2023 Giro d'Italia stage 12 by BikeRaceInfo

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:

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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:

GC leader: Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers)
Mountains classification leader Davide Bais (EOLO-Kometa)
Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious)
Best young rider: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates)
Teams classification leader: Jumbo-Visma

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