OFFICIAL Stage 10 Results: de Jong, Engelhardt ABANDON!

[Laurens De Jong]

Hello, Giro d’Italia Gamers!

 

STAGE Grade: B-

 

I rate today’s stage a B-. I believe that’s pretty high for a time trial stage. I was generous about the course; partly because it was so long. The last time we saw a time trial this long in the Giro d’Italia was 2015, stage 14. Won by Vasil Kiryienka, a rider I do not remember.

In the general classification, 21 riders in the top 25 have moved up or down. That’s a good number of stars for that category. As for tactics, choosing how to ride a time trial is a tactic that began in December for most of these riders. I don’t underestimate it.

I can’t decide if Afonso Eulálio keeping his leader’s jersey is a big surprise. I’ll revisit that topic in a minute, but I’ll give the stage just two stars for surprises.

 

Route: 3/5         GC: 3/5             Tactics: 3/5       Sprint: 0/5         Surprises: 2/5

 

 

Go back to any of the previous time trial stage reports and you’ll find that I always say the same thing. For two-thirds of the riders, there is nothing at stake in this race. They can’t win the stage, they can’t defend or attack a general classification position, they just race to get to the next stage and continue to do their job within their team.

 

Afonso Eulálio has 0 points in Pro Cycling Stat’s time trial ranking. In last year’s Giro he finished 92^nd and 150^th in the two time trials, and he was 122^nd in this year’s UAE Tour’s time trial. That’s not the profile of a rider who finished 41^st today, less than two minutes down from Jonas Vingegaard, and enough to hold on to the Maglia Rosa by 27 seconds.

 

Until today, he’s only ever been part of the two-thirds. Today he had to race his time trial for real. I doubt he started preparing in December, as the likes of Filippo Ganna and Thymen Arensman did. But he rode like he’s never rode a time trial before, and he got the result. Another day in the Maglia Rosa and probably more.

 

Mirco Maestri finished 40^th for our focus team today. I saw his name in the intermediate results, although I never saw him ride, and I wondered what his point was today. Fifteenth place scores UCI points, and that seemed out of reach even if half the contenders crash out. Perhaps he just likes this pace. Looking at his career stats, 40^th is about normal for him in a time trial.

 

Our prize money is now up to 21,358 euros; more than half of that from Diego Pablo Sevilla, and just under half of that was just from wearing the Maglia Azzura. He also won the combattivitá award for stage 1, I missed that earlier.

 

Every rider on our team has earned prize money. Even Andrea Mifsud who is, I had to look it up, actually from Malta. The only Maltese rider in the 2026 Giro d’Italia! He finished 19^th in stage 8, one of the survivors of the breakaway that formed late in that stage. That’s another 276 euros for the team! (Tenth to twentieth pay out 276 euros.)

 

Watch the TNT Sports highlights HERE.

Read the TNT Sports report HERE.

 

There have been two more abandons since Stage 4, and both affect Team Felix: Timo de Jong and Felix Engelhardt will not score any points for them in the 2026 Giro d’Italia.

 

Stage 10 was won by Team Ansel. They are now in second place. Team Grace limited the damage, second place today and they are still in first.

 

Team Sam finished third, just beating out Team Amalia. They are third and fifth, respectively. Team Hugo and Team Tadej also came in neck and neck, fifth and sixth. They are seventh and fourth in the standings.

 

Team Charles came in seventh, sixth overall. And Team Felix missed the boat today, eighth today and eighth in the standings.

 

Stage 11 is designed to be a free-for-all for those chasing stage wins. A few climbs, a technical descent to the finish. The contenders for the general classification will be happy to see a large breakaway gallop into the distance, but who’s in that breakaway? You would think this is a Giulio Ciccone kind of day, but the peloton was weird when he was in the front last week. I didn’t understand it then and I still don’t. Perhaps a safer bet is Jhonatan Narváez. Two stage wins already and nothing else to race for. I believe I Narváez.

