Not even the chain jump, in which the Slovenian lost between 10 and 15 seconds, couldn’t stop the champion Primoz Roglicto make the pink jersey your own. Before the last hurdle of Mountain Lussar The shirt lay on the shoulders brained Thomaswhich preceded the same Roglic of just 26 seconds.
With a performance typical of the pure climber, Primoz He managed to pin another title to the bulletin board to affirm his crystalline class. For those who couldn’t see the latest 2 wheel show, it has to be said that after the initial panic in which the cyclist had to stop to restore the chain, as mentioned above, the same thing happened a few kilometers before the finish Roglic It started like a moped again, a bit like it happened Pantani To Oropa in 1999 where the pirate had a puncture and then restarted at 1000km/h (it was stage 15).
To make the idea better, the Acesa is comparable to the movie pool for the trip From Italyin which the protagonist overcame all expected and unexpected bumps and stops with unprecedented ease, hence it was in the stars that he would win. Return to the race, both Thomaswho finished second at 40″ is Portuguese champion Almeidathird place with 42″.
The Italian
An excellent 4th place in the race for the Azzurri damian Caruso who, 55 seconds late, finishes wonderfully in 4th place overall, 4′ and 40″ away from the winner. The other good news comes from Philip Zana, sample From Italy and true revelation of the stage race that will surely regret not being able to dare attacks on different stages for reasons of internal hierarchies.
He certainly wouldn’t have finished on the podium, but he could easily have finished in the top 15. For the record, he finished his efforts with a 16th place at 2′ and 42″ ahead of the Slovenian and 18th overall at 33′ and 22″.
The 21st stage Rome-Rome over 126 km
Now the caravan with several people will arrive this morning you fly chartersthe capital, where the final stage of the street circuit will be repeated several times 126 kmwhere the winner has the opportunity to walk the deserved catwalk and test the Roman pavement with hands and feet and see if it is up to such an event or not.
Conclusions
Once the curtain falls, I think we’ll miss the long commentary Rai and the inevitable stage tests, where the whole pink caravan kept us company for almost a month;
In the end we just have to wait for the next edition and especially that one tours en France And There vuelta d’Espana have other strong emotions.
Order of arrival of the 20th stage Tarvisio-Monte Lussari, time trial over 18 km and 600 meters:
1) Roglic (Slo) 44′ 23″ average 25.143 km/h
2) Thomas (Gbr) a. 40″
3) Almeida (Por) at 42″
4) Caruso (Ita) at 55″
5) Pinot (Fra) at 59″
6) Kiss (USA) at 1′ and 05″
7) McNulty (USA) at 1′ and 07″
8) Arensman (Ola) at 1′ and 18″
9) Leknessud (Nor) at 1′ and 49″
10) Vine (Aus) at 1′ and 53″.
16) Filippo Zana at 2′ and 42″.
Overall ranking:
1) Roglic in 82 hours 40′ and 36″
2) Trained at 14″
3) Almeida at 1′ and 15″
4) Damiano Caruso at 4′ and 40”
5) Pinot at 5′ and 43″
6) Arensman at 6′ and 05″
7) Dunbar at 7′ and 30″
8) Leknessud at 7′ and 31″
9) Kamna at 7′ and 46″
10) De Plus at 9′ 08
18) Filippo Zana at 33′ 22″
21) Lorenzo Fortunato at 38′ and 37″.
