00:04Grazie a tutti.
00:30In the direction of the mighty dried up lake that is the Piana del Fucino, the Fucino Flats and that's
00:37why we're expecting a sprint finish.
00:39Two big finishing circuits in and around the edge of that dried lake in San Benedetto de Marsi.
00:46An opportunity for the teams who do have sprinters to really make their presence in this race count.
00:52I'm specifically thinking of net company Ineos and Durian Gugon and Fernando Gafiria at Pajarual Seguros RGA.
00:59Well, what you've just seen was the only King of the Mountains point of the day after only 18 kilometres.
01:04The base climb of Vallico Colli Civitella and it was Emanuele Anzalone taking the five points there as well to
01:14add to his King of the Mountains collection.
01:16Well, a breakaway of six riders forged after that.
01:18Two of them were SWAT club riders, Giacomo Garavaglia and Manuel Oiolli.
01:24The others with them as well, Michele Pascarella of the Solution Tech Nippo Rally team.
01:30Omer Ramon, the Israeli rider from NSN's Devo team.
01:35And Jack Makikon, the American rider for EF Education A Overload.
01:41But they had with them Filippo D'Auto, the man who had been in the King of the Mountains jersey
01:45after stage one, lost it on stage two.
01:50The six of them worked well together.
01:51At one point they had in excess, or just under, I should say, five minutes.
01:56They came to the finish line for the start of those two laps together.
01:59Net company Ineos still chasing, thinking about Dorian Godon, the Frenchman who was sat at the back there.
02:05The gap was coming down, but it became evident on the first lap of the finishing circuits around San Benedetto
02:12on the edge of the dried-out lake
02:13that the breakaway was not working together quite as well as they might like.
02:18Manuel Anceloni enjoying his day out, having scored maximum points on the only climb.
02:24Job done by him and his very strong Tech Nippo team.
02:2833km to go, but it was 1.25, and we only had two remaining riders from the breakaway as well.
02:33It was Manuel Aioli of the SWAT club, and Filippo D'Auto.
02:38D'Auto, though, was absolutely flying.
02:41Aioli was doing a few turns, but the rest of the time hanging on to an absolutely sizzling Filippo D
02:49'Auto, who was flying on this day.
02:51He'd already dropped the rest of these riders, and they had as they surged on together,
02:55and eventually the remaining four would be absorbed by the peloton,
02:59where Cahu and Rao Seguros RGA were adding to the chasing.
03:02This was the moment, though, that Filippo D'Auto said goodbye to Manuel Aioli,
03:07who just could not hang on to his rear wheel any longer.
03:10And it was about 15km to go, that was.
03:13So look at this, inside 9km to go, 37 seconds.
03:16This, the sprint stage, every single day of the week,
03:20we would be expecting Filippo D'Auto to be caught,
03:23and they were closing all the time.
03:255km to go, but look at this, no let-up in his form,
03:30no flagging, no obvious signs of him tiring and fading.
03:34They were coming, no doubt about that,
03:36but for a long time he held the same speed as the peloton in those closing 10km,
03:41and that was him going under the Flamme Rouge.
03:44Filippo D'Auto was about to be caught.
03:46Net company Ineos were ready to release Dorian Godon,
03:50but suddenly the 200m to go sign.
03:52And look at this, Filippo D'Auto yet to sign a pro contract,
03:56rounding in on his second professional win of the season,
04:00and look how close it was.
04:02Filippo D'Auto with another massive breakthrough moment.
04:06and behind him, Dorian Godon winning the sprint,
04:09but it was the sprint for second place.
04:12Filippo D'Auto is in incredible form for the General Store SGB team,
04:18and look at that, two Frenchmen in the top 10,
04:23the rest all Italians.
04:25Alessandro Fancellu hangs on to his race lead,
04:28but it's still slender over yesterday's winner,
04:31then at Jask, it'll all go down to the final day,
04:34the fourth and final stage.
04:35Dorian Godon moves up to be in the lead
04:38of the points classification,
04:39ahead of D'Auto himself.
04:42And the climbers' standings extended today
04:44by Emanuele Anceloni,
04:45scoring the only points on the day
04:47and looking very good now
04:48to win that blue climbers jersey
04:50at the final stage tomorrow.
04:52Mathis Rondel continues to be the best young rider.
04:55We wait to see what he and his team can do, though,
04:58about the 10 and 8 seconds
04:59they have to Alessandro Fancellu.
05:02Filippo, you just saw the replay of the finish,
05:04so it's true, you are the winner.
05:06It was not a bunch sprint,
05:07you are the winner.
05:08Yes, I'm very happy.
05:10It's very hard to beat the group
05:12in a sprint stage,
05:15in the only one of this Giro d'Abruzzo.
05:19I go with Oiole in the last 30Ks
05:26and then I dropped
05:27and I arrived solo.
05:31It's unbelievable.
05:34I do what I want to do this morning.
05:38It looks like you looked back
05:40with three kilometers to go.
05:42Did you know where the peloton was?
05:45Yes, I say I heard in the radio,
05:49I have 20-25 seconds.
05:52I say, no, it's one more time
05:55I catch in the last two k's
05:58and then I arrived
06:04and it's fantastic.
06:07Is this the best day
06:08of your cycling career so far?
06:10I don't know.
06:11This and Copier Barteli.
06:16Maybe this is more spectacular
06:20because I do like 15Ks alone
06:24and it's very hard to do
06:26and I'm maybe, maybe yes.
