2023 Giro D'Italia

Wednesday 24th May 2023

Stage 17 : Pergine Valsugana - Caorle (197km)


A stage win chance for Cav?

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Hopefully Geraint has left something in the tank for today’s stage rather than burn all his matches on y’day’s sprint. Looked like a tremendous shift shared between the pair of them in the run up to the finish, both benefiting in the GC.

Peter

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The GC guys will probably use today to recuperate and save it in preparation for the next two days of back to back mountain stages that will really test their metal, and not forgetting that tricky up hill time trial on Saturday.
Actually that 19km ITT looks like it could suit Geraint rather well :wales:
…but the GC guys will be going up that hill on very tired legs :tired_face:

Today’s course should become the fastest average speed day, probably not a good day to get a mechanical or puncture, another thing that could upset the game-plan is cross winds but haven’t heard that being an issue today.

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I’m old enough to remember the first few times that people announced Cav will never win again because these younger riders are just too fast.

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Stage 17:

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Maglia Rosa :red_square: Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Ineos Grenadiers

Maglia Ciclamino :purple_square: Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious

Maglia Azzurra :blue_square: Ben Healy (Ire) EF Education-EasyPost

Maglia Bianca :white_large_square: João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates

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Ineos Grenadiers are another team member down after Pavel Sivakov abandoned yesterday’s stage (due to post crash injury on Stage 11)

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128 competitors on today’s Start Line

Stage 17 is underway!

:it:

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STAGE 17 RESULT - PERGINE VALSUGANA - CAORLE

  1. Alberto Dainese (Ita) DSM, in 4-26-08
  2. Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious
  3. Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco Alula
  4. Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Intermarché-Circus-Wanty
  5. Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis
  6. Fernando Gaviria (Col) Movistar
  7. Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious
  8. Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
  9. Stefano Oldani (Ita) Alpecin-Deceuninck
  10. Pascal Ackermann (Deu) UAE Team Emirates, all at same time

(no changes of any jersey wearers)

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:red_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 17

  1. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, in 71-58-43
  2. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, at 18s
  3. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma, at 29s
  4. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious, at 2-50
  5. Eddie Dunbar (Ire) Jayco-AIUla, at 3-03
  6. Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 3-20
  7. Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, at 3-22
  8. Andreas Leknessund (Nor) DSM, at 3-30
  9. Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers, at 4-09
  10. Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers, at 4-32

:purple_square: POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 17

  1. Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious, 215pts
  2. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-PremierTech, 121pts
  3. Pascal Ackermann (Deu) UAE Team Emirates, 95pts
  4. Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco AlUla, 93pts
  5. Tom Skuijns (Lat) Trek-Segafredo, at 79 pts

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The closest of shaves bunch sprint stage win for Alberto Dainese, second place Jonathan Milan narrowly missing out but has built up enough points almost definitely win the Points Classification in Roma.

A slight but significant change to the top Points Classification is Michael Matthews moving up to 4th place and to what looks like is becoming a three horse race for the 2nd and 3rd positions.

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Thursday 25th May 2023

Stage 18 : Oderzo - Val di Zoldo (Palafavera) (161km)


This stage is going to be quite difficult, and tomorrow even more so, and with this in mind it’s quite probably the GC guys will want to keep their powder dry for tomorrow and allow a non GC threat breakaway to go on ahead. But having said that, there could plausibly be a GC antagonist hatching out a devious attack plan in the effort of catching out the peloton decorum, and gaining a handful of useful minutes…

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Happy Birthday G!

37 years old today: born on 25th May 1986 in Cardiff, Wales :wales:

:birthday:

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Possibly Roglic pulling back a few seconds on that last climb if there is a break.

For the points jersey I wonder if Milan will make it to Rome

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The crowd has gathered along the Piazza Grande, the riders made their way to the official start area. Daan Hoole stops to give autographs.

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Two non-starter this morning:
Luca Covili (Ita) Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè
Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Intermarché - Circus - Wanty

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126 competitors on this Stage 18 start-line!

