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Giacomo Nizzolo (Qhubeka Assos) was a very popular winner of stage 13 of the Giro d’Italia yesterday; his first Grand Tour stage win at the age of 32 years.
The Italian and European champion had finished 2nd no
fewer than 11 times at the Giro and made no mistake yesterday in finally breaking
his duck. However, compatriot Eduardo Affini (Jumbo-Visma) really made him work
for it.
For his 17 second sprint, Nizzolo hit a maximum speed of
78.3km per hour and averaged 76km per hour. The Italian, whose listed weight is
72kg, hit a top power output of 1,480 watts and his average power was 1,200
watts.
Affini went early – with a pursuiter’s effort off the front over 600m from the line - so his finishing burst was a long one, at 41 seconds. His maximum speed was 72.3km per hour and his average was 70.4km per hour. Listed as weighing 80kg, his maximum power at the finish yesterday was 1,090 watts and his average was 850 watts.
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The 198km stage came down to a bunch sprint after the
early breakaway men had been mopped up.
Affini pulled out a big gap, which forced Nizzolo to come
from a long way back and hit out for the line with over 300 metres to go. He
took a slight draft off Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates), who was first to
jump after Affini.
Nizzolo jumped around Gaviria and then dived to the right to get into the slipstream of Affini before powering past him in a very fast tailwind effort.
Affini hung on for 2nd and points classification leader Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe) was 3rd.
Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation) finished in the
bunch, in 65th, while Nicolas Roche (Team DSM) was 122nd at 51 seconds.
As all the favourites finished in the bunch there was no
change in the overall; Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) retaining his race lead.
Today’s stage 14 is 205km from Cittadella to the iconic Monte Zoncolan and promises to be one of the best stages of this year’s race.
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