The course then headed north to take on six laps of an approximately 17-kilometre (11 mi) circuit that featured ascents of San Pancrazio and the Piccolo Stelvio.

The advantage of the leading six riders was so great that, by the final lap, race organisers forced the peloton to stop and let the sextet pass.

Evenepoel continued to increase his lead over the final kilometres and soloed to the victory.

With 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi) left, Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates attacked from the remainder of the breakaway and was immediately chased by Evenepoel's teammate Fausto Masnada; they stayed ahead of the other three, with Covi outsprinting Masnada for second place just under two minutes in arrears.

Just under 11 minutes after Evenepoel had finished, Covi's teammate Juan Sebastián Molano won the sprint for seventh and led in the peloton.