Who's leading the Giro d'Italia 2023 after stage 21?
Primož Roglič seales overall victory in the general classification
Primož Roglič of Jumbo-Visma has won the 2023 Giro d'Italia.
On stage 20's decisive mountain time trial, Roglič stunned Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) to overturn the 26 seconds deficit, and came through the final stage in Rome without any issues to seal seal overall victory.
Geraint Thomas instead had to settle for second-place, while João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) comfortably secured the final spot on the podium. In doing so, Almeida also wins the best young rider classification.
Roglič wore pink for only one day, but it was the day that mattered. Earlier in the race, Thomas spent five days in pink after taking over the jersey after Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) withdrew, then another four days after giving it away briefly to Bruno Armirail (Groupama-FDJ), but lost it after the montain time trial.
Jonathan Milan (Bahrain-Victorious) sealed victory in the points classification ahead of Derek Gee, despite being unable to add a second sprint win to his total in the final stage in Rome.
Gee also finished second in the mountains classification, which was won by Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ).
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Giro d'Italia 2023 stage 19 result - Tarvisio to Monte Lussari
1. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma, in 44-23
2. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers at 40s
3. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates at 42s
4. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious at 55s
5. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ) at 59s
6. Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma at 1-05
7. Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates at 1-07
8. Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers at 1-18
9. Andreas Leknessund (Ned) DSM at 1-49
10. Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates at 1-53
Giro d'Italia 2023 general classification after stage 20
1. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma, in 82-40-36
2. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers at 14s
3. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates at 1-15
4. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious at 4-40
5. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ) at 5-43
6. Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers at 6-05
7. Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Jayco-AlUla at 7-30
8. Andreas Leknessund (Ned) DSM at 7-31
9. Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe at 7-46
10. Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers at 9-08
Giro d'Italia 2023 points classification after stage 20
1. Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious, 215pts
2. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-PremierTech, 160pts
3. Pascal Ackermann (Deu) UAE Team Emirates, 95pts
4. Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco AlUla, 93pts
5. Tom Skuijns (Lat) Trek-Segafredo, at 79 pts
Giro d'Italia 2023 mountains classification after stage 20
1. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, 237pts
2. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-Premier Tech, 200pts
3. Ben Healy (Ire) EF Education-EasyPost, 164pts
3. Davide Bais (Ita) Eolo-Kometa, 144pts
4. Einer Auguto Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar, 118pts
Giro d'Italia 2023 young rider classification after stage 20
1. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, in 82-41-51
2. Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers, at 4-50
3. Andreas Leknessund (Nor) DSM, at 5-09
Giro d'Italia 2023 team classification after stage 20
1. Bahrain-Victorious, in 247:56:00
2. Ineos Grenadiers, at 16-22
3. Jumbo-Visma, at 30-40
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Tom joined Cycling Weekly as a news and features writer in the summer of 2022, having previously contributed as a freelancer. He is fluent in French and Spanish, and holds a master's degree in International Journalism, which he passed with distinction. Since 2020, he has been the host of The TT Podcast, offering race analysis and rider interviews.
An enthusiastic cyclist himself, Tom likes it most when the road goes uphill, and actively seeks out double-figure gradients on his rides. His best result is 28th in a hill-climb competition, albeit out of 40 entrants.
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