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2024 Giro d'Italia

106th edition: May 4 - 26, 2024
Stage 19: May 24

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Friday, May 24: Stage 19, Mortegliano - Sappada, 157 km

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Andrea Vendrame wins stage 19. RCS photo.

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Weather at the finish city of Sappada at 2:00 PM, local time: 13C (56F), cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 24% chance of rain.

The stage: The stage begins by riding up the Tagliamento Valley, heading north and crossing the towns of San Daniele del Friuli, Forgaria nel Friuli and Peonis. After Tolmezzo, the succession of climbs leading to the finish line begins: Passo Duron, Sella Valcalda and Cima Sappada, where a short descent leads to the finish line. The roads have narrow carriageways and numerous bends.

Last kilometers
At about 5 km to go, the riders enter the Sappada cycle path, with a slightly narrower carriageway. At 2 km from the finish line, a right-hand turn leads onto the final climb (up to 10%) until entering the town center, where the gradient continues at around 5%. In the last km the road descends for a few hundred meters to the final 400m straight.

The peloton gets rolling through the start town of Mortegliano. RCS photo

The race: Nick Schultz (Israel-Premier Tech) did not start, leaving 143 riders in the race and just three riders in the Israel-Premier Tech team.

Here's the race organizer's stage 19 report:

He had done it before, back in 2021, in Bagno di Romagna. And he did it again today, in Sappada, the land of biathlon, of the Carnia Arena and of Lisa Vittozzi, the world champion. If it had been a biathlon competition, Andrea Vendrame‘s performance would have been a 5 out of 5 on the range, a clean shoot.

His legs were those of his best days. After all, one does not enter a breakaway after a fast and furious start and over 80km of brawling without being physically and mentally fit. The breakaway was high-calibre, featuring the likes of Julian Alaphilippe, Georg Steinhauser, Jhonatan Narvaez and Pelayo Sanchez, all riders who have already won a stage in this Giro, not by chance.

How to beat them, then? By timing it right, by moving perfectly, by not doing anything wrong at the range. In the pouring rain, Vendrame attacked on the descent between the last two climbs… a madman, but that’s one of the reasons why they call him Joker (the other is a scar on his face due to a training accident with a car). Vendrame bombed down the descent and opened up a lead of more than one minute on the 5-man chasing group. At the Carnia Biathlon Arena, he did not have to take any penalty laps, he went straight to the finish line in Sappada. A victory, a triumph, three years after his last success. Vendrame had already won a Giro d’Italia stage in 2021, even then scoring 5 out of 5 on the polygon and beating stronger riders than him on the climb to Bagno di Romagna.

Tomorrow sees the double ascent to Monte Grappa. All will be settled there. For climbers and GC riders, it’s tomorrow or never.

Here's the report from fourth-place Jhonatan Narvaez's Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Jhonatan Narvaez finished fourth from the stage 19 breakaway to continue his superb Giro d'Italia.

The Ecuadorian powered his way into the day's escape and was able to follow the accelerations as the group became more select over a pair of categorised climbs.

Andrea Vendrame (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) was able to go clear on the descent off the Sella Valcalda, opening up a gap to the chasers which could not be closed.

With seven kilometers to go Andrea Vendrame (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale) is alone and off the front with Georg Steinhauser & Pelayo Sanchez chasing, 1min 15sec back.

At the line Narvaez came home fourth, in what is his fourth top-five finish of the race.

Behind, the GC group would cross the line almost 16 minutes back. There was late drama as Geraint Thomas crashed following a touch of wheels on the final ascent. A quick bike change saw the Welshman back under way, where he was able to rejoin a select GC group which had sportingly knocked off the pace.

The GC went unchanged as the group crossed the line together, with one big mountain showdown remaining on Saturday. Thomas remains third, 22 seconds back on Daniel Martinez (Bora-Hansgrohe). Thymen Arensman was also present and retains sixth overall.

Complete results:

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157 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.765 km/hr

1	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	3hr 51min 5sec
2	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar	@ 54sec
3	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	1:07
4	Jhonatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	2:27
5	Lucas Plapp	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
6	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	2:30
7	Jan Tratnik	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
8	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
9	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	2:32
10	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:52
11	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	4:15
12	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	4:30
13	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	8:56
14	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	9:02
15	Tim Van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	9:37
16	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	10:01
18	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	13:14
19	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	15:56
20	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
21	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
22	Michel Ries	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
23	Daniel Martinez	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
26	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
28	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
29	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
30	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
31	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
32	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Alex Baudin	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
34	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
35	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
36	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
37	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
39	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
40	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
41	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
42	Domenico Pozzovivo	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
43	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	s.t.
44	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	16:23
45	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	16:29
47	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	16:43
48	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
49	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	17:06
50	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
51	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	17:56
52	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
53	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
54	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	18:36
55	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
56	Kevin Vermaerke	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
57	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	s.t.
58	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
59	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
60	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
61	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
62	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
63	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
64	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	19:27
65	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
66	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
67	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
68	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
69	Alessandro Tonelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
70	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
71	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
72	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
73	Max Walscheid	Jayco-AlUla	20:49
74	Davide Bais	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
75	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
76	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
77	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
78	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
79	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
80	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
82	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
83	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
84	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
85	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	21:13
86	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	21:29
87	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
88	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	21:33
89	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
90	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
91	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	21:42
92	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti Kometa	22:22
93	Davide Ballerini	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
94	Max Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	22:40
95	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
96	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	23:05
98	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	24:23
99	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	25:11
100	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	25:26
101	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Martin Marcellusi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	25:48
103	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
104	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
105	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	26:04
106	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti Kometa	26:17
107	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
108	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	29:44
109	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
110	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
111	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
112	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
113	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
114	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
115	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
116	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
117	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
118	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	s.t.
119	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	30:44
120	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
121	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
122	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
123	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
124	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
125	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
126	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
127	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
128	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
129	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
130	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
131	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
132	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
133	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
134	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
135	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
136	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
137	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
138	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
139	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
140	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
141	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
142	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.

