Pascal Ackermann has celebrated his first win of the year, winning the longest stage of the 106th Giro d’Italia.
Pascal Ackermann has celebrated his first win of the year, winning the longest stage of the 106th Giro d’Italia.
The former German road cycling champion won after 219 kilometers from Camaiore to Tortona in the photo finish ahead of Italian Jonathan Milan. For Ackermann it was the first win since August last year. At that time, the 29-year-old had won the fourth stage of the Tour of Poland.
“From now on I will fly”
“It was very nervous. I followed Mark Cavendish’s rear wheel for orientation. It was so tight. I’m just happy that I was able to show that I’m still there. I’m looking from day to day now. From now on I will fly,” said Ackermann. The 22-year-old Marius Mayrhofer again showed a strong sprint and finished seventh.
About 70 kilometers from the finish, the race for the next favorite for overall victory was involuntarily over. Leader Geraint Thomas fell, causing third-placed teammate Tao Geoghegan Hart to fall as well. The 2020 Giro winner fell hard on his left side and was taken away by ambulance. Thomas is two seconds ahead of Slovenian Primoz Roglic in the overall standings. Lennard Kämna is sixth, 1:52 behind Thomas.
Several corona cases
On Sunday, overall leader Remco Evenepoel had already left the race because of a positive corona test. On Wednesday, his team Soudal-QuickStep reported four more cases. Jan Hirt, Josef Cerny, Louis Vervaeke and Mattia Cattaneo tested positive for the corona virus. From Team AG2R Andrea Vendrame had to retire with Covid-19, from Team Corratec Stefano Gandin. A total of 15 riders have already left the Giro due to Covid diseases.
Source: Stern
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