
Turnaround at the Giro d'Italia, pink revolution. It's a big celebration at Visma Lease a Bike for the feat of 32-year-old British rider Simon Yates, who conquered the pink jersey and the Giro precisely on the climb that had seen him sink in 2018.
Thunderous applause for Chris Harper - a 30-year-old from Melbourne - who signs the masterpiece of his career, wins the most anticipated stage of the pink race and gives Jayco Alula its tenth seasonal pearl. An achievement by Harper in the twentieth stage of the race, built at the beginning of the day by escaping with a large group of attackers and then tackling the last thirty kilometers solo, presenting himself at the finish line in Sestrière with 1'49" ahead of Alessandro Verre (Arkea B&B Hotels), who came second. In third place Simon Yates followed by Gianmarco Garofoli (Soudal Quick-Step), Rémy Rochas (Groupama - FDJ), Martin Marcellusi (VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizan) and other early escapees.
The masterpiece that earns the British rider in yellow-black the pink jersey is born on the Colle delle Finestre: he drops Del Toro and Carapaz, gaining second after second while the two rivals abandon themselves to an unusual tactical game - you pull, then I'll pull too, no you pull first - and at the top of the Colle he finds Van Aert who today transforms into the most precious of domestiques. The Belgian champion designs the descent for Yates and in the valley floor he squeezes himself until the last drop of sweat, making the advantage over the pink jersey dilate well beyond five minutes.
And for the eighth time in the history of the pink race, the jersey changes owner on the penultimate stage, on the last mountain, at the last breath.
THE STAGE - At the start from Verrès, we witnessed the usual attacks and counter-attacks and in a short time the first breakaway of the day was born: six athletes moved and seven quickly chased after them. When it seemed that a group of thirteen could form, other athletes attacked and thus at the forty-third kilometer of the race Radio Information reported the birth of a large group of attackers formed by thirty-one men: Hermans (Alpecin - Deceuninck), Janssens (Alpecin - Deceuninck), Kielich (Alpecin - Deceuninck), Verre (Arkéa - B&B Hotels), Bilbao (Bahrain - Victorious), Miholjević (Bahrain - Victorious), Moniquet (Cofidis), De Bondt (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team), Vendrame (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team), Geniets (Groupama - FDJ), Pacher (Groupama - FDJ), Paleni (Groupama - FDJ), Rochas (Groupama - FDJ), Heiduk (INEOS Grenadiers), Busatto (Intermarchè - Wanty), Colleoni (Intermarchè - Wanty), Clarke (Israel - Premier Tech), Mosca (Lidl - Trek), Pedersen (Lidl - Trek), Verona (Lidl Trek), Barrenetxea (Movistar Team), Cepeda (Movistar Team), Vader (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team), Garofoli (Soudal Quick-Step), Hayter (Soudal Quick-Step), Harper (Team Jayco AlUla), Hamilton (Team Picnic PostNL), Maestri (Team Polti VisitMalta), Marcellusi (VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizan) and Tarozzi (VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizan).
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