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Josef Cerney was the winner of the 19th stage of the Giro, which was cut in half. João Almeida, Ruben Guerreiro and the pink jersey came to the peloton. Kelderman maintains the leadership of the Volta a Itália, João Almeida occupies the 5th place overall (he is 2.16 minutes behind the first place) and Ruben Gurreiro had already secured the blue jersey yesterday.
On Saturday the last stage in the Giro squad will take place, with a high mountain day between Alba and Sestriere, in 190 kilometers, with a triple climb to Sestriere as main tests before the individual time trial on Sunday in Milan, as 21 Y last stage.
Classification by stages:
1 – Josef Cerny (CCC Team) – 2h30’40
2 – Victor Campenaerts (NTT Pro Cycling Team), 18 seconds
3 – Jacopo Mosca (Trek – Segafredo), at 26s
General rating
1 – Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb)
2 – Jai Hindley (Team Sunweb), a 12s
3 – Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos team grenadiers), 15
4 – Pello Bilbao (Bahrain – McLaren), 1’19 minutes
5 – João Almeida (Deceuninck – Quick-Step), 2’16 minutes
4:14 PM – Platoon now passes the finish line, 11 minutes and 55 seconds behind the winner of the stage. Kelderman keeps the pink truck.
4:11 pm – Peloton enters the last 2 kilometers.
16:02 – The peloton, which follows João Almeida, Ruben Guerreiro and also Kelderman’s pink jersey, will still take about 12 minutes to arrive.
16h01 – Campenaerts finishes in second place and Jacopo Mosca is third.
4pm – Last mile! Josef Cerney wins the 19th stage!
15:57 – Josef Cerney enters the last 2 kilometers and is 20 seconds ahead of the pursuers. The victory of the stage must be for the cyclist of the CCC Team …
15:50 – 10 kilometers to go and CCC Team rider Josef Cerney remains isolated heading into the race, 28 seconds ahead of the first group of pursuers and 11 minutes 47 seconds for the peloton, where he follows the pink jersey. , as well as the Portuguese João Almeida and Ruben Guerreiro.
3:42 pm – Cerny takes the lead 24 seconds ahead of the first group of pursuers.
3:34 pm – Movements at the front of the race: Josef Cerny attacks with 22 kilometers to go to the end of the stage and is still only 17 seconds ahead of the pursuers … the peloton is almost ten minutes behind.
3:23 pm – The group leading the race continues at a great pace with 30 km to go. The squad is already 9 minutes late.
3:17 PM – Group leading the race increases to 8 minutes and 26 seconds the advantage over the peloton.
15:05 – There are 45 kilometers to the finish line. The platoon is losing more than 7 minutes to the group of fugitives.
2:50 PM – Good condition: the first hour of the race was an average of 51.8 km / h.
2:39 pm – Alex Dowsett and Victor Campenaerts tried to get ahead of the race, but the answer came immediately. The peloton is 1 minute 26 seconds behind the leading group, led by Bora-Hansgrohe riders.
15:05 – The finish line is 45 km away and the pleoton is already 6 minutes and 20 seconds behind for the group of fugitives.
2:22 pm – At km 47 the difference between the group of fugitives and the peloton, followed by the Portuguese cyclists João Almeida and Ruben Guerreiro and the pink jersey Wilco Kelderman, is 1 minute and 5 seconds.
2:17 PM – At this point, 14 cyclists are fleeing: Simon Pellaud, Josef Cerny, Victor Campenaerts, Sander Armée, Etienne van Empel, Albert Torres, Lachlan Morton, Jacopo Mosca, Giovanni Carboni, Nathan Haas, Marco Mathis, Iljo Keisse, Simon Clarke and Alex Dowsett. The Portuguese João Almeida and Ruben Guerreiro are still in the squad.
1:47 PM – Going through the first intermediate sprint, Simon Pellaud was the first (12 points)
1:35 pm – Simon Pellaud, Josef Cerny and Victor Campenaerts on the run … they have already been on the pursuers for 20 seconds.
1:31 PM – The cyclists are on the road and the pace is high!
13:07 – The 19th stage has not started yet … the organization now aims at around 1:30 pm.
12h28 – The organization of the race says that tomorrow’s stage will also change. Due to the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, part of tomorrow’s stage, which would pass through France, has been canceled. With the new route, one of the mountain counts of the day is canceled.
11:52 am – The resumption of the stage is postponed again, and is now scheduled for 12:30 pm.
11:39 am – Stage 19 will now be 124.5 kilometers, and the first intermediate sprint will now appear at km 11.5, in Vigevano.
10:45 am – The organization of the Giro officially reported the alteration of the 19th stage, which was beginning to start but was suspended at km 8 due to weather conditions.
10:05 – The program for the 19th stage of the Giro has been changed! Due to the torrential rain that is being felt, several cyclists protested, according to the Italian press, having led the organization to shorten the stage, initially planned for 258 kilometers between Morbegno and Asti.
The new departure will take place on Lake Como, around 11:30 am, in the traditional arrivals area of Lombardy. The stage will then be about 180 kilometers long.
9:45 am – The stage is delayed due to weather conditions.
09h10 – Everything ready for the start of the stage.
– Italian Matteo Spreafico leaves the Giro. The cyclist of the Vini Zabù-KTM team was provisionally suspended after “abnormal” doping controls on the 15th and 16th, as announced by the International Cycling Union (UCI), this Thursday night, at a press conference.
– Arnaud Démare is one of the favorites to win on today’s stage, after beating the competition in this Giro sprint four times.
– Today is the 19th stage, the longest of this Giro, 253 kilometers between Morbegno and Asti. After a tough high mountain stage in Stelvio, this Friday’s peloton has a flat stage, ideal for sprinters.
– Good morning, welcome to another stage of the Vote for Italy. After 15 consecutive days to wear pinkJoão Almeida lost the leadership of the Giro to Wilco Kelderman yesterday, leaving this Friday the 19th stage as 5th place overall, now remaining 2.16 minutes behind the Dutch Sunweb, the new leader of the race. Ruben Guerreiro assured virtually the blue sweater, the leader of the mountain, after going on the run yesterday, collecting the necessary points in the first two mountain counts of the day.
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