This article describes the course and results of the stages of the Giro d'Italia 2019 .
1st stage
Bologna - Santuario della Madonna di San Luca , individual time trial, 8 km
Roglič, who had been one of the favorites for the day's and overall victory in the run-up, prevailed early on, 19 seconds ahead of Simon Yates and 23 seconds on Vincenzo Nibali, thus achieving his second Giro stage victory after 2016, when he also won a time trial . In addition, at the end of the stage he became the first Slovenian holder of the Maglia Rosa.
2nd stage
Bologna - Fucecchio , hilly stage, 205 km
Grand Tour debutant Ackermann won the first mass sprint of the Giro d'Italia 2019 ahead of Elia Viviani and Caleb Ewan. It was also his fourth win of the season.
3rd stage
Vinci - Orbetello , flat stage, 220 km
The original first place winner in the mass sprint , Elia Viviani , was revoked after the decision of the jury because of irregular behavior in the finish sprint and the second placed Gaviria was subsequently declared the winner of the third stage. Viviani was put back in 73rd place at the end of the first group at the finish.
4th stage
Orbetello - Frascati , flat stage, 235 km
Due to a mass fall six kilometers from the finish of the previously unobtrusive stage, the peloton was divided and a group of around ten people around the overall leader Roglič remained in the lead. The winner of the day Carapaz attacked on the final ascent after preliminary work by the UAE Emirates team around Ulissi 400 meters from the finish and achieved his second Giro day success after 2018. Since there were no other overall classification favorites in the first group apart from Roglič, the Slovenian was able to keep his lead to 35 seconds compared to Simon Yates. Tom Dumoulin, the overall winner of 2017 and promising fifth place in the overall standings before the stage, injured his knee during the mass fall and reached the goal about four minutes behind Carapaz.
5th stage
Frascati - Terracina , flat stage, 140 km
Pascal Ackermann won his second part of the day in the mass sprint of the rainy 5th stage, although he had to start again in order to avoid a collision with the escaping Jacopo Guarnieri , the starter of day third Arnaud Démare. The winner from 2017 and second in the previous year Tom Dumoulin had to give up the race after his fall on the 4th stage.
6th stage
Cassino - San Giovanni Rotondo , hilly stage, 238 km
The first two of the day, Fausto Masnada and Valerio Conti, separated 29 kilometers from the finish line from a group of thirteen drivers who were not seriously followed by the team of overall leader Primož Roglič. After the attack threatened to fail due to a disagreement between the drivers, the drivers agreed, mediated by the sporting director , to work together and share the successes so that Masnada wins the stage and Conti, thanks to his collaboration, takes over the Maglia Rosa .
7th stage
Vasto - L'Aquila , hilly stage, 185 km
After a lively start, the top group of thirteen of the day did not form until around 100 kilometers before the finish, from which Pello Bilbao secured the day's victory through an attack on the final ascent. In the meantime, José Joaquín Rojas took over the overall virtual management. The lead of the leading group sank after the team of overall leader Contis, UAE Team Emirates, received support from Trek-Segafredo in the pursuit, so that Conti defended his Maglia Rosa.
8th stage
Tortoreto Lido - Pesaro , hilly stage, 239 km
At the last mountain classification 24 kilometers before the finish, the mountain classification leader Giulio Ciccone pulled away after an attack by Louis Vervaeke , which was also followed by François Bidard . The trio was caught up by the cooperation of the sprinter teams six kilometers from the finish. Pascal Ackermann, piloted by his Bora-hansgrohe team, launched the sprint after the last corner, but was overrun by Caleb Ewan and Elia Viviani.
9th stage
Riccione - San Marino , individual time trial, 34.8 km
The stage winner of the rainy time trial with an ascent to San Marino was Primož Roglič, who took second place in the overall standings behind Valerio Conti (3:34 minutes behind the stage finish). The second stage was the hour world record holder Victor Campenaerts, who was eleven seconds behind and had a defect at the beginning of the final ascent. Of the co-favorites, Bauke Mollema lost one minute in third, Vincenzo Nibali in fourth 1:05 minutes, Mikel Landa 3:03 minutes, Simon Yates 3:11 minutes and Miguel Angel Lopez 3:45 minutes.
10th stage
Ravenna - Modena , flat stage, 145 km
Arnaud Démare won the mass sprint of the peleton ahead of Elia Viviani and Rüdiger Selig, whose sprint captain Pascal Ackermann and other riders crashed badly at the 1000 meter mark, but suffered no breaks. Matteo Moschetti was unable to take part in the 11th stage due to the consequences of this fall.
