Alaphilippe runner-up on Tirreno-Adriatico uphill finish

Alaphilippe runner-up on Tirreno-Adriatico uphill finish

Julian Alaphilippe was in the mix at the end of the longest stage of the week, 218 kilometers from Greccio to Tortoreto, where the peloton tackled four times the eponymous climb. The second time up this 3.1km hill averaging 7.1%, the Frenchman was the one to ignite the fireworks – as soon as the excellent Dries Devenyns peeled off the front – launching an attack which reduced the peloton to around 40-50 riders.

Despite a few more skirmishes in the next hour of racing, the group arrived together at the bottom of the climb the last time up, Soudal Quick-Step being represented by both Alaphilippe and Andrea Bagioli. The two-time World Champion expertly made his way through the bunch in the last two kilometers, remaining calm and biding his time as other riders chose to show their intentions early on the steepest part of the ascent.

All these actions came to no result, and in the end a reduced sprint decided the winner in Tortoreto. Julian accelerated with 150 meters to go, putting in a solid effort that saw him take second place, just behind Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), thus scoring his first World Tour podium of the season.

“I’m happy about the feeling I had. I came here to do a good Tirreno, and this result confirms that I’m heading in the right direction. Of course, I would have preferred a victory today, but we can be content because the team did a good race, which is an encouraging sign for the upcoming days and weeks.”

“My early attack wasn’t planned, I just felt good and wanted to make the final part of the stage hard. Then when the regrouping happened, I was there together with Andrea, we stayed focused and kept an eye on the other teams that had multiple riders there. In the final kilometers maybe I could have been better placed for the sprint, but it is as it is. We’ll keep fighting and trying again in the weekend”, said Alaphilippe after the stage.

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images

 

Race details

1 Primož Roglič
Jumbo-Visma
5:00:04
2 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal - Quick Step
0:00
3 Adam Yates
UAE Team Emirates
0:00
4 Wilco Kelderman
Jumbo-Visma
0:00
5 Tao Geoghegan Hart
INEOS Grenadiers
0:00
6 Enric Mas Nicolau
Movistar Team
0:00
7 Victor Lafay
Cofidis
0:00
8 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
0:00
9 Aleksandr Vlasov
BORA - hansgrohe
0:00
10 Hugh Carthy
EF Education-EasyPost
0:00
30 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
0:25
107 Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step
9:58
108 Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step
9:58
110 Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step
10:29
152 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal - Quick Step
17:39
155 Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step
17:39
1 Lennard Kämna
BORA - hansgrohe
15:38:46
2 Primož Roglič
Jumbo-Visma
0:06
3 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
0:08
4 Brandon McNulty
UAE Team Emirates
0:13
5 Wilco Kelderman
Jumbo-Visma
0:15
6 Aleksandr Vlasov
BORA - hansgrohe
0:17
7 Jai Hindley
BORA - hansgrohe
0:18
8 Tao Geoghegan Hart
INEOS Grenadiers
0:19
9 Giulio Ciccone
Trek - Segafredo
0:26
10 Enric Mas Nicolau
Movistar Team
0:27
23 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal - Quick Step
0:59
38 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
2:21
75 Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step
10:12
101 Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step
12:25
119 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal - Quick Step
18:36
134 Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step
19:41
160 Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step
25:25
1 Jasper Philipsen
Alpecin-Deceuninck
22 pt
2 Biniam Girmay Hailu
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
15 pt
3 Phil Bauhaus
Bahrain - Victorious
15 pt
4 Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step
14 pt
5 Primož Roglič
Jumbo-Visma
12 pt
6 Filippo Ganna
INEOS Grenadiers
12 pt
7 Lennard Kämna
BORA - hansgrohe
10 pt
8 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal - Quick Step
10 pt
9 Magnus Sheffield
INEOS Grenadiers
10 pt
10 Simone Consonni
Cofidis
9 pt
35 Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step
2 pt
1 Davide Bais
EOLO-Kometa
13 pt
2 Stefano Gandin
Team Corratec
9 pt
3 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal - Quick Step
8 pt
4 Giulio Ciccone
Trek - Segafredo
6 pt
5 Mattia Bais
EOLO-Kometa
6 pt
6 Primož Roglič
Jumbo-Visma
5 pt
7 Quinn Simmons
Trek - Segafredo
5 pt
8 Michał Kwiatkowski
INEOS Grenadiers
5 pt
9 Alessandro Iacchi
Team Corratec
4 pt
10 Filippo Ganna
INEOS Grenadiers
3 pt
1 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
15:38:54
2 Brandon McNulty
UAE Team Emirates
0:05
3 Andreas Leknessund
Team DSM
0:25
4 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
0:37
5 Felix Gall
AG2R Citroën Team
1:01
6 Santiago Buitrago Sánchez
Bahrain - Victorious
1:08
7 Magnus Sheffield
INEOS Grenadiers
1:17
8 Sean Quinn
EF Education-EasyPost
1:23
9 Yannis Voisard
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
1:54
10 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
2:13
1 BORA - hansgrohe 46:56:53
2 UAE Team Emirates 0:31
3 Jumbo-Visma 0:33
4 Movistar Team 1:01
5 INEOS Grenadiers 1:03
6 Bahrain - Victorious 1:52
7 Team DSM 2:07
8 Groupama - FDJ 2:45
9 Intermarché - Circus - Wanty 4:39
10 Team Arkéa Samsic 5:07

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