Who won the lesser known Giro d'Italia classifications?

The Giro d'Italia has had total broadcast over it's 21 stages and so at the start of each day, the leaders of the four main classifications (Overall, Points, KOM, Youth) started the day in the first row of the peloton for the ceremonial pictures - besides the time-trials. At the end of the day, those riders would also go up to the podium for a daily celebration. However, there were more classifications to be awarded...

First and foremost, the team's classification was conquered by Bahrain - Victorious. With Mikel Landa and Pello Bilbao in a constant battle for the overall classification, it propelled the team into a battle with BORA - hansgrohe. Both teams in fact started stage 19 with only 14 seconds between them - favouring Bahrain. The team eventually sealed the classification in the final mountain days, as the performances of Santiago Buitrago and Domen Novak behind the leaders put them in a safe place.

Bahrain - Victorious in the final podium in Verona after winning the team's classification

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The race combativity award was given to Mathieu van der Poel. It was not surprising, seeing that after loosing his pink jersey early in the race, the Dutchman was part of the day's breakaway in five different occasions - stages 8 (where he was a main favourite), 12, 15, 17 and 20. He didn't manage to take much benefit from these, however it earned him a trip to the podium and further love from the cycling fans - except those who might wholeheartedly oppose pineapple on pizza!

Mathieu van der Poel after emptying the tank on stage 17 to Lavarone, where he was close to getting the stage win

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Two other classifications eluded the eyes of most, however they were important for the Pro Teams that took to the Giro. The first of them was the Intermediate Sprint classification, in which Drone Hopper got rewarded by their early focus in breakaway and their ever-combative style of racing. Filippo Tagliani won the competition with 78 points, a comfortable lead over his own teammate Mattia Bais who took 45.

And as for the most kilometers spent in breakaways over the whole race, it was the other way around as Mattia Bais clocked up a total of 617 kilometers in breakaways. This accounts to 17.9% of the whole race. His teammate Filippo Tagliani rode to second place, as the two riders put in serious moves in the early days of the race. 

As for the Fair Play Standing: Bahrain - Victorious, Team DSM and Cofidis managed to not accumulate any points and hence shared the victory.

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