The Slovenian, bearer of the UAE Team and pink jersey, precedes Paret-Peintre and Martinez in the Alpago-Bassano del Grappa: tomorrow, Sunday 26 May, the catwalk in Rome
An irrepressible Tadej Pogacar wins by detachment also there twentieth stage of the Tour of Italythe Alpago-Bassano del Grappa of 184 km. The Slovenianbearer of Team Uae, preceded the Frenchman by 2’07”. Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Difesa Team) who regulated the sprint of the chasing group ahead of the Colombian Daniel Martinez (BORA – hansgrohe) and at an excellent price Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain). The Welshman from Ineos is also present in this group Geraint Thomas. Sixth place for the other blue, Giulio Pellizzari. For the 25-year-old Slovenian champion it is instead the sixth stage victory in a Giro faced for the first time and dominated far and wide, in which he inflicted abysmal gaps on all his rivals. In the general ranking, in fact, Pogacar now precedes by 9’56” Martinez and the veteran is 10’24”. Thomas who still manages to defend his second consecutive podium at the Giro after last year’s behind another Slovenian, Primoz Roglic. Tomorrow, Sunday 26 May, the grand finale of the Giro d’Italia with the last stage starting and arriving at Rome after 125 km of walkway to crown Pogacar pink jersey.
Giro d’Italia, the order of arrival of the twentieth stage
1. Tadej Pogacar SLO (UAE Emirates) in 4h58’23”
2. Valentin Paret-Peintre FRA (Decathlon AG2R) at 2’07”
3. Daniel Martinez COL (Bora-hansgrohe) st
4. Antonio Tiberi ITA st
5. Einer Rubio COL st
6. Giulio Pellizzari ITA st
7. Geraint Thomas GBR st
8. Ben O’Connor AUS st
9. Michael Storer AUS at 2’31”
10. Rafal Majka POL at 3’08”
