2023 Giro d'Italia by BikeRaceInfo

Santiago Buitrago left everyone else behind. RCS photo

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Weather at Cortina d'Ampezzo, on the route, 14 km from the finish, at 2:30 PM, local time: 22C (71F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is a 35% chance of rain.

The race: Hugh Carthy (EF Education-EasyPost), suffering from stomach problems, did not start.

The net effect of the stage: Roglic gained 3 seconds, Almeida lost 23 seconds.

Here's the report from GC leader Geraint Thomas' Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Geraint Thomas and the INEOS Grenadiers put in another superb team performance on the queen stage at the Giro d'Italia.

The Welshman leads by 26 seconds overall heading into Saturday's decisive mountain time trial, with the destination of the maglia rosa set to be decided.

Thomas attacked with 400 metres to go on the steep finale to the Tre Cime di Lavaredo climb, briefly gapping nearest rival Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma). The Slovenian clawed back ground to edge out three seconds at the finish, as the duo led home the GC challengers after a brutal day of climbing.

Thomas holds an advantage of 26 seconds over Roglic, and 59 over Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates), heading into the final showdown.

This is the 2023 Giro's queen stage. Here are the riders early in the stage about to tackle some heavy climbing.

The maglia rosa was supported tremendously by his INEOS Grenadiers team-mates across the stage. Ben Swift and Salvatore Puccio put in mighty stints sharing the workload on the front. The pair led the peloton up the famous Passo Giau, controlling the tempo with rivals massed behind.

Laurens De Plus led over the Giau and then set about upping the tempo to thin out the GC group behind. A brilliant effort saw him repeatedly return to the front, before Thymen Arensman took it up on the final climb.

Thomas was able to quickly shut down Roglic's first attack, with the pair riding together to the line, distancing Almeida to the tune of 20 seconds.

Arensman was able to move up to a fine seventh on the day, with De Plus also holding station in 10th overall.

Complete results:

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183 kilometers raced at an average speed of 33.464 km/hr

1	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	5hr 28min 7sec
2	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 51sec
3	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	1:46
4	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	1:49
6	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	2:09
7	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	2:16
10	Einer Rubio	Movistar	2:26
11	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	2:45
12	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	2:49
13	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	3:03
14	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	3:05
15	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:10
16	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
17	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	3:13
18	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	3:16
19	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	3:20
20	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	3:27
21	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	3:32
22	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	3:58
23	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	4:13
24	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	4:25
25	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	5:10
26	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	5:24
27	Carlos Verona	Movistar	5:31
28	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	6:19
29	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
30	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	7:14
31	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	7:24
32	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
33	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	7:48
34	Karel Vacek	Corratec-Selle Italia	8:28
35	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	8:42
36	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	8:44
37	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	9:27
38	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	9:44
39	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	10:03
40	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	10:08
41	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	11:26
42	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	12:12
43	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	12:41
44	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	12:53
45	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	13:07
46	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	13:28
47	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	15:49
48	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	16:22
49	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	16:35
50	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	17:10
51	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	18:27
52	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	20:25
53	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	21:21
54	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	23:16
55	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	23:16
56	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	23:40
57	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
58	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
59	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	24:24
60	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	25:04
61	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	26:16
62	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	28:41
63	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	28:46
64	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
65	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	30:13
67	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
68	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	30:46
69	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
70	François Bidard	Cofidis	30:54
71	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	30:58
72	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	31:31
73	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
74	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
75	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
76	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	31:46
77	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	32:01
78	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
79	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	32:17
80	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
81	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
82	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
83	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
84	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	s.t.
85	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
86	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	32:27
87	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	32:40
88	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	32:47
89	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	32:56
90	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	33:17
91	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	33:46
92	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
93	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
94	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	33:50
95	Nico Denz	BORA-hansgrohe	34:00
96	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	34:02
97	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	34:30
98	Veljko Stojnic	Corratec-Selle Italia	34:53
99	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	37:25
100	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
101	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	37:47
102	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
103	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	38:02
104	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	38:52
105	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	40:11
106	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	41:00
107	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
108	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
109	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
110	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	41:16
111	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	41:18
112	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	41:52
113	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	42:03
114	Max Kanter	Movistar	42:08
115	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	42:17
116	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	43:20
117	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
118	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
119	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
120	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	43:32
121	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	44:09
122	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
123	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
124	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Corratec-Selle Italia	44:49
125	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	44:56:00

