Because the race visited the Italy-Slovenia cross-border metropolis of Gorizia-Nova Gorica, what was anticipated to be a simple dash stage was turned on its head by a multi-rider crash within the peloton 23km from the road.
GC contenders Primož Roglič (Crimson Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Juan Ayuso (UAE Staff Emirates-XRG), Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious), and Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) have been all caught out within the fall, shedding main time on the finish of the 195km stage.
Out entrance, Asgreen took benefit of the break up within the peloton and ensuing chaos to go solo 6.5km from the road.
He left behind breakaway survivors Mirco Maestri (Polti-VisitMalta) and Martin Marcellusi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) to solo house and win the stage by 16 seconds as Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease A Bike) led a 16-rider peloton throughout the road.
Maglia rosa Isaac del Toro (UAE Staff Emirates-XRG) was secure among the many lead group, as have been different main GC names Richard Carapaz (EF Training-EasyPost), Simon Yates (Visma-Lease A Bike), Tom Pidcock (Q36.5), and Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech).
The subsequent group on the street, at 1:04 down on Asgreen and people dropping 48 seconds to Del Toro et al, have been Juan Ayuso (UAE Staff Emirates-XRG), Primož Roglič (Crimson Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), and the Ineos Grenadiers duo of Egan Bernal and Thymen Arensman.
It was an excellent worse day for Italy’s GC hopefuls. Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) got here house two minutes right down to lose 1:44 to the lead group, whereas Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) misplaced minutes after resuming from the crash over six minutes down.
The brand new GC image sees Del Toro holding pink by an prolonged 1:20 from Simon Yates, whereas Ayuso lies third at 1:26. Roglič stays fifth, now at 2:23 down quite than 1:35, whereas Tiberi drops 5 locations to eighth at 3:02.
Isaac Del Toro reacts on the end line of stage 14 as many GC riders have been caught in and behind a late-race crash (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
