GIRO D’ITALIA STAGE 13 RESULTS

Italy’s Giacomo Nizzolo of the Qhubeka team sprinted to victory in the 13th stage of the Giro d’Italia on Friday before the race heads for the mountains. Egan Bernal of Ineos again held the leader’s pink jersey before the the  feared Monte Zoncolan on Saturday.

“Finally an easy day, tomorrow we have a hard day,” said Colombian Bernal, the 2019 Tour de France champion.

“Now we have to start thinking about tomorrow. You never know what can happen, we take no risks.

“It would be special (to win at Zoncolan).”

European and Italian champion Nizzolo outsprinted compatriot Edoardo Affini with Slovak Peter Sagan taking third place.

It was the 27th career victory for the 32-year-old Nizzolo but his first on a Grand Tour.

On Friday, the sprinters had their last chance to impress on the flat over 123 miles from Ravenna north to Verona. The stage marked the 700th anniversary of the death of Italian literary giant Dante Alighieri whose tomb is in Ravenna, on the Adriatic coast.

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GIRO D’ITALIA STAGE 13 RESULTS

1	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Team Qhubeka ASSOS	4:42:19
2	AFFINI Edoardo	Team Jumbo-Visma	0:00
3	SAGAN Peter	BORA – hansgrohe	0:00
4	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:00
5	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	0:00
6	OLDANI Stefano	Lotto Soudal	0:00
7	PASQUALON Andrea	Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux	0:00
8	KANTER Max	Team DSM	0:00
9	VIVIANI Elia	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	0:00
10	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Team Jumbo-Visma	0:00

OVERALL STANDINGS

1	BERNAL Egan	INEOS Grenadiers	53:11:42
2	VLASOV Aleksandr	Astana – Premier Tech	0:45
3	CARUSO Damiano	Bahrain – Victorious	1:12
4	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education – Nippo	1:17
5	YATES Simon	Team BikeExchange	1:22
6	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA – hansgrohe	1:50
7	EVENEPOEL Remco	Deceuninck – Quick Step	2:22
8	CICCONE Giulio	Trek – Segafredo	2:24
9	FOSS Tobias	Team Jumbo-Visma	2:49
10	MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe	INEOS Grenadiers	3:15

 

RBA/AFP Photos: Bettini