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Tour of Italy, on the Marmolada finally comes the bang

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Tour of Italy, on the Marmolada finally comes the bang

I unlock it two and a half kilometers from the finish

And instead no. The long and grueling arm wrestling, which lasted three weeks, was unlocked 2.5 km from the finish when Hindley, with a deadly lunge, took off carrying Karapaz with him who for a while, tooth and nail, managed not to get detached. But then on the last ramp of Malga Ciapela, the Australian, 26, gave another skid too powerful for the Ecuadorian. It is as if a veil had torn open that brought out the truth. Hindley, light as a feather, went towards the finish line, the former pink jersey, more and more staggering, lost seconds over seconds.

One minute and 25 seconds ahead

Before the start, the pink jersey had a small treasure of 3 seconds. Now the history of the Giro has completely changed: the Australian from Perth is the new leader with a minute and 25 seconds ahead of poor Carapaz, who reached the finish line deflated like a punctured balloon.

The loser knows he has lost the pink jersey, but above all he knows that in the last time trial (Verona-Verona, 17.4 km) there is nothing more to do. Both because it is too short a distance to be able to overturn the ranking, and because of the two, the most perky one is certainly Hindley, already a whisker away from success at the 2020 Giro.

This time, however, there is no tripe. Almost a minute and a half is excellent insurance on the pink jersey. Then Carapaz, in the final, was also detached from Landa, who is now third in the standings at one minute and 51 ”from the pink jersey.

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Fourth place for Nibali at over 7 minutes. The Sicilian held up with dignity always trying to honor his last Giro. The victory of Alessandro Covi – fourth success of the Italian stage after those of Dainese, Oldani and Ciccone, bodes well for the future. A nice passing of the baton between two generations. For now it’s just a hope, but the boy will do it. He can’t win on the Marmolada if he doesn’t have what it takes to be a champion.

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