Stage 19 - Abbiategrasso-Alpe di Mera (Valsesia) 166 km

1 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange 4:02:55
2 Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:11
3 Egan Bernal (Col) INEOS Grenadiers 0:28
4 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain - Victorious 0:32
5 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana - Premier Tech 0:32
6 Dan Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:42
7 Daniel Felipe Martinez (Col) INEOS Grenadiers 0:49
8 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:25
9 Tobias Foss (Nor) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:25
10 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM 1:25


Changes in GC, stage 19 compared to stage 18 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+15 Stefano Oldani
+15 Jimmy Janssens
+12 Mark Christian
+12 Filippo Tagliani
+12 Fernando Gaviria
+11 Cameron Meyer
+9 Valerio Conti
+8 Jan Tratnik
+8 Alessandro Covi
+7 Paul Martens

Biggest losers by position :
-10 Patrick Bevin
-8 Geoffrey Bouchard
-7 Samuele Battistella
-7 Tony Gallopin
-6 Antonio Pedrero
-6 Dario Cataldo
-6 Guy Niv
-6 Harm Vanhoucke
-5 Rein Taaramae
-4 Mikkel Frolich Honore
-4 Nicolas Roche

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:34 Simon Yates
+0:19 Joao Almeida

Biggest losers by time :
-28:52 Albert Torres
-28:52 Davide Cimolai
-28:52 Max Walscheid
-28:52 Nicola Venchiarutti
-28:52 Samuele Rivi
-28:52 Samuele Zoccarato
-28:52 Simone Consonni
-28:23 Alexander Krieger
-28:23 Oscar Riesebeek
-28:16 Matthias Brandle
-28:14 Elia Viviani

Favourites by position :
+3 Vincenzo Nibali
+2 Tejay Van Garderen
+1 Bauke Mollema
-1 Pello Bilbao

Favourites by time :
+0:34 Simon Yates
+0:19 Joao Almeida
-0:08 Aleksandr Vlasov
-0:18 Dan Martin
-0:25 Daniel Felipe Martinez
-1:01 Hugh Carthy
-4:50 Vincenzo Nibali
-4:50 Pello Bilbao
-6:34 Bauke Mollema
-17:08 Tejay Van Garderen

