Oldani was in the 12th round and Juanpe kept the pink jersey for another day

The Italian Stefano Oldani (Alpecin-Fenix) He scored his first professional victory after taking the ‘volata’ in three that ended the well-run run that starred in the 12th stage of the Giro d’Italia, 204 kilometers between Parma and Genoa. For the ninth consecutive day Juanpe Lopez He wore a new pink jersey on Thursday after reaching 9’07 ”the great peloton from the top trio controlling Trek-Segafredo so there was no attack on‘ maglia ’without it being too worn in the longest stage of the Giro.

In the first hour of the race, the average speed was over 55 km/h, which clarified the intentions they wanted to choose from the great peloton from the first section of the stage, the longest of the Giro.

Arnaud Démare crossed the Borgo Val di Taro Intermediate Sprint to first position almost unbeaten and scored 12 points, cementing his position at the top of the regularity ranking. And after five kilometers, 123 km from the finish line, the race was interrupted thanks to 22 cyclists: Bauke Mollema, Santiago Buitrago, Rein Taaramae, Pascal Eenkhoorn, Mathieu Van der Poel, Matteo Sobrero, Andrea Vendrame, Magnus Cort Nielsen, Davide Ballerini , Michael Schwarzmann, Wilco Kelderman, Lucas Hamilton, Gijs Leemreize, Lorenzo Rota, Vincenzo Albanese, Stefano Oldani, Oscar Riesebeek, Valerio Conti, Jasha Sütterlin, Simone Consonni, Nico Denz and Movistar William Barta. At 55 “Luca Covili, Davide Gabburo and Edoardo Zardini are trying to link up and the pack is at 2’52 behind. Wilco Kelderman at 11’06” and Lucas Hamilton at 11’56 “are the great threats for to Juanpe López in the lead.

At 110 km from the finish line, the escapees led by Alpecin, which is the most represented team with three runners, are more than five minutes away on the road to Passo del Bocco, the first of three mountainous difficulties on the stage, a climb of the third category, with 6 kilometers of climb and a decrease of 4%. From behind, the three Italian chasers finally connected. Mollema ran and scored 9 points for the mountain classification for the first crossing on the Passo del Bocco, 107 km from the finish line.

The situation of the peloton is controlled by Trek-Segafredo with Mollema in front, favorite to climb the stage and become a new cyclist to join the prestigious club of the winners of the three ‘Big’ -also taught by Cort Nielssen- and He is not interested neutralize the breakaway, just looking at whether Kelderman or Hamilton didn’t put Juanpe López’s ‘pink jersey’ at risk. The difference became stable around 4’30 “-5 ‘on a good part of the stage.

With 68 km left, Stefano Oldani (Alpecin) won the sprint at Ferrada and the 3 ” bonus was ahead of Bauke Mollema (Trek) and Vincenzo Albanese (EOLO). The last part of the climb to La Colleta is approaching, with 9 km at 4.4% and the last 4 km at 8%.

At 55 km from the finish line, Lorenzo Rota (Intermarché) tried it and took Stefano Oldani (Alpecin) and Gijs Leemreize (Jumbo) to form a small breakaway that reached 45 “with 36 km from the finish line. .Van der Poel tried it but he was not allowed and he was neutralized.The group was 5’30 “ahead of the peloton.

The unevenness on the road to La Colleta is already itchy and is already causing injury to some of the members of the leading group. Rota first crossed to the top and picked up 9 points for the blue jersey ahead of Oldani and Leemreize and Ballerini, the final point in his attempt to jump for the trio. The first group of 25 dispersed with 32 km more.

The top three got along well, all three were aiming for their first professional success, and remained 50 “in a chasing quartet where Mollema led Hamilton, Kelderman and Buitrago and the peloton was chasing 7’04” towards Valico di Trensasco, 3rd category, highest slope of 12% and 4.3 kilometers at 8%. Rota was crowned and again got 9 points ahead of Oldani and Leemreize and Mollema reached 38 ”with his three fellow eèrsefollowers.

The difference has widened again with another 18 km, 47 “ahead of the trio in the quartet and 8’02 in the peloton with the pink jersey. There is no misunderstanding in the quartet being chased by another small group led by Van der Poel to try to reunite them, quite the opposite of the leading trio with a 14.5 km walk stretched the difference in minutes.

With 10 km to go they still could not claim victory and their advantage against Mollema and company was reduced to 41 “after a short rest when they accessed the first viaducts of Genoa. But 5 km from the end the 38 ”maintained They had already predicted that the last‘ volata ’would be a matter of Oldani, Rota and Leemreize.

At 1.5 km they started looking at each other and confused (with a 54 “advantage). The Dutchman launched a powerful first attack from a distance one kilometer from the finish line, but in the second he was unable to finish.and Oldani led his first period in Rota, 57 “Mollema gave time to the quartet with Kelderman, the great beneficiary in the overall standings, who was 2’51”, 13th, from Juanpe López.

Australian Lotto Soudal sprinter Caleb Evan He hasn’t started this 12th season and left the Giro d’Italia empty for the first time since he debuted in 2017. It’s an abandonment planned for this second week — he’s already made it to his four previous participations- as there are no longer too many options for sprinters and to prepare for the Tour.