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This Wednesday, Ben O ‘Connor (NTT) won stage 17 of the Tour of Italy, 203 kilometers between Bassano del Grapa and the top of Madonna del Campiglio, at 5:50 am, with João Almeida keeping the jersey. pink.
O’Connor, who had been second yesterday, launched himself on the last climb, after being chased by another Sunweb man, Herman Pernsteiner, who arrived 31 seconds later and moved up to 11th overall.
With eight kilometers from the finish, Sunweb, who is behind the leader, shook the squad slightly, but Deceuninck responded, becoming the favorite of a group of 11.
Jay Hindley (Sunweb), third overall, jerked 5km from the finish, with teammate and second-placed Wilco Kelderman behind, but João Almeida, with Fausto Masnada’s company, recovered again.
The group of 11 favorites, with Masnada and João Almeida pulling during the last 2 kilometers, arrived five minutes later (5m11), with a sprint in the last meters, but a compact finish. The leader was in 15th place just behind Kelderman.
Previously, Rúben Guerreiro was part of a breakout with 19 riders, winning the points for the blue jersey in the first two counts, at Forella Valbona and Monte Bondone, regaining the lead in the mountain jersey by overtaking Giovanni Visconti, who did not enter. on the run. Guerreiro has 198 points, while Visconti has 148 points.
João Almeida maintains the advantage of 17 seconds over the Dutch Kelderman and 2m58 over Jay Hindley and will start the fifteenth day in pink. Rúben Guerreiro is 43rd at 1h31.20, having arrived today in 66th at 20m10 from O ‘Connor.
Thursday is what is considered the queen stage of the Giro, with the riders having to conquer the Passo di Stelvio, a special category mountain and one of the highest in Europe at 2,758 meters of altitude. If it is confirmed that the Agnel and Izoard highs, scheduled for Saturday, will be canceled, this will be the biggest difficulty until the end. After reaching the top, there will be a 37 km descent and a final 8 km climb.
(in update)
