2020 Giro d’Italia – Stage 12 – Highlights, Report, Results
Highlights
Report
Jhonatan Narvaez continued the INEOS Grenadiers team’s impressive momentum at the Giro d’Italia with a rousing breakaway victory.
The Ecuadorian claimed his first Grand Tour stage win in style after a day-long breakaway effort on the punishing hills around Cesenatico.
Narvaez was able to hang tough as the 13-man group gradually whittled down over the climbs, eventually heading into the final 25 kilometres alongside Mark Padun (Bahrain-McLaren).
When Padun was forced to stop with a front wheel issue Narvaez continued, and despite the gap between the pair falling as low as nine seconds, he was eventually able to break the will of his pursuer and take victory by over a minute.
His success marked the team’s third stage win of the race thus far and the latest in a string of attacking performances.
Behind Narvaez the peloton splintered into a tiny group featuring Tao Geoghegan Hart. The Brit finished strongly in 10th place on the day, 8:25 behind his teammate, moving up to 12th overall.
Results
Stage
| 1 | Jhonatan Manuel Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers | 5:31:24 |
| 2 | Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain McLaren | 0:01:08 |
| 3 | Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Pro Cycling | 0:06:50 |
| 4 | Joseph Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team | 0:07:30 |
| 5 | Simon Pellaud (Swi) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 0:07:43 |
| 6 | Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates | 0:08:25 |
| 7 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 8 | Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Pro Cycling | |
| 9 | Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | |
| 10 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers |
General Classification
| 1 | Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 49:21:46 |
| 2 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:00:34 |
| 3 | Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain McLaren | 0:00:43 |
| 4 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling | 0:00:57 |
| 5 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:01:01 |
| 6 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:01:15 |
| 7 | Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb | 0:01:19 |
| 8 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:01:21 |
| 9 | Fausto Masnada (Ita) CCC Team | 0:01:36 |
| 10 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | 0:02:20 |
Points
| 1 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 220 |
| 2 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | 184 |
| 3 | Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers | 51 |
| 4 | Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 43 |
| 5 | Davide Ballerini (Ita) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 40 |
Mountains
| 1 | Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Pro Cycling | 84 |
| 2 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM | 76 |
| 3 | Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers | 45 |
| 4 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers | 45 |
| 5 | Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Pro Cycling | 40 |
Young Riders
| 1 | Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 49:21:46 |
| 2 | Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb | 0:01:19 |
| 3 | Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates | 0:02:39 |
| 4 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:02:45 |
| 5 | James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0:05:56 |