2021 Giro d'Italia Stage 19 Results & Recap
Stage 19 of the 2021 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
Yates wins stage 19 of the Giro
Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange) went on the offensive today on the 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia to carve away more time on maglia rosa Egan Bernal's race lead. The British rider attacked with 6.3km to go on the Alpe di Mera, a move that only JoĂŁo Almeida could follow for a time to win by 11 seconds on the Deceuninck-QuickStep rider. Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) took third on an important mountain stage.
“I am really happy, the team did a fantastic job today, really controlled the start, worked a lot and I managed to finish it off, so I am really very happy," Yates said. "I saw that the boys from Ineos were happy to ride tempo behind (Almeida) and I had a feeling that they would let me go today. As soon as I attacked, I saw that that was correct, so I just tried to ride full gas and that was it. I tried to do my best today, it wasn’t the most difficult of stages, it was just a very difficult final climb, but tomorrow is very different. It is a very hard stage, back in the high altitude so we will see what I can do, I am just doing my best at the moment and I am happy with the stage win.”
Bernal now leads the Giro d'Italia by 2:29 ahead of Caruso, who is second, and 2:49 ahead of Yates. Almeida is in the best young rider jersey, 17 seconds ahead of Bernal.
"I actually felt really good. I think I did a really good climb - I'm really happy with my climb. Of course Yates was the best today, chapeau for him, but I'm really happy with my condition. (Tomorrow) I hope to have the same legs than today. Today I felt really good and tomorrow with the altitude I hope to have the same feelings, and just try to manage the gap I have with the two guys who are on the podium. Hopefully I will be in pink tomorrow. I think I have some time to play with and I just want to have legs also for the time trial. Everything should be okay if I feel good."
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