There Pink sweater Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) he won the fifteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia 107, the 222 km Manerba del Garda-Livigno (Mottolino). Second and third place went to Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) and Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost) respectively.
The stage winner and Pink Jersey Tadej Pogacarimmediately after arriving, declared: “Today was one of the best days of my career. It was a stage I had been aiming for since December, because I know Livigno very well, and I’m happy that everything went according to plan. There was a breakaway with many strong men, but the team worked well until Rafal Majka gave me the green light. I think Quintana and Steinhauser made a great stage, it wasn’t easy to go and get them.”
ORDER OF ARRIVAL
1 – Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) – 222 km in 6h11’43”, average of 35.833 km/h
2 – Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) at 29″
3 – Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost) at 2’32”
GENERAL RANKING
1 – Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
2 – Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) at 6’41”
3 – Daniel Felipe Martinez (Bora – Hansgrohe) at 6’56”
THE OFFICIAL JERSEYS
The Giro d’Italia leader jerseys are designed and created by CASTELLI.
- Pink sweater, leader of the General Classification, sponsored by Enel – Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
- Maglia Ciclamino, leader of the Points Ranking, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ITA Italian Trade Agency – Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)
- Blue shirt, leader of the Mountain Grand Prix, sponsored by Banca Mediolanum – Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
- White shirt, leader of the Youth Ranking, born after 01/01/1999, sponsored by Eataly – Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious)