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Egan Bernal 81:13:37 (unchanged)
2 Damiano Caruso 2:29 (was 2nd at 2:21)
3 Simon Yates 2:49 (was 3rd at 3:23)
4 Aleksandr Vlasov 6:11 (was 4th at 6:03)
5 Hugh Carthy 7:10 (was 5th at 6:09)
6 Romain Bardet 7:32 (was 6th at 6:31)
7 Daniel Felipe Martinez 7:42 (was 7th at 7:17)
8 Joao Almeida 8:26 (was 8th at 8:45)
9 Tobias Foss 10:19 (was 9th at 9:18)
10 Dan Martin 13:55 (was 10th at 13:37)
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13 Pello Bilbao 32:20 (was 12th at 27:30)
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18 Vincenzo Nibali 50:02 (was 21st at 45:12)
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28 Bauke Mollema 1:21:25 (was 29th at 1:14:51)
.....
82 Tejay Van Garderen 3:10:18 (was 84th at 2:53:10)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 135 (unchanged)
2 Davide Cimolai 113 (unchanged)
3 Fernando Gaviria 110 (unchanged)
4 Elia Viviani 86 (unchanged)
5 Egan Bernal 68 (was 7th with 59 points)
6 Dries De Bondt 63 (was 5th with 63 points)
7 Andrea Pasqualon 61 (was 11th with 49 points)
8 Simone Consonni 60 (was 6th with 60 points)
9 Alberto Bettiol 53 (was 8th with 53 points)
10 Nikias Arndt 53 (was 9th with 53 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Geoffrey Bouchard 180 (unchanged)
2 Egan Bernal 121 (was 2nd with 109 points)
3 Dan Martin 83 (was 3rd with 79 points)
4 Simon Yates 57 (was 13th with 17 points)
5 Bauke Mollema 53 (was 4th with 53 points)
6 Lorenzo Fortunato 52 (was 5th with 52 points)
7 Damiano Caruso 50 (was 6th with 41 points)
8 Joao Almeida 48 (was 8th with 30 points)
9 Dries De Bondt 39 (was 7th with 39 points)
10 Jan Tratnik 26 (was 9th with 26 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 INEOS Grenadiers 244:14:06 (was 2nd at 5:07)
2 Team DSM 2:20 (was 1st at 31:54:20)
3 Team Jumbo-Visma 26:22 (was 5th at 31:47)
4 Trek - Segafredo 28:23 (was 3rd at 13:18)
5 Astana - Premier Tech 30:59 (was 4th at 28:53)
6 Team BikeExchange 58:36 (was 6th at 49:33)
7 EF Education - Nippo 1:16:44 (was 8th at 54:54)
8 Movistar Team 1:18:43 (was 7th at 52:35)
9 Deceuninck - Quick Step 1:25:22 (was 9th at 1:10:34)
10 Bahrain - Victorious 1:28:28 (was 11th at 1:21:59)
11 UAE-Team Emirates 1:31:35 (was 10th at 1:21:39)
12 Groupama - FDJ 2:03:15 (was 12th at 2:01:09)
13 EOLO-Kometa 2:15:36 (was 13th at 2:01:10)
14 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 2:20:18 (was 14th at 2:08:29)
15 AG2R Citroen Team 3:50:46 (was 15th at 3:11:31)
16 BORA - hansgrohe 4:01:13 (was 17th at 3:39:55)
17 Israel Start-Up Nation 4:05:48 (was 16th at 3:25:55)
18 Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec 4:28:15 (was 18th at 3:49:25)
19 Alpecin-Fenix 4:36:09 (was 19th at 4:05:33)
20 Bardiani-CSF-Faizane 5:42:42 (was 20th at 4:53:25)
21 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 7:45:39 (was 21th at 6:37:50)
22 Team Qhubeka ASSOS 7:50:11 (was 22th at 7:02:49)

Retirements to date : Stage
Gianluca Brambilla (Trek - Segafredo) 19
Jefferson Alexander Cepeda (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec) 19
Victor Lafay (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 19
Giulio Ciccone (Trek - Segafredo) 18
Nick Schultz (Team BikeExchange) 18
Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck - Quick Step) 18
Remy Rochas (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 17
Victor Campenaerts (Team Qhubeka ASSOS) 17
Sebastien Reichenbach (Groupama - FDJ) 16
Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) 16
Emanuel Buchmann (BORA - hansgrohe) 15
Giacomo Nizzolo (Team Qhubeka ASSOS) 15
Jos Van Emden (Team Jumbo-Visma) 15
Natnael Berhane (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 15
Ruben Guerreiro (EF Education - Nippo) 15
David Dekker (Team Jumbo-Visma) 14
Dylan Groenewegen (Team Jumbo-Visma) 14
Jai Hindley (Team DSM) 14
Nicolas Edet (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 14
Roger Kluge (Lotto Soudal) 14
Alessandro De Marchi (Israel Start-Up Nation) 12
Alex Dowsett (Israel Start-Up Nation) 12
Fausto Masnada (Deceuninck - Quick Step) 12
Gino Mader (Bahrain - Victorious) 12
Kobe Goossens (Lotto Soudal) 12
Marc Soler (Movistar Team) 12
Jonathan Klever Caicedo (EF Education - Nippo) 11
Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix) 11
Clement Champoussin (AG2R Citroen Team) 9
Jasper De Buyst (Lotto Soudal) 9
Matej Mohoric (Bahrain - Victorious) 9
Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal) 9
Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) 8
Domenico Pozzovivo (Team Qhubeka ASSOS) 7
Francois Bidard (AG2R Citroen Team) 6
Joe Dombrowski (UAE-Team Emirates) 6
Manuel Belletti (EOLO-Kometa) 6
Pavel Sivakov (INEOS Grenadiers) 6
Mikel Landa (Bahrain - Victorious) 5
Krists Neilands (Israel Start-Up Nation) 2
Felix Grosschartner (BORA - hansgrohe) 1
Total retirements : 41


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