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2026-05-22T14:53:54.838Z
A group of four came together behind, from which Stuyven sprints for third place.
2026-05-22T14:53:26.198Z
Leknessund holds on for second place.
2026-05-22T14:53:04.190Z
ALBERTO BETTIOL WINS
And he’s done it, victory for Alberto Bettiol, and another for XDS Astana!
2026-05-22T14:51:36.036Z
1KM TO GO
Bettiol’s almost there!
2026-05-22T14:50:35.326Z
Bettiol is growing his lead on the flat. He has 30 seconds on Leknessund and 45 seconds on Kench and Valgren.
2026-05-22T14:49:57.779Z
The peloton are on the final climb now, but no sign of any GC action.
2026-05-22T14:49:00.179Z
Just 3km left to the finish, it doesn’t look like Leknessund, or any of the others, will be able to catch Bettiol.
2026-05-22T14:47:48.804Z
It’s flat all the way to the finish from here.
2026-05-22T14:47:26.984Z
There was a dodgy moment for Bettiol when he nearly lost his balence over a speed bump, but he’s OK.
2026-05-22T14:46:45.583Z
5KM TO GO
Bettiol is getting closer and closer to the finish, maintaining his lead.
2026-05-22T14:43:33.650Z
Bettiol still has a few more kilometres of descending until the road flattens out.
2026-05-22T14:42:25.258Z
10KM TO GO
Still Bettiol leads by 20 seconds, he’s looking very good for the win.
2026-05-22T14:40:46.882Z
Valgren and Kench are together behind Leknessund.
2026-05-22T14:40:21.181Z
And he’s maintaing his lead on the descent.
2026-05-22T14:39:16.397Z
Bettiol is flying – he’s put 20 seconds into Leknessund in no time!
2026-05-22T14:38:48.923Z
KOM – UNGIASCA
That’s an explosive attack by the Italian, and he leads by a few seconds as he goes over the summit.
2026-05-22T14:38:00.725Z
Bettiol catches him…and Bettiol flies past him!
2026-05-22T14:37:09.893Z
Leknessund is holding the gap though.
2026-05-22T14:36:32.797Z
Bettiol is only a few seconds behind with 500m left to climb.
2026-05-22T14:35:17.416Z
Bettiol is coming back to him, with just 1km left to climb.
2026-05-22T14:34:47.053Z
Bettiol is chasing a few seconds behind, Kench and Valgren further behind him.
2026-05-22T14:34:16.638Z
And Leknessund has a gap.
2026-05-22T14:33:57.905Z
ATTACK – LEKNESSUND
Leknessund uses a steep gradient to attack!
2026-05-22T14:33:29.458Z
Stuyven, Aaerts, Sevilla and Busatto are in a group behind Donovan.
2026-05-22T14:32:43.689Z
Donovan is alone chasing behind, only a few seconds back.
2026-05-22T14:32:10.689Z
Kench is doing all the work, with 2km still to climb.
2026-05-22T14:31:41.219Z
Only three riders can keep up with Kench: Bettiol, Leknessund and Valgren.
2026-05-22T14:31:09.378Z
Huens is done, and Kench takes over.
2026-05-22T14:30:33.320Z
Bjerg is dropped, as is Warbasse.
2026-05-22T14:30:16.704Z
The biggest names are massing behind Hench, with Bettiol, Leknessund and Stuyven right there.
2026-05-22T14:29:42.451Z
Huens leads the group through the Red Bull KM, nobody showing any interest in the bonus seconds.
2026-05-22T14:28:40.097Z
Huens is setting a fast pace, stringing out the group and helping his teammate Kench by making this climb hard.
2026-05-22T14:28:03.481Z
This is getting very tense.
2026-05-22T14:27:52.055Z
Jacobs is done, and his teammate Huens has taken over the pace-setting.
2026-05-22T14:27:26.546Z
Jacobs leads the break onto the climb!
