Alpecin-Fenix and Italian Biking each scored their second stage win of the 2022 Giro d’Italia Thursday when Stefano Oldani outkicked Intermarché’s Lorenzo Rota and Jumbo’s Gijs Leemreize for the victory on a day filled with breakaways. The most important information aside from the stage win was the motion of Bora Hansgrohe’s Wilco Kelderman, who got here in with the primary chase group 54 seconds behind the winners, on a day when the GC contenders’ peloton was nine-plus minutes in arrears. Kelderman started the day at 11:02 behind perpetual chief Juan Pedro Lopez, however ended the day simply 2:51 down and again within the dialog for the approaching mountain battles. Kelderman was third general within the 2020 Giro, a stage away from an general win, so he belongs within the combine, and he can even assist his teammates Jai Hindley (mendacity fifth at 0:20) and Emanuel Buchmann (ninth at 1:09) as they search for a strategy to outfox their rivals on the best way to Verona.
Outcomes:
- OLDANI Stefano, Alpecin-Fenix, 4:26:47
- ROTA Lorenzo, Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux
- LEEMREIZE Gijs, Jumbo-Visma, at 0.02
- MOLLEMA Bauke, Trek – Segafredo, at 0:57
- BUITRAGO Santiago, Bahrain – Victorious
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Parma – Genova 204 km
Effectively this stinks of a breakaway if ever something did.
Anticipated end: 16:55 – 17:30 CEST
Pesto Genovese of the Day : Magnus Cort
Seems like he’s missed out on the phases you’ll have anticipated him to characteristic in. Revenge time?