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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

1Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers0:17:16
2Victor Campenaerts (Bel) NTT Pro Cycling0:00:32
3Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
4Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep0:00:41
5Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
6Josef Cerny (Cze) CCC Team0:00:44
7Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
8Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates0:00:46
9Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Team0:00:47
10Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain McLaren

General Classification

1Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers85:40:21
2Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb0:00:39
3Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb0:01:29
4Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep0:02:57
5Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain McLaren0:03:09
6Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team0:07:02
7Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo0:08:15
8Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe0:08:42
9Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-Quickstep0:09:57
10Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain McLaren0:11:05

Points

1Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ233
2Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe184
3Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep108
4Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers87
5Josef Cerny (Cze) CCC Team78

Mountains

1Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Pro Cycling234
2Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers157
3Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal122
4Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers119
5Ben O’Connor (Aus) NTT Pro Cycling71

Young Riders

1Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers85:40:21
2Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb0:00:39
3Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep0:02:57
4Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Movistar Team0:35:29
5James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-Quickstep0:37:41