Giro d’Italia live in the ticker: 20th stage via Passo Pordoi to the mountain finish – fight for the pink jersey on the king’s stage

The 20th stage of the Giro d’Italia 2022 is the last chance before the concluding time trial to drive out distances on the 168 kilometers up the mountain.

From Belluno it goes to Passo di Fedaia at 257 meters altitude, with passages at Passo San Pellegrino (1918 meters) and Passo Pordoi (2239m altitude) – the Cima Coppi (highest point of the route) of this tour of Italy.

There are bonus seconds to be gained at the finish, as with two intermediate sprints, which is the case with the tight rating could play an important role again today.

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The final climb is really steep for the last three kilometers, with several ramps of over 15% – ideal for decisive attacks.

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Giro ticker: Covi is approaching the final climb

The duel between Covi and Poels has been going on for more than an hour. Surprisingly, the leader gained a good minute onto the field in that time. The Dutchman also doesn’t look like he’ll be able to drive much ahead of the field. 15 kilometers to go. We are approaching the final climb.

Giro ticker, 20th stage: Kämna group loses ground

Things are slowly getting critical for the chasing group around Lennard Kämna. She is now 2:15 minutes behind the leader. The field is just under four minutes behind them. There are still 20 kilometers to go, the final ascent is approaching, only a few kilometers downhill to the foot of Passo Fedaia. Wout Poels continues to work in the field for Landa and Bahrain.

20th Giro stage in the ticker: Soloist is looking for his chance

Alessandro Covi (UAE) tries to get every second out of the descent. The eight pursuers with Lennard Kämna and the peloton take it a little less risky. With 30 kilometers to go, Covi has a lead of 1:50 minutes on the pursuers and 6:00 minutes on the field.

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Covi is now the first to pass the highest point of the Giro here at Passo Pordoi, securing this special classification at 2239 meters. Great atmosphere with many fans here – still 44 kilometers to the day’s finish. The group around Kämna is around one and a half minutes behind the soloist from Italy, the field is almost six minutes behind.

Giro live, stage 20: 3:45 p.m. – 47 kilometers to go

Now Covi is 5:47 minutes ahead of the field. The Kämna group is 32 seconds behind the Italian. Pedrero has also joined the Kämna group. Covi is now almost a minute ahead of the sextet. Leemreize and Oomen are only a few seconds behind the group Kämna. So people don’t drive fast enough there. The man from Bremen is now also increasing the number of strokes a little.

Giro ticker, stage 20: leading group falls apart

New racing situation: Covi as a soloist in front, followed by five pursuers with Kämna, Novak, Arensman, Ciccone and Formolo. The rest of the once large top group is already well behind on the climb. In the field further Bahrain on the trigger, now Wout Poels the locomotive there. The distance is now 5:42 minutes.

20th Giro stage in the ticker: second climb is approaching

The second climb of the day will soon follow, up to 2239 meters to Cima Coppi at Passo Pordoi, the highest climb of the Tour of Italy. The ascent stretches over 11.8 kilometers and 799 meters in altitude. The average gradient is 6.8%, the ascent is quite even, only shortly before the summit it gets steep for a short 10%.

Live ticker 20th Giro stage: Departure in the sun

Bahrain continues to lead the pack, which is seven kilometers behind the leaders in this descent. Lennard Kämna now hands his rain jacket into the team car – otherwise he saves energy for either an attack towards the day’s victory or as a relay station for Jai Hindley in the final.
The rain has stopped, some sun is coming out and fortunately the downhill roads here are dry.

Here is an overview of the top 15 again:
Lennard Kämna (GER/Bora Hansgrohe), Andrea Vendrame (ITA/ag2r), Matthew Van Der Poel (NED/Alpecin), Sam Oomen and Gijs Leemreize (NED/Jumbo), Davide Formolo and Alessandro Covi (ITA/UAE) Giulio Ciccone (ITA/Trek), Davide Ballerini (ITA) and Mauri Vansevenant (BEL/Quick-Step), Edoardo Zardini (ITA/Drone Hopper), Domen Novak (SLO/Bahrain), Sylvain Moniquet (BEL/Lotto Soudal), Antonio Pedrero (ESP/Movistar), Thymen Aensman (NED/DSM).

