Thursday, May 18: Stage 12, Bra - Rivoli, 185 km
Nico Denz wins stage 12. RCS photo
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Weather at the finish city of Rivoli at 2:15 PM, local time: 16C (60F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the east at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is an 8% chance of rain.
The race: Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates) did not start. Early in the stage Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Decuninck) & Harm Vanhoucke (DSM) abandoned.
Here's the report from Primoz Roglic's Team Jumbo-Visma:
Early breakaway riders dominated the twelfth stage of the Giro d'Italia. Michel Hessmann and Sepp Kuss were among the many riders who tried to escape from the start. German Nico Denz eventually won the stage.
Hessmann and Kuss were part of a large breakaway group of around 30 riders. It split up at the halfway point of the race. A foursome got away, and in the end, a trio sprinted to victory in Rivoli. The peloton seemed to have its sights set on tomorrow's stage as it rode to the finish at a moderate pace.
However, the breakaway duo from Team Jumbo-Visma continued to push hard in the group between the peloton and the lead group. These efforts resulted in Team Jumbo-Visma taking the lead in the team classification. Hessmann sprinted to ninth place in the day's classification. It was the 22-year-old German's first individual top-ten finish in a World Tour race.
Racing past terraced vinyards in northwest Italy. RCS photo
"The idea behind it was that if something happened in the peloton, we would be two riders up front. If necessary, we could drop back to Primoz. The descent of the last climb was treacherous, so we took the safe route. This is my first grand tour, and everything is going better than expected. Partly because of the conditions, the last 12 days have been tough. But I feel good, and I am recovering well every day. That way, I can enjoy it a bit", Hessmann said.
Sports director Marc Reef: "We knew it would be a day for escapees. Sepp and Michel were allowed to go their own way, but they were also pawns in case something happened to Primoz. Fortunately, everyone made it to the finish in one piece. A tough mountain stage is on the agenda for tomorrow. Primoz is fine. He showed that again today with the way he rode in the peloton. Yesterday's crash did not cause him any problems. He is ready for tomorrow's stage."
Complete results:
185 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.993 km/hr
1 | Nico Denz | BORA-hansgrohe | 4hr 18min 11sec |
2 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
3 | Sebastian Berwick | Israel-Premier Tech | @ 3sec |
4 | Alessandro Tonelli | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | 0:58 |
5 | Marco Frigo | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:07 |
6 | Ilan Van Wilder | Soudal Quick-Step | 2:20 |
7 | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
8 | Cristian Scaroni | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
9 | Michel Hessman | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
10 | Alex Baudin | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
11 | Laurens Huys | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
12 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
13 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
14 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | s.t. |
15 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
16 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:46 |
17 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
18 | Amanuel Gebreigzabhier | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
19 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
20 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | 3:51 |
21 | Patrick Konrad | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
22 | Veljko Stojnic | Corratec-Selle Italia | 5:14 |
23 | Davide Gabburo | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | 5:56 |
24 | Luca Covili | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
25 | Bauke Mollema | Trek-Segafredo | 6:09 |
26 | Pavel Sivakov | INEOS Grenadiers | 8:19 |
27 | Laurens De Plus | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
28 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
29 | Thymen Arensman | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
30 | Rohan Dennis | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
31 | Primoz Roglic | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
32 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
33 | Sam Oomen | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
34 | Thomas Gloag | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
35 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
36 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
37 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
38 | Anton Palzer | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
39 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
40 | Joao Almeida | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
41 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
42 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
43 | Lennard Kämna | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
44 | Andreas Leknessund | Team DSM | s.t. |
45 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
46 | Edward Dunbar | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
47 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
48 | Bob Jungels | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
49 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
50 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | s.t. |
51 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
52 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
53 | Bruno Armirail | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
54 | Filippo Zana | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
55 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
56 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
57 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
58 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
59 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
60 | François Bidard | Cofidis | s.t. |
61 | William Barta | Movistar | s.t. |
62 | Warren Barguil | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
63 | Vadim Pronskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
64 | Alessandro De Marchi | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
65 | Hugo Toumire | Cofidis | 12:11 |
66 | Alexandre Delettre | Cofidis | s.t. |
67 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
