Extraordinary race of the 26 year old from Santa Lucia di Piave who wins his first career stage
TREVISO. Andrea Vendrame wins the twelfth stage of the Giro d’Italia 2021, the Siena-Bagno di Romagna of 212 km.
In a fraction full of climbs and with a difference in altitude of 3700 meters, the AG2R Citroen Team rider uncouples with Chris Hamilton (Team DSM) at -2.5 km from the finish and beats him in the sprint. Third place for Gianluca Brambilla (Trek-Segafredo) who, with George Bennett (Team Jumbo-Visma), did not follow the first two in the final attack.
After Giovanni Visconti, it was Vincenzo Nibali who crossed the line eight seconds ahead of the group. The pink jersey, therefore, does not change and remains on the shoulders of Egan Bernal. Bad crash for Alessandro De Marchi at the start of the stage: the Israel Start-Up Nation rider, pink jersey for two stages, was transported by ambulance and forced to retire.
For him right clavicle fracture, six broken ribs as well as the first and second thoracic vertebrae. Tomorrow the thirteenth stage, the Ravenna-Verona of 198 km and without any uphill.
“I’m still excited. A dream came true, I also thank my teammate Bouchard. He did a fantastic job ». These are the words of Andrea Vendrame, winner of the twelfth stage of the Giro d’Italia 2021, the Siena-Bagno di Romagna. «I also tried to stop racing – admits the AG2R Citroen Team rider to Rai Sport -, if it weren’t for Luciano Rui, when I was in Zalf, who relieved me together with Gianni Faresin, I wouldn’t be here. I’ve been through a lot of cooked and raw, being here to win the Giro is fantastic ».
Egan Bernal has kept the pink jersey of leader of the general classification of the 104 / o Giro d’Italia cycling, after the 12th stage disputed from Siena to Bagno di Romagna (Forlì-Cesena) and which is 212 kilometers long. The Colombian finished over 10 ‘behind the winner of the day Andrea Vendrame, pulled by his team mates from Ineos-Granadier.