2020 Giro d’Italia – Stage 19 – Highlights, Report, Results
Highlights
Report
Josef Černý was able to celebrate in style as he rode down the finishing straight on Giro d’Italia stage 19 after an impressive 20-kilometer solo effort saw him secure the biggest victory of his career to date.
Černý, the Czech national time trial champion, showed off his power and speed in the closing kilometers of the shortened stage after a stinging attack off the front of the day’s 14-rider breakaway saw him ride away from the rest of the group, which had amassed a sizeable advantage of more than 10 minutes after the peloton sat up.
Despite a concerted effort from the five remaining chasers behind him, Černý dug deep and was able to maintain an advantage of around 20 seconds going into the final three kilometers of the 124-kilometer race before finally raising his hands in the air with delight after securing the stage win.
Černý’s first Grand Tour stage win, and his first WorldTour victory, comes off the back of two strong time trial performances already at the Giro d’Italia, sixth in stage one and fifth on stage 14.
Results
Stage
| 1 | Josef Cerny (Cze) CCC Team | 2:30:40 |
| 2 | Victor Campenaerts (Bel) NTT Pro Cycling | 0:00:18 |
| 3 | Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:26 |
| 4 | Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Pro Cycling | |
| 5 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-Quickstep | |
| 6 | Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 7 | Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:01:10 |
| 8 | Simon Pellaud (Swi) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | |
| 9 | Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ | |
| 10 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-Up Nation |
General Classification
| 1 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb | 80:29:19 |
| 2 | Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb | 0:00:12 |
| 3 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:00:15 |
| 4 | Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain McLaren | 0:01:19 |
| 5 | Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0:02:16 |
| 6 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | 0:03:59 |
| 7 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:05:40 |
| 8 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:05:47 |
| 9 | Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0:06:46 |
| 10 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:07:28 |
Points
| 1 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 221 |
| 2 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | 184 |
| 3 | Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 94 |
| 4 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 77 |
| 5 | Josef Cerny (Cze) CCC Team | 73 |
Mountains
| 1 | Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Pro Cycling | 234 |
| 2 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 122 |
| 3 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 115 |
| 4 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 103 |
| 5 | Ben O’Connor (Aus) NTT Pro Cycling | 71 |
Young Riders
| 1 | Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb | 80:29:31 |
| 2 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:00:03 |
| 3 | Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0:02:04 |
| 4 | Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:26:00 |
| 5 | Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates | 0:33:00 |