Giro live, stage 20: 2:45 p.m. – 85 kilometers to go

The leading group comes through the mountain classification of the 1st category at Passo San Pellegrino, it’s downhill, 85 kilometers and two difficult mountains are now waiting for the drivers. Davide Formolo gets the 40 points ahead of Giulio Ciccone (18 points). Yesterday’s stage winner Koen Bouwman (Jumbo) is already certain of the overall victory in the mountains classification. The distance to the field remains almost unchanged, currently 5:44 minutes.

Giro ticker, 20th stage: the distance remained constant

Lennard Kämna and his 14 companions in the leading group continue to pedal smoothly on the climb, which is now getting steeper. The gap remains constant at 5:30 minutes, the field continues to control. On the seats, Ballerini does almost all the work for his teammate Vansevenant, the sprinter proves to be a perfect team player here.

20th Giro stage in the ticker: rise begins

The climb to Passo San Pellegrino (1st category) begins, the first of the three difficult climbs today. It goes over 8.5 kilometers and 1145 meters in altitude up to 1918 meters. It averaged 6.2% on the climb, but after a flat start it gets really difficult in the last six kilometers, with gradients of up to 15% in places.

Giro in the live ticker: Kämna at the top

A leading group with Lennard Kämna has determined the race so far, the field around six minutes behind. After a hard-fought start phase, this group was able to break away – in the overall standings none of the drivers there posed a threat to the leaders in the overall standings.

Lennard Kämna (GER/Bora Hansgrohe), Andrea Vendrame (ITA/ag2r), Matthew Van Der Poel (NED/Alpecin), Sam Oomen and Gijs Leemreize (NED/Jumbo), Davide Formolo and Alessandro Covi (ITA/UAE) Giulio Ciccone (ITA/Trek), Davide Ballerini (ITA) and Mauri Vansevenant (BEL/Quick-Step), Edoardo Zardini (ITA/Drone Hopper), Domen Novak (SLO/Bahrain), Sylvain Moniquet (BEL/Lotto Soudal), Antonio Pedrero (ESP/Movistar), Thymen Aensman (NED/DSM).

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Giro live – start at 12:25 p.m. – 168 kilometers to go

The stage starts punctually at 12:25 p.m. – we are there for you from start to finish here in the ticker on the 20th stage!
The conditions are good today, it’s clear to cloudy with 23 degrees at the start and 11 degrees at the Passo Pordoi, the highest point of the stage at over 2200 meters. It should stay dry, but that’s not 100% certain, some afternoon showers can’t be ruled out.

Here is an overview of the top 15 again:
Lennard Kämna (GER/Bora Hansgrohe), Andrea Vendrame (ITA/ag2r), Matthew Van Der Poel (NED/Alpecin), Sam Oomen and Gijs Leemreize (NED/Jumbo), Davide Formolo and Alessandro Covi (ITA/UAE) Giulio Ciccone (ITA/Trek), Davide Ballerini (ITA) and Mauri Vansevenant (BEL/Quick-Step), Edoardo Zardini (ITA/Drone Hopper), Domen Novak (SLO/Bahrain), Sylvain Moniquet (BEL/Lotto Soudal), Antonio Pedrero (ESP/Movistar), Thymen Aensman (NED/DSM).

Favorites of the 20th Giro stage

Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) and Jai Hindley (Bora – hansgrohe) are separated by just three seconds. The man in pink is considered the better time trialist, so an attack is expected from the Australian. Third-placed Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) is just 1:05 behind and still wants a say in the overall win. In addition, the riders from Team UAE like Davide Formolo are highly traded – and Vincenzo Nibali on his last Giro mountain stage.

20th Giro stage: The route to the mountain finish

Today is the last chance to gain ground before the final time trial. The final ascent at Passo Fedaia/Marmolada is 12.9 kilometers long and has an average of 7.8%. The last 5.7 kilometers in particular, which have an average uphill gradient of more than 10%, are extremely difficult. Before that, the Passo San Pellegrino and the Passo Pordoi have to be climbed.

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