The double World Champion racked up his tenth top-10 of the season.

Julian Alaphilippe was in the thick of the action on the second day of the Okolo Slovenska, the longest of the week. Taking in five classified climbs, the stage travelled from Nitra to Hlohovec, where a punchy finish awaited on a 700m uphill drag to the line averaging 6.7%.

As soon as the flag was waved from the car, three riders went clear and forged out a maximum advantage of five minutes over a peloton where several teams, including Soudal Quick-Step, worked together to keep the gap in check. The terrain favoured the chasers, who gradually clawed back time before – in part, thanks to a fantastic effort of Martin Svrcek – reeling in the trio ahead of the final ten kilometers of the day.

At the base of the small climb to the line, Julian Alaphilippe was in a good position, and the Frenchman gave his all on the demanding slopes that stretched out the bunch, coming just outside the podium as Anders Foldager (Jayco-AlUla) prevailed after kicking clear in the final 150 meters. Julian was joined in the top ten by his younger Soudal Quick-Step teammate Gil Gelder, who concluded seventh and kept the jersey awarded to the best young rider of the competition.

 

Photo credit: ©Dario Belingheri / Getty Images

Race details

1 Anders Foldager
Team Jayco AlUla
4:32:47
2 Jenno Berckmoes
Lotto Dstny
0:01
3 Lukáš Kubiš
Elkov - Kasper
0:01
4 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:01
5 Finn Crockett
VolkerWessels Cycling Team
0:04
6 Fernando Barceló Aragón
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
0:04
7 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
0:06
8 Šimon Vaníček
ATT Investments
0:06
9 Stefano Oldani
Cofidis
0:06
10 Paul Double
Team Polti Kometa
0:06
15 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
0:06
69 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
0:38
78 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
0:43
113 Andrea Raccagni Noviero
Soudal Quick-Step
2:25
114 Warre Vangheluwe
Soudal Quick-Step
2:25
1 Anders Foldager
Team Jayco AlUla
5:04:20
2 Mauro Schmid
Team Jayco AlUla
0:16
3 Felix Engelhardt
Team Jayco AlUla
0:16
4 Callum Scotson
Team Jayco AlUla
0:36
5 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:36
6 Max Walscheid
Team Jayco AlUla
0:38
7 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
0:41
8 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
0:41
9 Walter Calzoni
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
0:52
10 Mark Donovan
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
0:52
23 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
1:55
53 Warre Vangheluwe
Soudal Quick-Step
3:00
102 Andrea Raccagni Noviero
Soudal Quick-Step
5:12
114 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
6:26
1 Anders Foldager
Team Jayco AlUla
20 pt
2 Dimitri Peyskens
Bingoal WB
16 pt
3 Jenno Berckmoes
Lotto Dstny
15 pt
4 Lukáš Kubiš
Elkov - Kasper
12 pt
5 Jente Klaver
VolkerWessels Cycling Team
10 pt
6 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
10 pt
7 Matúš Štoček
ATT Investments
10 pt
8 Finn Crockett
VolkerWessels Cycling Team
8 pt
9 Fernando Barceló Aragón
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
6 pt
10 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
4 pt
15 Warre Vangheluwe
Soudal Quick-Step
1 pt
1 Matúš Štoček
ATT Investments
33 pt
2 Dimitri Peyskens
Bingoal WB
20 pt
3 Jente Klaver
VolkerWessels Cycling Team
15 pt
4 Amund Grøndahl Jansen
Team Jayco AlUla
6 pt
5 Xabier Mikel Azparren Irurzun
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
2 pt
6 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
1 pt
7 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
1 pt
991 Callum Scotson
Team Jayco AlUla
-2 pt
991 Martin Tjøtta
-2 pt
991 Jiří Petruš
ATT Investments
-2 pt
1 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
5:05:01
2 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
3 Embret Svestad-Bårdseng
1:00
4 Baptiste Gillet
1:00
5 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
1:14
6 Davide De Cassan
Team Polti Kometa
1:20
7 Louis Rouland
1:22
8 Matthias Schwarzbacher
ATT Investments
1:35
9 Rémi Lelandais
1:39
10 Tomáš Přidal
Elkov - Kasper
1:50
30 Andrea Raccagni Noviero
Soudal Quick-Step
4:31
35 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
5:45
1 Team Jayco AlUla 14:10:16
2 Soudal Quick-Step 0:26
3 Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 0:42
4 Lotto Dstny 0:51
5 Cofidis 1:29
6 Array 1:31
7 Team Polti Kometa 1:51
8 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 1:57
9 ATT Investments 2:06
10 VolkerWessels Cycling Team 2:25

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