2022 Giro d'Italia stage 19 by BikeRaceInfo

Koen Bouwman wins stage 19

Koen Bouwman gets his second stage win this Giro. RCS Sport photo

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Weather at the city of Udine, which the race route circles, at 1:50 PM, local time: 29C (84F), fair, with the wind from the southwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is just a 6% chance of rain.

Info about the route: A challenging mountain stage, crossing over to Slovenia and closing with a summit finish. Starting in Marano Lagunare, the route cuts across the lowlands all the way to the morainic hills around Fagagna and Majano. The stage course crosses Buja, reaches the Julian Prealps, runs past the Grotte di Villanova (a short but intense climb) and tackles the Passo di Tanamea. The route enters Slovenia through the Uccea pass, leading directly to Kobarid (Caporetto). Here, the peloton will tackle Mt. Kolovrat, ascending at nearly 10% for 10 km (with gradients easing off for a short stretch halfway up the climb). After clearing the Passo Solarie, a long false-flat down leads back to Italy, snaking through the woods. Starting in Cividale del Friuli, the peloton will tackle the closing climb to the Castelmonte sanctuary.

Final kilometers:
The final climb is approximately 7 km long, with a short downhill stretch after 2.5 km. The sharpest gradients (up to 13%) are found at the foot of the climb, and when the road starts to go up again after the fall. The roadway is wide and well surfaced. The home straight is on tarmac road.

The race: Jefferson Cepeda (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli) did not start. Before the peloton hit the Kolovrat Pass, Richie Porte (INEOS Grenadiers), troubled with stomach problems, abandoned. This deprives GC leader Richard Carapaz of one of his most valuable helpers.

Stage 19 start

It's a beautiful day in Italy and it's time to start stage 19. RCS Sport photo

Here's the report from stage winner Koen Bouwman's Team Jumbo-Visma:

Koen Bouwman has scored an impressive double in the nineteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia. The 28-year-old Dutchman won his second stage and secured the blue mountain jersey. If he arrives safely in Verona on Sunday, he will be the first Dutchman to win the Giro mountain jersey.

After the eighteenth stage, Bouwman announced that he would try to get in the breakaway. He kept his word and joined Edoardo Affini in a sizeable leading group. After the blue jersey wearer had already taken the points on the first two climbs, he was also first on the Kolovrat.

On the final climb, five men were left and although there were several attempts, nobody managed to get away. Bouwman was the first to sprint, accelerated shortly after coming out of the corner, and then finished it off.

"This is a dream come true. Winning one stage was already special, but the fact that I have won two now is super special. I have no words for it", Bouwman said. "Before the Giro, I could have never imagined this. I came here as a domestique and now I go home with two stage wins and the blue jersey. Bizarre!"

According to Bouwman, securing the blue jersey was the main goal for today. "With one stage win, the blue jersey would be the icing on the cake. I never thought I would do a double here this morning, although I felt terrific. Edo helped me get into the front group and his hard work gave us a big lead on the peloton. This victory is also his."

Attila Valter tried to prevent a sprint in the final kilometres, unlike Bouwman. "I reacted to every attempt and counted on my sprint. Because I had already won once, I dared to gamble a bit. I knew that there was a left turn just before the finish and that I had to take it first. I did that and fortunately, it proved to be enough."

Bouwman is the first Dutchman to call himself the Giro mountain king and the fourth Dutchman, after Gert-Jan Theunisse, Steven Rooks and Joop Zoetemelk, to take the mountain jersey on a grand tour. "I am very proud to be among them, although it is not a list where I belong, looking at my list of honours. I am thrilled that everything has come together this Giro."

Sports director Addy Engels was delighted. "Since the loss of our classification men, we have ridden very aggressively and this is the result. It has been a very successful Giro."

Complete results:

Stage 19 photos

178 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.133 km/hr

1	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	4hr 32min 55sec
2	Mauro Schmid	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
3	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	@ 3sec
4	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	0:06
5	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	0:10
6	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Fenix	2:45
7	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	3:49
8	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	3:56
9	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
11	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	3:59
12	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
13	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	4:01
14	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	4:03
15	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	4:21
16	Juan Pedro Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
17	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
18	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	5:02
20	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	5:04
21	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	5:21
22	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	5:25
23	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	5:38
24	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	7:05
25	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	8:19
26	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	8:28
27	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	9:14
28	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	9:45
29	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	9:51
30	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
31	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	10:06
32	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	10:22
33	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
34	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
36	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	10:40
37	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	10:50
38	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	14:29
39	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
40	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	15:21
41	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	17:16
42	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	17:22
43	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	17:56
44	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
45	William Barta	Movistar	19:27
46	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
47	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
48	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
49	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
50	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	19:47
51	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
54	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
55	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
56	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
57	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
58	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
59	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	23:31
60	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	24:20
61	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
62	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
63	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
64	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
65	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
66	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
67	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
68	Jose Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
69	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
70	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
71	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
72	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
73	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
74	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
75	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
76	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
77	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
78	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
79	Callum Scotson	BikeExchange-Jayco	26:04
80	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	26:30
81	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
82	Mathieu Van Der Poel	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
83	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
84	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
85	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	s.t.
86	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	27:40
87	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
88	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
89	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
90	Barnabas Peak	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
91	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
92	Alexander Cataford	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
93	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
94	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
95	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
96	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
98	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
99	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
100	Simone Ravanelli	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
101	Christopher Juul-Jensen	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
102	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	28:19
103	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	28:27
104	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	28:30
105	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
106	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	28:47
107	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	30:06
108	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	30:34
109	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
110	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
111	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
112	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
113	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	30:39
114	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	31:52
115	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	33:41
116	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	35:29
117	Filippo Tagliani	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
118	Michael Hepburn	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
119	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
120	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	35:32
121	Jenthe Biermans	Israel-Premier Tech	35:36
122	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
123	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
124	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
125	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
126	Wesley Kreder	Cofidis	s.t.
127	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
128	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
129	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
130	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
131	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
132	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
133	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
134	Andrii Ponomar	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
135	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
136	Davide Villella	Cofidis	s.t.
137	Pieter Serry	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	35:43
138	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
139	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	35:46
140	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
141	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
142	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
143	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
144	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
145	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
146	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
147	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
148	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	35:57
149	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
150	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.

