Naples, May 14, 2022 – La stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia 2022 lends itself to attacks from a distance: the winner comes out of the squad of morning attackers, in which there were also names of the caliber of Mathieu Van Der Poel, Biniam Girmay, Diego Ulsi e Guillaume Martin. The latter can be consoled with the return of arrogance in the general classification, while all the others (especially a furious Van Der Poeltoday not very lucid tactically) are forced to witness the success in the sprint of Thomas De Gendt, a runner who either stands at the back of the group or starts to attack and when he does it almost always reap the rewards. Still in pink jersey Juan Pedro Lopezalso put to the test by a shot of Lennard Kamna: it could be the prelude to what will happen in the stage 9the Isernia-Blockhauswith good 5 GPM to climb, including the final ‘monster’ of the Maiella.
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The fugitives of the day are Andrea Vendrame, Lilian Calmejane (AG2R Citroen Team), Fabio Felline, Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Wout Poels, Jasha Sutterlin (Bahrain Victorious), Davide Gabburo (Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè), Guillaume Martin (you trust) Simone Ravanelli, Edoardo Zardini (Drone Hopper-Androni Toys), Samuel Rivi, Mirco Maestri (Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team), Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Materials), Thomas De Gendt, Sylvain Moniquet, Harm Vanhoucke (Lotto Soudal), George Arcas (Movistar Team), Mauro Schmid (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team), Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (Trek-Segafredo), Diego Ulsi (UAE Team Emirates) e Mathieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix). The latter lights the fuse on the third pass on the Monte di Procida (2,1 km with an average slope of 6%) only to be surprised in a subsequent shot: I’m going away Gabburo, De Gendt, Vanhoucke e chests. This is the squad from which the fraction winner comes out, that is De Gendton the second success at Giro. Almost total calm in the group: the only attack is the one launched by Lennard Kamna (Bora-Hansgrohe) a Juan Pedro Lopez (Trek-Segafredo) to try (in vain) to grab the pink jersey.
Order of arrival stage 8 Giro d’Italia 2022
1) Thomas De Gendt (LTS) in 3h32’53”
2) Davide Gabburo (BCF) st
3) Jorge Arcas (MOV) st
4) Harm Vanhoucke (LTS) +4”
5) Benjamin Girmay (IWG) +1
6) Mauro Schmid (QST) +15”
7) Mathieu Van Der Poel (ACT) +15”
8) Wout Poels (TBV) +33”
9) Guillaume Martin (COF) +33”
10) Fabio Felline (AST) +2’56”
Giro d’Italia 2022 general classification
1) Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (TFS) in 32h15’31”
2) Lennard Kamna (BOH) +38 ”
3) Rein Taaramae (IWG) +58”
4) Guillaume Martin (COF) +1’06”
5) Simon Philip Yates (BEX) +1’44”
6) Mauri Vansevenant (QST) +1’47”
7) Wilco Kelderman (BOH) +1’57”
8) Joao Pedro Goncalves Almeida (UAD) +1’58”
9) Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (TBV) + 2’00 ”
10) Richie Porte (IGD) +2’04”
21) Giulio Ciccone (TFS) + 2’32 ”
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