As it happened: Giro d’Italia stage 14 race against the clock for the general classification

That brings our live page to a close for today. Make sure to come back tomorrow for what has been billed as the ‘Queen Stage’ of this year’s Giro. It should be a cracker. But until then, have a lovely rest of your Saturday. Goodbye. 

Tadej Pogačar (UAD) goes into the final stage of week two with almost four minutes of an advantage over Geraint Thomas (IGD). He is looking extremely comfortable in the race lead. 

The jerseys:

Pink – Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates
Purple – Jonathan Milan (ITA) Lidl-Trek
Blue – Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates*
White – Antonio Tiberi (ITA) Bahrain Victorious 

*Worn by – Simon Geschke (GER) Cofidis

Have a read of our post race report by clicking the link below…

>>> Giro d’Italia: Filippo Ganna beats Tadej Pogačar to win stage 14 time trial 

GC after S14

1. Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates 50:00’09”
2. Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers +3’41”
3. Dani Martínez (COL) Bora-Hansgrohe +3’56”
4. Ben O’Connor (AUS) Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale +4’35”
5. Antonio Tiberi (ITA) Bahrain Voctorious +5’17”
6. Thymen Arensman (NED) Ineos Grenadiers +6’30”
7. Filippo Zana (ITA) Jayco-AlUla +7’26”
8. Romain Bardet (FRA) DSM-Firmenich-PostNL +7’52”
9. Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan +8’40”
10. Alex Baudin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale +8’56”

Filippo Ganna (IGD) speaking after today’s stage win:

“Today I suffered a lot,” Ganna said after his victory. “I was just speaking with Jonathan Milan – for him it’s 70 seconds in the sprint and then you know immediately if you win or not. Today I had to wait two hours. In the end, a little bit blocked with emotions because to win in Italy after a lot of time without a win is a really intense moment. 

“Especially here, across the lake it’s like a second home for me,” he concluded before breaking up with emotion. “It’s nice to be here and to also see G [Thomas] arrive really well for the GC. We keep going for more seconds. Now, tomorrow it’s a really intense day and we need to fight with the heart and with the head.”

S14 top 10

1. Filippo Ganna (ITA) Ineos Grenadiers 35’06”
2. Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates +29″
3. Thymen Arensman (NED) Ineos Grenadiers +1’07”
4. Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers +1’14”
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