68 | Michael Matthews | Jayco-AlUla | 13:14 |
69 | Maxime Bouet | Arkéa-Samsic | 13:42 |
70 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
71 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
72 | Lukas Pöstlberger | Jayco-AlUla | 14:29 |
73 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | 15:48 |
74 | Michael Hepburn | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
75 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
76 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
77 | Niklas Märkl | Team DSM | s.t. |
78 | Kristian Sbaragli | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
79 | Michel Ries | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
80 | Derek Gee | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
81 | Magnus Cort | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
82 | Henok Mulubrhan | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
83 | Stefan De Bod | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
84 | Mirco Maestri | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
85 | Marius Mayrhofer | Team DSM | s.t. |
86 | Edoardo Affini | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
87 | Karel Vacek | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
88 | Davide Ballerini | Soudal Quick-Step | 20:25 |
89 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
90 | Joe Dombrowski | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
91 | Stephen Williams | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
92 | Arne Marit | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 20:44 |
93 | Mark Cavendish | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
94 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
95 | Alexander Konychev | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
96 | José Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | s.t. |
97 | Charlie Quarterman | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
98 | Daan Hoole | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
99 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
100 | Ryan Gibbons | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
101 | Mattia Bais | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
102 | Otto Vergaerde | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
103 | Alessandro Iacchi | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
104 | Fabian Lienhard | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
105 | Alex Kirsch | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
106 | Laurenz Rex | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
107 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | s.t. |
108 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
109 | Alan Riou | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
110 | Mads Pedersen | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
111 | Davide Bais | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
112 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
113 | Max Kanter | Movistar | s.t. |
114 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
115 | Martin Marcellusi | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
116 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
117 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
118 | Campbell Stewart | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
119 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
120 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
121 | Filippo Fiorelli | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
122 | Jonas Iversby Hvideberg | Team DSM | s.t. |
123 | Gianni Moscon | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
124 | Diego Sevilla | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
125 | Pascal Ackermann | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
126 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
127 | Carlos Verona | Movistar | s.t. |
128 | Filippo Magli | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
129 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
130 | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar | s.t. |
131 | Albert Torres | Movistar | s.t. |
132 | Nicolas Dalla Valle | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
133 | Jonathan Milan | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
134 | Simone Consonni | Cofidis | s.t. |
135 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkéa-Samsic | 24:58 |
136 | Jake Stewart | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
GC after stage 12:
2,002.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.840 km/hr
1 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | 49hr 2min 5sec |
2 | Primoz Roglic | Jumbo-Visma | @ 2sec |
3 | Joao Almeida | UAE Team Emirates | 0:22 |
4 | Andreas Leknessund | Team DSM | 0:35 |
5 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 1:28 |
6 | Lennard Kämna | BORA-hansgrohe | 1:52 |
7 | Edward Dunbar | Jayco-AlUla | 2:32 |
8 | Thymen Arensman | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
9 | Laurens De Plus | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:36 |
10 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:48 |
11 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | 2:58 |
12 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:22 |
13 | Patrick Konrad | BORA-hansgrohe | 4:15 |
14 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | 4:40 |
15 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama-FDJ | 4:48 |
16 | Ilan Van Wilder | Soudal Quick-Step | 6:08 |
17 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | 8:05 |
18 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | 9:01 |
19 | Alessandro Tonelli | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | 9:43 |
20 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | 9:43 |
21 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | 11:11 |
22 | Michel Hessman | Jumbo-Visma | 12:13 |
23 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | 13:45 |
24 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | 14:13 |
25 | Bruno Armirail | Groupama-FDJ | 15:19 |
26 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | 15:56 |
27 | Pavel Sivakov | INEOS Grenadiers | 16:11 |
28 | Luca Covili | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | 18:35 |
29 | Marco Frigo | Israel-Premier Tech | 19:39 |
30 | Laurens Huys | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 20:39 |
31 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | 21:03 |
32 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | 22:50 |
33 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | 23:15 |
34 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | 23:20 |
35 | Filippo Zana | Jayco-AlUla | 24:14 |
