Ballerini scores his first Giro d’Italia top 10
Wednesday’s stage was the longest one of the race, 219 kilometers from Camaiore to Tortona, a town inextricably linked with “Il Campionissimo” Fausto Coppi, one of the greatest riders in history, with a total of seven Grand Tours and eight Monuments to his name, and the man who made of the Hour Record a target for future generations, from Anquetil to Merckx and Moser.
Soudal Quick-Step continued Il Giro with just three riders – Davide Ballerini, Pieter Serry and Ilan Van Wilder – and had a rather quiet day as the sprinters’ teams organised the chase behind the breakaway, which they brought back only with five kilometers to go.
The finale was hectic, a crash two kilometers from the line leaving just 20-odd riders in contention. Davide Ballerini was on the right side of this split and the Italian, despite being alone in the hectic finale, had the power to come through and take eighth place in Tortona for his first top 10 at this year’s edition.
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Race details
| 1 |
Pascal Ackermann UAE Team Emirates |
5:09:02 |
| 2 |
Jonathan Milan Bahrain - Victorious |
0:00 |
| 3 |
Mark Cavendish Astana Qazaqstan Team |
0:00 |
| 4 |
Mads Pedersen Trek - Segafredo |
0:00 |
| 5 |
Stefano Oldani Alpecin-Deceuninck |
0:00 |
| 6 |
Vincenzo Albanese EOLO-Kometa |
0:00 |
| 7 |
Marius Mayrhofer Team DSM |
0:00 |
| 8 |
Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
| 9 |
Simone Consonni Cofidis |
0:00 |
| 10 |
Arne Marit Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:00 |
| 86 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
| 87 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
| DNS |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
-05:09:02 |
| DNS |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
-05:09:02 |
| DNS |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
-05:09:02 |
| DNS |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
-05:09:02 |
| 1 |
Geraint Thomas INEOS Grenadiers |
44:35:35 |
| 2 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
0:02 |
| 3 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
0:22 |
| 4 |
Andreas Leknessund Team DSM |
0:35 |
| 5 |
Damiano Caruso Bahrain - Victorious |
1:28 |
| 6 |
Lennard Kämna BORA - hansgrohe |
1:52 |
| 7 |
Eddie Dunbar Team Jayco AlUla |
2:32 |
| 8 |
Thymen Arensman INEOS Grenadiers |
2:32 |
| 9 |
Laurens De Plus INEOS Grenadiers |
2:36 |
| 10 |
Aurélien Paret-Peintre AG2R Citroën Team |
2:48 |
| 17 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
12:07 |
| 79 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:15:15 |
| 110 |
Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:43:08 |
| 1 |
Jonathan Milan Bahrain - Victorious |
164 pt |
| 2 |
Mads Pedersen Trek - Segafredo |
128 pt |
| 3 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck |
100 pt |
| 4 |
Pascal Ackermann UAE Team Emirates |
88 pt |
| 5 |
Derek Gee Israel - Premier Tech |
64 pt |
| 6 |
Michael Matthews Team Jayco AlUla |
60 pt |
| 7 |
Magnus Cort Nielsen EF Education-EasyPost |
56 pt |
| 8 |
Mark Cavendish Astana Qazaqstan Team |
51 pt |
| 9 |
Vincenzo Albanese EOLO-Kometa |
44 pt |
| 10 |
Davide Bais EOLO-Kometa |
39 pt |
| 36 |
Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step |
11 pt |
| 1 |
Davide Bais EOLO-Kometa |
104 pt |
| 2 |
Thibaut Pinot Groupama - FDJ |
50 pt |
| 3 |
Karel Vacek Team Corratec - Selle Italia |
36 pt |
| 4 |
Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Egerzeigzaarhka Trek - Segafredo |
26 pt |
| 5 |
Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost |
24 pt |
| 6 |
Aurélien Paret-Peintre AG2R Citroën Team |
22 pt |
| 7 |
Alessandro De Marchi Team Jayco AlUla |
22 pt |
| 8 |
Veljko Stojnić Team Corratec - Selle Italia |
21 pt |
| 9 |
Francesco Gavazzi EOLO-Kometa |
18 pt |
| 10 |
Warren Barguil Team Arkéa Samsic |
16 pt |
| 1 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
44:35:57 |
| 2 |
Andreas Leknessund Team DSM |
0:13 |
| 3 |
Thymen Arensman INEOS Grenadiers |
2:10 |
| 4 |
Santiago Buitrago Sánchez Bahrain - Victorious |
4:18 |
| 5 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
11:45 |
| 6 |
Jefferson Alexander Cepeda Ortiz EF Education-EasyPost |
13:23 |
| 7 |
Einer Augusto Rubio Reyes Movistar Team |
16:48 |
| 8 |
Michel Hessmann Jumbo-Visma |
17:50 |
| 9 |
Filippo Zana Team Jayco AlUla |
23:52 |
| 10 |
Marco Frigo Israel - Premier Tech |
25:29 |
| 1 | INEOS Grenadiers | 133:46:54 |
| 2 | EF Education-EasyPost | 6:17 |
| 3 | Bahrain - Victorious | 6:19 |
| 4 | Jumbo-Visma | 8:09 |
| 5 | UAE Team Emirates | 10:45 |
| 6 | Soudal - Quick Step | 17:46 |
| 7 | BORA - hansgrohe | 20:22 |
| 8 | Groupama - FDJ | 27:01 |
| 9 | Israel - Premier Tech | 27:21 |
| 10 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 33:01 |
