- Tadej Pogačar celebrates fifth Giro win with Stage 16.
- Giulio Pellizzari steps on the podium for a second place.
- The Slovenian now leads General Classification by 7 minutes.
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) has won Stage 16 of the 107th Giro d’Italia, the 118.4 km long Lasa/Laas-Santa Cristina Val Gardena/St. Christina in Gröden (Monte Pana). Giulio Pellizzari (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) and Daniel Felipe Martinez (Bora – Hansgrohe) finished second and third respectively.
Tadej Pogačar makes it five with Stage 16 win
Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner and Maglia Rosa Tadej Pogacar said:
“We wanted to leave some gap to the breakaway riders because we didn’t want to take any risk but Movistar decided to pull. Once we were close to the attackers I said to Novak and Majka to push and in the finale I made the difference again. Five wins is a great achievement”.
STAGE RESULTS
1 – Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) – 118.4 km in 2h49’37”, av speed 41.882 km/h
2 – Giulio Pellizzari (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) at 16″
3 – Daniel Felipe Martinez (Bora – Hansgrohe) s.t.
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1 – Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)
2 – Daniel Felipe Martinez (Bora – Hansgrohe) at 7’18”
3 – Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) at 7’40”
THE OFFICIAL JERSEYS
The leader jerseys of the Giro d’Italia are produced and designed by CASTELLI.
- Maglia Rosa, leader of the General Classification, sponsored by Enel – Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)
- Maglia Ciclamino, leader of the Points Classification, in collaboration with Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale and ITA Italian Trade Agency – Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)
- Maglia Azzurra, leader of the Gran Premio della Montagna (KOM), sponsored by Banca Mediolanum – Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)
- Maglia Bianca, Best Young Rider, born after 01/01/1999, sponsored by Eataly – Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious)
