Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates, at same time
Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Jumbo-Visma, at 19s
Davide Villella (Esp) Cofidis, at 2-25
Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 2-59
Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa
João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates
Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar
Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers, all at same time
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Koen Bouwman rode to his first Giro stage win, helped tirelessly by his teammate Tom Dumoulin in the break-away.
Bouwman also collected enough Mountain points to wear the Maglia Azzurra.
Second place Bauke Mollema may have been unlucky to miss out on the stage win but overall it was a good day for the Trekies; a 2nd place stage position, López retains the Maglia Rosa, and Trek-Segafredo take the lead in the Team Classification
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[Maglia Rosa] CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE SEVEN
Juan Pedro López (Esp) Trek-Segafredo, in 28-39-05
Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 38s
Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux, at 58s
Simon Yates (GBr) BikeExchange-Jayco, at 1-42
Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, at 1-47
Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 1-55
João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, at 1-58
Pello Bilbao (Esp) Bahrain Victorious, at 2-00
Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers, at 2-04
Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM, at 2-06
POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE SEVEN
Arnaud Démare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, on 147pts
Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermaché-Wanty-Gobert, on 94pts
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, on 78pts
MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE SEVEN
Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma, on 68pts
Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe, on 43pts
Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain-Victorious, on 27pts
YOUNG RIDER CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE SEVEN
Juan Pedro López (Esp) Trek-Segafredo, in 28-39-05
Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, at 1-51
João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, at 1-58
Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM, at 2-19
Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain-Victorious, at 2-22
Todays stage is 5 laps of a 19km circuit between Bacoli and Monte di Procida. At the end of the last lap, the route goes back to Naples, with the closing sprint along the Via Caracciolo seafront.
With a very hard summit finish mountain stage tomorrow that is sure to smash the race apart, the GC guys may ease off a little today and allow a break-away to go.
Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux, at 15s
Mauro Schmid (Sui) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl
Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix, at same time
Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious, at 35s
Guillaume Martin (Fra) Confidis, at same time
Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana, at 2-56
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Using tactics far more sensible than he used to, Stage 8 ended in a well deserved win for Thomas De Gendt
No changes to the Classifications with the exception Trek-Segafredo lose the lead team after one day. This can be a very changeable and unpredictable contest.
Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermaché-Wanty-Gobert, on 120pts
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, on 78pts
MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE NINE
Diego Rosa (Ita) Eolo-Kometa, on 83pts
Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma, on 68pts
Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe, on 43pts
YOUNG RIDER CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE NINE
Juan Pedro López (Esp) Trek-Segafredo, in 37-51-01
João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, at 1-58
Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM, at 2-15
Iván Sosa (Col) Movistar, at 5-53
Pavel Sivakov (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers, at 10-52
TEAM CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE NINE
Bora-Hansgrohe, at in 13-39-08
Bahrain-Victorious, at 3-21
Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux, at 5-24
Ineos Grenadiers, at 11-58
Trek-Segafredo, at 15-38
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Yesterday’s stage has not only shaken up the top GC but resulted with seven riders within 30 seconds of the Maglia Rosa Juan Pedro López who still leads by a slim 12 seconds. Meanwhile Diego Rosa wins the Maglia Azzurra.
We watched the recording of Sunday’s Blockhaus stage tonight …
As leisure cyclists we were amazed at how that finish was even possible?
5.5 hours in the saddle, an uphill mountain top chase, and a photo finish sprint !! Left in awe. The standard being set by young riders is very impressive.
(Also nice to see some of the old guard still in the mix, although doubt they’ll last in that company).
Looking forward to the next two weeks. As always the Giro surprises and delights!
Agreed. Nice to see Nibali and Richie Porte there too.
What happened to Simon Yates? I’d like to think he was saving himself, but he looked tired? Early days of course …
Today’s stage is flat for the first 100km before a hilly second half including some very steep gradients. The GC guys will be tentative, with a very long and flat stage tomorrow, there could be a lunges to take the Maglia Rose in the hills today.
What a great Giro so far, a brilliant ending to todays stage, history has certainly been made, and great to see the little gesture from VDP on the line
Phil Bauhaus (Deu) Bahrain-Victorious, at same time
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl
Fernando Gaviria (Col) UAE-Team Emirates
Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM
Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis
Dries de Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Israel-Premier Tech
Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R Citroën
Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix, all at same time
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GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 13
Juan Pedro López (Esp) Trek-Segafredo, in 54-37-23
Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers, at 12s
João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, at same time
Jai Hindley (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 20s
Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis, at 28s
Mikel Landa (Esp) Bahrain Victorious, at 28s
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux, at 54s
Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 1-09
Pello Bilbao (Esp) Bahrain-Victorious, at 1-22
Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar, at 1-23
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Roman Bardet has abandoned on stage 13 (due to illness), and causing a shuffle up of one position in the top ten GC, the eldest rider in this Giro, 42 year old Valverde joins the top ten.
POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE SEVEN
MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE SEVEN
YOUNG RIDER CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE SEVEN
TEAM CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE NINE
