Giro d’Italia Stage 14 Race Report: Kasper Asgreen (EF Training-EasyPost) soloed to victory on stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia in Novo Gorica. The Dane was off the entrance for 180 kilometres with the break of the day earlier than he rode solo to the end on Saturday. Not far behind him, Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) introduced in what was left of the peloton. Most of the GC rider misplaced time as a result of a crash within the moist situations.
Stage 14 finale
From Treviso, the fourteenth stage is on flat roads to Nova Goriza/Gorica, an Italian/Slovenian metropolis. The ultimate has a couple of brief climbs, however one other bunch dash is anticipated.
Within the remaining there’s the San Martino and Saver climbs within the finale. Though the final climb is of lower than 800 metres at 6.4% is not going to be an issue for the fast-finishers. The dash is barely downhill.
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Many groups had been searching for success on the stage, particularly now that the riders are beginning to get drained. There was a fierce battle for the early break and a robust main group of 11 managed to flee. Amongst them had been break specialists Taco van der Hoorn and Kasper Asgreen. There was additionally Wout van Aert, who appeared to be there by mistake. Additionally there was Quinten Hermans, Fabio Van den Bossche, Stan Dewulf, Dries De Bondt, Josef Cerny and Luke Lamperti.
One other good guess was Casper Van Uden
The peloton didn’t just like the look of this group and 10 kilometres later they had been caught, and a brand new main group took their place. Asgreen was there once more, however with Clément Davy, Mirco Maestri, Louis Meintjes and Martin Marcellusi. The 5 gained a most lead of two minutes, however the bunch didn’t need to give them any extra time.
Del Toro and the opposite GC males can be searching for a straightforward day
For Meintjes it wasn’t going to work and so the South African dropped again into the peloton, as the opposite 4 stored going. Davy was dropped and with 30 kilometres to go, the three nonetheless had a 1 minute lead on the peloton.
The day began with some solar
At 23 kilometres from the end, all of it went improper within the peloton. Pello Bilbao crashed on the entrance and lots of the peloton crashed into him. The principle victims of the crash had been Giulio Ciccone and Antonio Tiberi, who would lose lots of time. Ciccone was in tears after the crash, however would finally proceed.
The break of the day
A gaggle of 17 riders, together with Wout van Aert, Simon Yates, Olav Kooij, Kaden Groves, Richard Carapaz and Isaac Del Toro, rode on after the crash and continued at full pace to the end in Novo Gorica. The following group, together with Juan Ayuso, Thymen Arensman, Egan Bernal and Primoz Roglič was at a few minute.
The peloton was not going to let the break get too far-off
Within the remaining they managed to restrict the harm a little bit, whereas the group with van Aert had been chasing the main group of Marcellusi, Maestri and Asgreen, who nonetheless had a 20 second lead with 6 kilometres to go. This was when the Dane determined to make a solo bid for victory. It regarded like Asgreen was on his strategy to victory in Novo Gorica.
The showers had been by no means far-off
Behind Asgreen, Visma | Lease a Bike did every little thing they may to catch the flying Dane, however they got here up brief within the remaining. The 30-year-old Dane took his second stage victory in a Grand Tour. Asgreen received an identical stage within the Tour de France. Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) received the dash for second place, 16 seconds behind Asgreen, simply forward of Olav Kooij (Visma | Lease a Bike) in third.
A moist peloton tried to tug the break again
The followers had been out on the ultimate climb
A gaggle with Arensman, Roglič, Ayuso and Bernal, finally misplaced 50 seconds to the group of Del Toro and Yates, whereas Tiberi, Adam Yates and Brandon McNulty had been nearly 2 minutes down. Ciccone misplaced many minutes and dropped out of GC competition. The general standings had been fully shaken up by the crash, however Del Toro was fortunate and missed the carnage, so continues to be the chief with seven levels to go.
Visma | Lease a Bike pushed on after the crash
Asgreen was the strongest within the break
Stage winner, Kasper Asgreen (EF Training-EasyPost): “It was a tricky day on the market. It’s annoying that you must destroy your self fully like this to win bike races however when it really works out it’s price it so I’m tremendous blissful. The staff gave me the permission and the liberty to go for it at present and I’m tremendous grateful for that. I knew that within the second half of a Grand Tour, everyone has drained legs and that made the distinction at present for the breakaway to achieve success. The climate situations have positively performed in my favour. The ultimate circuit was fairly technical. Moist roads made it tougher for the bunch to catch us. It’s incredible to win a stage of the Giro d’Italia after I did it on the Tour de France. I’m one step nearer to the trilogy.”
Giro stage win for Casper Asgreen
General chief, Isaac Del Toro (UAE Emirates XRG): “I haven’t actually seen the fellows but, so we’ll speak to the staff now about how we’re going to do it. I nonetheless really feel good. That is clearly not the best way I need to acquire time, however yeah, I couldn’t do something about it. It was the circuit, that nook was so slippery. I used to be a bit behind, needed to brake and went to the bottom. Fortunately I got here again and it was all OK. No, completely not (does he blame Visma | Lease a Bike for using after the crash). They had been already using when the crash occurred, it’s a part of the race. This was their plan, the crash had nothing to do with it.”
Mexican, Isaac Del Toro held the pink jersey
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Giro d’Italia Stage 14 Outcome:
1. Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Training-EasyPost in 4:04:40
2. Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Deceuninck at 0:16
3. Olav Kooij (Ned) Visma | Lease a Bike
4. Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Movistar
5. Stefano Oldani (Ita) Cofidis
6. Mirco Maestri (Ita) Polti VisitMalta
7. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
8. Tom Pidcock (GB) Q36.5 Professional Biking Workforce
9. Richard Carapaz (European) EF Training-EasyPost
10. Mikkel Froelich Honoré (Den) EF Training-EasyPost.
Giro d’Italia General After Stage 14:
1. Isaac Del Toro Romero (Mex) UAE Emirates XRG in 50:37:55
2. Simon Yates (GB) Visma | Lease a Bike at 1:20
3. Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) UAE Emirates XRG at 1:26
4. Richard Carapaz (European) EF Training-EasyPost at 2:07
5. Primož Roglič (Slo) Crimson Bull-BORA-hansgrohe at 2:23
6. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-Premier Tech at 2:54
7. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious at 2:55
8. Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious at 3:02
9. Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) INEOS Grenadiers at 3:38
10. Thymen Arensman (Ned) INEOS Grenadiers at 3:45.
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