Remco Evenepoel extends Giro d’Italia overall lead

Remco Evenepoel didn’t have any problems when it came to retaining the maglia rosa at the end of Monday’s long stage from Vasto to Melfi, which concluded with a small bunch sprint. The day was a pretty straightforward one, with just two classified climbs in the final part and some rain that made the riders extra attentive on the final descent.
Soudal Quick-Step controlled matters with Mattia Cattaneo and Louis Vervaeke, who then led out Remco at the intermediate sprint in Rapolla. The World Champion was first there, snatching three bonus seconds that helped him increase his margin over the closest opponent in the general classification to more than half a minute. From there on, the sprinters’ teams moved to the front and kept setting the tempo until the end, where Michael Matthews (Jayco-Alula) took the win.
“Everything went well today. The stage wasn’t hard and I had a very strong squad by my side the entire time. On the descent, which was wet and tricky, I wanted to have my teammates at the front, setting the tempo as we took on those narrow roads, and they did a great job. It wasn’t my plan at the start of the day to sprint for bonifications, but since I was there I decided to do it, because it didn’t cost me any energy”, said Evenepoel after the stage that brought him a third consecutive pink jersey.
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Race details
1 |
Michael Matthews Team Jayco AlUla |
5:01:41 |
2 |
Mads Pedersen Trek - Segafredo |
0:00 |
3 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck |
0:00 |
4 |
Vincenzo Albanese EOLO-Kometa |
0:00 |
5 |
Stefano Oldani Alpecin-Deceuninck |
0:00 |
6 |
Sven Erik Bystrøm Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:00 |
7 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
0:00 |
8 |
Simone Velasco Astana Qazaqstan Team |
0:00 |
9 |
Toms Skujiņš Trek - Segafredo |
0:00 |
10 |
Andrea Vendrame AG2R Citroën Team |
0:00 |
15 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
20 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
24 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
59 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:20 |
60 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:20 |
119 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
9:07 |
121 |
Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step |
15:11 |
122 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
15:11 |
1 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
10:18:07 |
2 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
0:32 |
3 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
0:44 |
4 |
Stefan Küng Groupama - FDJ |
0:46 |
5 |
Geraint Thomas INEOS Grenadiers |
0:58 |
6 |
Aleksandr Vlasov BORA - hansgrohe |
0:58 |
7 |
Tao Geoghegan Hart INEOS Grenadiers |
1:02 |
8 |
Michael Matthews Team Jayco AlUla |
1:02 |
9 |
Jay Vine UAE Team Emirates |
1:08 |
10 |
Mads Pedersen Trek - Segafredo |
1:18 |
12 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:26 |
17 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:34 |
52 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
3:12 |
74 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
5:36 |
120 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
13:50 |
151 |
Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step |
18:43 |
160 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
19:08 |
1 |
Jonathan Milan Bahrain - Victorious |
53 pt |
2 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck |
39 pt |
3 |
Michael Matthews Team Jayco AlUla |
38 pt |
4 |
David Dekker Team Arkéa Samsic |
35 pt |
5 |
Mads Pedersen Trek - Segafredo |
26 pt |
6 |
Arne Marit Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
23 pt |
7 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
15 pt |
8 |
Marius Mayrhofer Team DSM |
14 pt |
9 |
Fernando Gaviria Rendon Movistar Team |
14 pt |
10 |
Stefano Gandin Team Corratec - Selle Italia |
12 pt |
1 |
Thibaut Pinot Groupama - FDJ |
12 pt |
2 |
Paul Lapeira AG2R Citroën Team |
6 pt |
3 |
Santiago Buitrago Sánchez Bahrain - Victorious |
4 pt |
4 |
Thomas Champion Cofidis |
4 pt |
5 |
Tao Geoghegan Hart INEOS Grenadiers |
3 pt |
6 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
2 pt |
7 |
Laurens De Plus INEOS Grenadiers |
2 pt |
8 |
Callum Scotson Team Jayco AlUla |
2 pt |
9 |
Mattia Bais EOLO-Kometa |
2 pt |
10 |
Eddie Dunbar Team Jayco AlUla |
1 pt |
1 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
10:18:07 |
2 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
0:32 |
3 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:34 |
4 |
Andreas Leknessund Team DSM |
1:40 |
5 |
Stefano Oldani Alpecin-Deceuninck |
1:59 |
6 |
Michel Hessmann Jumbo-Visma |
1:59 |
7 |
Thymen Arensman INEOS Grenadiers |
2:05 |
8 |
Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost |
2:07 |
9 |
Marco Frigo Israel - Premier Tech |
2:15 |
10 |
Santiago Buitrago Sánchez Bahrain - Victorious |
2:24 |
1 | UAE Team Emirates | 30:56:33 |
2 | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:13 |
3 | Soudal - Quick Step | 0:32 |
4 | Groupama - FDJ | 1:32 |
5 | BORA - hansgrohe | 1:38 |
6 | Team Jayco AlUla | 1:58 |
7 | Jumbo-Visma | 2:02 |
8 | Bahrain - Victorious | 2:28 |
9 | Trek - Segafredo | 2:40 |
10 | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:56 |