Van Wilder enjoys a solid day in Giro d’Italia breakaway

Ilan Van Wilder was one of the 30-odd riders to book a place in the largest breakaway seen in a race this season, which formed on the roads of Piedmont, the region hosting stage 12 of the race, from Bra to Rivoli.
As expected in such situations, there wasn’t a real concord in the group, but even in these conditions they managed to open a maximum gap of nine minutes over a peloton whose mind was more on Friday’s gruelling stage in the mountains. It came as no surprise that the group fragmented long before the day’s only classified climb, four riders moving clear and putting three minutes into their former companions. Ilan tried to go after them, but his numerous attempts were countered by his opponents.
The cat and mouse game continued on Colle Braida, where the Belgian tried again to get a gap, only for the result to be the same. But Ilan didn’t give up and showed his strength in the sprint, which he won from the group that arrived two minutes behind victor Nico Denz (Bora-hansgrohe), finishing sixth on the stage.
“I had the feeling I was alone today on the road, at one point it was just me against the world. It’s something typical in such a big breakaway. I tried to attack many times, but the others reacted each time. In the end, I won that sprint from pure frustration and I think it was the best possible result. I will now try to recover and hopefully will continue my upward trajectory here”, said Ilan, who is now 16th overall, just three minutes from the top 10.
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Race details
1 |
Nico Denz BORA - hansgrohe |
4:18:11 |
2 |
Toms Skujiņš Trek - Segafredo |
0:00 |
3 |
Sebastian Berwick Israel - Premier Tech |
0:03 |
4 |
Alessandro Tonelli Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè |
0:58 |
5 |
Marco Frigo Israel - Premier Tech |
2:07 |
6 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
2:20 |
7 |
Alberto Bettiol EF Education-EasyPost |
2:20 |
8 |
Christian Scaroni Astana Qazaqstan Team |
2:20 |
9 |
Michel Hessmann Jumbo-Visma |
2:20 |
10 |
Alex Baudin AG2R Citroën Team |
2:20 |
67 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
12:11 |
88 |
Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step |
20:25 |
1 |
Geraint Thomas INEOS Grenadiers |
49:02:05 |
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 |
16 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
6:08 |
77 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:19:07 |
108 |
Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:55:14 |
1 |
Jonathan Milan Bahrain - Victorious |
164 pt |
2 |
Mads Pedersen Trek - Segafredo |
140 pt |
3 |
Pascal Ackermann UAE Team Emirates |
88 pt |
4 |
Michael Matthews Team Jayco AlUla |
68 pt |
5 |
Derek Gee Israel - Premier Tech |
64 pt |
6 |
Magnus Cort Nielsen EF Education-EasyPost |
56 pt |
7 |
Toms Skujiņš Trek - Segafredo |
51 pt |
8 |
Mark Cavendish Astana Qazaqstan Team |
51 pt |
9 |
Vincenzo Albanese EOLO-Kometa |
44 pt |
10 |
Davide Bais EOLO-Kometa |
39 pt |
38 |
Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step |
11 pt |
53 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
5 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 |
Toms Skujiņš Trek - Segafredo |
30 pt |
5 |
Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Egerzeigzaarhka Trek - Segafredo |
30 pt |
6 |
Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost |
24 pt |
7 |
Aurélien Paret-Peintre AG2R Citroën Team |
22 pt |
8 |
Alessandro De Marchi Team Jayco AlUla |
22 pt |
9 |
Veljko Stojnić Team Corratec - Selle Italia |
21 pt |
10 |
Francesco Gavazzi EOLO-Kometa |
18 pt |
1 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
49:02:27 |
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 |
5:46 |
6 |
Einer Augusto Rubio Reyes Movistar Team |
10:49 |
7 |
Michel Hessmann Jumbo-Visma |
11:51 |
8 |
Jefferson Alexander Cepeda Ortiz EF Education-EasyPost |
13:23 |
9 |
Marco Frigo Israel - Premier Tech |
19:17 |
10 |
Laurens Huys Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
20:17 |
1 | Jumbo-Visma | 147:02:35 |
2 | INEOS Grenadiers | 3:49 |
3 | EF Education-EasyPost | 4:07 |
4 | Bahrain - Victorious | 5:35 |
5 | UAE Team Emirates | 8:35 |
6 | BORA - hansgrohe | 11:24 |
7 | Israel - Premier Tech | 16:42 |
8 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 30:51 |
9 | Soudal - Quick Step | 31:34 |
10 | Groupama - FDJ | 36:13 |