Andrea Vendrame misses out in catastrophic moment on final turn as Koen Bouwman wins Stage 19 at Giro d’Italia

Koen Bouwman (Jumbo-Visma) won Stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia after the fancied Andrea Vendrame (G2R Citroen Team) misread the final corner and crashed in a calamitous finish. Bouwman won from an initial 12-man break but only after a catastrophic moment at the last corner saw Attila Valter (Groupama-FDJ) and Vendrame overcook it to go into the barriers.

Mauro Schmid (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) took second and Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) third. Ad/> And Bradley Wiggins reported some anger at the finish line, with Schmid saying after the race that it «was not a fair sprint».

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