36 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates | 24:58 |
37 | William Barta | Movistar | 26:22 |
38 | Warren Barguil | Arkéa-Samsic | 28:16 |
39 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 31:58 |
40 | Derek Gee | Israel-Premier Tech | 33:19 |
41 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Qazaqstan | 33:21 |
42 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 33:40 |
43 | Bob Jungels | BORA-hansgrohe | 34:37 |
44 | Sam Oomen | Jumbo-Visma | 36:02 |
45 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Ag2r-Citroën | 38:15 |
46 | Nico Denz | BORA-hansgrohe | 42:48 |
47 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | 43:51 |
48 | Cristian Scaroni | Astana Qazaqstan | 44:52 |
49 | Anton Palzer | BORA-hansgrohe | 46:29 |
50 | Alessandro De Marchi | Jayco-AlUla | 48:28 |
51 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | 49:51 |
52 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | 50:58 |
53 | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education-EasyPost | 51:01 |
54 | François Bidard | Cofidis | 52:11 |
55 | Bauke Mollema | Trek-Segafredo | 53:25 |
56 | Rohan Dennis | Jumbo-Visma | 56:36 |
57 | Sebastian Berwick | Israel-Premier Tech | 57:09 |
58 | Magnus Cort | EF Education-EasyPost | 57:13 |
59 | Amanuel Gebreigzabhier | Trek-Segafredo | 57:13 |
60 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 59:07 |
61 | Mattia Bais | EOLO-Kometa | 1:01:08 |
62 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | 1:03:00 |
63 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | 1:06:16 |
64 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:06:56 |
65 | Ryan Gibbons | UAE Team Emirates | 1:10:32 |
66 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | 1:12:00 |
67 | Carlos Verona | Movistar | 1:12:31 |
68 | Davide Gabburo | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | 1:13:40 |
69 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 1:14:22 |
70 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | 1:14:28 |
71 | Michel Ries | Arkéa-Samsic | 1:15:27 |
72 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:16:34 |
73 | Vadim Pronskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:16:51 |
74 | Hugo Toumire | Cofidis | 1:17:21 |
75 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:17:57 |
76 | Joe Dombrowski | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:18:02 |
77 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:19:07 |
78 | Marius Mayrhofer | Team DSM | 1:19:41 |
79 | Mirco Maestri | EOLO-Kometa | 1:20:16 |
80 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:21:48 |
81 | Mads Pedersen | Trek-Segafredo | 1:25:01 |
82 | Pascal Ackermann | UAE Team Emirates | 1:26:13 |
83 | Davide Bais | EOLO-Kometa | 1:27:41 |
84 | Michael Matthews | Jayco-AlUla | 1:27:48 |
85 | Thomas Gloag | Jumbo-Visma | 1:28:07 |
86 | Maxime Bouet | Arkéa-Samsic | 1:28:15 |
87 | Lukas Pöstlberger | Jayco-AlUla | 1:33:56 |
88 | Edoardo Affini | Jumbo-Visma | 1:34:52 |
89 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:35:17 |
90 | José Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | 1:35:39 |
91 | Karel Vacek | Corratec-Selle Italia | 1:36:00 |
92 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:36:53 |
93 | Jonathan Milan | Bahrain Victorious | 1:37:43 |
94 | Diego Sevilla | EOLO-Kometa | 1:38:14 |
95 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:38:49 |
96 | Alexandre Delettre | Cofidis | 1:42:08 |
97 | Jake Stewart | Groupama-FDJ | 1:42:18 |
98 | Kristian Sbaragli | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:43:04 |
99 | Martin Marcellusi | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | 1:45:22 |
100 | Alex Baudin | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:45:36 |
101 | Niklas Märkl | Team DSM | 1:46:05 |
102 | Laurenz Rex | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 1:46:28 |
103 | Simone Consonni | Cofidis | 1:46:55 |
104 | Stefan De Bod | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:49:56 |
105 | Alex Kirsch | Trek-Segafredo | 1:51:11 |
106 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkéa-Samsic | 1:52:19 |
107 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-Samsic | 1:53:50 |
108 | Davide Ballerini | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:55:14 |
109 | Michael Hepburn | Jayco-AlUla | 1:55:37 |
110 | Filippo Magli | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | 1:57:54 |
111 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 1:58:59 |
112 | Stephen Williams | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:59:19 |
113 | Henok Mulubrhan | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | 2:01:27 |
114 | Max Kanter | Movistar | 2:02:59 |
115 | Charlie Quarterman | Corratec-Selle Italia | 2:03:40 |
116 | Gianni Moscon | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:04:16 |
117 | Mark Cavendish | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:05:22 |
118 | Filippo Fiorelli | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | 2:05:50 |
119 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | 2:06:17 |
120 | Arne Marit | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 2:07:06 |
121 | Alexander Konychev | Corratec-Selle Italia | 2:07:43 |
122 | Veljko Stojnic | Corratec-Selle Italia | 2:07:55 |
123 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | 2:08:53 |
124 | Albert Torres | Movistar | 2:09:08 |
125 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | 2:09:24 |
126 | Fabian Lienhard | Groupama-FDJ | 2:10:00 |
127 | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar | 2:13:54 |
128 | Jonas Iversby Hvideberg | Team DSM | 2:16:59 |
129 | Nicolas Dalla Valle | Corratec-Selle Italia | 2:17:27 |
130 | Alessandro Iacchi | Corratec-Selle Italia | 2:17:33 |
131 | Daan Hoole | Trek-Segafredo | 2:18:12 |
132 | Alan Riou | Arkéa-Samsic | 2:20:21 |
133 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:21:18 |
134 | Otto Vergaerde | Trek-Segafredo | 2:25:07 |
135 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain Victorious | 2:25:42 |
136 | Campbell Stewart | Jayco-AlUla | 2:30:31 |
Stage 12 map & profile:
Stage 12 map
Stage 12 profile
Stage 12 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
GC leader Geraint Thomas signs in.
Primoz Roglic at the start. He remains just two seconds behind GC leader Geraint Thomas.
The peloton speeds down a curving mountain road.
Jake Stewart descending behind his team car.
Nico Denz wins stage twelve.
Second place Toms Skujins was just behind Denz.
Sebastian Berwick was third across the line.
Alessandro Tonelli was fourth.
Ilan Van Wilder wins the field sprint for sixth.
Stage winner Nico Denz
Geraint Thomas remains the GC leader