GC after stage 19:

GC leader: Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers)
Mountains classification leader: Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ)
Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious)
Best young rider: Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious)
Teams classification leader: Bahrain Victorious

3,209.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.170 km/hr

1	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	81hr 55min 47sec
2	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	@ 26sec
3	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	0:59
4	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	4:11
5	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	4:53
6	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	5:10
7	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	5:13
8	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	5:54
9	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	6:08
10	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	7:30
11	Einer Rubio	Movistar	7:40
12	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	10:03
13	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	10:19
14	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	12:05
15	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	12:30
16	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	14:54
17	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	20:25
18	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	31:06
19	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	31:12
20	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	32:03
21	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	34:24
22	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	37:04
23	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	40:34
24	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	42:50
25	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	45:14
26	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	45:28
27	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	46:53
28	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	59:29
29	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	1:04:46
30	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	1:05:08
31	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	1:07:02
32	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	1:15:48
33	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	1:17:02
34	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:20:26
35	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	1:25:17
36	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	1:27:32
37	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	1:27:50
38	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	1:29:40
39	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	1:29:46
40	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	1:31:37
41	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	1:32:30
42	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:36:49
43	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	1:42:33
44	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	1:44:40
45	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:47:27
46	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:49:17
47	Carlos Verona	Movistar	1:54:13
48	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	1:57:35
49	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	1:58:10
50	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	1:58:38
51	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	2:01:49
52	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	2:04:59
53	François Bidard	Cofidis	2:05:56
54	William Barta	Movistar	2:06:14
55	Nico Denz	BORA-hansgrohe	2:09:48
56	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	2:12:27
57	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	2:21:27
58	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	2:28:49
59	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	2:30:29
60	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	2:30:34
61	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	2:32:44
62	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	2:34:03
63	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	2:42:01
64	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:49:30
65	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	2:52:03
66	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	2:52:08
67	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	2:54:47
68	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	2:55:44
69	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	2:58:54
70	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	3:03:41
71	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	3:03:53
72	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	3:04:05
73	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	3:06:22
74	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	3:09:10
75	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	3:14:24
76	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	3:16:19
77	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	3:16:33
78	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	3:20:18
79	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	3:21:00
80	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	3:21:52
81	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	3:25:36
82	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	3:28:05
83	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	3:29:30
84	Karel Vacek	Corratec-Selle Italia	3:35:59
85	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:36:17
86	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	3:37:39
87	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:44:39
88	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:46:42
89	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	3:48:36
90	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	3:51:06
91	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:51:07
92	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	3:52:24
93	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	3:53:26
94	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	3:54:28
95	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	3:55:58
96	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	4:02:09
97	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	4:05:23
98	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	4:11:59
99	Veljko Stojnic	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:13:27
100	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	4:14:19
101	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	4:15:22
102	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:17:40
103	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	4:18:12
104	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	4:20:40
105	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	4:35:24
106	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	4:36:47
107	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	4:39:57
108	Max Kanter	Movistar	4:41:07
109	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	4:41:26
110	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	4:42:51
111	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	4:44:51
112	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	4:48:31
113	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	4:48:52
114	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	4:49:08
115	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:53:13
116	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	4:53:43
117	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	4:54:37
118	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	4:54:52
119	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	4:55:39
120	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:57:07
121	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:59:10
122	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	5:08:37
123	Albert Torres	Movistar	5:10:06
124	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	5:13:32
125	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Corratec-Selle Italia	5:16:31