Giro d’Italia live in the ticker: 20th stage via Passo Pordoi to the mountain goal – fight for the pink jersey on the royal stage

The 20th stage of the Giro d’Italia 2022 is the last chance before the final time trial to run distances of the 168 kilometers up the mountain.

From Belluno it goes to Passo di Fedaia at an altitude of 257 meters, with passages at Passo San Pellegrino (1918 meters) and Passo Pordoi (2239m altitude) – Cima Coppi (highest point of the route) on this trip in Italy.

The last climb is really steep the last three kilometers, with several ramps of over 15% – ideal for crucial attacks.

Giro in the ticker: 20th stage live

Live ticker 20. Giro stage: Departure in the sun

Bahrain continues to lead the herd, which is seven kilometers behind the leaders in this descent. Lennard Kennan now hands his rain jacket into the team car – otherwise he saves energy for either an attack on today’s victory or as a relay station for Jai Hindley in the final.
The rain has stopped, a little sun is coming out and luckily the descent here is dry.

Here is an overview of the top 15 again:
Lennard Kennan (GER / Bora-hansgrohe), Andrea Vendrame (ITA / ag2r), Mathieu van der Poel (NED / Alpecin), Sam Oomen and Gijs Leemreize (NED / Jumbo), Davide Formolo and Alessandro Covi (ITA / UAE), Giulio Ciccone (ITA / Trek), Davide Ballerini (ITA) and Mauri Vansevenant (BEL / Quick-Step), Edoardo Zardini (ITA / Drone Hopper), Domen Novak (SLO / Bahrain), Sylvain Moniquet (BEL / Lotto Soudal), Antonio Pedrero (ESP / Movistar), Thymen Aensman (NED / DSM).

Giro live, stage 20: 14:45 – 85 kilometers back

The leading group comes through the mountain classification of 1. category at Passo San Pellegrino, it is downhill, 85 kilometers and two difficult mountains are now waiting for the riders. Davide Formolo gets the 40 points ahead of Giulio Ciccone (18 points) Yesterday’s stage winner Koen Bouwman (Jumbo) is already sure of the overall victory in the mountain classification. The distance to the field remains almost unchanged, currently 5:44 minutes.

Giroticker, 20th stage: the distance remained constant

Lennard Kämman and his 14 companions in the leading group continue to pedal evenly on the climb, which is now getting steeper. The distance remains constant at 5:30 minutes, the field continues to check. On the seats, Ballerini does almost all the work for his teammate Vansevenant, the sprinter proving to be a perfect team player here.

20. Giro stage in the ticker: the climb begins

The climb to Passo San Pellegrino (1st category) begins, the first of the three difficult climbs today. It goes over 8.5 kilometers and 1145 meters in height up to 1918 meters. It was on average 6.2% on the climb, but after a flat start it gets really hard on the last six kilometers, with climbs of up to 15% places.

Giro in live ticker: Feel at the top

A leading group with Lennard Kennan has certainly raced so far, the field about six minutes after. After a hard-fought starting phase, this group was able to break away – in the overall standings, none of the drivers posed a threat to the leaders in the overall standings.

Lennard Kennan (GER / Bora-hansgrohe), Andrea Vendrame (ITA / ag2r), Mathieu van der Poel (NED / Alpecin), Sam Oomen and Gijs Leemreize (NED / Jumbo), Davide Formolo and Alessandro Covi (ITA / UAE), Giulio Ciccone (ITA / Trek), Davide Ballerini (ITA) and Mauri Vansevenant (BEL / Quick-Step), Edoardo Zardini (ITA / Drone Hopper), Domen Novak (SLO / Bahrain), Sylvain Moniquet (BEL / Lotto Soudal), Antonio Pedrero (ESP / Movistar), Thymen Aensman (NED / DSM).

Giro live – start at 12:25 – 168 kilometers left

The stage starts exactly at 12:25 – we are there for you from start to finish here in the ticker on the 20th stage!
Conditions are good today, it is clear to cloudy with 23 degrees at the start and 11 degrees at Passo Pordoi, the highest point of the stage at over 2200 meters. It should stay dry, but it is not 100% safe, some afternoon showers can not be ruled out.

Here is an overview of the top 15 again:
Lennard Kennan (GER / Bora-hansgrohe), Andrea Vendrame (ITA / ag2r), Mathieu van der Poel (NED / Alpecin), Sam Oomen and Gijs Leemreize (NED / Jumbo), Davide Formolo and Alessandro Covi (ITA / UAE), Giulio Ciccone (ITA / Trek), Davide Ballerini (ITA) and Mauri Vansevenant (BEL / Quick-Step), Edoardo Zardini (ITA / Drone Hopper), Domen Novak (SLO / Bahrain), Sylvain Moniquet (BEL / Lotto Soudal), Antonio Pedrero (ESP / Movistar), Thymen Aensman (NED / DSM).

Favorites on the 20th Giro stage

Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) and Jai Hindley (Bora – hansgrohe) are only three seconds apart. The man in pink is considered the better time trial player, so an attack from the Australian is expected. Third-placed Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) is also just 1:05 behind and still wants to have an impact on the overall victory. In addition, the riders from Team UAE like Davide Formolo traded high – and Vincenzo Nibali on his last Giro mountain tape.

20th Giro stage: The route to the mountain destination

Today is the last chance to win terrain before the final time trial. The last climb at Passo Fedaia / Marmolada is 12.9 kilometers long and has an average of 7.8%. Especially the last 5.7 kilometers, which have an average increase of more than 10%, are extremely difficult. Before then, Passo San Pellegrino and Passo Pordoi must be climbed.