Giro d’Italia Stage 15: Pogačar Saves One factor Specific for the Queen Stage

Tadej Pogačar of Crew UAE Emirates reworked his rampage by way of the Giro d’Italia into one factor specific on proper now’s stage 15 with yet another solo stage win, doubling his whole lead. Pogačar appeared content material materials for a while to allow a strong group of stage-hunting climbers to contest the race for lots of the Passo di Foscagno, with former winner Nairo Quintana of Movistar and debutante Georg Steinhauser of EF Education battling for the stage victory, with a 3 minute cushion over the GC group. Nonetheless the Maglia Rosa had bigger plans for the day, deciding sooner than the summit to depart his rivals correctly behind, and passing Quintana for the stage halfway up the last word 4km rise to Mottolino. He would end up 29 seconds ahead of Quintana, who had carried out his enjoying playing cards utterly to take a beautiful stage, nevertheless for the presence of the Slovenian capturing star.

The stage victory was the fourth of the race for Pogačar and put virtually three additional minutes into second-placed Geraint Thomas of INEOS, now 6.41 once more as a result of the Giro reaches its second leisure day in Livigno, nestled proper right into a nook of Swiss-Italy. Dani Martinez of BORA and Ben O’Connor of Decathlon-AG2R are inside a minute of Thomas, ultimate 12 months’s runner-up, in what ensures to be an excellent battle for the podium. Nonetheless the victory seems sewn up.

Steinhauser was one factor of a revelation on the stage, the 22-year-old son of former racer Tobias (and nephew of Jan Ullrich) launching a beautiful assault to get away from the day’s breakaway on the Passo di Foscagno. Solely a rider of Quintana’s pedigree may reel him once more in after the youthful German put a minute into the rest, and he ended up third on the day away from many notable climbers like Romain Bardet. For his efforts he’ll start stage 16 Tuesday inside the White Jersey as the best youthful rider, as unconfirmed outcomes advocate that in a single day chief Antonio Tiberi misplaced 20 minutes on the stage.

Stage Outcomes:

1. POGAČAR Tadej, UAE Crew Emirates, 6:11:43
2. QUINTANA Nairo, Movistar Crew, at 0:29
3. STEINHAUSER Georg, EF Education – EasyPost, at 2:32
4. BARDET Romain, Crew dsm-firmenich PostNL, at 2:47
5. MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe, BORA – hansgrohe, at 2:50
6. THOMAS Geraint, INEOS Grenadiers, s.t.
7. RUBIO Einer, Movistar Crew, at 2:58
8. O’CONNOR Ben, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Crew, s.t.
9. ARENSMAN Thymen, INEOS Grenadiers, at 3:05
10. HIRT Jan, Soudal Quick-Step, at 3:20
11. ZANA Filippo, Crew Jayco AlUla, at 3:35

GC

1. POGAČAR Tadej, UAE Crew Emirates, 56:11:46
2. THOMAS Geraint, INEOS Grenadiers, at 6:41
3. MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe, BORA – hansgrohe, at 6:56
4. O’CONNOR Ben, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Crew, at 7:43

Youthful Rider

tbd

Manerba del Garda – Livigno 222 km

Correctly this isn’t an easy day on the bike, I imagine we’re in a position to rule out a bunch sprint after they’ve gone over the Motorola and Passo di Foscagno. Hardest day up to now and maybe of all the Giro given it’s an prolonged stage as correctly.

Estimated finish time: 15:50-16-35 CEST

Tadej Pogačar of the Day: Tadej Pogačar

As soon as extra. Check out the profile. And I don’t suppose he lets some breakaway bums run away with this one.

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