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João Almeida attacked four kilometers from the end on stage 20 of the Vuelta a Italia and finished in fourth place, winning 34 seconds in the individual overall to Spanish Pello Bilbao, who is fourth – he has only 23 seconds in the overall, and also a Wilco Kelderman. who lost leadership.
Hats off to this guy, who today made an incredible effort to take fourth place in the last mountain stage of the #Round! #WayToRide, @ JooAlmeida98! pic.twitter.com/BuR6lE8927
– Deceuninck-QuickStep (@deceuninck_qst) October 24, 2020
Up front there was a turnaround with, after a breakout with Rohan Dennis (Inneos), Jai Hindley ‘stole’ the pink jersey from his Sunweb teammate Wilco Kelderman, but incredibly with the same total time as Tao Hart (Ineos), who won the stage between Alba and Sestrieres, disputed in the sprint by the two, in 4:52.45 hours, and thus they will start the time trial on Sunday, the last stage of the Giro.
??? The last kilometers of an incredible stage. Tao vs Jai! What a show!
??? The last km of an incredible stage. Tao vs Jai! What a show!
??? The last km of an incredible stage. Tao vs Jai! What a show !
??? The last kilometer of an incredible stage. Tao vs Jai! What a show!#Round pic.twitter.com/Xah8ffSwVO
– Giro d’Italia (@giroditalia) October 24, 2020
Wilco Kelderman fell to third place, 1m32 from the now leaders, leaving João Almeida still in fifth place at 1m42. The Portuguese also broke through for sixth place, leaving Jakob Fuglsang further behind.
Rúben Guerreiro, who will ride in Milan wearing the mountain leader’s blue jersey, arrived well placed, in 13th position at 2’09 from Hart. In general it is from 33º to 1h57.49. Hart edged out Thomas de Gent and has 157 points to 234 in Education First Portuguese.
On Sunday, the 21st and final stage features a 15.7 km time trial that starts in Cernusco sul Naviglio and ends in Milan.
Classification of the twentieth stage:
1. Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR / Ineos), 4:52:45.
2. Jai Hindley (AUS / SUN) mt
3. Rohan Dennis (AUS / INE) at 25.
4. João Almeida (POR / DEC) 1:01.
5. Andrea Vendrame (ITA / ALM) 1:34.
6. A Rubio (COL / MOV) 1:35.
7. Pello Bilbao (ESP / BAH) 1:35.
8. Wilco Kelderman (NED / SUN) 1:35.
9. Attila Valter (HUN / CCC) 1:48.
10. James Knox (GBR / DEC) 2:00.
General rating:
1. Jai Hindley (AUS / Sunweb) 85 h 22:07.
2. Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR / INE) mt
3. Wilco Kelderman (NED / SUN) at 1:32.
4. Pello Bilbao (ESP / BAH) 2:51.
5. Joao Almeida (POR / DEC) 3:14.
6. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN / AST) 6:32.
7. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA / TRE) 7:46.
8. Patrick Konrad (AUT / BOR) 8:05.
9. Fausto Masnada (ITA / DEC) 9:24.
10. Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT / BAH) 10:08.
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