Giro d'Italia

Stage 19: Mortegliano - Sappada

IT Italy Friday 24 May 2024 157 km

Giro d’Italia: Alaphilippe turns up the heat again

Giro d’Italia: Alaphilippe turns up the heat again

One of the few riders that have left an indelible mark on this Giro d’Italia, which he animated every single time he sensed even the smallest of occasions, Julian Alaphilippe showed his superb form by going on another breakaway – his eighth since the start of the event.

Stage 19, featuring the mythical Cima Sappada – the site of one of the race’s most famous episodes – had a brisk start to proceedings, as many knew there was a strong chance of it being the last chance for a breakaway to succeed. It was with 125 kilometers to go, once Julian decided to ramp up the watts on a small but steep uncategorized climb, that a group snapped the elastic and carved out a gap which quickly ballooned to eight minutes.

Alaphilippe was the driving force of the 19-man group, not skipping any turns and putting in another impressive effort before launching a massive acceleration on the steepest part of Passo Duron, which made an important selection. Joined by only five men, Julian continued to push, and staying true to his nature, left everything on the road, by going again on the attack as he tried to further reduce the group.

When Andrea Vendrame made a move on the rolling roads taking to the bottom of Sappada, Alaphilippe was the first to chase, clawing back time and almost erasing the deficit to the Italian, but a lack of collaboration from his breakaway companions allowed Vendrame to increase his gap and eventually take a solo victory. Julian came with the second chasing group and finished ninth for Soudal Quick-Step’s 11th top ten at this edition.

“I feel like I gave everything today and I don’t have any regrets. I missed a bit in the finale, but that’s because of all the effort I put in up until that point. Anyway, today was difficult to win, as my fellow escapees were more interested in what I was doing than in going after the leader and trying to bring him back. At the end of the day, it was another strong stage for me in the breakaway and I am content with my ride”, said Julian after the stage which saw him receive the most combative rider trophy for the fourth time since the beginning of the Giro.

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images

Race details

1 Andrea Vendrame
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
3:51:05
2 Pelayo Sánchez Mayo
Movistar Team
0:54
3 Georg Steinhauser
EF Education - EasyPost
1:07
4 Jhonatan Narváez Prado
INEOS Grenadiers
2:27
5 Luke Plapp
Team Jayco AlUla
2:27
6 Simone Velasco
Astana Qazaqstan Team
2:30
7 Jan Tratnik
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
2:30
8 Michael Valgren Andersen
EF Education - EasyPost
2:30
9 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
2:32
10 Quinten Hermans
Alpecin - Deceuninck
3:52
40 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
15:56
65 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
19:27
104 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
25:48
107 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
26:17
120 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
30:44
128 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
30:44
131 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
30:44
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
71:24:03
2 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
BORA - hansgrohe
7:42
3 Geraint Thomas
INEOS Grenadiers
8:04
4 Ben O'Connor
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
9:47
5 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
10:29
6 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
11:10
7 Romain Bardet
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
12:42
8 Einer Rubio Reyes
Movistar Team
13:33
9 Filippo Zana
Team Jayco AlUla
13:52
10 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
14:44
30 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
1:19:16
41 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
1:46:24
73 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
3:14:34
118 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
4:31:05
135 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
4:56:19
139 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
5:02:13
141 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
5:08:22
1 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
327 pt
2 Kaden Groves
Alpecin - Deceuninck
200 pt
3 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
143 pt
4 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
132 pt
5 Filippo Fiorelli
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
116 pt
6 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
111 pt
7 Andrea Pietrobon
Team Polti Kometa
111 pt
8 Jhonatan Narváez Prado
INEOS Grenadiers
80 pt
9 Mirco Maestri
Team Polti Kometa
72 pt
10 Davide Ballerini
Astana Qazaqstan Team
70 pt
66 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
10 pt
68 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
9 pt
95 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
2 pt
991 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
-34 pt
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
230 pt
2 Georg Steinhauser
EF Education - EasyPost
153 pt
3 Giulio Pellizzari
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
148 pt
4 Nairo Quintana Rojas
Movistar Team
114 pt
5 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
101 pt
6 Simon Geschke
Cofidis
78 pt
7 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
BORA - hansgrohe
72 pt
8 Valentin Paret-Peintre
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
55 pt
9 Romain Bardet
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
47 pt
10 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Egerzeigzaarhka
Lidl - Trek
42 pt
59 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
1 pt
991 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
-2 pt
1 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
71:34:32
2 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
0:41
3 Filippo Zana
Team Jayco AlUla
3:23
4 Davide Piganzoli
Team Polti Kometa
12:09
5 Valentin Paret-Peintre
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
30:43
6 Alex Baudin
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
40:14
7 Giovanni Aleotti
BORA - hansgrohe
47:24
8 Kevin Vermaerke
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
58:11
9 Edoardo Zambanini
Bahrain - Victorious
1:03:30
10 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
1:08:47
40 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
4:20:36
1 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 214:45:20
2 INEOS Grenadiers 19:13
3 UAE Team Emirates 50:07
4 Bahrain - Victorious 1:17:34
5 Astana Qazaqstan Team 1:20:47
6 Movistar Team 1:34:30
7 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 1:35:45
8 VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè 2:00:07
9 BORA - hansgrohe 2:02:08
10 Soudal Quick-Step 2:08:10

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