Pasqualon

Andrea Pasqualon of Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux won the Point d’Appui of the 2021 Giro d’Italia, finishing 72nd among the 143 riders who came safely home in Milano. Pasqualon previously was on the cusps of the fulcrum during Stage 4 of the 2017 Tour de France.

The Lanterne Rouge for the race was also a rider on Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux, Riccardo Minali of Italy, who came home 5 hours, 35 minutes and 49 seconds adrift of the winner, Egan Bernal Gomez of Ineos Grenadiers.

Riders at the fulcrum position after each stage:

  • Stage 1 – No fulcrum
  • Stage 2 – Matteo Fabbro of Bora-Hansgrohe
  • Stage 3 – Stefano Oldani of Lotto Soudal
  • Stage 4 – Tejay van Garderen of EF Education-Nippo
  • Stage 5 – No fulcrum
  • Stage 6 – No fulcrum
  • Stage 7 – Jens Keukeleire of EF Education-Nippo
  • Stage 8 – No fulcrum
  • Stage 9 – No fulcrum
  • Stage 10 – No fulcrum
  • Stage 11 – No fulcrum
  • Stage 12 – No fulcrum
  • Stage 13 – No fulcrum
  • Stage 14 – Tejay van Garderen of EF Education-Nippo
  • Stage 15 – No fulcrum
  • Stage 16 – No fulcrum
  • Stage 17 – No fulcrum
  • Stage 18 – Harm Vanhoucke of Lotto Soudal
  • Stage 19 – No fulcrum
  • Stage 20 – Jan Tratnik of Bahrain Victorious
  • Stage 21 – Andrea Pasqualon of Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux

King Sits Atop the USA Pro Cycling’s Fulcrum

American Benjamin King of RadioShack-Nissan has gained the overall Point d’Appui in the USA Pro Cycling Tour at the end of Stage 5. King is 23 minutes and 31 seconds behind race leader Tejay van Garderen of BMC and 36 minutes and 53 seconds ahead of the Lanterne Rouge, Morgan Schmitt of Team Exergy.

With only two days to go in the Colorado race, King has probably the best shot of holding onto the fulcrum, but George Hincapie, riding his last professional bicycle race is only six spots off the middle. If he continues working hard to keep van Garderen in the lead, he might just slip back enough in the closing moments of the final two days to grab the Point d’Appui.

The Point d’Appui for Stage 5 was another American, Andrew Bajadali of Team Optum. Bajadali finished with the same time on the stage as winner Tyler Farrar and another 67 riders.