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Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) reaffirmed his dominance over the Giro d’Italia dash subject on stage 13 with a 3rd victory on the 2024 race in Cento, strengthening his maintain on the maglia ciclamino after an ideal Lidl-Trek lead-out.
Fernando Gaviria (Movistar) began the dash early as he’s tended to do in recent times, prompting Milan to leap from the wheel of his final man Simone Consonni (Lidl-Trek) and chase down the Colombian, earlier than blasting previous him for the hat-trick with nobody matching his prime pace.
Milan was dropped earlier within the stage when Ineos Grenadiers ignited the racing within the crosswinds with 60km to go however labored effectively along with his full squad in a frantic 20km chase to make sure he had the possibility to struggle for the win.
An ideal dash from Poland’s Stanisław Aniołkowski (Cofidis) noticed him take second behind the Italian, with Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victorious) taking third in Emilia-Romagna.
Regardless of expending a lot effort within the echelons, Jasper Stuyven, Edward Theuns and Consonni additionally proved that Lidl-Trek had one of the best dash outfit as an entire on the 2024 Giro, incomes excessive reward from their highly effective dash chief.
“As an example that it was a second after I stopped after which it occurred these echelons within the entrance,” defined Milan of the second he misplaced contact.
“The blokes, like all the time, did a tremendous job. We actually pushed full fuel to come back again and catch the primary group after which we all the time stayed within the first positions, then they delivered me within the good place.”
Milan’s monitor teammate Consonni has been the highest last lead-out man, navigating the ultimate few twisting bends into Cento along with his sprinter glued to his wheel.
“We began the end very well. We knew we needed to come within the final nook with Simone and he needed to begin his leadout with 400m to go,” Milan stated. “It was spectacular how the blokes rode right now, how everybody did his half, how everybody pulled for this group aim. I’m tremendous blissful, tremendous happy with the blokes and like all the time I’ve to say due to them.”
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Staff Emirates) maintained his race lead after staying protected within the nervous crosswind sections and staying within the entrance echelon always, earlier than being led house to Cento by his group.
Dani Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) in second total and Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) in third did equally earlier than the GC battle begins once more on the weekend with the 31km time trial tomorrow, and brutal mountain stage to Livigno on Sunday.
The way it unfolded
The flattest stage of the 2024 Giro received the beginning that was anticipated with solely three Italians on second-division groups involved in launching into the breakaway, figuring out that they had no likelihood of profitable the 179km stage.
Andrea Pietrobon (Polti-Kometa), Manuele Tarozzi and Alessandro Tonelli (each VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) have been the takers because the race headed away from the coastal begin in Riccione, with flat roads in Emilia Romagna awaiting them.
They might shortly construct up a three-minute benefit after 9 kilometres till the dash groups got here to the entrance to softly management issues. This was the established order for across the subsequent 115 kilometres of racing on the flat, piadina stage.
Groves and Milan would commerce the highest spot behind the break on the first two intermediate sprints within the maglia ciclamino contest.
The same look of a Lidl-Trek, Alpecin-Deceuninck and Soudal Fast-Step domestique driving on the entrance might have been on a loop all through the center stage, with a couple of scares of wind being current however nothing materialising.
This was till with 62km to go, when the race navigated a fast left and proper flip previous Conselice, Ineos Grenadiers determined to gentle up the racing within the crosswinds on the uncovered, open roads.
Tobias Foss hit the entrance for the British group and ignited the stage into life after a really calm few hours of driving, forcing the GC and dash groups to make sure they have been up within the entrance.
A giant break up immediately fashioned because the wind blew throughout the highway and the uncommon sight of echelons within the Giro d’Italia fashioned, catching out Maglia Ciclamino and one of many huge favourites for the day, Milan.
With groups in entrance coming by way of and off and dealing with Ineos, Lidl-Trek set off on a livid chase within the wind with Milan even working so much himself on the entrance, coming painfully shut to creating contact with 50km to go however lacking out when the tempo kicked up once more.
The trio in entrance have been shortly absorbed and shortly after, Milan had been navigated again to the entrance group 43km from the road Cento, nonetheless, with fairly some vitality wasted in having to chase whereas the likes of Merlier and Ewan sat safely in entrance.
With everybody again in and the longest uncovered windy roads behind them, the peloton received prepared for the ultimate dash run-in.
A futile assault was tried by Dries De Pooter (Intermarché Wanty) and Martin Marcellusi (Bardiani) with 30km remaining within the day, however each males have been again within the peloton contained in the finale 10 kilometres. The chase behind their transfer did see a crash within the peloton for the likes of eighth-place total Filippo Zana (Staff Jayco AlUla), highlighting the nerves coming into the end.
With simply the dash to come back, the nerves hotted up most with 5k to go when narrowing within the roads prompted GC groups Ineos and UAE to hit the entrance so Pogačar and Thomas received round safely to the 3km mark.
Jayco AlUla hit the entrance with 2km to go however Caleb Ewan was nowhere to be seen of their practice, with Lidl-Trek coming previous them and asserting their dominance within the last few bends to get Milan into prime place. The Bull of Buja loved a purple carpet experience to the ultimate 200 metres when Gaviria launched and Milan scorched previous him for the victory.
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