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GC after stage 19:

GC leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
Mountains classification leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)
Best young rider: Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious)
Teams classification leader: Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale

3,008.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.131

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	71hr 24min 3sec
2	Daniel Martinez	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 7min 42sec
3	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	8:04
4	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	9:47
5	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	10:29
6	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	11:10
7	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	12:42
8	Einer Rubio	Movistar	13:33
9	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	13:52
10	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	14:44
11	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	16:37
12	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	18:27
13	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	22:38
14	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	27:55
15	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	31:56
16	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	33:44
17	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	41:12
18	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	44:52
19	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	44:55
20	Domenico Pozzovivo	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	46:25
21	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	49:58
22	Alex Baudin	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	50:43
23	Jhonatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	52:27
24	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	54:39
25	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	57:53
26	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	57:54
27	Michel Ries	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:00:54
28	Kevin Vermaerke	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:08:40
29	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	1:13:59
30	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	1:19:16
31	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	1:20:25
32	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	1:26:52
33	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	1:27:44
34	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	1:33:10
35	Jan Tratnik	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:38:50
36	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	1:40:48
37	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:41:26
38	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	1:42:15
39	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:45:52
40	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	1:46:09
41	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	1:46:25
42	Max Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	1:49:08
43	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar	1:55:33
44	Alessandro Tonelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	1:58:39
45	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:59:57
46	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	2:03:08
47	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:05:53
48	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:09:04
49	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	2:10:22
50	Lucas Plapp	Jayco-AlUla	2:12:13
51	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	2:14:09
52	William Barta	Movistar	2:17:59
53	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	2:20:01
54	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	2:24:00
55	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	2:24:09
56	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	2:25:25
57	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	2:27:25
58	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti Kometa	2:28:09
59	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	2:29:50
60	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	2:35:27
61	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	2:36:46
62	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	2:36:54
63	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:39:18
64	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	2:47:54
65	Albert Torres	Movistar	2:53:37
66	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	2:53:50
67	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	2:54:47
68	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	3:05:57
69	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:07:29
70	Davide Ballerini	Astana Qazaqstan	3:09:57
71	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	3:10:32
72	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	3:11:28
73	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	3:14:34
74	Davide Bais	Team Polti Kometa	3:15:34
75	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	3:16:17
76	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	3:17:36
77	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	3:22:24
78	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:24:05
79	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	3:24:47
80	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	3:25:17
81	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	3:26:44
82	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	3:29:02
83	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	3:29:12
84	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	3:33:15
85	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	3:33:59
86	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	3:35:06
87	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	3:36:01
88	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	3:36:06
89	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:37:56
90	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	3:38:47
91	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	3:40:44
92	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	3:41:18
93	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	3:41:33
94	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:43:26
95	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:44:17
96	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:44:57
97	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	3:45:14
98	Martin Marcellusi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	3:45:21
99	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	3:45:35
100	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	3:47:04
101	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	3:50:58
102	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	3:53:37
103	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	3:55:25
104	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	3:57:37
105	Tim Van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:59:28
106	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:01:36
107	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	4:05:48
108	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti Kometa	4:08:53
109	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:10:29
110	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:12:46
111	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	4:16:25
112	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	4:16:30
113	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	4:26:17
114	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	4:26:56
115	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	4:27:20
116	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	4:27:59
117	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:30:19
118	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	4:31:05
119	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	4:34:54
120	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	4:35:37
121	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	4:36:00
122	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	4:37:29
123	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	4:37:55
124	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	4:40:27
125	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	4:40:51
126	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	4:41:07
127	Max Walscheid	Jayco-AlUla	4:42:58
128	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti Kometa	4:45:13
129	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4:46:09
130	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	4:46:34
131	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	4:49:40
132	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	4:52:34
133	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	4:53:12
134	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	4:55:48
135	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	4:56:19
136	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:57:03
137	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	4:58:53
138	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	5:02:07
139	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	5:02:13
140	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	5:05:24
141	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	5:08:22
142	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	5:18:27