Giro d’Italia: Evenepoel enjoys a calm day in Napoli

Napoli – the city that gave this year’s Serie A champions – returned at the Corsa Rosa with a 162km stage that despite its hilly first part, was always expected to culminate in a bunch sprint, given the final 30 kilometers, that were completely flat.
Some riders had other ideas and quickly formed a breakaway that made the peloton work hard behind in order to catch them. Despite the fact that only two riders remained off the front with more than twenty kilometers to go, the chasers somehow allowed them to keep a considerable margin which the duo almost carried all the way to the line.
The bunch – where Remco Evenepoel, resplendent in his rainbow jersey, was surrounded by his teammates – found themselves one minute behind with eight kilometers to go, an extra incentive for the breakaway to keep going. It looked like they would make it, only for a late injection of pace at the front of the group to overhaul the duo an agonisingly 300 meters from the line, thus giving the sprinters another opportunity to fight for the win, which went to Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo).
“It was a fast stage, but we remained focused all the time, made sure of being at the front on the descents, so we can be content with how things went. I feel better now and hope that things will continue going in the right direction”, said Remco, who retained his place on the podium ahead of the Campo Imperatore summit finish.
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Race details
1 |
Mads Pedersen Trek - Segafredo |
3:44:45 |
2 |
Jonathan Milan Bahrain - Victorious |
0:00 |
3 |
Pascal Ackermann UAE Team Emirates |
0:00 |
4 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck |
0:00 |
5 |
Fernando Gaviria Rendon Movistar Team |
0:00 |
6 |
Michael Matthews Team Jayco AlUla |
0:00 |
7 |
Vincenzo Albanese EOLO-Kometa |
0:00 |
8 |
Marius Mayrhofer Team DSM |
0:00 |
9 |
Lorenzo Rota Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:00 |
10 |
Simone Velasco Astana Qazaqstan Team |
0:00 |
39 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
41 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
43 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
86 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
98 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
3:04 |
108 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
3:22 |
115 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
7:06 |
119 |
Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step |
9:50 |
1 |
Andreas Leknessund Team DSM |
22:50:48 |
2 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:28 |
3 |
Aurélien Paret-Peintre AG2R Citroën Team |
0:30 |
4 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
1:00 |
5 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
1:12 |
6 |
Geraint Thomas INEOS Grenadiers |
1:26 |
7 |
Aleksandr Vlasov BORA - hansgrohe |
1:26 |
8 |
Toms Skujiņš Trek - Segafredo |
1:29 |
9 |
Tao Geoghegan Hart INEOS Grenadiers |
1:30 |
10 |
Vincenzo Albanese EOLO-Kometa |
1:39 |
34 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
6:47 |
36 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
7:41 |
51 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
12:31 |
72 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
22:29 |
122 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
40:36 |
142 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
49:39 |
147 |
Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step |
53:17 |
1 |
Jonathan Milan Bahrain - Victorious |
110 pt |
2 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck |
99 pt |
3 |
Mads Pedersen Trek - Segafredo |
83 pt |
4 |
Michael Matthews Team Jayco AlUla |
54 pt |
5 |
David Dekker Team Arkéa Samsic |
40 pt |
6 |
Aurélien Paret-Peintre AG2R Citroën Team |
33 pt |
7 |
Vincenzo Albanese EOLO-Kometa |
32 pt |
8 |
Stefano Gandin Team Corratec - Selle Italia |
24 pt |
9 |
Pascal Ackermann UAE Team Emirates |
24 pt |
10 |
Arne Marit Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
23 pt |
17 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
15 pt |
1 |
Thibaut Pinot Groupama - FDJ |
40 pt |
2 |
Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Egerzeigzaarhka Trek - Segafredo |
26 pt |
3 |
Aurélien Paret-Peintre AG2R Citroën Team |
22 pt |
4 |
Francesco Gavazzi EOLO-Kometa |
18 pt |
5 |
Alessandro De Marchi Team Jayco AlUla |
15 pt |
6 |
Samuele Zoccarato Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè |
13 pt |
7 |
Santiago Buitrago Sánchez Bahrain - Victorious |
12 pt |
8 |
Simon Clarke Israel - Premier Tech |
12 pt |
9 |
Andreas Leknessund Team DSM |
10 pt |
10 |
Toms Skujiņš Trek - Segafredo |
10 pt |
1 |
Andreas Leknessund Team DSM |
22:50:48 |
2 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:28 |
3 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
1:00 |
4 |
Thymen Arensman INEOS Grenadiers |
2:33 |
5 |
Santiago Buitrago Sánchez Bahrain - Victorious |
2:52 |
6 |
Einer Augusto Rubio Reyes Movistar Team |
3:35 |
7 |
Laurens Huys Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
6:08 |
8 |
Jefferson Alexander Cepeda Ortiz EF Education-EasyPost |
6:27 |
9 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
6:47 |
10 |
Lars van den Berg Groupama - FDJ |
7:52 |
1 | INEOS Grenadiers | 68:36:13 |
2 | Jumbo-Visma | 1:49 |
3 | Bahrain - Victorious | 2:15 |
4 | BORA - hansgrohe | 3:22 |
5 | UAE Team Emirates | 3:23 |
6 | Trek - Segafredo | 4:15 |
7 | EF Education-EasyPost | 4:55 |
8 | Soudal - Quick Step | 7:01 |
9 | Israel - Premier Tech | 11:38 |
10 | Groupama - FDJ | 12:00 |