Shortly after departure, three Italians flee: Filippo Tagliani (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec), Vincenzo Albanese (Eolo-Comet), e Umberto Marengo (Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè), which after 40 km traveled reach a maximum advantage of just over four and a half minutes. The Ineos, the pink jersey team Filippo Ganna, lets them do it by controlling the detachment.
The first leader of the ranking of climbers is Albanian, who passes first to the Mountain Grand Prix of Montechiaro d’Asti, but then he has to change his bike for a puncture and lets himself be picked up by the approaching group. On the flying finish line of Tricerro is first Tagliani, who remained in front with Marengo. The two are filmed a 25 km from the finish, just before the flying finish line in Vercelli, which assigns a 3-second bonus to those who pass first and to win them is precisely Ganna before Remco Evenepoel who earns two.
Last 20 kilometers without jolts, the final sprint of Novara is won by the Belgian of the Alpecin Tim Merlier, beaten Giacomo Nizzolo who once again has to postpone the appointment with the first stage victory in the Giro d’Italia. Third place for Elia Viviani.
These are the first ten of the stage
1. Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 4:21:09
2. Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos
3. Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis
Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
5. Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
6. Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
7. Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
8. Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
9. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation
10. Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal
These are the top ten of the general
1. Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 4:29:53
2. Edoardo Affini (Ita) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:13
Tobias Foss (Nor) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:16
4. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:20
5. João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep
6. Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:21
Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:00:22
9. Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-up Nation 0:00:25
10. Gianni Moscon (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:26
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OMNISPORT | 09-05-2021 17:31
