historical success of Jai Hindley (Bora) of the Giro d’Italiathe first Australian to wear a pink jersey in majestic Verona Arenaand the first big lap for his team, Bora, after the time trial in which the Italian won matthew (Bike Exchange). The Ecuadorian completed the podium with the corsa rosa Richard Carapaz (Ineos) and the Basque -seven years later he climbed back into the ‘drawer’- Mikel Landa |.
Hindley, second in the 2020 edition, was crowned the 105th edition of the Giro d’Italia after competing in the individual test in the 17.4 km time with a start and finish in Verona, where the Italian champion Matteo Sobrero (Bike Exchange).
Sobrero took the time trial with a time of 22’54 “, with an average of 46.5 km/hour. Second place went to Dutchman Thymen Arensman (Jumbo Visma) at 23” and third to another Dutchman, Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin Fenix), at 40 “.
Hindley, born in Perth 26 years ago, made history by becoming the first ‘aussie’ cyclist to win a pink Giro jersey. He knows how to defend the advantage (he is 15th in the time trial) against Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz (10th) to win without any problems. Mikel Landa was far behind his rivals in the overall classification (he was 74th this Sunday), but he retained third place on the podium.
Hindley came out “to die”, as he announced after his victory at Marmolada, and managed to keep the pink with no problem arguing with Carapaz, who had to settle for bitter second place. “Lots of emotions together. I was aware of what happened in 2020. Winning the Giro is incredible. I felt very good, as if I’m flying,” Hindley said at the finish line, a rider who should be remembered from now on for the big test.
Hindley did what he barely got two years ago. The victory was even sweeter for the ‘aussie’ after he entered the final stages of the 2020 Giro in pink jersey to finish runner-up with Tao Geoghegan Hart. Hindley said the second place haunted him for months. Last year he battled injury and illness and retired in the middle of the Giro due to a sore chair. However, nothing went wrong for the Bora-Hansgrohe rider in this year’s race. Hindley won the ninth period, ended with a difficult climb at Blockhaus, got a few seconds away from Carapaz in the exhausting stage 16, passed the legendary Mortirolo pass, and then took the lead in the final Saturday’s stage, which left their rivals in general. classification on the frightening ascent of the Marmolada.
In essence, Hindley is better or more equal than Carapaz in almost all mountain stages. Hindley’s climbing prowess was already shown in 2020 when she won the ‘queen’ stage of the Giro at Stelvio. Hindley has now joined 2011 Tour de France champion Cadel Evans as the only Australian to win a Grand Tour.
Carapaz, the Ecuadorian who won Olympic gold last year and celebrates his 29th birthday this Sunday, is the favorite diver in the race in Budapest. Mikel Landa, who did not announce whether he will run on the Tour or the Vuelta, and who highlighted this Giro’s toughness at the finish line and “how well Bahrain worked, giving one hundred percent”, was returned to the podium seven years later and Vincenzo Nibali, the 37 -year -old two -time Giro champion who plans to retire at the end of this season, finished fourth.
Hindley, wearing a pink and black streamlined helmet that matched his pink leader’s jersey, just smiled and pumped a fist a few times after crossing the finish line before climbing the podium in the air. pack stand of the Roman amphitheater. of Verona as a witness.
In other classifications, the blue mountain jersey is for Dutchman Koen Bowman (Jumbo Visma), the best young white for the Spanish Juan Pedro Lopez (Trek Segafredo), let us remember the leader of the race for ten days; the purple jersey for points went to Frenchman Arnaud Démare (Groupama) and the best team was Bahrain Victorious.
Classification 21st stage (cri, 17.4 kms, Verona-Verona)
1. Matteo Sobrero (ITA/BikeExhange), 17.4 km at 22:24.
2. Thymen Arensman (NED/DSM) at age 23.
3. Mathieu van der Poel (NED/ALP) 40.
4. Bauke Mollema (NED/TRE) 1:08.
5. Ben Tulett (GBR/INE) 1:12.
6. Mauro Schmid (SUI/QST) 1:17.
7. Magnus Cort Nielsen (DEN/EF1) 1:18.
8. Tobias Foss (NOR/JUM) 1:19.
9. Michael Hepburn (AUS/BIK) 1:24.
10. Richard Carapaz (ECU/INE) 1:24.
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15. Jai Hindley (AUS/BOR) 1:31.
74. Mikel Landa (ESP/BAH) 3:04
final in general
1. Jai Hindley (AUS/Bora) 86h 31:14.
2. Richard Carapaz (ECU/INE) at 1:18.
3. Mikel Landa (ESP/BAH) 3:24.
4. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 9:02.
5. Pello Bilbao (ESP/BAH) 9:14.
6. Jan Hirt (CZE/INT) 9:28.
7. Emanuel Buchmann (GER/BOR) 13:19.
8. Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA/INT) 17:29.
9. Hugh Carthy (GBR/EF1) 17:54.
10. Juan Pedro Lopez (ESP/TRE) 18:40.
11. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 23:24.
12. Santiago Buitrago (COL/BAH) 24:23.
13. Lucas Hamilton (AUS/BIK) 28:02.
14. Guillaume Martin (FRA/COF) 28:37.
15. Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA/EOK) 33:15.
16. Pavel Sivakov (FRA/INE) 41:43.
17. Wilco Kelderman (NED/BOR) 41:45.
Source: La Verdad
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