2026-05-22T14:26:12.964Z
The Ungiasca is both longer (4.7km) and steeper (7%) that the previous effort, and we’re sure to have attacks in the break on it.
2026-05-22T14:25:24.420Z
20KM TO GO
The peloton are 11:42 behind the leaders, and yet to start the first climb.
2026-05-22T14:24:51.728Z
There were no attacks on that climb then, so everything’s going to come down to the final effort, the Ungiasca.
2026-05-22T14:24:05.872Z
KOM – BIENO
Sevilla does indeed take the points, as they go over the top.
2026-05-22T14:23:34.985Z
Sevilla will be after the KOM points.
2026-05-22T14:23:18.756Z
Now the two Polti riders take over at the front, as they near the summit.
2026-05-22T14:22:56.637Z
Bettiol moves up to second in line behind Jacobs, with Valgren in third.
2026-05-22T14:21:25.317Z
Jacobs is the Groupama rider at the front, and still it’s him setting the pace. Nobody has been dropped, though.
2026-05-22T14:20:31.753Z
They’re working for Josh Kench, who has been climbing well these past two weeks.
2026-05-22T14:19:59.277Z
Groupama is the best represented team in the group with three, and one of their men is leading the group up the climb.
2026-05-22T14:18:32.533Z
The break swings to the left and start climbing. The race is on!
2026-05-22T14:16:07.580Z
The first of the two climbs, Bieno, is the easier one, lasting 2.4km at 5.7%.
2026-05-22T14:12:15.224Z
30KM TO GO
We’re nearing the finale now, the break holding a lead of 11 minutes.
2026-05-22T14:08:01.098Z
The breakaway has just gone through the intermediate sprint, with Sevilla leading them to take the maximum points.
2026-05-22T14:06:29.891Z
Andreas Leknessund is a rider who has come closer than most in the break to winning a Giro stage, having finished second behind Narváez on stage eight. He’s a breakaway specialist, and will no doubt have a plan of when and how to make a move.
2026-05-22T14:02:36.818Z
40KM TO GO
Only about 15km left until the breakaway start climbing, their lead nearing 11 minutes.
2026-05-22T13:58:03.058Z
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2026-05-22T13:55:40.734Z
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2026-05-22T13:54:05.898Z
Bettiol also has the distinction of being the only rider in the break to already have a Giro stage win on his palmares.
2026-05-22T13:51:41.350Z
XDS Astana have been one of the teams of this Giro, with two stage wins already, and could well win another with Alberto Bettiol in the break. He’s been lively already this Giro and, though without a win of any sort since June 2024, has in the past proven himself capable of bringing brilliant performances out the bag from nowhere.
2026-05-22T13:49:48.009Z
50KM TO GO
10:30 is the gap. Not long now until the race wakes up, with the climbs approaching
2026-05-22T13:45:36.055Z
Bahrain Victorious leading the peloton.
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2026-05-22T13:43:10.301Z
Michael Valgren is another quality puncheur in the break, and has previously stated his intent of winning a stage at this Giro. He’s already had a World Tour win on Italian roads this year, at Tirreno-Adriatico, but he’s never won at Grand Tour level in his illustrious career.
2026-05-22T13:36:21.425Z
60KM TO GO
10:19 is the gap as Bahrain lead the peloton, four domestiques pulling for Afonso Eulálio.
2026-05-22T13:32:37.874Z
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2026-05-22T13:31:51.608Z
The gap’s grown out to over ten minutes for the first today, and one of the first times this whole Giro.
2026-05-22T13:28:42.553Z
Toon Aerts is a dangerous man in the event of a group finish. The Belgian would have won the stage yesterday had Segaert not managed to slip away in the finale as he sprinted for second-place, and today has got himself in the break once again.
2026-05-22T13:25:02.447Z
70KM TO GO
The gap’s holding steady, at 9:45. There’s still about 40km until the first of the two climbs, though the road is going slightly uphill and will continue so for a while.