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Maglia Rosa :red_square: Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Ineos Grenadiers

Maglia Ciclamino :purple_square: Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious

Maglia Azzurra :blue_square: Ben Healy (Ire) EF Education-EasyPost

Maglia Bianca :white_large_square: João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates

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Stage 18 is underway! :it:

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STAGE 18 RESULT : ODERZO - VAL DI ZOLDO

  1. Filippo Zana (Ita) Jayco-AlUla, in 4-25-12
  2. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ at s.t.
  3. Warren Barguil (Fra) Arkea Samsic at 50s
  4. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-Premier Tech at 1-03
  5. Aurelien Paret-Peintra (Fra) AG2R Citroen at 1-24
  6. Marco Frigo (Ita) Israel-Premier Tech at s.t
  7. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma at 1-56
  8. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers at s.t
  9. João Almeida (Por) UAE Emirates at 2-17
  10. Eddie Dunbar (Ire) Jayco-AlUla at 2-32

:red_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 18

  1. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, in 76-25-51
  2. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma, at 29s
  3. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, at 39s
  4. Eddie Dunbar (Ire) Jayco-AIUla, at 3-39
  5. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious, at 3-51
  6. Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 4-27
  7. Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) at 4-43
  8. Andreas Leknessund (Nor) DSM, at 4-47
  9. Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers, at 4-53
  10. Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers, at 5-52

:purple_square: POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 18

  1. Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious, 215pts
  2. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-PremierTech, 140pts
  3. Pascal Ackermann (Deu) UAE Team Emirates, 95pts
  4. Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco AlUla, 93pts
  5. Tom Skuijns (Lat) Trek-Segafredo, at 79 pts

:blue_square: MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 18

  1. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, 227pts
  2. Ben Healy (Ire) EF Education-EasyPost, 164pts
  3. Davide Bais (Ita) Eolo-Kometa, 144pts
  4. Einer Auguto Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar, 118pts
  5. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-Premier Tech, 66pts

:white_large_square: YOUNG RIDER CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 17

  1. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, in 71-59-01
  2. Andreas Leknessund (Nor) DSM, at 3-12
  3. Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers, at 3-51

:o: TEAM CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 17

  1. Bahrain-Victorious, in 215-27-26
  2. Ineos Grenadiers, at 32-31
  3. Jumbo-Visma, at 40-26

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Today’s stage winner Filippo Zana has been very active in this tour, involved in two previous long range breakaways, and scoring a 3rd place on stage 8. Today’s win marks his second grand tour stage win. Second place Thibaut Pinot can console himself with regaining the Maglia Azzurra along with a huge lead in the KOM.

The GC contest in this Giro has developed into a 3 man fight-out, and with just a couple of stages to go to decide the winner the suspense continues.

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Friday 26th May 2023

Stage 19 : Longarone - Tre Cime di Lavaredo (183km)


Will we get a decider day today, or will we have to wait for the ITT tomorrow (?)
Today’s GC results may depend upon who recovers the fullest from the efforts of yesterdays hard stage…

The KOM is not quite settled yet, even with his huge lead it’s probable that Pinot will be too tired to join the breakaway today, and besides, now he has also become a top ten GC contester he’s less likely to be allowed to join a breakaway group.
Meanwhile; Pinot’s two KOM rivals, Ben Healy, and Davide Bias had a far easier day yesterday, and today will probably be out in front to win all the KOM points they can grab - while Pinot grinds along wearing the Maglia Azzurra somewhere behind the peloton.

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G looked the strongest I’ve ever seen him yesterday. But obviously we don’t know how much Roglic has in reserve.

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Maglia Rosa :red_square: Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Ineos Grenadiers

Maglia Ciclamino :purple_square: Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious

Maglia Azzurra :blue_square: Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ

Maglia Bianca :white_large_square: João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates

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One non-starter this morning:
Hugh Carthy (Gbr) EF Education-EasyPo

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125 riders on the start-line

Stage 19 is Underway!

:it:

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Just wow, what a day!

Thanks Debs for organizing another great thread and great racing for us!

Some drama still to come tomorrow?!?

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STAGE 19 RESULT LONGARONE - TRE CIME DI LAVAREDO

  1. Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain-Victorious, in 5-28-07
  2. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-Premier Tech, at 51s
  3. Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-EasyPost, at 1-46
  4. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma, at same time
  5. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 1-49
  6. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, at 2-09
  7. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious
  8. Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers, all three at same time
  9. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, at 2-16
  10. Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar, at 2-26

:red_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 19

  1. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, in 81-55-47
  2. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma, at 26s
  3. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, at 59s
  4. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious, at 4-11
  5. Eddie Dunbar (Ire) Jayco-AIUla, at 4-53
  6. Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) at 5-10
  7. Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers, at 5-13
  8. Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 5-54
  9. Andreas Leknessund (Nor) DSM, at 6-08
  10. Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers, at 5-52

