Vingegaard indicates secondary Giro GC ambition for young teammate
Race leader Jonas Vingegaard was feeling motivated at the start of stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia, facing a few-thousand metres of climbing in the Dolomites: "today is the toughest stage in the Giro," he told Eurosport at the start. "We need to make sure we are still in the pink jersey later; that is the goal.”
The Dane pointed towards recent Giri that have been "turned upside down in the last two days", and Visma-Lease a Bike's resultant vigilance as the team endeavours to keep the race lead all the way to Rome. However, Vingegaard also indicated a secondary ambition.
"It would be wonderful to see Davide Piganzoli in white after today. That would be something we would be very happy with.”
23-year-old Piganzoli, one of the revelations of this Giro, started stage 19 in eighth overall, and just second in the white jersey classification, 2:17 down on Afonso Eulálio whose led since stage 5. The Italian has been Vingegaard's last man in the mountains where Eulálio has struggled, so Piganzoli's chances are pretty good.
