2024 Giro d'Italia Stage 19 Results & Recap
Stage 19 of the 2024 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
Vendrame wins solo in Sappada
Andrea Vendrame attacked from the breakaway during a descent with 30 kilometres to go, when he continued to push and soloed to victory. The GC riders finished 16 minutes later, and Tadej Pogacar remained in pink.
Attacks flew from the gun. Magnus Sheffield, Simone Velasco, Ryan Mullen, Alex Baudin, Daan Hoole, Lorenzo Milesi, Giovanni Lonardi, Edoardo Affini, and Attila Valter were the first riders to open up a gap, which they widened to 30 seconds.
Yet, the peloton kept chasing, and the attackers were brought back after 30 kilometres. Then Julian Alaphilippe initiated the second breakaway. Jhonatan Narváez, Nicola Conci, Andrea Vendrame, and Pelayo Sánchez followed his move, while Luke Plapp closed the gap a little later.
The six opened a 45-second lead, but the peloton brought the gap down to 15 seconds. Enzo Paleni, Jasper Stuyven, Edward Theuns, and Mattia Bais bridged across with just under 100 kilometres remaining, while Simone Velasco, Mikkel Honoré, Georg Steinhauser, Michael Valgren, Dries De Pooter, Alessandro De Marchi, Jan Tratnik, Tim van Dijke, and Manuele Tarozzi rounded out the lead group with 82 kilometres left to race. By then, the peloton was five minutes in arrears – a gap that will only extend further.
Narváez, Steinhauser, Sánchez, and Alaphilippe headed out together on the Passo Duron. Hermans and Vendrame bridged across in the last kilometre.
When the second chasing group closed in on the Sella Valcalda, Alaphilippe gave it another dig. Narváez and Steinhauser followed his move straight away, while Sánchez clawed back later. In the background, Plapp rejoined Hermans and Vendrame, and the three regained contact before the summit.
Vendrame distanced the others on the descent. Alaphilippe and Narváez went after him without closing down the gap, and Sánchez, Steinhauser, Plapp, and Hermans regained contact in the valley. The cooperation was non-existent and Vendrame widened his lead to over one minute.
Steinhauser left the others behind with 11 kilometres to go before Sánchez rejoined him on a steep uphill kicker inside the last 8 kilometres. The Spaniard left the young German behind.
Vendrame crested the last summit, Cima Sappada, one minute ahead of the chaser. The 29-year-old Italian soloed to his second-ever win in a Giro stage.
The GC riders took it easy, despite a slow crash by Geraint Thomas. Just two days, and Tadej Pogacar has won the Giro d’Italia.
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