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2023 Giro d'Italia

106th edition: May 6 - 28, 2023
Stage 13: Friday, May 19

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Friday, May 19: Stage 13, ~~Borgofranco d'Ivrea~~ Le Chable - Crans Montana, ~~199~~ 74.6 km

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Einer Rubio wins stage 13. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish at Crans Montana, Switzerland, at 1:50 PM, local time: 15C (59F), cloudy, with the wind from the south at 10 km/hr (6 mph). there is currently a 17% chance of rain, growng to 50% at 4:00 PM.

The race: The Giro managment made this announcement: "Due to the adverse weather conditions, especially on the Italian side of the border, the Commission has decided to meet the athletes’ demands by applying the Extreme Weather Protocol. Stage 13 will thus be shortened, with the new Km 0 being set in the town of Le Chable, at the entrance to the Croix de Coeur. The final part of the stage will remain unchanged. The stage timetable will also remain unchanged." The stage start was re-scheduled to 3:00 PM.

The Giro moving to the new start city of Le Chable

The INEOS team warming up before the new stage start. From the start the riders immediately began climbing.

Ill with tracheitis (a bacterial infection of the windpipe), Mads Pederesen did not start.

Here's the race report from stage winner Einer Rubio's Team Movistar:

Colombian Einer Rubio from Team Movistar Team took his chances and claimed his maiden Grand Tour stage victory to emulate Mauricio Soler after his fellow countryman's 2011 Tour de Suisse success on the same mountain, with the same colours.

This is for you, Óscar Rodríguez! The bad taste from a 2023 Giro d’Italia so far bitter for the Movistar Team, was fully left behind with Einer Rubio’s success in Crans-Montana. The young Colombian, in his fourth season in Blue colors, bested enormously prestigious rivals to claim his second win of the season -the Blues’ 12th in 2023- and achieve his maiden Grand Tour stage victory with enormous intelligence.

The young man from Chíquiza had filtered into a top-class quintet with Valentin Paret-Peintre (ACT), Derek Gee (IPT) and those destined to be his main rivals at the end: Jefferson Cepeda (EFE) and Thibaut Pinot (GFC). The endless attacks from the veteran Frenchman over the 13km decisive ascent made Rubio suffer to his limit, yet the Colombian always managed to come back so he could reach the final kilometer with a shot at glory.

Einer launched his decisive move, raised his arms victorious and gave the Abarca Sports organisation a 127th Grand Tour stage win, breaking a four-year ‘drought’ for the Movistar Team as they also emulated Mauricio Soler. The former Blue member claimed here in Crans-Montana a famous victory in the 2011 Tour de Suisse, just days before his career-ending accident.
Einer Rubio:

“This is the great day I’ve been looking for for so long. I’ve worked so hard preparing for this Giro. The weather was so hard for me to cope with lately – the rain really affected me yesterday. But I knew I had to keep trying, seeking for my opportunity, and I had another one today. Thank you to God and everyone supporting me – my dream came true today.

“I knew Pinot was such a strong contender, and Cepeda was also one to keep an eye on. I ‘only’ had to let them take their turn, play my cards, and wait for the finish. I know I will be more aware in a few hours of what I have achieved today – I was only thinking here about giving it my all, thinking about the stage victory. Now it’s ours – so let’s enjoy this success!”

Complete results:

74.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 32.827 km/hr

1	Einer Rubio	Movistar	2hr 16min 21sec
2	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	@ 6sec
3	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	0:12
4	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	1:01
5	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	1:29
6	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
7	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	1:35
8	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
9	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
11	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
13	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
14	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	1:42
15	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	1:48
16	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	1:51
17	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	2:07
18	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
19	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
20	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
21	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	2:10
22	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	2:14
23	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	2:22
24	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	3:13
25	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	3:39
26	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
27	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	4:12
28	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	4:42
29	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	4:53
30	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
31	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
32	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	5:04
35	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	5:15
36	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	5:18
37	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	5:20
38	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	5:51
39	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	5:57
40	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	7:22
41	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	7:54
42	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	7:54
43	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	8:35
44	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	10:44
45	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	11:10
46	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	11:13
47	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	11:28
48	Carlos Verona	Movistar	11:53
49	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	12:06
50	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	12:42
51	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	14:38
52	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	16:02
53	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	20:56
54	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
56	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
57	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
58	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
59	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
60	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
61	Nico Denz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
62	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
63	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
64	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
65	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
66	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
67	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
68	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
69	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
70	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
71	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
72	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
73	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
74	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
75	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
76	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
77	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
78	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
79	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
81	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
82	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
84	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
85	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
86	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
87	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
88	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
90	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	s.t.
91	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
92	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
93	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
94	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
95	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
96	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
97	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
98	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
99	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
100	Karel Vacek	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
101	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
102	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
103	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
104	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
105	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
106	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
107	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
108	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
109	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
110	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
111	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
112	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
113	Veljko Stojnic	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
114	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
115	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
116	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
117	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	21:10
118	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	21:11
119	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	s.t.
120	Davide Ballerini	Soudal Quick-Step	21:14
121	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
122	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
123	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	24:07
124	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
125	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
126	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
127	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
128	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
129	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	24:17
130	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	24:32
131	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
132	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
133	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
134	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
135	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	25:23

