2023-05-24 20:54:09
The Tour of Italy was granted a brief moment of respite with the victory in the sprint of the Italian Alberto Dainese after a peaceful 17th stage before three days in the mountains which promise to be terrible.
A breakaway held on a leash by a lazy peloton before setting off and catching up with the fugitives, a massive sprint without falling and warm favorites in the wheel of their teammates: the 17th stage, arrival at the seaside, at a few kilometers north of Venice, filled the peloton, delighted to finally experience a quiet day in this grueling Giro.
At the finish, it was Alberto Dainese who took the lead, keeping a gut lead over his compatriot Jonathan Milan and the Australian Michael Matthews, in this stage almost totally on a downhill false flat, without the slightest bump. in the program.
In the general classification, the Briton Geraint Thomas still wears the leader’s pink jersey with respectively 18 and 29 seconds ahead of the Portuguese Joao Almeida and the Slovenian Primoz Roglic.
A grueling end
The respite will be short-lived as the slope will rise again on Thursday for a short but steep stage (161 km, 3700m of elevation gain) in the Dolomites. The next day, it will be even worse with a daunting journey to the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, the roof of this 106th edition from the top of its 2304m.
Before the individual time trial on Saturday, the ultimate justice of the peace, on the maddening slopes (7.3 km at 12.1%) of Monte Lussari, on the eve of the arrival in Rome.
ats/tzing
17th stage: Pergine Valsugana – Caorle (195 km) (24.05)
Giro 2023, the programme
TH 25.05 – 18th stage
Oderzo – Val di Zoldo (161 km/arrivée au sommet)
FRI 26.05 – 19th stage
Longarone – Three Peaks of Lavaredo (183 km/arrivée au sommet)
SA 27.05 – 20th stage
Time trial uphill Tarvisio – Monte Lussari (18.6 km)
Sun 28.05 – 21st stage
Rome – Rome (135 km)
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