(Reuters) – Andrea Vendrame won Friday’s stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia, a 157 km ride from Mortegliano to Sappada, after breaking away from the leading group and going solo for the last 30 km to give his team Decathlon–AG2R a second stage win.
As the weather got worse and rain started to fall, Vendrame took the brave decision to break away from the group on the descent and the Italian put some distance between himself and the chasing pack.
The 29-year-old had last won a Giro stage in 2021 and he crossed the line with one arm raised in the air, with Pelayo Sanchez finishing second nearly a minute behind while stage 17 winner Georg Steinhauser was third.
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Davis)
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