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GC after stage 13:

GC leader: Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers)
Mountains classification leader: Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ)
Points classification leader: Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers)
Best young rider: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates)
Teams classification leader: Jumbo-Visma

2,077.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.465 km/hr

1	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	51hr 20min 1sec
2	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	@ 2sec
3	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	0:22
4	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	0:42
5	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	1:28
6	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	1:52
7	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	2:32
8	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	2:45
9	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	3:08
10	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	3:13
11	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	3:16
12	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	3:20
13	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	5:12
14	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	6:24
15	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	6:38
16	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	7:33
17	Einer Rubio	Movistar	9:23
18	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	9:43
19	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	12:18
20	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	13:52
21	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	15:20
22	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	16:31
23	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	18:37
24	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	22:51
25	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	23:09
26	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	23:22
27	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	24:08
28	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	25:20
29	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	26:38
30	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	27:32
31	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	28:03
32	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	29:04
33	William Barta	Movistar	29:40
34	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	31:23
35	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	31:34
36	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	32:43
37	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	33:34
38	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	35:25
39	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	39:00
40	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	42:37
41	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	43:05
42	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	44:33
43	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	45:40
44	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	51:45
45	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	53:01
46	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	53:58
47	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	54:47
48	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	56:04
49	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	58:40
50	Nico Denz	BORA-hansgrohe	1:02:09
51	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	1:03:12
52	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	1:04:13
53	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	1:04:51
54	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:09:12
55	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	1:10:22
56	François Bidard	Cofidis	1:11:32
57	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	1:12:46
58	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	1:16:30
59	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	1:16:34
60	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	1:16:49
61	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	1:18:07
62	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	1:18:28
63	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	1:20:39
64	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	1:21:23
65	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	1:22:21
66	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	1:22:26
67	Carlos Verona	Movistar	1:22:49
68	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	1:25:37
69	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:27:50
70	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	1:29:45
71	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	1:29:53
72	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	1:29:54
73	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	1:31:21
74	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:33:01
75	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	1:33:49
76	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	1:34:48
77	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	1:35:55
78	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	1:36:42
79	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	1:38:19
80	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	1:38:28
81	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	1:39:02
82	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	1:39:37
83	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	1:45:34
84	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	1:47:02
85	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	1:47:36
86	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	1:53:17
87	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	1:54:13
88	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	1:54:38
89	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	1:55:00
90	Karel Vacek	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:55:21
91	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	1:57:04
92	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	1:57:35
93	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:58:10
94	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	1:59:50
95	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	2:01:29
96	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	2:01:57
97	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:02:25
98	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:04:43
99	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	2:04:57
100	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	2:05:26
101	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:05:49
102	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	2:09:17
103	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	2:09:27
104	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	2:10:32
105	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	2:11:40
106	Davide Ballerini	Soudal Quick-Step	2:14:53
107	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	2:14:58
108	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:17:15
109	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	2:17:38
110	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	2:18:40
111	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:20:48
112	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:21:56
113	Max Kanter	Movistar	2:22:20
114	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	2:23:01
115	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	2:25:56
116	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	2:27:04
117	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	2:27:13
118	Veljko Stojnic	Corratec-Selle Italia	2:27:16
119	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	2:28:14
120	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	2:28:19
121	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:28:22
122	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	2:28:45
123	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	2:29:21
124	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:29:38
125	Albert Torres	Movistar	2:31:40
126	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	2:36:26
127	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	2:36:35
128	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	2:37:33
129	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	2:39:42
130	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Corratec-Selle Italia	2:39:59
131	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	2:40:30
132	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:44:00
133	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	2:44:28
134	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	2:45:03
135	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	2:49:05