 

Standings after stage 10:

 

Rank	Name	Points	WAS	MOVES
1	Team Grace*	1469	1	0
2	Team Ansel*	1317	3	1
3	Team Sam*	1305	2	-1
4	Team Tadej*	1233	4	0
5	Team Amalia*	1126	5	0
6	Team Charles*	1073	6	0
7	Team Hugo*	1022	7	0
8	Team Felix*	959	8	0

 

Standings after stage 10 (including adults):

 

Rank	Name	Points	WAS	MOVES
1	Team Grace*	1469	1	0
2	Team Fran	1379	2	0
3	Team Amelia	1365	4	1
4	Team Ansel*	1317	7	3
5	Team Julie	1306	8	3
6	Team Sam*	1305	5	-1
7	Team Craig	1287	3	-4
8	Team Laurens	1263	6	-2
9	Team Doug	1239	9	0
10	Team Tadej*	1233	10	0
11	Team Corsa	1221	11	0
12	Team Kent	1196	12	0
13	Team Paul	1151	14	1
14	Team Zach	1148	13	-1
15	Team Amalia*	1126	15	0
16	Team Charles*	1073	17	1
17	Team Jake	1064	16	-1
18	Team Adam	1046	18	0
19	Team Hugo*	1022	19	0
20	Team Rob	1013	20	0
21	Team Felix*	959	21	0
22	Team Kate	853	22	0
23	Team Kari	841	23	0
24	Team Jonwaine	724	24	0
25	Team Roslyn	337	25	0

 

Complete breakdown of points from stage 10:

Name	STAGE RESULTS	PINK JERSEY	PURPLE JERSEY	BLUE JERSEY	WHITE JERSEY	POINTS/CLASS	TOTAL	PREVIOUS	CUM. TOTAL
Team Amalia*	115	36	8	8	4	56	171	955	1126
Team Ansel*	141	44	8	8	4	64	205	1112	1317
Team Charles*	95	40	7	8	4	59	154	919	1073
Team Felix*	78	29	0	8	6	43	121	838	959
Team Grace*	130	40	8	8	6	62	192	1277	1469
Team Hugo*	115	34	3	8	4	49	164	858	1022
Team Sam*	119	34	12	5	4	55	174	1131	1305
Team Tadej*	108	36	5	8	6	55	163	1070	1233

 

 

Complete breakdown of points from stage 10 (including adults):

 

Name	STAGE RESULTS	PINK JERSEY	PURPLE JERSEY	BLUE JERSEY	WHITE JERSEY	POINTS/CLASS	TOTAL	PREVIOUS	CUM. TOTAL
Team Adam	108	37	3	8	4	52	160	886	1046
Team Amalia*	115	36	8	8	4	56	171	955	1126
Team Amelia	141	44	3	8	4	59	200	1165	1365
Team Ansel*	141	44	8	8	4	64	205	1112	1317
Team Charles*	95	40	7	8	4	59	154	919	1073
Team Corsa	148	38	8	8	0	54	202	1019	1221
Team Craig	65	30	8	8	6	52	117	1170	1287
Team Doug	106	44	3	8	6	61	167	1072	1239
Team Felix*	78	29	0	8	6	43	121	838	959
Team Fran	108	36	8	8	4	56	164	1215	1379
Team Grace*	130	40	8	8	6	62	192	1277	1469
Team Hugo*	115	34	3	8	4	49	164	858	1022
Team Jake	78	29	3	8	4	44	122	942	1064
Team Jonwaine	83	31	0	8	0	39	122	602	724
Team Julie	141	44	8	8	4	64	205	1101	1306
Team Kari	106	30	0	8	0	38	144	697	841
Team Kate	115	29	0	5	4	38	153	700	853
Team Kent	141	44	3	8	4	59	200	996	1196
Team Laurens	91	35	8	9	4	56	147	1116	1263
Team Paul	126	31	8	7	4	50	176	975	1151
Team Rob	122	38	3	8	0	49	171	842	1013
Team Roslyn	23	0	0	0	0	0	23	314	337
Team Sam*	119	34	12	5	4	55	174	1131	1305
Team Tadej*	108	36	5	8	6	55	163	1070	1233
Team Zach	107	31	8	8	4	51	158	990	1148

 

Pedalare! Pedalare!

 

-Laurens.