Andrea Vendrame gave Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale their second victory of the 2024 Giro d’Italia on stage 19 to Sappada.
The 29-year-old soloed away from the day’s breakaway on a rain-soaked descent, prolonged his lead on the ultimate climb, the class 2 Cima Sappada, after which powered house to the second Giro stage win of his profession, a lot to the delight of the Tifosi.
Pelayo Sanchez (Movistar), winner of stage 6, was second on the stage forward of stage 17 winner Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost).
Race chief Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) suffered a puncture on the stage, however his lead of seven:42 went in any other case unchallenged because the breakaway gained over 16 minutes.
The identical could not be stated for third-placed Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers), who crashed with 6km to go after touching wheels with Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious).
The Welshman was fast to rise up however wanted a brand new bike. The race chief’s group eased up on the tempo to let him rejoin.
There had been no additional assaults, with Pogačar’s teammates main him to the road to maintain the highest of the general classification the identical.
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