Giro 2023: Cavendish wins in Rome, Roglic seals GC triumph

foto: Cor VosMark Cavendish sprints to triumph in the Giro d'Italia's final stage. He wins the final stage on the Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome in commanding style, while Primoz Roglic seals the GC victory. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 21th stage 2023 Giro

1. Mark Cavendish (gbr)
2. Alex Kirsch (lux) s.t.
3. Filippo Fiorelli (ita) s.t.
4. Alberto Dainese (ita) s.t.
5. Davide Ballerini (ita) s.t.
6. Jake Stewart (gbr) s.t.
7. Fernando Gaviria (col) s.t.
8. Michael Matthews (aus) s.t.
9. Arne Marit (bel) s.t.
10. Campbell Stewart (nzl) s.t.

Final GC 2023 Giro
1. Primoz Roglic (slo)
2. Geraint Thomas (gbr) + 0.14
3. João Almeida (por) + 1.15
4. Damiano Caruso (ita) + 1.15
5. Thibaut Pinot (fra) + 5.43
6. Thymen Arensman (nld) + 6.05
7. Eddie Dunbar (irl) + 7.30
8. Andreas Leknessund (nor) + 7.31
9. Lennard Kämna (ger) + 7.46
10. Laurens De Plus (bel) + 9.08

Race report
No attacks from the gun. On the contrary. The peloton takes it easy and remains bunched until Bouet strikes with almost 70 kilometres to go. Skujins and Benedetti go with him. The three open up a 40 seconds gap.

Cort jumps across to the attackers with 14 kilometres to go, shortly followed by the peloton.

In the ensuing sprint it is Cavendish who storms to a commanding victory. The Manx Missile takes his seventeenth stage win in the Giro d’Italia.

Roglic wins the GC, Almeida is the best young rider, Pinot takes the maglia azzurra and Milan the maglia ciclamino

Another interesting read: route 21st stage 2023 Giro.