2023 Giro d'Italia by BikeRaceInfo

Pascal Ackermann wins the stage. RCS photo

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Weather at the finish city of Tortona at 1:30 PM, local time: 16C (60F), rain, with the wind from the north at 13 km/hr (8 mph). The rain should ease to a 12% chance by 4:00 PM.

The race: The race and especially Team Soudal Quick-Step has been hammered by Covid-19. The following riders did not start because of the disease: Jan Hirt, Josef Cerny, Mattia Cataneo, Louis Vervaeke (all Soudal Quick-Step), Andrea Vendrame (Ag2r-Citroen) & Stefano Gandin (Corretec-Selle Italia). Plus Natnael Tesfatsion (Trek-Segafredo) & Jonathan Caicedo (EF Education-EasyPost) also did not start.

GC third-place Tao Geoghegan Hart abandoned after breaking his hip in a crash..

Can you beat a stage that takes the riders acorss Tuscany, Liguria & Piedmont? RCS Photo

Here's the report from GC leader Geraint Thomas' Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Tao Geoghegan Hart was sadly forced to abandon the Giro d'Italia following a crash on the 11th stage of the Grand Tour.

The Brit had been lying in third place overall heading into the stage, which saw a slick left-hander cause a number of rider to crash on the descent off the Colla di Boasi.

The top three on the general classification were all brought down, with Geoghegan Hart coming off worse. The Grenadier was forced to leave the race after a brilliant start, heading away in an ambulance for further checks at a local hospital in Genoa.

After further assessment, imaging confirmed that Tao had sustained a fracture of the left hip which will require surgery. The whole team wish him a speedy recovery.

Thomas was able to continue without major injuries and finished safely to retain his two-second lead over Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), who also went down in the crash heading into the final 70km.

Pavel Sivakov was another rider involved. He was able to remount and crossed the line with time loss and visible cuts. He will be monitored by the team's medical staff ahead of Thursday's stage 12.

Geraint Thomas:
"I don’t really know exactly [what happened]. A UAE guy was next to me. He went down first and luckily for me I just landed on him. Then behind it was chaos. Obviously Tao was hurt and didn’t get up and went to hospital. Pavel also knocked himself about a bit. Roglic also, I saw him at the finish, and he had a fleshy cut on his hip. Hopefully they’re all okay.

"I think it’s just the Giro – so much happens all the time, with the wet roads as well. It’s a big big loss for us but we try to focus straight away and focus on the rest of the race. As you saw at the end there was another big crash and I was lucky to avoid that as well. It’s the race that keeps on giving."

Complete results:

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219 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.520 km/hr

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

GC after stage 11:

GC leader: Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers)
Mountains classificaton leader: Davide Bais (EOLO-Kometa)
Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious)
Best young rider: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates)
Teams classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

1,817.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.760 km/hr

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