:purple_square: POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 19

  1. Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious, 215pts
  2. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-PremierTech, 160pts
  3. Pascal Ackermann (Deu) UAE Team Emirates, 95pts
  4. Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco AlUla, 93pts
  5. Tom Skuijns (Lat) Trek-Segafredo, at 79 pts

:blue_square: MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 19

  1. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, 228pts
  2. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-Premier Tech, 200pts
  3. Ben Healy (Ire) EF Education-EasyPost, 164pts
  4. Davide Bais (Ita) Eolo-Kometa, 144pts
  5. Einer Auguto Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar, 118pts

:white_large_square: YOUNG RIDER CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 19

  1. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, in 81:56:46
  2. Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers, at 4-14
  3. Andreas Leknessund (Nor) DSM, at 5-09

:o: TEAM CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 19

  1. Bahrain-Victorious, in 245:35:12
  2. Ineos Grenadiers, at 19-59
  3. Jumbo-Visma, at 33-47

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A hard hilly ride in some appalling weather, Roglič only gains 3 seconds on the Maglia Rosa, the decider will be fought out on the hilly time trial tomorrow. Geraint has a 26 second advantage.

The second Grand Tour stage win for Santiago Buitrago, and incredibly, for the forth time in this tour Derek Gee finishes a stage in 2nd place!
Derek Gee also catapults his standing in the Mountains Classification to 2nd position overtaking Ben Healy who failed to breakaway from the peloton today - wasn’t without trying though.

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Saturday 27th May 2023

Stage 20 : Tarvisio - Monte Lussari (18.6km) Individual Time Trial :stopwatch:



Apart from the usual suspects in the top GC,
the following national time trial champions will also compete for quick time:

Bob Jungels - Luxembourg :luxembourg:
Lennard Kämna - Germany :de:
Ben Healy - Ireland :ireland:
Bruno Armirail - France :fr:
Derek Gee - Canada :canada:
Bauke Mollema - Netherlands :netherlands:
Toms Skujiņš - Latvia :latvia:
Jay Vine - Australia :australia:

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There is also a maximum of 50 points left to be scored by a single rider out of a total of 112 points in the King of the Mountains, so Ben Healy has a remaining chance to re-take the Maglia Azzurra from Thibaut Pinot (…bit of a long shot though!) :smile: :+1:

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Everyone finished yesterday, and no non-starters today.

125 riders for today’s Individual Time Trial: :it:

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(11:30 local time 10:30 UK time) First rider away is currently 125th on GC:
Nicolas Dalla Valle (Ita) Team Corratec - Selle Italia (picture above)

They will start at 1 minute apart until the final 15 riders of top GC who will start 3 minutes apart.

The last rider start time is Geraint Thomas at 17:14 (local time - 16:14 UK time)

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STAGE 19 RESULT : TARVISIO - MONTE LUSSARI

  1. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma, in 44-23
  2. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers at 40s
  3. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates at 42s
  4. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious at 55s
  5. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ) at 59s
  6. Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma at 1-05
  7. Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates at 1-07
  8. Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers at 1-18
  9. Andreas Leknessund (Ned) DSM at 1-49
  10. Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates at 1-53

:red_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 20

  1. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma, in 82-40-36
  2. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers at 14s
  3. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates at 1-15
  4. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious at 4-40
  5. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ) at 5-43
  6. Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers at 6-05
  7. Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Jayco-AlUla at 7-30
  8. Andreas Leknessund (Ned) DSM at 7-31
  9. Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe at 7-46
  10. Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers at 9-08

:purple_square: POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 20

  1. Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious, 215pts
  2. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-PremierTech, 160pts
  3. Pascal Ackermann (Deu) UAE Team Emirates, 95pts
  4. Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco AlUla, 93pts
  5. Tom Skuijns (Lat) Trek-Segafredo, at 79 pts

:blue_square: MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 20

  1. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, 237pts
  2. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-Premier Tech, 200pts
  3. Ben Healy (Ire) EF Education-EasyPost, 164pts
  4. Davide Bais (Ita) Eolo-Kometa, 144pts
  5. Einer Auguto Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar, 118pts

:white_large_square: YOUNG RIDER CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 20

  1. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, in 82-41-51
  2. Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers, at 4-50
  3. Andreas Leknessund (Nor) DSM, at 5-09

:o: TEAM CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 20

  1. Bahrain-Victorious, in 247:56:00
  2. Ineos Grenadiers, at 16-22
  3. Jumbo-Visma, at 30-40

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40 seconds! Drama!

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