2019 Giro d'Italia Stage 10 Results & Recap
Stage 10 of the 2019 Giro d'Italia is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
In Modena, Arnaud Demare (GFC) wins the first of a set of sprint stages in a show of pure strength. On the line, the Frenchman took his first ever Giro d’Italia stage in front of Elia Viviani (DQS) and Rudiger Selig (BOH). Initial favourite, Pascal Ackermann (also BOH), crashed out 1 km from the end.
One of the shorter stages of this Giro d’Italia, the peloton saw a small escape group leave at the starting gun. Sho Hatsuyama (NIP) was joined by Luca Covili (BAR). The two got four minutes from the peloton, but were kept on a tight leash. For both riders, the 2019 Giro is their first Grand Tour. Hatsuyama already entertained viewers by going on a 140 kilometre long solo break on stage three. This time, Hatsuyama and his companion were caught 30 kilometres from the finish, after being allowed to take both intermediate sprints. After his last outing, Hatsuyama had said he was glad to be done with being out alone, but yesterday the only Japanese rider in the peloton already admitted he had energy to spare: “Of course I’m tired, but I’m not done yet. I was able to rest yesterday, and I’m not as tired as I imagined I’d be.”\nArnaud Demare first in a show of strength, Ackermann crashes out in final km
When the two were caught, the peloton calmly rode in block towards the finish line, slowly picking up the speed as they neared Modena. With only one corner at 2100 metres to go, it was slated to be a simple day in the saddle, and the nervous tension that’s been the trademark of so many stages this Giro was notably absent. At four kilometres out, a narrowing of the road disrupted the order. Team Jumbo Visma picked up the pace to keep their GC leader safe. Another narrowing of the road right before the final corner saw Fran Ventoso (CPT) launch a last-minute attack. On the inner city pave, the Spaniard managed to grab a handful of seconds, but Caleb Ewan’s Lotto Soudal quickly caught up with him.
Now on the final straight, a fast sprint was on the books, but an unfortunate crash disrupted proceedings. Pascal Ackermann went down in the wheel of his teammate, taking Jakub Mareczko with him. Matteo Moschetti was taken to an ambulance for X-rays after the crash. A small group went on to contest the finish, with Caleb Ewan on the right hand side and Arnaud Demare on the right hand side starting their sprint almost simultaneously. Elia Viviani jumped from his own lead-out train unto Ewan’s wheel, but wasn’t able to match Demare in pure speed. A surprising contender in the sprint was Bora’s Rudiger Selig, who sprinted to third place after his leader’s crash. Selig: “We tried to poker, we didn’t want to start the sprint from the front. Unfortunately, I needed to brake, and then Ackie (Ackermann), hit my wheel and crashed. I don’t yet know how Ackermann is doing now, but it didn’t look good.”
As the crash happened within the last 3km, nothing changed in the general classification. Stage winner Arnaud Demare took his first Giro win today. This is what he said after the podium: “We came to the Giro for this. I really wanted a stage win and I got it. I avoided the crash because we, as a team, were very well positioned. I'm super happy.”\n
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