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2023 Giro d'Italia

106th edition: May 6 - 28, 2023
Stage 14: Saturday, May 20

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Saturday, May 20: Stage 14, Sierre - Cassano Magnago, 193 km

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Weather at the finish city of Cassano Magnago at 2:00 PM, local time: 15C (59F), rain, with the wind from the north at 11 km/hr (6 mph). The rain is forecast to continue all day.

The race: Not starting today's stage: Samuele Battistella (Astana Qazaqstan) & Stefan De Bod (EF Education-EasyPost). Early in the stage Alessandro Verre (Arkea-Samsic) abandoned.

Here's the race report from new GC leader Bruno Amirail's Team Groupama-FDJ:

You definitely never know what the future holds. At the start at Sierre, Switzerland, this Saturday morning, Bruno Armirail could not imagine that he would put on, almost five hours later, the iconic pink jersey of the Giro d’Italia in Cassano Magnago. Yet, this is not an illusion.

Thanks to a large breakaway and a lethargic peloton, the French time trial champion did take control of the general classification on the Giro after stage 14. At 29, the rider from Bagnères-de-Bigorregrabbed a well-deserved reward for the work and sacrifices made over the years for his leaders. On Saturday evening, Bruno Armirail will dream in pink, and he will be the first Frenchman to do so since 1999.

A morning briefing and a green light for the break are enough to change a career. The day after a cruel second place for Thibaut Pinot at the top of Crans-Montana, the Groupama-FDJ team wanted to get back on track this Saturday on stage 14, which was made for the breakaway. The climb of the Simplon pass, located after forty kilometres, meant it was another opportunity for the early attackers.

This time, Bruno Armirail had to join the fight. “Thibaut himself wanted to give him carte blanche today to thank him for what he had done the day before,” explained Sébastien Joly. The rider from Bagnères-de-Bigorre therefore took his responsibility, and he did not fail to enter the right move after about twenty kilometres of fierce racing. “I wanted to go in a breakaway for a while, but I had to stay with Thibaut for the last few days”, said the Frenchman. “Today, I was given the green light”.

At the head of the race, Bruno Armirail however found himself with nearly thirty opponents. The battle for the stage victory was therefore going to be tough, especially as someteams had the numbers. However, at the end of the Simplon pass’ downhill, another potential objective began to emerge quite unexpectedly. At this point, the peloton was indeed eight minutes behind and Geraint Thomas’ Ineos Grenadiers did not seem to be willing to control the gap.

It's raining as the riders tackle the Simplon Pass.

Pink thoughts began to appear, as Bruno Armirail was the best-placed rider overall at the front of the race, 18’37 behind the Briton. “I thought about it quite early, after the descent”,said Rudy Molard. “It wasn’t going fast in the bunch, and I thought they could take a big lead if they got along in front. We were already twelve minutes behind with a hundred kilometres to go”.

Kilometre after kilometre, the odds did increase, and the peloton did not look like it was going to change attitude. In the breakaway, the fight for the day’s victory started with almost sixty kilometres to go, and Bruno Armirail initially remained focused on this single objective. Four men broke away from the group before the last hour of racing, and a power struggle began with the chasing group. About ten kilometres from the finish, the gap on the bunch approached twenty minutes, and Bruno Armirail was for thevery first time announced as the virtual leader of the Giro. Nevertheless, focused on the fight that was raging on the final hills of the stage, the Frenchman did not think of the pink jersey until quite late. “For me, it only became reality in thevery end, in the last five kilometres”, he confessed. “Before, I didn’t really think about it, I thought a lot more about winning the stage. Unfortunately, I was a bit cooked in the end”.

Although he couldn’t compete for the win in the last minutes, the French time trial champion still gave his best within his chasing group to reach the finish as fast as possible, to hope for the pink jersey at the end of this surprising day. Fifteenth in the stage, fifty-three seconds behind the winner Nico Denz, Bruno Armirail then only had to wait. Though it was probably the most interminable wait of his career. The minutes went by, the peloton didn’t seem to accelerate, and as the bunch passed under the flamme rouge, Bruno Armirail could already smell the maglia rosa’s perfume. It was not official until a few moments later, but for one minute and forty-one seconds, the 29-year-old rider did take the lead in the general classification of the Giro this Saturday, May 20, 2023.

“It wasn’t really the plan”, he said, amazed, in his first interview. “Being eighteen minutes down this morning, I was very, very far from imagining taking the pink jersey tonight. We did say with Rudy that a breakaway could take fifteen minutes… But I was in there. I can’t believe it, I just can’t believe it.” The idea of going for the pink jersey did cross Bruno Armirail’s mind at the start of the Giro, after his good opening time trial, but this fantasy now seemed to be long gone. “I had tried on stage 4and I was disappointed not to be in a good day”, he resumed. “For me personally it was a dream, and I can’t believe it’s coming true after two weeks of racing. This is exceptional. It’s something great for the team too, after Thibaut’s second place yesterday. I try to enjoy it, but I can’t believe it, it’s so big.”

Two years after Attila Valter, the pink jersey returns to the team, but it is the first time since 1999 that a Frenchman getsto wear it. “I’m really happy for Bruno, it’s well deserved”, said his teammate, Rudy Molard. “Since the start, we hold him back a bit regarding the breakaways. Today, he managed to take it and he got the pink jersey! On the evening of stage 14, it’s incredible”. “Bruno has been a very good domestiqueso far, and he proved it again yesterday with Thibaut”, added Sébastien Joly. “Luckily, happily, he takes the pink jersey. He seized this opportunity, and although the primary goalremains the one with Thibaut, it is a nice bonus, and it will give good energy to the group. We will enjoy it with him because he really deserves it”.

On Saturday, a loyal gregario always working behind the scenes finally had his moment of glory. “It’s true that I work and sacrifice myself all year for my leaders, like yesterday for Thibaut”, agreed the French time trial champion. “It’s a very nice reward for a team playerlike me who never wins, or very rarely. On the podium, I was also not super comfortable… (smiles) I am not used to opening bottles of champagne. It is something exceptional for the domestique I am to put on the pink jersey. I may not sleep with it, but this one will surely be framed and hung at home.”

Bruno Armirail now intends to make the most of his day in pink towards Bergamo on Sunday, but he does not refrain from extending the dream a little. “The stage is not easy tomorrow, and I’ll first have to recover well from today because it was a trying stage”, he concluded. “It’s not a summit finish, so why not keep it? If I could be in pink on Tuesday morning for the start of the third week, it would be nice”. A former red jersey on the Vuelta himself, Rudy Molard will surely have some advice to give to his mate in the next hours: “I want to tell him to enjoy, because these are fleeting moments. You really need to open your eyes and enjoyevery second.”

Complete results:

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193 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.730 km/hr

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

 

GC after stage 14:

  • GC leader: Bruno Amirail (Groupama-FDJ)
  • Mountains classification leader: Davide Bais (EOLO-Kometa)
  • Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious)
  • Best young rider: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates)
  • Teams classificatin leader: Bahrain Victorious

2,270.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.335 km/hr

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

 


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Stage 14 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Mark Cavendish at the opening teams presentation ceremony

Israel-Premier Tech riders before the stage start.

Andreas Leknessund picks up his bike.

Here they come for the sprint.

It was close between Nico Denz & Derek Gee.

Nico Denz wins the stage.

Alberto Bettiol was third.

Seventh-place Marius Mayrhofer.

Andreas Pasqualon finishes ninth as he leads in a group at 50 seconds.

Bruno Amirail finishes 15th at 53 seconds. Good enough to take over the GC lead.

Stage winner Nico Denz

New GC leader Bruno Armirail