06:30And you beat Tour de France teams,
06:33Tour de France riders
06:33who were sprinting behind you.
06:35How big is it for you?
06:39I'm just a Conti rider.
06:43I try in these years,
06:47I try to do my best
06:48and this is possible
06:53also for us,
06:56for the normal guy like me.
06:58Fantastico. Complimenti.
07:00Thank you.
07:01Alessandro, you are in the top 10
07:03in today's stage.
07:05It means you have witnessed
07:06this action of the Italian rider
07:09from Conti team who stayed away.
07:11Is that somehow fantastic
07:12as a cycling lover?
07:14Yeah, it was impressive.
07:15What Dayuto did today was
07:17was really impressive
07:19because in the peloton
07:20we were going really fast.
07:21Maybe in television,
07:23the people didn't realize
07:25but we were going always
07:2760 per hour
07:28and he could stay away.
07:31So, chapeau to him.
07:32The whole day,
07:33you've been very fast.
07:34This is the fastest
07:35average speed ever
07:36at Il Giro d'Abruzzo,
07:37more than 48 km an hour.
07:40How come was it so fast?
07:42Yeah, I don't know.
07:44But the breakaway was really strong.
07:46So, for us,
07:48it was perfect
07:49because we didn't want to give
07:51Doreen Godon any seconds for free
07:53with the bonification.
07:55so for us it was no problem.
07:57And when Ineos started to pull,
08:00they had maybe three minutes and a half,
08:03even four,
08:04so it's difficult to catch this time
08:09with some strong rider in the breakaway.
08:11Tomorrow's the big day.
08:13Who do you fear the most?
08:15I don't know.
08:16I have to look at the classification
08:19because I think that today
08:21there was some gap in the final
08:23but for sure
08:24the Tudor guys are second and third
08:28so for sure they will try to do something
08:30to win the stage and the GC.
08:32So, we have to control them
08:36but also Godon is not far.
08:38A lot of guys are really close
08:40and with the bonification
08:41everything could happen.
08:43So, that's it.
08:44That's it.
08:44Like yesterday,
08:46but your team was pulling very hard.
08:48Does it mean the guy at the front
08:50did something extraordinary?
08:52Yeah, the one rider at the front
08:54was super strong.
08:58I didn't expect that
08:59but we start to ride
09:01and it takes two minutes to 4.45
09:05so we need to put another guy
09:07and yeah, impressive.
09:10We have a super high average
09:12and a rider super fast all day
09:14so even with like small race like that
09:17everybody watch at you.
09:18Kara will help us
09:19but the guys is a time trial together
09:23so yeah, if nobody want to win
09:27and stay on the wheels
09:28it's a bit hard to control the world.
09:31Maybe the world to race is fixed
09:33but for me more teams
09:37less teams don't look at each other
09:39and yeah, it's maybe easy to arrive for a sprint.
09:42with the time bonus
09:44and a little bit of a time gap
09:46you are now fourth on GC
09:4711 seconds down.
09:49Are you going for the overall win tomorrow
09:51or racing for Kevin Volkerland?
09:53Yeah, I ask the team of the leader
09:56if they're just for courtoisie
09:58to ride today
09:59and they didn't ride,
10:00they didn't ride the first day
10:02so tomorrow with Kevin
10:04we go for the leader jersey
10:06if it's super hard
10:07but I'm in shape
10:08and yeah, we deserve a win
10:12this week so
10:14tomorrow we do what we can
10:18and we try without regret.
10:20Thank you.
10:23You are going again in the race
10:25to win some points
10:28for the mission to be completed?
10:30Yes, today the goal was to try to get some points
10:35I was able to win the Grand Prix from the mountain
10:36and then I tried to relax the energy
10:39because I spent a lot of money
10:41and the advantage is good
10:43mathematically we don't have the jersey
10:45but now we'll rest
10:47then tomorrow is another day
10:48and we'll try to bring it home
10:50and tomorrow is the big step
10:51tomorrow is the big step
10:53tomorrow is the big step
10:53for the captain
10:55I'll try to go to the attack
10:56to see if I can do some points
10:58or if I can do only 2nd class
11:00and I'll fight for the flag
11:02and a good job for you?
11:04Yes, yes, more than that
11:06I think we can do a little bit
11:07two steps in the run
11:09obviously a little bit of a bit
11:10for not to have gotten a great result
11:12but the flag is also good for me
11:15two steps and a half
11:17two steps and a half
11:18two steps and a half
11:19Thank you
11:20Thank you
11:21Is it the unexpected quality of the breakaway
11:24that made the race so fast today?
11:27Yes, definitely
11:29I mean the parkour was quite flat
11:31in the beginning there were a few climbs
11:33I mean there were a few climbs
11:35but yeah they were super strong
11:36and yeah they went after the climb
11:38that yeah we went quite fast in it
11:40and a few guys dropped
11:41and yeah they went after that
11:43and yeah it's always the strong guys
11:46who can go in the breakaway
11:47after such an effort
11:48and yeah they were super fast
11:50because there was two big team pulling
11:52and they were still gaining some time
11:56and even keeping the time until the end
11:59so they are really strong
12:00there is some gaps on the finishing line
12:03because it was so fast
12:05does that change anything for tomorrow?
12:08I don't know I need to check
12:09to be honest I didn't check the gap
12:12but no we'll see
12:14I mean tomorrow it's a really hard day
12:16so maybe one second will count
12:18but we'll see
12:19we'll see
12:21Merci
12:22Merci
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