Tirreno-Adriatico: Alaphilippe on the attack
Julian Alaphilippe showed the Soudal Quick-Step colors on the hardest stage of this edition, jumping away from the peloton as soon as the flag was waved. Joined by a couple of riders moments later, the Frenchman kept pushing, and even though the bunch chased hard in the opening kilometers of the day, they managed to forge out a comfortable lead of three minutes by the time they took on La Forchetta, the first ranked ascent.
The two-time World Champion, top ten on Thursday’s stage, remained at the front until with 40 kilometers to go, when the group began fragmenting. One by one, the escapees were brought back by the chasing peloton, who desired a proper GC battle on Monte Petrano, back in a cycling race for the first time in 15 years. The victory went to Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), while Kasper Asgreen was our first rider home.
Tirreno-Adriatico concluded on Sunday in San Benedetto del Tronto, where after a hilly first part of the day, the sprinters should hit center stage and fight for the spoils.
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Race details
| 1 |
Jonas Vingegaard Hansen Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
4:31:57 |
| 2 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
0:26 |
| 3 |
Jai Hindley BORA - hansgrohe |
0:26 |
| 4 |
Isaac del Toro Romero UAE Team Emirates |
0:36 |
| 5 |
Thomas Pidcock INEOS Grenadiers |
0:42 |
| 6 |
Ben O'Connor Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
0:42 |
| 7 |
Lennard Kämna BORA - hansgrohe |
0:46 |
| 8 |
Thymen Arensman INEOS Grenadiers |
0:46 |
| 9 |
Cian Uijtdebroeks Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
0:48 |
| 10 |
Wout Poels Bahrain - Victorious |
1:14 |
| 59 |
Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step |
14:08 |
| 115 |
Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step |
25:11 |
| 125 |
Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step |
25:11 |
| 141 |
Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step |
26:09 |
| 143 |
Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step |
26:09 |
| DNF |
Jordi Warlop
Soudal Quick-Step |
-04:31:57 |
| DNS |
Fausto Masnada
Soudal Quick-Step |
-04:31:57 |
| 1 |
Jonas Vingegaard Hansen Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
23:06:32 |
| 2 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
1:24 |
| 3 |
Jai Hindley BORA - hansgrohe |
1:52 |
| 4 |
Isaac del Toro Romero UAE Team Emirates |
2:20 |
| 5 |
Ben O'Connor Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
2:24 |
| 6 |
Thymen Arensman INEOS Grenadiers |
2:25 |
| 7 |
Cian Uijtdebroeks Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
3:10 |
| 8 |
Lennard Kämna BORA - hansgrohe |
4:02 |
| 9 |
Thomas Pidcock INEOS Grenadiers |
4:05 |
| 10 |
Kévin Vauquelin |
4:24 |
| 54 |
Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step |
30:21 |
| 59 |
Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step |
33:44 |
| 118 |
Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step |
52:24 |
| 127 |
Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step |
56:38 |
| 142 |
Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:08:31 |
| 1 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
33 pt |
| 2 |
Jonathan Milan Lidl - Trek |
32 pt |
| 3 |
Jonas Vingegaard Hansen Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
26 pt |
| 4 |
Jasper Philipsen Alpecin - Deceuninck |
22 pt |
| 5 |
Jai Hindley BORA - hansgrohe |
16 pt |
| 6 |
Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers |
15 pt |
| 7 |
Axel Zingle Cofidis |
14 pt |
| 8 |
Kévin Vauquelin |
13 pt |
| 9 |
Phil Bauhaus Bahrain - Victorious |
12 pt |
| 10 |
Ben O'Connor Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
12 pt |
| 14 |
Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step |
10 pt |
| 25 |
Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step |
6 pt |
| 42 |
Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step |
2 pt |
| 43 |
Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step |
2 pt |
| 1 |
Jonas Vingegaard Hansen Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
30 pt |
| 2 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
17 pt |
| 3 |
Isaac del Toro Romero UAE Team Emirates |
15 pt |
| 4 |
Richard Carapaz Montenegro EF Education - EasyPost |
11 pt |
| 5 |
Ben Healy EF Education - EasyPost |
9 pt |
| 6 |
Jai Hindley BORA - hansgrohe |
9 pt |
| 7 |
Andreas Leknessund Uno-X Mobility |
7 pt |
| 8 |
Davide Bais Team Polti Kometa |
7 pt |
| 9 |
Lorenzo Quartucci Team Corratec - Vini Fantini |
6 pt |
| 10 |
Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
5 pt |
| 16 |
Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step |
2 pt |
| 1 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
23:07:56 |
| 2 |
Isaac del Toro Romero UAE Team Emirates |
0:56 |
| 3 |
Thymen Arensman INEOS Grenadiers |
1:01 |
| 4 |
Cian Uijtdebroeks Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
1:46 |
| 5 |
Thomas Pidcock INEOS Grenadiers |
2:41 |
| 6 |
Kévin Vauquelin |
3:00 |
| 7 |
Romain Grégoire Groupama - FDJ |
4:01 |
| 8 |
Magnus Sheffield INEOS Grenadiers |
4:18 |
| 9 |
Davide Piganzoli Team Polti Kometa |
4:29 |
| 10 |
Filippo Zana Team Jayco AlUla |
4:36 |
| 1 | UAE Team Emirates | 69:29:07 |
| 2 | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:09 |
| 3 | BORA - hansgrohe | 6:33 |
| 4 | Movistar Team | 7:44 |
| 5 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 13:09 |
| 6 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 18:07 |
| 7 | Bahrain - Victorious | 23:53 |
| 8 | EF Education - EasyPost | 26:10 |
| 9 | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | 28:20 |
| 10 | Array | 28:20 |
