec
3	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:16
4	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	3:10
5	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
6	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
7	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
9	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
10	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
11	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
12	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
15	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
17	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
18	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
19	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
21	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
22	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
24	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
25	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
26	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
27	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
28	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
29	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
30	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
31	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	3:24
32	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	3:31
33	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	3:34
34	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	William Barta	Movistar	3:43
36	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	3:50
37	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
38	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
39	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
40	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:59
41	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
42	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
43	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	4:04
44	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	4:07
45	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
46	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
47	François Bidard	Cofidis	4:11
48	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	4:23
49	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	4:33
50	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	4:41
51	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	4:46
52	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
53	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	4:52
54	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
55	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
56	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
57	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	5:45
58	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
59	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
60	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	5:52
62	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	6:03
63	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
64	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	6:12
65	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
66	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
67	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	6:26
69	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	6:37
71	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	6:44
72	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	6:56
73	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	7:01
74	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:52
75	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	s.t.
76	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
77	Nico Denz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
78	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
79	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
80	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
81	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
82	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	8:12
83	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	8:40
84	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	8:44
85	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
86	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	9:53
87	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
88	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
89	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	10:09
90	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	10:15
91	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	10:45
92	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	12:07
93	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	13:40
94	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
95	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	14:03
96	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	18:58
97	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
98	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
99	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	20:44
100	Florian Stork	Team DSM	21:28
101	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
102	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	21:34
103	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	22:35
104	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
105	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
106	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	23:01
107	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
108	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	25:14
109	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
110	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
111	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
112	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
113	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
114	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	25:29
115	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
116	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
117	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
118	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
119	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
120	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
121	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
122	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
123	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
124	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
125	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
126	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	25:58
127	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	26:35
128	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
129	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
130	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
131	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
132	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
133	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
134	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
135	Stefano Gandin	Corratec-Selle Italia	30:05
136	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
137	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
138	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
139	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	s.t.
140	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
141	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
142	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
143	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
144	Veljko Stojnic	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
145	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
146	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
147	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
148	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
149	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
150	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
151	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
152	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
153	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
154	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
155	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	30:11
156	Davide Ballerini	Soudal Quick-Step	30:15
157	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	30:19
158	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
159	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
160	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
161	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
162	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
163	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
164	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
165	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
166	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
167	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
168	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
169	Samuele Zoccarato	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	31:11

GC after stage 7:

GC leader: Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM)
Mountains classification leader: Davide Bais (EOLO-Kometa)
Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious)
Best young rider: Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM)
Teams classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

1,160.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.960 km/hr

1	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	29hr 2min 38sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 28sec
3	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	0:30
4	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	1:00
5	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	1:12
6	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	1:26
7	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	1:26
8	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	1:30
9	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	1:54
10	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	1:59
11	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	2:15
12	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	2:23
13	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	2:26
14	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	2:32
15	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	2:33
16	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	2:46
18	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	2:47
19	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	2:52
20	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	3:01
21	William Barta	Movistar	3:18
22	Einer Rubio	Movistar	3:35
23	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	3:58
24	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	4:49
25	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	5:04
26	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	5:27
27	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	5:59
28	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	6:27
29	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	6:39
30	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	6:47
31	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	6:57
32	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	7:48
33	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	8:21
34	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	8:52
35	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	9:22
36	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	9:50
37	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	9:52
38	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	10:26
39	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	10:54
40	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	11:48
41	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	12:06
42	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	12:06
43	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	13:12
44	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	13:45
45	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	13:48
46	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	15:04
47	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	15:06
48	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	16:19
49	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	17:03
50	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	17:16
51	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	17:21
52	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	17:49
53	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	17:50
54	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	18:08
55	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:50
56	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	20:19
57	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	20:40
58	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	20:52
59	Nico Denz	BORA-hansgrohe	23:04
60	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	23:09
61	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	23:25
62	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	23:38
63	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	23:43
64	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	26:09
65	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	26:23
66	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	26:38
67	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	27:12
68	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	28:08
69	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	28:34
70	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	29:02
71	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	29:33
72	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	30:12
73	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	30:22
74	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	31:05
75	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	32:25
76	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	32:39
77	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	32:47
78	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	33:47
79	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	34:31
80	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	34:56
81	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	36:51
82	François Bidard	Cofidis	37:37
83	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	37:55
84	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	38:10
85	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	38:47
86	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	38:53
87	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	38:59
88	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	39:11
89	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	39:53
90	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	40:10
91	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	41:14
92	Karel Vacek	Corratec-Selle Italia	41:32
93	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	42:27
94	Carlos Verona	Movistar	42:41
95	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	43:40
96	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	44:04
97	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	44:29
98	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	45:32
99	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	45:56
100	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	46:06
101	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	47:53
102	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
103	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	48:42
104	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	48:53
105	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	49:00
106	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	49:07
107	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	50:35
108	Florian Stork	Team DSM	51:50
109	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	52:34
110	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	53:10
111	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	53:14
112	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	53:15
113	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	53:50
114	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	53:58
115	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	54:12
116	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	54:49
117	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	55:14
118	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	57:18
119	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	59:18
120	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:01:17
121	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	1:01:48
122	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	1:01:59
123	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	1:02:55
124	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	1:03:01
125	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:03:19
126	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	1:03:37
127	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	1:04:07
128	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	1:04:10
129	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:06:04
130	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:06:47
131	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	1:07:14
132	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	1:07:18
133	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	1:08:22
134	Albert Torres	Movistar	1:09:43
135	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	1:09:50
136	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	1:10:11
137	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	1:12:02
138	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	1:12:30
139	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	1:15:24
140	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	1:16:06
141	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
142	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	1:16:27
143	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	1:16:34
144	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:16:46
145	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	1:18:14
146	Samuele Zoccarato	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:18:29
147	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:19:04
148	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:20:16
149	Davide Ballerini	Soudal Quick-Step	1:20:22
150	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:20:46
151	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:23:11
152	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:23:26
153	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	1:23:32
154	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:23:44
155	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	1:23:56
156	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	1:26:56
157	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	1:27:33
158	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	1:28:19
159	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	1:28:30
160	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:28:31
161	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	1:28:34
162	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	1:28:49
163	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:29:59
164	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:30:12
165	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	1:31:00
166	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	1:31:21
167	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	1:33:04
168	Veljko Stojnic	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:36:09
169	Stefano Gandin	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:37:20