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João Almeida finishes today’s stage in 2nd place and will have a 10-second bonus, starting tomorrow’s time trial with a 40-second lead. The Portuguese continues with the pink shirt.
Diego Ulissi was the winner of this 13th stage, with a time of 4h22’18 ”. It is his second victory for the Italian cyclist in this edition of the Giro.
3:14 pm – João Almeida starts for the sprint … but Ulissi is the one who wins the stage. The Portuguese finishes second. Patrick Konrad was third. What an emotional end of the stage!
15h12 – 2 km to the finish line. The arrival will be a sprint and the Portuguese are in the fight …
15:07 – João Almeida and Ruben Guerreiro continue in the leading group and have a chance of winning the stage. This first group is managing to increase the advantage for Peter Sagan’s group (30 seconds).
15:04 pm – There are 9 km to go and João Almeida remains in the leading group, which also includes Ruben Guerreiro.
2:59 PM – João Almeida remains in the front group, while Peter Sagan remains in a second group in 15 seconds and Démare remains in a third group in 48 seconds.
2:54 PM – Peloton catches the fugitives and Ruben Guerreiro attacks, with João Almeida accompanying the Portuguese EF Pro cyclist.
2:52 PM – The attacks begin on the road, the two fugitives are only 16 seconds apart.
2:42 PM – The men in front are separated by 26 seconds for the next group. Another climb is coming.
2:37 pm – The riders at the front begin their descent.
2:35 pm – “Here comes my panther. Go, João, go ahead,” says Ana, João Almeida’s mother, who follows the stage live, over the phone with Eurosport.
2:33 PM – Bouchard and Tonelli remain isolated up front, but the advantage for the closest pursuers is not great, so they are expected to be ‘absorbed’ soon.
2:27 PM – The group expands and João Almeida is well positioned. We are 32 kilometers from the finish line.
2:24 pm – The cyclists begin to climb. Meanwhile, Pellaud won the second intermediate sprint.
2:17 pm – Peter Sagan is positioned in the first places and Cofidis will also pick up Nathan Haas. The cyclists try to position themselves in the best way to face the coming climb …
1:50 pm – With 60 km to go, the peloton remains 1’26 ” from the front group.
13h33 – Simon Pellaud is the first to pass Rovigo, accumulating 12 points, Lorenzo Rota was second (8 points), Alessandro Tonelli was third (6 points), Geoffrey Bouchard was fourth (5 points), Harm Vanhoucke was fifth (4 points ),
Rodrigo Contreras was 6th (3 pts), Simone Ravanelli was 7th (2 pts) and Arnaud Démare, leader of the Points, collected 1 more.
1:10 pm – Geoffrey Bouchard, Simon Pellaud, Simone Ravanelli, Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon, Alessandro Tonelli, Harm Vanhoucke and Lorenzo Rota make up the group of seven fugitives.
12:40 – Pedaling at a good pace, the peloton is reducing the difference for the group of seven fugitives, who remain in front.
12h27 – After km 70, the group in front maintains a 1’55 ” advantage over the peloton.
12h01 – The pace is high and the team is able to reduce the handicap to the group in front to 2 minutes.
11:42 AM – Passing through km 40, the group in front has more than 3 minutes ahead of the peloton.
11:33 am – The lead group advantage over the peloton increases, which is already 1’39 ”.
11:29 am – Group of seven cyclists try to escape: Geoffrey Bouchard, Simon Pellaud, Simone Ravanelli, Rodrigo Contreras Pinzón, Alessandro Tonelli, Harm Vanhoucke and Lorenzo Rota are still 33 ‘ahead of the pack, one is followed by the pink jersey, João Almeida.
11:15 am – Passing through km 20, the peloton remains compact.
11 am – First escape attempt. Great move in front of the group, but so far no one has stood out.
10:52 – Stage 13 has already started
– Diego Ulissi, a cyclist from the United Arab Emirates, has already won a stage in this Giro, with the arrival in Agrigento, and today he can be the center of attention again. Peter Sagan can also repeat his success in Tortoreto, with the arrival of today’s strip tailor-made for the Slovak. But João Almeida has also left good signs – “solid on the climb and brilliant on the sprint,” says the official website of the race.
– Peter Sagan, Diego Ulissi and João Almeida himself are seen by the organization as one of the favorites to win the stage.
– João Almeida’s dream continues. The Portuguese cyclist, leader of the Giro’2020, goes out to the thirteenth stage on the tenth day wearing the pink jersey. On the strip that joins Cervia with Monselice, with a total of 192 km, the Deceuninck – Quick-Step rider once again defends the leadership of the race, while Ruben Guerreiro continues as leader of the Mountain.
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