2026-05-22T13:21:17.901Z
UAE have been the most successful team in terms of stage wins at this Giro so far, and, having done so much work to help his teammates win previously, today it’s down to Mikkel Bjerg to try and add a fifth. He has one hell of a motor, and will surely try to clip clear at some point and attempt to win solo.
2026-05-22T13:20:26.469Z
One of the breakaway riders, Francesco Busatto, has needed a bike change.
2026-05-22T13:17:02.841Z
So which of the fifteen riders in the break is best equipped to come out on top and take the stage win today?
With classics, Grand Tour stages and a monument on his palmares Jasper Stuyven is perhaps the best record of them, but he has yet to win a stage at the Giro despite having come so close with a second place finish behind Ballerini in Naples earlier this race. On paper he may well be the quickest in a sprint, but will the stage be decided that way or can rider(s) break clear?
2026-05-22T13:11:29.098Z
80KM TO GO
Bahrain Victorious are happy to lead the peloton at a steady pace, allowing the gap to grow a little more, to 9:45.
2026-05-22T13:06:40.679Z
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2026-05-22T13:03:30.742Z
This is a pleasantly relaxed day in the pink jersey for Afonso Eulálio.
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2026-05-22T13:00:02.083Z
Another team notable by their absence in the break is Movistar. They have been one of the chief animators at this race, and have so far been unlucky not to have landed a stage. But none of their roster who were so impressive yesterday in dropping the sprinters on the final climbs have managed to get up the road successfully today.
2026-05-22T12:58:42.792Z
90KM TO GO
9:20 is the break’s lead now.
2026-05-22T12:53:44.502Z
One team that will be frustrated at missing out on the break will be Lidl-Trek. They’re still without a stage win at this Giro, and today’s late climbs looked like they could have been a perfect launchpad for their man Ciccone. After last year’s superb race in which they seemed to light up every stage, they’re now starting to run out of time to get anything out of this race.
2026-05-22T12:47:53.225Z
100KM TO GO
Still the gap grows. It’s now up to nine minutes. That puts Kilech to within sight of the top 20 on GC.
2026-05-22T12:45:09.501Z
Damiano Caruso is one of the Bahrain riders tasked with looking after Afonso Eulálio in the Maglia Rosa. He said yesterday that he still intends to retire at the end of the season, but hopes to ride the Tour de France one last time before then.
2026-05-22T12:43:52.505Z
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2026-05-22T12:36:25.297Z
110KM TO GO
This is one of the biggest gaps we’ve seen all Giro. It’s now gone up to over eight minutes.
2026-05-22T12:32:11.074Z
There’s a long flat section for the riders to enjoy, but in such a big group, at some point hostilities will ignite in the lead group as they begin the battle of wits and stength to try and plot a way to win defeat the other 14 and win the stage.
2026-05-22T12:26:56.936Z
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2026-05-22T12:21:32.273Z
120KM TO GO
The peloton has allowed the breakaway a huge lead. They’re now 7 minutes up the road, and surely won’t be caught.
2026-05-22T12:20:53.981Z
Eulálio’s happy again now, and is back in the bunch.
2026-05-22T12:20:32.446Z
Eulálio is unhappy with something. He’s with his team car having a talk, sorting an issue with his shoe
2026-05-22T12:14:35.072Z
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2026-05-22T12:11:01.573Z
Bahrain-Victorious have taken over the pace-setting in the peloton and are riding tempo.
2026-05-22T12:09:57.639Z
130KM TO GO
The gap to the peloton and the fifteen leaders continues to grow. It’s now up to 5:20.
2026-05-22T12:08:28.062Z
NSN have stopped chasing, and the gap to the break has consequently ballooned up to almost five minutes. This is looking very promising for this break’s chances of surviving to the finish.
