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15:05 – Peter Sagan wins the tenth stage, with 4.01.56 hours. Mikkel Bjerg is second and the Portuguese João Almeida finishes third and consolidates the leadership of the general classification.
15:01 – Platoon is 20 seconds behind Peter Sagan, with 3.5 km to go. 2:58 pm – there are 6 kms to the finish line. The peloton made up of the Portuguese João Almeida is 31 seconds behind Peter Sagan, who leads the tenth stage.
2:55 pm – Peter Sagan, Peio Bilbao and Ben O’Connor are the first to pass a new mountain point in Tortoreto.
14h46 – 15 km to the finish line.
The director of the Volta a Itália, Mauro Vegni, regretted the abandonment due to positive cases of covid-19 in the Mitchelton Scott and Jumbo-Visma teams and guaranteed that “the organization will do everything possible to reach Milan.”
2:25 PM – The distance increased slightly, now it is 1 minute and 12 seconds.
2:20 pm – Jhonatan Restrepo tries to attack, but Peter Sagan, Dario Cataldo, Davide Vilella and Ben Swift respond … the peloton is also in good rhythm, losing 1 minute and 6 seconds with the front group.
2:12 pm – In the passage of the mountain prize in Colonnella: Dario Cataldo was the first, adding 9 points, followed by Peter Sagan, who has 4 points, Ben Swift, with 2 points and David Vilella, 1 point. The squad, followed by the leader of the general classification, João Almeida, continues to reduce the disadvantage for the front group. Simon Clarke and Filippe Ganna are the group of pursuers.
14:07 – Always getting up! The front group is now just over two minutes ahead of the rest.
1:55 pm – There are less than 50 kilometers to go to the end of the stage and the squad shortens the distance for the group of seven fugitives.
13:40 – Simon Clarke is the first to go through Tortoreto, adding 4 points in the mountain prize. Filippo Ganna has 2 points and Peter Sagan 1. Remember that the mountain leader jersey is owned by Portuguese Rúben Guerreiro.
1:25 pm – Peter Sagan was first in the intermediate sprint at Giulianova, with 12 points. Jhonatan Restrepo has 8 points and Filippo Ganna 6.
1:09 PM – Jhonatan Restrepo, Simon Clarke, Davide Villella, Ben Swift, Peter Sagan, Dario Cataldo and Filippo Ganna are the seven riders that make up the leading group, with more than four and a half minutes ahead of the pack. How close is the first intermediate sprint of the stage, in Giulianova, at kilometer 110.
12:42 PM – The peloton has already reached the group of five pursuers. In front is a group of ten cyclists, with an advantage that is reduced to 26 seconds.
12:32 pm – Ten cyclists make up the leading group, led by Peter Sagan, with 20 seconds ahead of the five pursuers and 35 seconds for the peloton, where the pink jersey is, the Portuguese João Almeida.
12:22 pm – The first 50 kilometers of the stage have already been covered, which has been marked by several escape attempts.
12h09 – The leading group of the race is now made up of Peter Sagan and Filippo Ganna, while the Portuguese, João Almeida, leader of the general, and Ruben Guerreiro, leader of the mountain, remain in the first places of the peloton.
12:00 – “We believe more responsible decision It is leaving the Giro, because we were all in contact with Steven, “said the head of Jumbo-Visma, who made a decision identical to that of Mitchelton-Scott, also missing the British Simon Yates, also diagnosed with covid-19.
11:54 am – Race with several attacks and counterattacks: Simone Ravanelli, Simon Clarke, Matthias Brandle and Ben Swift remain leaders with 21 seconds of advantage for the pursuing group and 35 seconds for the peloton.
11:44 am – New escape attempt by a group of five cyclists: Simone Ravanelli, Marco Mathis, Simon Clarke, Matthias Brandle and Ben Swift.
11:38 am – The organization of the race reported that 145 cyclists were at the start of the stage this Tuesday. After the positive case of Covid-19 of Steven Kruijswijk, today Jumbo-Visma announced his retirement from the race. Mitchelton also dropped out of the 2020 Giro due to various cases of Covid-19.
11:29 – After the peloton rejoins, canceling the initial attack by a group of five riders, Peter Sagan attacks. At kilometer 18 it is the Slovakian cyclist who leads the stage.
11h16 – Attack of five cyclists at kilometer 6. Luca Chirico, Nathan Haas, Marco Mathis, Alex Dowsett and Maximiliano Richeze try their luck.
11:05 am – The tenth stage is already underway. The platoon left Lanciano.
10:45 am – The Italian squad, which ends on the 25th in Milan, faces the tenth stage, between Lanciano and Tortoreto, after a day of rest that followed the triumph of Ruben Guerreiro (Education First), in the Sunday stage . The weather is good in Lanciano.
10:24 am – On Monday, the Giro’s first day of rest, 571 tests were carried out on covid-19, also detecting cases of contagion in two other elements of the team’s structures, one from AG2R La Mondiale and the other from INEOS.
10:22 am – Still at the Mitchelton-Scott start, it should be noted that after Britain’s Simon Yates, his line leader, left the race on Saturday, also due to covid-19.
10:20 am – Sprinter Michael Matthews will also leave the race after being diagnosed with covid-19, Sunweb confirmed, adding that the Australian is asymptomatic and isolated.
9:50 am – Kruijswijk, third in the 2019 Tour de France, ranked 11th in the general classification, 01.24 minutes behind the leader, the Portuguese João Almeida (Deceuninck-QuickStep).
9:46 am – The day begins with news of dropouts. The Mitchelton first team announced the abandonment after new positive cases to Covid-19 and shortly after it was learned that Kruijswijk also did not line up for the tenth stage for the same reason.
– In the list of difficulties for the stage there are only three scores in the fourth category and one in the third, which will be of interest to Rúben Guerreiro, leader of the mountain jersey.
– Follow João Almeida’s dream campaign in the Giro’2020. Leader for more than a week, the Portuguese cyclist from Deceuninck – Quick-Step defends his pink jersey today, this in a tenth stage that, in theory, should not jeopardize that status. With 177 kilometers between Lanciano and Tortoreto, the race of the day is conducive to a breakout and, in the event of a peloton arrival, it will be discussed by the sprinters.
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