11th stage
Carpi - Novi Ligure , flat stage, 221 km
Pascal Ackermann, who fell the day before, opened the sprint for the stage win early and was overrun by Caleb Ewan. Second before Ackermann was the previous day's winner Arnaud Démare and took over the Maglia ciclamino .
12th stage
Cuneo - Pinerolo , intermediate stage, 158 km
At the beginning of the stage, a top group of 24 formed, whose best placed Jan Polanc (sixth of the day on 25 seconds) took over the overall lead from his UAE Team Emirates colleague Valerio Conti (10:37 minutes behind). The top group fell apart in the 1st category mountain classification 33 kilometers from the finish. After another uncategorized steep climb 2.5 kilometers from the finish and the following descent, a top five remained, whose sprint Cesare Benedetti won. From the group of favorites, Mikel Landa and Miguel Ángel López took the lead in the last mountain classification and reached the finish line 7:35 minutes behind the winner and 28 seconds ahead of most of the other favorites around Primož Roglič.
13th stage
Pinerolo - Ceresole Reale , high mountain stage, 196 km
The first high mountain stage with the mountain arrival of the Giro d'Italia 2019 was determined by a 27-strong breakaway group, which included the fifth Bauke Mollema. Out of the leading group, Ilnur Zakarin won 35 seconds ahead of Mikel Nieve , whom he was able to shake off on the last two kilometers. The pursuit was controlled in particular by the Jumbo-Visma team from Primož Roglič. In the main field, reduced to a group of favorites, Mikel Landa attacked 15 kilometers from the finish with the support of his teammates who had fallen back from the escape group and was third of the day, 1:20 minutes behind. Jan Polanc defended his pink jersey in 15th place, but lost almost half of his lead over Roglič. Giulio Ciccone , who was in the top group and won the first two mountain classifications of the day, took over the Maglia azzurra after one day from his team-mate Gianluca Brambilla . Pawel Siwakow, who finished ninth in the day, was the new leader in the junior class.
14th stage
Saint-Vincent - Courmayeur , high mountain stage, 131 km
After the last runaway of the day, the leader in the mountain classification Giulio Ciccone , was overtaken, Richard Carapaz attacked 28 kilometers from the finish at Colle San Carlo, an ascent of the 1st category. At the finish he was 1:32 minutes ahead of Simon Yates. The favorites Vincenzo Nibali and Primoz Roglic watched each other and lost 1:54 minutes to the winner of the day, who took over the Maglia Rosa.
15th stage
Ivrea - Como , intermediate stage, 232 km
The first two of the day of the stage, which is characterized by three categorized climbs with dangerous descents, Cataldo and Cattaneo separated after just 23 kilometers and had a maximum advantage of approx. 16 minutes. At the finish they had only 11 seconds ahead of the pursuit of Nibali and Carapaz, while the co-favorite Roglič, hampered by a defect with a wheel change and a fall on a descent, lost another 40 seconds.
16th stage
Lovere - Ponte di Legno , high mountain stage, 194 km
The first of the day, Ciccone and Hirt, were the last remaining from an originally 21-strong top group that formed shortly after the start. In the favorites field behind, attacked 34 kilometers from the finish on the climb to the 1,854 meter high Mortirolo Pass . The Maglia Rosa Carapaz was able to follow his attack, but not Roglic, who lost 1:23 to the group around Nibali and had to give up his second place in the overall ranking to Nibali,
17th stage
Commezzadura - Antholz , intermediate stage, 181 km
On the first major climb of the day, an 18-man leading group with the twelfth overall Davide Formolo broke up, from whom Nans Peters was able to break away 15 kilometers before the finish. At the top of the favorites, Landa (19th in 4:27 minutes) and Carapaz (20th in 4:39 minutes) were able to make up a few seconds on the other overall riders by attacking just before the mountain finish in Antholz .
18th stage
Olang - Santa Maria di Sala , flat stage, 222 km
The last flat stage was determined by a top group of three with the eventual winner of the day Damiano Cima, Mirco Maestri (10th) and Nico Denz (11th), who were able to pull away after approx. 50. The follow-up work was primarily done by Ackermann's Bora-hansgrohe team, who pursued the goal of securing Ackermann the points to be awarded for the Maglia ciclamino . The top trio was put on the home stretch; However, Cima was the first to cross the finish line from Ackermann, who thus took the lead in the points classification.
19th stage
Treviso - San Martino di Castrozza , intermediate stage, 151 km
After several attacks, Esteban Chavez was able to break away from the top group of the day, which had formed shortly after the start of the stage, 2.5 kilometers before reaching the mountain. It was his first victory after a year without success due to an illness with glandular fever . Miguel Ángel López was able to overtake the other favorites by 44 seconds with an attack in the last kilometers and was 13th, 5:45 minutes behind.
