Tirreno-Adriatico route altered by the wind

Tirreno-Adriatico route altered by the wind

Twice before a finish at Tirreno-Adriatico, having hosted two stages also at the Giro d’Italia more than three decades ago, the Valico di Santa Maria Maddalena climb awaited the riders at the end of the race’s queen stage. This time, the ascent was 2.5 kilometers shorter, and that’s because the organisers had to redesign the finish due to safety concerns caused by the strong winds at the top, exceeding 70km/h in some parts.

On a day with more than 3000 vertical meters, Davide Ballerini joined the breakaway, putting in a solid effort in the six-man move that managed to remain at the front until the last 30 kilometers. Going into the last climb, Soudal Quick-Step had two riders in the main group – Julian Alaphilippe and Andrea Bagioli – who remained there until with four kilometers to go, when an injection of pace at the front of the bunch caused significant cracks.

Due to the headwind, the stage came down to a reduced sprint, won by Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), while Julian – who was our team’s first rider home – will now look to the hilly penultimate stage, set to include around two dozen steep climbs, culminating with the uphill finish in Osimo, the small town in the province of Ancona which for centuries was part of the Papal States.

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images

Race details

1 Primož Roglič
Jumbo-Visma
4:38:32
2 Giulio Ciccone
Trek - Segafredo
0:00
3 Tao Geoghegan Hart
INEOS Grenadiers
0:00
4 Jai Hindley
BORA - hansgrohe
0:00
5 Lennard Kämna
BORA - hansgrohe
0:00
6 Aleksandr Vlasov
BORA - hansgrohe
0:00
7 Mikel Landa Meana
Bahrain - Victorious
0:00
8 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
0:00
9 Damiano Caruso
Bahrain - Victorious
0:00
10 Brandon McNulty
UAE Team Emirates
0:00
47 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
4:58
49 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal - Quick Step
4:58
124 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal - Quick Step
22:52
130 Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step
22:57
133 Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step
23:15
134 Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step
23:15
153 Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step
23:15
1 Primož Roglič
Jumbo-Visma
20:17:14
2 Lennard Kämna
BORA - hansgrohe
0:04
3 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
0:12
4 Brandon McNulty
UAE Team Emirates
0:17
5 Wilco Kelderman
Jumbo-Visma
0:19
6 Tao Geoghegan Hart
INEOS Grenadiers
0:19
7 Aleksandr Vlasov
BORA - hansgrohe
0:21
8 Jai Hindley
BORA - hansgrohe
0:22
9 Giulio Ciccone
Trek - Segafredo
0:24
10 Enric Mas Nicolau
Movistar Team
0:31
36 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal - Quick Step
6:01
40 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
7:23
97 Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step
33:13
109 Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step
35:42
123 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal - Quick Step
41:32
138 Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step
43:00
154 Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step
48:44
1 Primož Roglič
Jumbo-Visma
24 pt
2 Jasper Philipsen
Alpecin-Deceuninck
22 pt
3 Lennard Kämna
BORA - hansgrohe
16 pt
4 Biniam Girmay Hailu
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
15 pt
5 Phil Bauhaus
Bahrain - Victorious
15 pt
6 Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step
14 pt
7 Tao Geoghegan Hart
INEOS Grenadiers
14 pt
8 Filippo Ganna
INEOS Grenadiers
12 pt
9 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
10 pt
10 Giulio Ciccone
Trek - Segafredo
10 pt
12 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal - Quick Step
10 pt
36 Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step
3 pt
43 Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step
2 pt
1 Primož Roglič
Jumbo-Visma
20 pt
2 Giulio Ciccone
Trek - Segafredo
16 pt
3 Davide Bais
EOLO-Kometa
13 pt
4 Stefano Gandin
Team Corratec
9 pt
5 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal - Quick Step
8 pt
6 Tao Geoghegan Hart
INEOS Grenadiers
8 pt
7 Jai Hindley
BORA - hansgrohe
7 pt
8 Mattia Bais
EOLO-Kometa
6 pt
9 Florian Stork
Team DSM
5 pt
10 Alessandro Santaromita
Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè
5 pt
17 Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step
3 pt
1 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
20:17:26
2 Brandon McNulty
UAE Team Emirates
0:05
3 Andreas Leknessund
Team DSM
0:51
4 Santiago Buitrago Sánchez
Bahrain - Victorious
1:08
5 Felix Gall
AG2R Citroën Team
1:27
6 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
1:29
7 Sean Quinn
EF Education-EasyPost
2:30
8 Magnus Sheffield
INEOS Grenadiers
3:12
9 Attila Valter
Jumbo-Visma
6:54
10 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
7:11
1 BORA - hansgrohe 60:52:29
2 UAE Team Emirates 0:31
3 Bahrain - Victorious 1:52
4 Jumbo-Visma 2:43
5 INEOS Grenadiers 3:50
6 Team DSM 7:49
7 Movistar Team 8:01
8 Team Arkéa Samsic 8:27
9 Groupama - FDJ 9:38
10 Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 14:30

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