Giro d’Italia Stage 15: Pogačar Saves One thing Particular for the Queen Stage

Tadej Pogačar of Workforce UAE Emirates reworked his rampage by way of the Giro d’Italia into one thing particular on at this time’s stage 15 with one more solo stage win, doubling his total lead. Pogačar appeared content material for some time to permit a powerful group of stage-hunting climbers to contest the race for a lot of the Passo di Foscagno, with former winner Nairo Quintana of Movistar and debutante Georg Steinhauser of EF Schooling battling for the stage victory, with a 3 minute cushion over the GC group. However the Maglia Rosa had greater plans for the day, deciding earlier than the summit to go away his rivals properly behind, and passing Quintana for the stage midway up the ultimate 4km rise to Mottolino. He would find yourself 29 seconds forward of Quintana, who had performed his playing cards completely to take an excellent stage, however for the presence of the Slovenian taking pictures star.

The stage victory was the fourth of the race for Pogačar and put almost three extra minutes into second-placed Geraint Thomas of INEOS, now 6.41 again because the Giro reaches its second relaxation day in Livigno, nestled right into a nook of Swiss-Italy. Dani Martinez of BORA and Ben O’Connor of Decathlon-AG2R are inside a minute of Thomas, final yr’s runner-up, in what guarantees to be a decent battle for the rostrum. However the victory appears sewn up.

Steinhauser was one thing of a revelation on the stage, the 22-year-old son of former racer Tobias (and nephew of Jan Ullrich) launching a superb assault to get away from the day’s breakaway on the Passo di Foscagno. Solely a rider of Quintana’s pedigree may reel him again in after the younger German put a minute into the remainder, and he ended up third on the day away from many notable climbers like Romain Bardet. For his efforts he’ll begin stage 16 Tuesday within the White Jersey as the most effective younger rider, as unconfirmed outcomes counsel that in a single day chief Antonio Tiberi misplaced 20 minutes on the stage.

Stage Outcomes:

1. POGAČAR Tadej, UAE Workforce Emirates, 6:11:43
2. QUINTANA Nairo, Movistar Workforce, at 0:29
3. STEINHAUSER Georg, EF Schooling – EasyPost, at 2:32
4. BARDET Romain, Workforce dsm-firmenich PostNL, at 2:47
5. MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe, BORA – hansgrohe, at 2:50
6. THOMAS Geraint, INEOS Grenadiers, s.t.
7. RUBIO Einer, Movistar Workforce, at 2:58
8. O’CONNOR Ben, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Workforce, s.t.
9. ARENSMAN Thymen, INEOS Grenadiers, at 3:05
10. HIRT Jan, Soudal Fast-Step, at 3:20
11. ZANA Filippo, Workforce Jayco AlUla, at 3:35

GC

1. POGAČAR Tadej, UAE Workforce Emirates, 56:11:46
2. THOMAS Geraint, INEOS Grenadiers, at 6:41
3. MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe, BORA – hansgrohe, at 6:56
4. O’CONNOR Ben, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Workforce, at 7:43

Younger Rider

tbd

Manerba del Garda – Livigno 222 km

Effectively this isn’t a straightforward day on the bike, I believe we will rule out a bunch dash after they’ve gone over the Motorola and Passo di Foscagno. Hardest day thus far and possibly of the entire Giro given it’s a protracted stage as properly.

Estimated end time: 15:50-16-35 CEST

Tadej Pogačar of the Day: Tadej Pogačar

Once more. Have a look at the profile. And I don’t suppose he lets some breakaway bums run away with this one.

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