Asgreen spends Czech Tour queen stage in the break
![Asgreen spends Czech Tour queen stage in the break](/images/news_article/c_c/800x400/kasper-asgreen-czech-tour-stage-3_1722091709.jpg)
Kasper Asgreen – making his return to competition for the first time since time trialling to silver at the National Championships held at the end of June – animated the penultimate day of the Czech Tour, which travelled from Moravska Trebova to Dlouhe strane, where the hardest climb of this edition awaited.
Just like on Friday, the stage got off to a fast start, but a group rode away only after 40 kilometers. The strong 15-man move featured also Asgreen, who produced a strong effort and took some long pulls, despite the fact the peloton decided to keep the escapees on a tight leash. Riding the Czech Tour for the first time in his career, Kasper left everything out there, but eventually got caught in the last 30 kilometers, after the chasers upped the pace on the Mladenov ascent.
On the final climb, averaging 7.9% over 8.5 kilometers, a selection was made early, not only due to the big tempo pushed at the front, but also because of a pile-up that caught behind many riders, including Julian Alaphilippe. As a result, our team was left just with Mattia Cattaneo in the group and the Italian concluded the stage won by Thomas Gloag (Visma-Lease a Bike) as the best Soudal Quick-Step rider.
Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images
Race details
1 |
Thomas Gloag Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
3:17:17 |
2 |
Marc Hirschi UAE Team Emirates |
0:08 |
3 |
Diego Ulissi UAE Team Emirates |
0:13 |
4 |
Kevin Vermaerke Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
0:13 |
5 |
Sergio Higuita García Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
0:13 |
6 |
Marco Brenner Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
0:13 |
7 |
Andrew August INEOS Grenadiers |
0:13 |
8 |
Márton Dina ATT Investments |
0:19 |
9 |
Andreas Leknessund Uno-X Mobility |
0:19 |
10 |
Michael Storer Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
0:25 |
26 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step |
2:28 |
43 |
Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step |
5:49 |
49 |
James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step |
7:23 |
103 |
Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step |
17:35 |
104 |
Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step |
17:35 |
110 |
Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step |
18:53 |
121 |
Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step |
19:00 |
1 |
Marc Hirschi UAE Team Emirates |
11:05:26 |
2 |
Diego Ulissi UAE Team Emirates |
0:18 |
3 |
Sergio Higuita García Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
0:25 |
4 |
Kevin Vermaerke Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
0:28 |
5 |
Marco Brenner Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
0:28 |
6 |
Michael Storer Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
0:40 |
7 |
Andrew August INEOS Grenadiers |
0:44 |
8 |
Mark Donovan Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
0:45 |
9 |
Kamiel Bonneu Team Flanders - Baloise |
0:45 |
10 |
Márton Dina ATT Investments |
0:46 |
31 |
Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step |
6:24 |
42 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step |
11:24 |
63 |
James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step |
20:01 |
69 |
Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step |
23:10 |
120 |
Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step |
41:27 |
121 |
Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step |
41:49 |
130 |
Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step |
44:36 |
1 |
Marc Hirschi UAE Team Emirates |
45 pt |
2 |
Diego Ulissi UAE Team Emirates |
36 pt |
3 |
Kevin Vermaerke Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
29 pt |
4 |
Sergio Higuita García Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
28 pt |
5 |
Thomas Gloag Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
25 pt |
6 |
Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step |
25 pt |
7 |
Maikel Zijlaard Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
24 pt |
8 |
Pavel Bittner Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
24 pt |
9 |
Marco Brenner Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
19 pt |
10 |
Lukáš Kubiš Elkov - Kasper |
16 pt |
28 |
Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step |
5 pt |
1 |
Marc Hirschi UAE Team Emirates |
14 pt |
2 |
Michal Schuran ATT Investments |
14 pt |
3 |
Diego Ulissi UAE Team Emirates |
10 pt |
4 |
Thomas Gloag Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
8 pt |
5 |
Paul Double Team Polti Kometa |
8 pt |
6 |
Lukáš Kubiš Elkov - Kasper |
6 pt |
7 |
Tomáš Kalojíros Pierre Baguette Cycling |
6 pt |
8 |
Kevin Vermaerke Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
6 pt |
9 |
Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step |
4 pt |
10 |
Sergio Higuita García Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
4 pt |
18 |
Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step |
2 pt |
1 |
Marco Brenner Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
11:05:54 |
2 |
Andrew August INEOS Grenadiers |
0:16 |
3 |
Johannes Staune-Mittet Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
1:35 |
4 |
Giacomo Villa Bingoal WB |
2:56 |
5 |
Mats Wenzel Lidl - Trek Future Racing |
3:59 |
6 |
Michael Leonard INEOS Grenadiers |
5:24 |
7 |
Simon Dalby Jensen Uno-X Mobility |
6:17 |
8 |
Alexander Hajek Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
7:08 |
9 |
Finlay Pickering Bahrain - Victorious |
7:29 |
10 |
Andrii Ponomar Team Corratec - Vini Fantini |
8:11 |
27 |
Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step |
41:21 |
1 | Team Polti Kometa | 33:23:59 |
2 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1:30 |
3 | Uno-X Mobility | 1:54 |
4 | UAE Team Emirates | 2:45 |
5 | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 2:56 |
6 | Team Corratec - Vini Fantini | 3:58 |
7 | Intermarché - Wanty | 6:55 |
8 | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 8:49 |
9 | Team Flanders - Baloise | 13:29 |
10 | INEOS Grenadiers | 18:17 |