Also in the 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia, the 178 km Marano Lagunare-Santuario di Castelmonte, the umpteenth escape of the pink race goes to port while boredom rages in witnessing total immobility in the group of the best on the most demanding climb of day, about forty kilometers from the finish.

So on the final climb with not impossible slopes (7.3 km at 5.9%) the victory is played by Koen Bouwman (Jumbo Visma), the definitive leader of the blue jersey reserved for climbers, the revived Attila Valter (Groupama Fdj), Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani Csf Faizanè), Andrea Vendrame (Ag2R La Mondiale) and Mauro Schmid (Quick Step Alpha Vinyl).

After a period of long control we arrive in the sprint with a lot of treacherous curve: the winner is Bouwman who does an encore in front of Schmid and Tonelli.

Behind blazes only in the finale of Richard Carapaz, Jay Hindley and Mikel Landa but all come together.

The Ecuadorian (Ineos Grenadiers) loses Richie Porte but manages on his opponents, for him he is still pink jersey.

Tomorrow the long-awaited stage is scheduled with the ascent of San Pellegrino, the Pordoi and the final ascent of the Fedaia before Sunday's time trial in Verona.

Order of arrival:

1 BOUWMAN Koen Jumbo-Visma 4:32:55

2 SCHMID Mauro Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team ,,

3 TONELLI Alessandro Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè 0:03

4 VALTER Attila Groupama - FDJ 0:06

5 VENDRAME Andrea AG2R Citroën Team 0:10

6 BAYER Tobias Alpecin-Fenix 2:45

7 MARTIN Guillaume Cofidis 3:49

8 CARAPAZ Richard INEOS Grenadiers 3:56

9 HINDLEY Jai BORA - hansgrohe ,,

10 LANDA Mikel Bahrain - Victorious ,,

Overall ranking:

1 CARAPAZ Richard INEOS Grenadiers 81:18:12

2 HINDLEY Jai BORA - hansgrohe 0:03

3 LANDA Mikel Bahrain - Victorious 1:05

4 NIBALI Vincenzo Astana Qazaqstan Team 5:53

5 BILBAO Pello Bahrain - Victorious 6:22

6 HIRT Jan Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux 7:15

7 BUCHMANN Emanuel BORA - hansgrohe 8:21

8 POZZOVIVO Domenico Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux 12:55

9 LÓPEZ Juan Pedro Trek - Segafredo 15:29

10 CARTHY Hugh EF Education-EasyPost 17:10

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