2020 Giro d’Italia – Stage 21 – Highlights, Report, Results
Highlights
Report
Tao Geoghegan Hart rode a perfect final stage to take overall victory at the Giro d’Italia. The INEOS Grenadiers rider wrote another page of British cycling history, winning the Italian Grand Tour by 39 seconds following an emphatic final day performance. Going into the final 15.7-kilometre time trial level with Jai Hindley (Team Sunweb), the London-born rider rode the stage of his life to capture the famous maglia rosa. Filippo Ganna completed a magical day for the team by winning the final stage in Milan, taking his fourth and the team’s seventh stage victory of the race. Winning a third of the stages, it represents the team’s most successful Grand Tour ever. Rohan Dennis continued a superb final week of the race with third place in the time trial. The team’s overall performance also led to a dominant victory in the team classification.
Incredible rides from Dennis, Ganna, Jonathan Castroviejo, Ben Swift and Salvatore Puccio, in addition to Jhonatan Narvaez and Geraint Thomas, helped lay the foundations for a stunning and memorable race.
Results
Stage
| 1 | Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:17:16 |
| 2 | Victor Campenaerts (Bel) NTT Pro Cycling | 0:00:32 |
| 3 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 4 | Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0:00:41 |
| 5 | Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 6 | Josef Cerny (Cze) CCC Team | 0:00:44 |
| 7 | Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb | |
| 8 | Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates | 0:00:46 |
| 9 | Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Team | 0:00:47 |
| 10 | Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain McLaren |
General Classification
| 1 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 85:40:21 |
| 2 | Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb | 0:00:39 |
| 3 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:01:29 |
| 4 | Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0:02:57 |
| 5 | Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain McLaren | 0:03:09 |
| 6 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | 0:07:02 |
| 7 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:08:15 |
| 8 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:08:42 |
| 9 | Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0:09:57 |
| 10 | Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain McLaren | 0:11:05 |
Points
| 1 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 233 |
| 2 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | 184 |
| 3 | Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 108 |
| 4 | Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers | 87 |
| 5 | Josef Cerny (Cze) CCC Team | 78 |
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 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 85:40:21 |
| 2 | Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb | 0:00:39 |
| 3 | Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0:02:57 |
| 4 | Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:35:29 |
| 5 | James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0:37:41 |