20th stage
Feltre - Croce d'Aune , high mountain stage, 194 km
The mountain finish was decided by Pelio Bilbao in a sprint from a smaller group of runaways and favorites Landa, Carapaz and Nibali. Primož Roglič lost the connection in the last descent before, finished 14th, 54 seconds behind, and thus lost his third place overall. Miguel Angel Lopez was brought down by a spectator in the final climb and lost 1:49 minutes. After his accident, Lopez hit the viewer.
21st stage
Verona - Verona, individual time trial, 17 km
The winner of the final individual time trial was Chad Haga, four seconds ahead of the world hour record holder and European time trial champion Victor Camperaerts. Carapaz secured Maglia Rosa 1:12 minutes behind Nibali (9th on 23 seconds) as 36th of the day , while Roglič took third place overall from Landa (21st on 57 seconds) in tenth place on 26 seconds.
Individual evidence
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↑ Roglic wins the opening ahead of Simon Yates and Nibali. In: radsport-news.com. May 11, 2019, accessed May 15, 2019 .
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↑ Ackermann uses the first chance in Fucecchio. In: radsport-news.com. May 12, 2019, accessed May 15, 2019 .
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↑ Viviani: "I am completely disappointed with this decision". In: radsport-news.com. May 14, 2019, accessed May 14, 2019 .
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↑ Carapaz stage winner, Ackermann fourth, Dumoulin fell. In: radsport-news.com. May 15, 2019, accessed May 16, 2019 .
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↑ Carapaz cheers after a clever attack at the right time. In: radsport-news.com. May 15, 2019, accessed May 16, 2019 .
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↑ Gaviria in the rain jacket against Ackermann without a chance. In: radsport-news.com. May 15, 2019, accessed May 18, 2019 .
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↑ Dumoulin: “I didn't want to go home yet”. In: radsport-news.com. May 15, 2019, accessed May 18, 2019 .
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↑ Peace treaty ensures Italian double triumph. In: radsport-news.com. May 16, 2019, accessed May 18, 2019 .
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↑ Bilbao crowns a perfect Astana day in L´Aquila. In: radsport-news.com. May 17, 2019, accessed May 18, 2019 .
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↑ Determination and teamwork bring Ewan victory. In: radsport-news.com. May 18, 2019, accessed May 19, 2019 .
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↑ Roglic wipes out the competition in San Marino. In: radsport-news.com. May 19, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019 .
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↑ Demare took revenge for everything that had gone wrong so far. In: radsport-news.com. May 21, 2019, accessed May 21, 2019 .
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↑ For Moschetti the Giro is over after a bad fall. In: radsport-news.com. May 21, 2019, accessed May 22, 2019 .
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↑ Ewan storms off Ackermann's rear wheel to win the second stage. In: radsport-news.com. May 22, 2019, accessed May 22, 2019 .
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^ Helper Benedetti crowns his big day in Pinerolo. In: radsport-news.com. May 23, 2019, accessed May 23, 2019 .
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↑ Zakarin now has to make plans for the general classification. In: radsport-news.com. May 24, 2019, accessed May 25, 2019 .
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↑ Landa: “The Giro changes from day to day”. In: radsport-news.com. May 24, 2019, accessed May 25, 2019 .
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↑ Carapaz's pink dream comes true thanks to the ignorance of the competition. In: radsport-news.com. May 25, 2019, accessed June 12, 2019 .
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↑ Setback for Roglic, Carapaz is becoming a Giro favorite. In: radsport-news.com. May 26, 2019, accessed June 12, 2019 .
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↑ Ciccone trembles to victory in Ponte di Legno. In: radsport-news.com. May 28, 2019, accessed June 13, 2019 .
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↑ Peters nibble at breakaway group and cheer in Antholz. In: radsport-news.com. May 29, 2019, accessed June 13, 2019 .
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↑ Only Cima spoiled Ackermann a little bit. In: radsport-news.com. May 30, 2019, accessed June 14, 2019 .
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↑ Chaves takes care of family celebrations in the Dolomites. In: radsport-news.com. May 31, 2019, accessed June 14, 2019 .
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↑ Bilbao sprints faster than Landa on Monte Avena. In: radsport-news.com. June 1, 2019, accessed June 14, 2019 .
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↑ Carapaz celebrates overall victory, Haga takes the final stage. In: radsport-news.com. June 2, 2019, accessed June 14, 2019 .
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