Giro d’Italia: Pedersen manages Grand Tour triple in Naples

2023-05-11 15:49:35

Tour of Italy

The Dane Mads Pedersen won the sixth stage of the Giro d’Italia on Thursday and thus celebrated a day’s victory in all three Grand Tours. After 162 kilometers with start and finish in Naples, the ex-world champion from 2019 prevailed once morest the rest of the field in the final sprint and relegated the Italian Jonathan Milan and the German Pascal Ackermann to second and third place.

11.05.2023 17.49

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(Update: 5:59 p.m.)

Road bike world champion Remco Evenepoel apparently coped well with the two painful falls of the day before and reached the finish line without losing any time. The Norwegian Andreas Leknessund still wears the pink jersey with a lead of 28 seconds on Evenepoel. The young Belgian star was only brought down by a dog on Wednesday, but then it hit him once more shortly before the finish.

“I have back pain and some big bruises. I have a big black spot on my back made up of blood,” said the 23-year-old. “That’s life, that’s cycling. We have to deal with that. I slept well that night.” On Friday, however, the first mountain finish in Gran Sasso d’Italia at 2,130 meters will show whether the big favorite is actually in full possession of his strength.

Roglic and Thomas with defects

In contrast to the day before, the field was spared spectacular crashes in dry conditions on Thursday. Two escapees were caught by the field with Pedersen, who had already celebrated a day’s victory at the Tour de France and the Vuelta in 2022, around 500 meters from the finish. However, poor road conditions kept causing defects. Time trial Olympic champion Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) and former British tour winner Geraint Thomas were also affected.

Giro d’Italia 2023

6. Stage (Naples – Naples, 162 km):
1.	Mads Pedersen	THE	3:44:45
2.	jonathan milan	ITA	-“-
3.	Pascal Ackermann	GER	-“-
4.	Kaden Groves	OUT OF	-“-
5.	Fernando Gaviria	COL	-“-
6.	Michael Matthews	OUT OF	-“-
7.	Vincent Albanian	ITA	-“-
8.	Marius Mayrhofer	GER	-“-
9.	Lorenzo Rota	ITA	-“-
10.	Simon Velasco	ITA	-“-
26.	Andreas Leknessund	NOR	-“-
31.	Patrick Konrad	AUT	-“-
33.	Geraint Thomas	GBR	-“-
41.	Remco Evenepoel	BEL	-“-
44.	Primoz Roglic	SLO	-“-
97.	Lukas Pöstlberger	AUT	+ 1:30

Overall ranking following six of 21 stages:
1.	Andreas Leknessund	NOR	22:50:48
2.	Remco Evenepoel	BEL	+ 0:28
3.	Aurelien Paret-Painter	FROM	0:30
4.	João Almeida	BY	1:00
5.	Primoz Roglic	SLO	1:12
6.	Geraint Thomas	GBR	1:26
7.	Alexander Wlasow	RUS	-“-
8.	Tom Skujin	LET	1:29
9.	Tao Geoghegan Hart	GBR	1:30
10.	Vincent Albanian	ITA	1:39
26.	Patrick Konrad	AUT	4:24
86.	Lukas Pöstlberger	AUT	36:54

Stage plan:

06.05.	1st stage	Fossacesia Marina – Ortona (19,6 km/EZF)	Evenepoel
07.05.	2. Stage	Teramo – San Salvo (201 km)	Milan
08.05.	3. Stage	Vasto – Melfi (216 km)	Matthews
09.05.	4th stage	Venosa – Lake Laceno (175 km)	Paret-Painter
10.05.	5th Stage	Atripalda – Salerno (171 km)	Groves
11.05.	6. Stage	Naples – Naples (162 km)	Pedersen
12.05.	7th Stage	Capua – Gran Sasso (218 km/BAK)
13.05.	8. Stage	Terni – Fossombrone (207 km)
14.05.	9. Stage	Savignano Sul Rubicone – Cesena (35km/EZF)
15.05.	rest day
16.05.	10. Stage	Scandiano – Viareggio (196 km)
17.05.	11. Stage	Camaiore – Tortona (219 km)
18.05.	12. Stage	Bra – Rivoli (179 km)
19.05.	13. Stage	Borgofranco D’Ivrea – Crans Montana (SUI/207 km/BAK)
20.05.	14. Stage	Sierre (SUI) – Cassano Magnano (193 km)
21.05.	15. Stage	Seregno – Bergamo (195 km)
22.05.	rest day
23.05.	16. Stage	Sand Churches – Monte Bondone (203 km/BAK)
24.05.	17. Stage	Pergine Valsugana – Caorle (195 km)
25.05.	18. Stage	Oderzo – Val di Zoldo (161 km/BAK)
26.05.	19. Stage	Longarone – Drei Zinnen/Rifugio Auronzo (183 km/BAK)
27.05.	20. Stage	Tarvis – Monte Lussari (18.6 km /BZF)
28.05.	21. Stage	Roma – Roma (135 km)

EZF = individual time trial
BZF = Bergzeitfahren
BAK = Trust

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