The Maglia Rosa Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) has won Stage 20 of the 107th Giro d’Italia, the 184 km long Alpago-Bassano del Grappa. Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) and Daniel Felipe Martinez (Bora – Hansgrohe) finished second and third respectively.
Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner and Maglia Rosa Tadej Pogacar said: “More or less this was the plan. We did a perfect job as a team. Molano and Rui worked at the beginning, covering attacks and making sure that no big group went away. Mikkel [Bjerg] and Vegard [Stake Laengen] set a good pace over the climb the first time. Then we executed the plan and I had good legs so I’m super happy that I got good gap at the top and I didn’t need to go full gas in the downhill. I cannot describe how it was feeling with all the fans on the Monte Grappa. Maybe it wasn’t important to do this today but we’ve had the Maglia Rosa since day 2 so I wanted to finish the Giro with a good shape and a good mentality. I think I have achieved that. I’ve never been to Rome before but I’ll enjoy it tomorrow for sure”.
STAGE RESULTS
1 – Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) – 184 km in 4h58’23”, av speed 36.999 km/h
2 – Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) at 2’07”
3 – Daniel Felipe Martinez (Bora – Hansgrohe) s.t.
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1 – Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
2 – Daniel Felipe Martinez (Bora – Hansgrohe) at 9’56”
3 – Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) at 10’24”
THE OFFICIAL JERSEYS
The leader jerseys of the Giro d’Italia are produced and designed by CASTELLI.
- Maglia Rosa, leader of the General Classification, sponsored by Enel – Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
- Maglia Ciclamino, leader of the Points Classification, in collaboration with Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale and ITA Italian Trade Agency – Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)
- Maglia Azzurra, leader of the Gran Premio della Montagna (KOM), sponsored by Banca Mediolanum – Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
- Maglia Bianca, Best Young Rider, born after 01/01/1999, sponsored by Eataly – Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious)
