He had to be the number one protagonist and so he was: Mathieu Van der Poel won the first stage of the Giro d'Italia, the 195km Budapest-Visegrád, and took the first pink jersey.

First escape of the Giro by Mattia Bais and Edoardo Tagliani of the Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli, in advance for about 180 km and resumed at -13 from the finish.

The great work of the teams to get their captains to take the final climb in the top positions takes place at -4: first attempt by Lawrence Naesen (Ag2R) on which Lennard Kamna (Bora Hansgrohe) goes. The German is caught up and has a short sprint: Van der Poel (Alpecin Fenix) beats Biniam Girmay and Pello Bilbao . Fall, a few meters from the finish, of Caleb Ewan.

Order of arrival:

1 VAN DER POEL Mathieu Alpecin-Fenix 4:35:28

2 GIRMAY Biniam Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux

3 BILBAO Pello Bahrain - Victorious ,,

4 CORT Magnus EF Education-EasyPost ,,

5 KELDERMAN Wilco BORA - hansgrohe ,,

6 CARAPAZ Richard INEOS Grenadiers ,,

7 MOLLEMA Bauke Trek - Segafredo ,,

8 ULISSI Diego UAE Team Emirates ,,

9 VENDRAME Andrea AG2R Citroën Team 0:04

10 SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias Trek - Segafredo ,,

Overall ranking:

1 VAN DER POEL Mathieu Alpecin-Fenix 4:35:18

2 GIRMAY Biniam Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux at 0:04

3 BILBAO Pello Bahrain - Victorious 0:06

4 CORT Magnus EF Education-EasyPost 0:10

5 KELDERMAN Wilco BORA - hansgrohe ,,

6 CARAPAZ Richard INEOS Grenadiers ,,

7 MOLLEMA Bauke Trek - Segafredo ,,

8 ULISSI Diego UAE Team Emirates ,,

9 VENDRAME Andrea AG2R Citroën Team 0:14

10 SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias Trek - Segafredo ,,

Photo: Sprint Cycling

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