2022 Giro d'Italia Stage 21 Results & Recap
Stage 21 of the 2022 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
Sobrero wins final TT, Hindley becomes Giro champion
Jai Hindley (Bora - Hansgrohe) became the first Australian to win the Giro d'Italia after holding off Richard Carapaz in the final 17.4km time trial in Verona for the coveted maglia rosa prize. Italian TT champion Matteo Sobrero blasted to the stage win with a time of 22:24.54 ahead of Thymen Aresman, who was second at 22 seconds. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) finished third at 39 seconds.
Hindley ended up winning the grand tour by 1'18 ahead of Carapaz, while Mikel Landa remained in third at 3'24".
“It's a beautiful feeling,” Hindley said after finishing his time trial. “There were a lot of emotions out there today. I had in the back of my mind what happened in 2020, and I wasn’t gonna let that happen again, to be honest. To take the win is really incredible. I was getting updates and I felt pretty good on the bike - I wasn’t really fighting it - so I knew I was on a decent ride,” Hindley said. “In the end, I took the descent pretty cautiously and then gave it everything to the line. It’s an incredible feeling.”
“It’s really incredible,” Hindley said. “I’m really proud to be Australian. And yeah, happy to take this one home.”\n
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