Friday, May 26: Stage 19: Longarone - Tre Cime di Lavaredo, 183 km
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:
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:
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 |
Stage 19 map & profile:
Stage 19 map
Stage 19 profile
Stage 19 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
We're playing in the big stuff today. Here are the stunning Tre Cime di Lavaredo.
From another angle.
Here's a last look at the fabulous background to today's stage.
The tifosi were out in force today.
Derek Gee makes his way through the fans.
In the final meters. Primoz Roglic can't drop his shadow Geraint Thomas.
Santiago Buitrago takes a superb solo win.
Derek Gee was second
Magnus Cort finished third, ahead of Primoz Roglic and Geraint Thomas.
Primoz Roglic just after finishing. He gained 3 seconds today.
Geraint Thomas finishes the stage.
Thomas and Roglic just after crossing the line.
Damiano Caruso on his way to finishing seventh.
Edward Dunbar finished 13th, at 3min 3sec
Stage winner Santiago Buitrago
Geraint Thomas did well in today's stage, losing just a few seconds.