2026-05-22T12:06:52.155Z
Josh Kench is the highest ranked rider on GC in the break, and he’s down in 27th overall at 20:50. So there’s no need for the GC teams to chase.
2026-05-22T12:04:31.472Z
Eleven teams are represented in this break, which means that twelve teams have missed the move. Although it is a big group full of strong riders, it isn’t guaranteed to make it to the finish, if there are enough teams willing to help NSN to bring it back.
2026-05-22T12:02:01.131Z
The fifteen riders in full:
Jasper Stuyven (Soudal-QuickStep), Alberto Bettiol (XDS Astana), Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates XRG), Michael Valgren (EF Education-Easypost), Andreas Leknessund, Markus Hoelgaard (both Uno-X Mobility), Toon Aerts (Lotto Intermarché), Larry Warbasse (Tudor), Johan Jacobs, Axel Huens, Josh Kench (all Groupama-FDJ), Francesco Busatto (Alpecin-Premier Tech), Mark Donovan (Pinarello Q36.5), Mirco Maestri, Diego Pablo Sevilla (both Polti VisitMalta)
2026-05-22T12:01:40.213Z
The groups have at last come together, so we now have our full break of the day.
2026-05-22T11:58:36.248Z
Meanwhile the chasing quartet can now see the leaders and are only 15 seconds behind. They’ll make the catch soon.
2026-05-22T11:58:00.935Z
Mullen might be trying to ride hard, but he’s not bringing the leaders any closer. They have 3:30 on the peloton.
2026-05-22T11:54:37.572Z
Leemreize was on a hiding to nothing, and has been caught.
2026-05-22T11:53:53.948Z
The peloton hasn’t sat up, though. Team NSN are setting a pace with Mullen, having missed the move.
2026-05-22T11:53:18.387Z
The chase group has 30 seconds to make up on the leaders, but are a whole three minutes up on the peloton.
2026-05-22T11:50:36.557Z
Now we wait to see if the chasing four can join them.
2026-05-22T11:50:17.923Z
The chasing five have caught the leading six.
2026-05-22T11:49:34.433Z
The 6 riders leading the race.
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2026-05-22T11:48:41.315Z
So the peloton has sat up now, but how long will it take for these two chase groups to join the leaders?
2026-05-22T11:46:44.387Z
150KM TO GO
These chase groups are having a hard time bridging up to the lead group. The first chase group is still 30 seconds behind and the second chase group 50 seconds behind, while the peloton is at over three minutes now.
2026-05-22T11:44:58.202Z
Another group formed unseen behind the two lead groups and ahead of Gijs Leemreize, containing Aaerts, Kench, Huens and Hoelgaard.
2026-05-22T11:41:53.832Z
This does appear to be it though. The gaps are growing, with the leaders 1:40 ahead, and the chase group 1:10 ahead.
2026-05-22T11:41:06.352Z
There are still some riders unhappy, and Gijs Leemreize jumps out of the peloton to chase.
2026-05-22T11:39:29.037Z
This might be it now though, the pace is down in the peloton, which is now bunching together.
2026-05-22T11:38:52.875Z
Ganna and Turner have been caught, but the peloton had to go deep to do so, and is now all stretched out.
2026-05-22T11:35:57.065Z
Despite the increasing gap, Ganna isn’t giving up! He’s just attacked out of the peloton with Turner.
2026-05-22T11:35:09.722Z
160KM TO GO
The 7-man lead group is now a 6-man lead group, as Rojas has been dropped out of it. They lead the chase group of 5 by 25 seconds, and neaarly have a minute on the peloton.
2026-05-22T11:33:49.191Z
Now Sean Flynn tries an attack. There seems to be a desire in the peloton though for the riders already up the road to form the break, and for no other riders to go clear and join them.
2026-05-22T11:31:21.703Z
Mick van Dijke tried an attack out the peloton but wasn’t allowed to go clear, now Corbin Strong is.
