GORIZIA (ITALPRESS) – Victor Campenaerts won the fifteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia 2021, 147 kilometers from Grado to Gorizia. The Belgian of Team Qhubeka Assos crowned a long escape, beating the Dutch Oscar Riesebeek (Alpecin-Fenix) in a sprint in a final conditioned by a downpour that hit the race. Third was the German Nikias Arndt (Team DSM), who adjusted another group of fugitives ahead of an excellent Simone Consonni (Cofidis), fourth. The pink jersey group arrived about 17 minutes and 20 seconds behind Campenaerts. The Colombian of the Ineos Grenadiers Egan Bernal kept the pink jersey with a 1’33 “advantage over the British of the BikeExchange Simon Yates. The fraction was characterized by a maxi fall after two kilometers from the start which involved dozens of riders, prompting the organizers to neutralize the race for about thirty minutes. Among the athletes who had the worst the German Emanuel Buchmann (Bora Hansgrohe), sixth in the general, forced to retire. Tomorrow the 16th stage is scheduled, 212 kilometers starting from Sacile and arrival in Cortina d’Ampezzo: it is one of the most anticipated days of the 104th edition of the Giro, with the triptych Fedaia, Pordoi and Giau and 5700 meters of altitude. (ITALPRESS). spf / glb / red 23-May-21 17: 44
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