The stage of the “muri” at Tirreno-Adriatico

The stage of the “muri” at Tirreno-Adriatico

Julian Alaphilippe was again Soudal Quick-Step’s top finisher at the “Race of the Two Seas”, which took place in and around Osimo, the picturesque town lying not far from the Adriatic Sea. The profile like saw teeth, with some viciously steep gradients, made for a gruelling day in the saddle, the gaps between the favourites being bigger than on the previous day, when the race ended atop Sarnano-Sassotetto.

A breakaway comprising nine men, including Casper Pedersen, took center stage for more than three hours, but ultimately, they were swept by the field, which left nothing to chance. The hardest hill of stage 6 came with six kilometers to go – 1400 meters and an average gradient well over 12% – and it was there that the peloton cracked after a huge change of speed at the front saw a small group surge clear. Alaphilippe tried to follow and almost made it across, but by the time the climb was crested he was trailing by a couple of seconds, and eventually found himself part of the chasing group.

The 30-year-old Frenchman finished this brutal stage 6 outside the top 10, some 20 seconds behind winner Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), but remains out highest-ranked rider in the general classification going into the last day of Tirreno-Adriatico, in San Benedetto del Tronto.

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images

Race details

1 Primož Roglič
Jumbo-Visma
4:49:17
2 Tao Geoghegan Hart
INEOS Grenadiers
0:00
3 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
0:00
4 Enric Mas Nicolau
Movistar Team
0:00
5 Mikel Landa Meana
Bahrain - Victorious
0:00
6 Giulio Ciccone
Trek - Segafredo
0:03
7 Hugh Carthy
EF Education-EasyPost
0:09
8 Michael Woods
Israel - Premier Tech
0:09
9 Thomas Pidcock
INEOS Grenadiers
0:20
10 Wout van Aert
Jumbo-Visma
0:20
14 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal - Quick Step
0:22
64 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
13:51
77 Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step
15:21
90 Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step
17:14
102 Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step
23:23
120 Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step
24:50
125 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal - Quick Step
24:50
1 Primož Roglič
Jumbo-Visma
25:06:21
2 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
0:18
3 Tao Geoghegan Hart
INEOS Grenadiers
0:23
4 Lennard Kämna
BORA - hansgrohe
0:34
5 Giulio Ciccone
Trek - Segafredo
0:37
6 Enric Mas Nicolau
Movistar Team
0:41
7 Mikel Landa Meana
Bahrain - Victorious
0:56
8 Hugh Carthy
EF Education-EasyPost
0:57
9 Aleksandr Vlasov
BORA - hansgrohe
1:10
10 Thibaut Pinot
Groupama - FDJ
1:11
29 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal - Quick Step
6:33
47 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
21:24
84 Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step
48:44
93 Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step
53:06
121 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal - Quick Step
1:06:32
134 Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step
1:08:00
142 Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step
1:12:17
1 Primož Roglič
Jumbo-Visma
36 pt
2 Tao Geoghegan Hart
INEOS Grenadiers
24 pt
3 Jasper Philipsen
Alpecin-Deceuninck
22 pt
4 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
18 pt
5 Lennard Kämna
BORA - hansgrohe
16 pt
6 Giulio Ciccone
Trek - Segafredo
15 pt
7 Biniam Girmay Hailu
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
15 pt
8 Phil Bauhaus
Bahrain - Victorious
15 pt
9 Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step
14 pt
10 Filippo Ganna
INEOS Grenadiers
12 pt
13 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal - Quick Step
10 pt
39 Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step
3 pt
47 Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step
2 pt
1 Primož Roglič
Jumbo-Visma
25 pt
2 Davide Bais
EOLO-Kometa
20 pt
3 Giulio Ciccone
Trek - Segafredo
18 pt
4 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal - Quick Step
11 pt
5 Tao Geoghegan Hart
INEOS Grenadiers
11 pt
6 Quinn Simmons
Trek - Segafredo
9 pt
7 Stefano Gandin
Team Corratec
9 pt
8 Jai Hindley
BORA - hansgrohe
7 pt
9 Nikias Arndt
Bahrain - Victorious
6 pt
10 Mattia Bais
EOLO-Kometa
6 pt
22 Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step
3 pt
31 Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step
2 pt
1 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
25:06:39
2 Brandon McNulty
UAE Team Emirates
1:01
3 Felix Gall
AG2R Citroën Team
1:56
4 Andreas Leknessund
Team DSM
2:08
5 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
4:09
6 Magnus Sheffield
INEOS Grenadiers
7:02
7 Thomas Pidcock
INEOS Grenadiers
10:29
8 Santiago Buitrago Sánchez
Bahrain - Victorious
17:05
9 Attila Valter
Jumbo-Visma
17:08
10 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
21:06
1 UAE Team Emirates 75:22:03
2 BORA - hansgrohe 0:29
3 INEOS Grenadiers 5:03
4 Movistar Team 9:26
5 Team DSM 11:11
6 Jumbo-Visma 11:30
7 Team Arkéa Samsic 14:46
8 Bahrain - Victorious 15:04
9 Groupama - FDJ 21:14
10 AG2R Citroën Team 27:21

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