Alaphilippe strengthens grip on the green jersey

Alaphilippe strengthens grip on the green jersey

Julian Alaphilippe became favourite to take home the green jersey of the race after another strong showing, on the toughest stage of the week so far. Victorious on the previous stage thanks to a canny attack that fooled the sprinters and moved him up to second on the general classification, the 32-year-old was again prominent on Saturday, when the peloton tackled seven ranked ascents.

The stage four breakaway numbered only four riders, but they managed to open a gap of ten minutes which forced the bunch to pull really hard on the climbs. Soudal Quick-Step worked tirelessly at the front, home rider Martin Svrcek putting in a colossal effort to reduce the buffer of the escapees. By the time they reached the base of the final hill, around one minute was separating the chasers from the leaders, and that was the cue for Alaphilippe to launch a stinging attack.

The two-time World Champion forced an important selection, only a handful of riders being able to join him, and continued to push after the top, clawing back time on the roads to Ruzomberok. Unfortunately for him, they ran out of road and the breakaway made it for just a couple of seconds, Johannes Adamietz (Lotto Dstny) taking the win from that small group.

Alaphilippe concluded top ten and remained second overall, just two seconds from yellow. At the same time, Soudal Quick-Step’s leader cemented his place at the top of the points classification, which he is favourite to win on Sunday, when the Okolo Slovenska will come to an end with an uphill finish in Strbske Pleso.

 

Photo credit: ©Sona Nikova

Race details

1 Johannes Adamietz
Lotto Dstny
4:28:02
2 Kyrylo Tsarenko
Team Corratec - Vini Fantini
0:00
3 Pierre Thierry
0:00
4 Andrea Garosio
Team Polti Kometa
0:04
5 Jenno Berckmoes
Lotto Dstny
0:17
6 Mauro Schmid
Team Jayco AlUla
0:17
7 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:22
8 Anders Foldager
Team Jayco AlUla
0:52
9 Fernando Barceló Aragón
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
0:52
10 Lukáš Kubiš
Elkov - Kasper
0:52
14 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
0:52
22 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
1:24
24 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
1:24
58 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
4:02
84 Andrea Raccagni Noviero
Soudal Quick-Step
9:08
127 Warre Vangheluwe
Soudal Quick-Step
16:56
1 Mauro Schmid
Team Jayco AlUla
13:11:55
2 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:02
3 Anders Foldager
Team Jayco AlUla
0:22
4 Jenno Berckmoes
Lotto Dstny
0:33
5 Felix Engelhardt
Team Jayco AlUla
0:35
6 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
1:03
7 Callum Scotson
Team Jayco AlUla
1:10
8 Sylvain Moniquet
Lotto Dstny
1:25
9 Andrea Garosio
Team Polti Kometa
1:35
10 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
1:35
48 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
5:33
55 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
7:00
79 Andrea Raccagni Noviero
Soudal Quick-Step
14:15
109 Warre Vangheluwe
Soudal Quick-Step
1:25:21
1 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
34 pt
2 Jenno Berckmoes
Lotto Dstny
31 pt
3 Anders Foldager
Team Jayco AlUla
24 pt
4 Lukáš Kubiš
Elkov - Kasper
21 pt
5 Johannes Adamietz
Lotto Dstny
20 pt
6 Andrea Garosio
Team Polti Kometa
19 pt
7 Kyrylo Tsarenko
Team Corratec - Vini Fantini
18 pt
8 Dimitri Peyskens
Bingoal WB
16 pt
9 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
15 pt
10 Hamish Beadle
Team Novo Nordisk
12 pt
20 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
4 pt
27 Warre Vangheluwe
Soudal Quick-Step
1 pt
1 Kyrylo Tsarenko
Team Corratec - Vini Fantini
40 pt
2 Matúš Štoček
ATT Investments
35 pt
3 Johannes Adamietz
Lotto Dstny
34 pt
4 Dimitri Peyskens
Bingoal WB
20 pt
5 Pierre Thierry
19 pt
6 Andrea Garosio
Team Polti Kometa
18 pt
7 Jente Klaver
VolkerWessels Cycling Team
15 pt
8 Tomáš Kalojíros
Pierre Baguette Cycling
7 pt
9 Amund Grøndahl Jansen
Team Jayco AlUla
6 pt
10 Žiga Horvat
Hrinkow Advarics
4 pt
11 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
3 pt
14 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
1 pt
1 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
13:12:58
2 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
0:32
3 Embret Svestad-Bårdseng
1:04
4 Baptiste Gillet
2:10
5 Pierre Thierry
2:34
6 Matthias Schwarzbacher
ATT Investments
2:39
7 Filip Gruszczynski
Biesse - Carrera
2:51
8 Michiel Lambrecht
Bingoal WB
3:21
9 Andrea Montoli
Biesse - Carrera
3:41
10 Davide Donati
Biesse - Carrera
3:53
12 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
4:30
13 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
5:57
21 Andrea Raccagni Noviero
Soudal Quick-Step
13:12
1 Lotto Dstny 38:33:19
2 Team Jayco AlUla 0:07
3 Soudal Quick-Step 0:46
4 Team Polti Kometa 1:55
5 Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 2:56
6 Cofidis 3:13
7 Array 3:39
8 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 4:08
9 Elkov - Kasper 5:40
10 VolkerWessels Cycling Team 5:48

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