2026-05-22T11:29:48.301Z
The Bjerg group is 20 seconds behind the leading seven, and 15 seconds ahead of the peloton.
2026-05-22T11:29:13.193Z
Correction – Bjerg, Stuyven and Bettiol are with Maestri and Busatto in a group behind the leading seven. The big group of 20 behind have been caught by the peloton.
2026-05-22T11:27:55.184Z
Eulálio is backin the peloton.
2026-05-22T11:27:10.484Z
Bjerg, Stuyven and Bettiol are among those in this group.
2026-05-22T11:26:37.293Z
Those groups have come together, so there are now about 20 riders together trying to chase the 7 leaders.
2026-05-22T11:24:44.801Z
Not one but two different chase groups have formed behind the leading seven.
2026-05-22T11:23:07.687Z
Ganna attacks out of the peloton again. The Italian is really up for it today, on a stage that visits his home town.
2026-05-22T11:22:00.956Z
Flat tyre for Afonso Eulálio. The pink jersey has needed to change bikes.
2026-05-22T11:21:31.807Z
170KM TO GO
The seven leaders have some work to do to establish themselves as the break of the day, with their lead still only a slender 10 seconds.
2026-05-22T11:19:39.970Z
The Ganna group has been caught.
2026-05-22T11:19:19.181Z
Jacobs, Donovan and Sevilla are the other three riders in the lead group of seven.
2026-05-22T11:17:00.837Z
Now a chase group has formed, an Ganna is present in it.
2026-05-22T11:15:21.046Z
As well as Leknessund, Warbasse, Valgren and Rojas are there, plus three others.
2026-05-22T11:14:33.459Z
Their lead’s up to 10 seconds now.
2026-05-22T11:12:46.918Z
Seven new riders form a group, including Leknessund, and have a few seconds of a lead.
2026-05-22T11:11:47.070Z
180KM TO GO
Milan had a few riders with him, but they’ve been brought back.
2026-05-22T11:10:24.575Z
Milan is the latest tot try a move, and for once doesn’t have Magnier glued to his wheel.
2026-05-22T11:07:51.747Z
Bjerg is looking especially keen, and is doing some big pulls to try and go clear.
2026-05-22T11:06:14.615Z
Lots of attacks right from the flag but nobody has managed to get a gap yet.
2026-05-22T11:04:19.273Z
OFFICIAL START
And they’re off!
2026-05-22T11:03:53.880Z
It’s a narrow road as they reach KM 0, so not much room to make an attack.
2026-05-22T10:59:17.134Z
Just 2km now until the riders see the flag for the official start.
2026-05-22T10:57:50.234Z
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2026-05-22T10:51:25.156Z
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2026-05-22T10:45:09.540Z
Alessandria is the location for the stage start, and the riders have set off from the unofficial start.
2026-05-22T10:44:02.241Z
For anyone wishing to put time into Jonas Vingegaard, they might have missed their best opportunity. Yesterday, the Dane revealed that he had been suffering from illness – but also that he now feels recovered.
2026-05-22T10:37:52.435Z
And perhaps even a GC day? The final climb is both steep enough and near enough to the finish to potentially provide a launchpad for someone seeking to gain some valuable seconds; especially if the breakaway is caught by then, in which case the bonus seconds available on offer at the foot of the climb at the Red Bull KM would also come into play
2026-05-22T10:35:01.964Z
That means that, despite the long stretch of flat kilometres, this is set to be another exciting day, with many riders desperate to get into the breakaway.
2026-05-22T10:33:59.517Z
Were it not for the final 25km, this would have been unambiguously a stage for the Giro. But rarely wishing for anything straightforward, the organisers have included two late climbs blow this race open for all other kinds of riders, from breakaway specialists who will try and get into a move at the start of the day, puncheurs who might try an attack on them, or even GC riders who might spy an opportunity to gain some time.
2026-05-22T10:28:42.815Z
Hello and welcome to stage 13 of the Giro d’Italia!