Ilan Van Wilder continues to make inroads at Il Giro

Friday started with a change of plans at the Corsa Rosa: what should have been a brutal 200km queen stage was altered due to the bad weather conditions, which prompted the organisers to take out the Col du Grand Saint-Bernard climb and reduce the distance to just 75 kilometers.
Having featured in the breakaway twenty-four hours before, Ilan Van Wilder produced another convincing ride, staying with the group of favourites until the last kilometer, when a series of accelerations led to some cracks in the maglia rosa group, while up the road Einer Rubio (Movistar) was soloing to victory from the breakaway. Without panicking, the Belgian rode his own tempo and crossed the line only a few seconds behind the GC contenders, jumping two places in the ranking ahead of the race’s penultimate weekend.
“It was a strange day, with the stage getting shortened and us traveling by bus to a different location before properly starting it a couple of hours later. I felt pretty good and managed to hang in there even when the others increased the tempo and rode hard on the final climb. I am really satisfied that at the end of the day I managed to make up some places in the standings”, said Ilan, who is 14th overall now.
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Race details
1 |
Einer Augusto Rubio Reyes Movistar Team |
2:16:21 |
2 |
Thibaut Pinot Groupama - FDJ |
0:06 |
3 |
Jefferson Alexander Cepeda Ortiz EF Education-EasyPost |
0:12 |
4 |
Derek Gee Israel - Premier Tech |
1:01 |
5 |
Valentin Paret-Peintre AG2R Citroën Team |
1:29 |
6 |
Hugh Carthy EF Education-EasyPost |
1:29 |
7 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
1:35 |
8 |
Eddie Dunbar Team Jayco AlUla |
1:35 |
9 |
Geraint Thomas INEOS Grenadiers |
1:35 |
10 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
1:35 |
16 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:51 |
84 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
20:56 |
120 |
Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step |
21:14 |
1 |
Geraint Thomas INEOS Grenadiers |
51:20:01 |
2 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
0:02 |
3 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
0:22 |
4 |
Andreas Leknessund Team DSM |
0:42 |
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 |
2:45 |
9 |
Laurens De Plus INEOS Grenadiers |
3:08 |
10 |
Thibaut Pinot Groupama - FDJ |
3:13 |
14 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
6:24 |
80 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:38:28 |
106 |
Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step |
2:14:53 |
1 |
Jonathan Milan Bahrain - Victorious |
164 pt |
2 |
Pascal Ackermann UAE Team Emirates |
88 pt |
3 |
Derek Gee Israel - Premier Tech |
71 pt |
4 |
Michael Matthews Team Jayco AlUla |
68 pt |
5 |
Magnus Cort Nielsen EF Education-EasyPost |
56 pt |
6 |
Toms Skujiņš Trek - Segafredo |
51 pt |
7 |
Mark Cavendish Astana Qazaqstan Team |
51 pt |
8 |
Vincenzo Albanese EOLO-Kometa |
44 pt |
9 |
Davide Bais EOLO-Kometa |
39 pt |
10 |
Alessandro De Marchi Team Jayco AlUla |
37 pt |
40 |
Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step |
11 pt |
57 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
5 pt |
1 |
Thibaut Pinot Groupama - FDJ |
114 pt |
2 |
Davide Bais EOLO-Kometa |
104 pt |
3 |
Einer Augusto Rubio Reyes Movistar Team |
68 pt |
4 |
Karel Vacek Team Corratec - Selle Italia |
36 pt |
5 |
Derek Gee Israel - Premier Tech |
31 pt |
6 |
Toms Skujiņš Trek - Segafredo |
30 pt |
7 |
Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Egerzeigzaarhka Trek - Segafredo |
30 pt |
8 |
Jefferson Alexander Cepeda Ortiz EF Education-EasyPost |
25 pt |
9 |
Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost |
24 pt |
10 |
Aurélien Paret-Peintre AG2R Citroën Team |
22 pt |
1 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
51:20:23 |
2 |
Andreas Leknessund Team DSM |
0:20 |
3 |
Thymen Arensman INEOS Grenadiers |
2:23 |
4 |
Santiago Buitrago Sánchez Bahrain - Victorious |
4:50 |
5 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
6:02 |
6 |
Einer Augusto Rubio Reyes Movistar Team |
9:01 |
7 |
Jefferson Alexander Cepeda Ortiz EF Education-EasyPost |
11:56 |
8 |
Valentin Paret-Peintre AG2R Citroën Team |
22:47 |
9 |
Laurens Huys Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
23:46 |
10 |
Filippo Zana Team Jayco AlUla |
27:10 |
1 | Jumbo-Visma | 153:56:55 |
2 | INEOS Grenadiers | 4:02 |
3 | Bahrain - Victorious | 9:15 |
4 | UAE Team Emirates | 12:08 |
5 | EF Education-EasyPost | 21:27 |
6 | BORA - hansgrohe | 23:45 |
7 | Israel - Premier Tech | 35:36 |
8 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 40:47 |
9 | AG2R Citroën Team | 51:08 |
10 | Groupama - FDJ | 56:51 |