GC after stage 19:

GC leader: Richard Carapaz (INEOS Grenadiers)
Mountains classification leader: Koen Bouwman (Jumbo-Visma). There are not enough KOM points left to to take the lead from him.
Points classification leader: Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ)
Best young rider: Juan Pedro Lopez (Trek-Segafredo)
Team classification leader: Bahrain Victorious

3,264.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.148 km/hr

1	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	81hr 18min 12sec
2	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 3sec
3	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	1:05
4	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	5:53
5	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	6:22
6	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	7:15
7	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	8:21
8	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	12:55
9	Juan Pedro Lopez	Trek-Segafredo	15:29
10	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	17:10
11	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	18:11
12	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	20:40
13	Lucas Hamilton	BikeExchange-Jayco	25:26
14	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	25:45
15	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	30:29
16	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	34:01
17	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	36:46
18	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	42:52
19	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	44:24
20	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	57:48
21	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	1:01:09
22	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	1:06:23
23	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	1:08:11
24	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:18:06
25	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	1:23:44
26	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	1:33:13
27	Mauri Vansevenant	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:46:29
28	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	1:49:19
29	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	1:55:26
30	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	1:57:04
31	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:57:31
32	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	1:58:44
33	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	1:58:52
34	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	2:00:23
35	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:06:23
36	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	2:09:46
37	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	2:09:47
38	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	2:13:32
39	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	2:18:19
40	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	2:20:13
41	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	2:21:00
42	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:22:22
43	Mattias Ensen	Trek-Segafredo	2:24:13
44	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	2:25:39
45	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	2:27:02
46	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	2:27:37
47	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	2:40:34
48	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	2:41:35
49	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	2:42:07
50	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	2:42:54
51	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:43:05
52	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:45:10
53	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	2:45:16
54	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:49:37
55	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	2:50:23
56	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	2:56:06
57	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	2:56:17
58	Mathieu Van Der Poel	Alpecin-Fenix	2:58:34
59	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	2:59:30
60	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	2:59:31
61	William Barta	Movistar	3:01:14
62	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	3:03:39
63	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	3:06:51
64	Jose Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	3:08:10
65	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	3:09:27
66	Mauro Schmid	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	3:12:33
67	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	3:13:09
68	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	3:16:32
69	Davide Villella	Cofidis	3:17:01
70	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	3:19:22
71	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	3:19:58
72	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	3:20:42
73	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	3:23:27
74	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	3:25:42
75	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	3:26:33
76	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	3:31:21
77	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	3:35:53
78	Callum Scotson	BikeExchange-Jayco	3:38:12
79	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	3:40:44
80	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	3:41:14
81	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
82	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	3:41:44
83	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	3:45:29
84	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	3:48:56
85	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	3:50:24
86	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	3:51:10
87	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	3:55:31
88	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	3:56:07
89	Simone Ravanelli	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	3:56:57
90	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	3:58:18
91	Alessandro De Marchi	Israel-Premier Tech	3:58:26
92	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	3:59:47
93	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	4:04:21
94	Pierre-Luc Périchon	Cofidis	4:04:55
95	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	4:06:22
96	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	4:09:45
97	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	4:10:20
98	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Fenix	4:18:15
99	Alexander Cataford	Israel-Premier Tech	4:20:13
100	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	4:22:13
101	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	4:24:07
102	Christopher Juul-Jensen	BikeExchange-Jayco	4:24:20
103	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	4:27:45
104	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	4:32:40
105	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	4:33:55
106	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	4:34:00
107	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	4:37:18
108	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:43:14
109	Barnabas Peak	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:44:31
110	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:45:40
111	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	4:46:33
112	Michael Hepburn	BikeExchange-Jayco	4:48:37
113	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	4:48:55
114	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	4:51:09
115	Andrii Ponomar	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	4:53:06
116	Nico Denz	Team DSM	4:56:37
117	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	4:59:21
118	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	5:00:03
119	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	5:00:45
120	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	5:01:29
121	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	5:01:37
122	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	5:04:40
123	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	5:05:30
124	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	5:07:09
125	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	5:08:14
126	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	5:08:45
127	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	5:14:08
128	Jenthe Biermans	Israel-Premier Tech	5:14:34
129	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	5:15:11
130	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	5:16:35
131	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	5:19:05
132	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	5:19:52
133	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	5:23:45
134	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	5:27:18
135	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	5:29:12
136	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	5:35:01
137	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	5:35:25
138	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	5:39:43
139	Wesley Kreder	Cofidis	5:40:52
140	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	5:42:12
141	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	5:43:59
142	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	5:44:50
143	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	5:45:22
144	Filippo Tagliani	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	5:47:54
145	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	5:54:27
146	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	6:02:58
147	Bert Van Lerberghe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	6:05:44
148	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	6:10:52
149	Pieter Serry	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	6:15:58
150	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	6:31:05