Highlights
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Tao Geoghegan Hart struck a blow in the fight for Giro d’Italia victory by winning stage 20 atop Sestriere. The Brit showed his class on the race’s final day of climbing to out-sprint chief rival Jai Hindley at the line, with bonus seconds meaning the pair head into the final time trial level on time. In what looks set to be one of the closest Giro finishes in history, Tao’s second stage win (and the team’s sixth) sets up a final-day, winner-takes-all showdown in Milan. Just tenths of a second separate the two riders, with Hindley (Team Sunweb) narrowly pulling on the maglia rosa. Once again the INEOS Grenadiers impressed in the mountains, with Salvatore Puccio, Filippo Ganna and Jonathan Castroviejo upping the tempo, before Rohan Dennis once again detonated the peloton on the second ascent of Sestriere.
Mirroring his performance of two days earlier, only Geoghegan Hart and Hindley were able to follow the Aussie, as overnight leader Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) was quickly dropped, eventually losing 1:35. For his efforts, Dennis was also able to finish third on the stage, raising his arms as he crossed the line.
Results
Stage
| 1 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 4:52:45 |
| 2 | Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb | |
| 3 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:00:25 |
| 4 | Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0:01:01 |
| 5 | Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R la Mondiale | 0:01:34 |
| 6 | Einer Augusto Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team | 0:01:35 |
| 7 | Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain McLaren | |
| 8 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 9 | Attila Valter (Hun) CCC Team | 0:01:48 |
| 10 | James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0:02:00 |
General Classification
| 1 | Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb | 85:22:07 |
| 2 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 3 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:01:32 |
| 4 | Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain McLaren | 0:02:51 |
| 5 | Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0:03:14 |
| 6 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | 0:06:32 |
| 7 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:07:46 |
| 8 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:08:05 |
| 9 | Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0:09:24 |
| 10 | Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain McLaren | 0:10:08 |
Points
| 1 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 233 |
| 2 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | 184 |
| 3 | Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 101 |
| 4 | Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R la Mondiale | 78 |
| 5 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 77 |
Mountains
| 1 | Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Pro Cycling | 234 |
| 2 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 157 |
| 3 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 122 |
| 4 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 119 |
| 5 | Ben O’Connor (Aus) NTT Pro Cycling | 71 |
Young Riders
| 1 | Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb | 85:22:07 |
| 2 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 3 | Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0:03:14 |
| 4 | Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:34:12 |
| 5 | James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0:36:46 |