Asgreen in the Tirreno-Adriatico break

Asgreen in the Tirreno-Adriatico break

Friday came with the first important stage of the race, whose menu included two classified climbs – Castellalto (7.7 km, 4.5%) and San Giacomo (11.9 km, 6.2%) – before the finish in Valle Castellana, and Kasper Asgreen decided to spend it in a large breakaway group that didn’t take too long to form.

The problem of the group was that many important names were there, and that made it difficult for them to build a proper advantage over the peloton. This didn’t stop the Danish powerhouse from being one of the most active riders in that move, helping them take their margin to more than two minutes before the gap was cut again by the eager bunch.

It came as no surprise that they were pegged back on San Giacomo, where Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) attacked, soloing to victory. A three-time Tirreno-Adriatico stage winner, Julian Alaphilippe concluded the stage as the highest-ranked Soudal Quick-Step rider.

“It was a hard day. The peloton wanted to make it tough and that’s what we got. The stage was short, but it was good to be in the breakaway, because it served as a nice preparation for the Classics. We didn’t have a lot of chances to be fair, but the intensity felt in the legs will count in the next races of the spring”, Kasper said after the stage.

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images

Race details

1 Jonas Vingegaard Hansen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
3:28:27
2 Juan Ayuso Pesquera
UAE Team Emirates
1:12
3 Jai Hindley
BORA - hansgrohe
1:12
4 Ben O'Connor
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
1:14
5 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
1:14
6 Cian Uijtdebroeks
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
1:14
7 Isaac del Toro Romero
UAE Team Emirates
1:14
8 Thomas Pidcock
INEOS Grenadiers
2:52
9 Kévin Vauquelin
2:52
10 Romain Grégoire
Groupama - FDJ
2:52
43 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
6:02
76 Fausto Masnada
Soudal Quick-Step
15:49
89 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step
15:49
137 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
22:04
141 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
23:35
143 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
23:43
152 Jordi Warlop
Soudal Quick-Step
23:43
1 Jonas Vingegaard Hansen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
18:34:45
2 Juan Ayuso Pesquera
UAE Team Emirates
0:54
3 Jai Hindley
BORA - hansgrohe
1:20
4 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
1:29
5 Ben O'Connor
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
1:32
6 Isaac del Toro Romero
UAE Team Emirates
1:34
7 Cian Uijtdebroeks
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
2:12
8 Kévin Vauquelin
2:54
9 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
2:57
10 Romain Grégoire
Groupama - FDJ
3:02
45 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
7:25
55 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step
16:03
65 Fausto Masnada
Soudal Quick-Step
17:25
118 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
27:03
135 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
31:17
138 Jordi Warlop
Soudal Quick-Step
31:48
156 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
42:12
1 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
32 pt
2 Juan Ayuso Pesquera
UAE Team Emirates
23 pt
3 Jasper Philipsen
Alpecin - Deceuninck
22 pt
4 Filippo Ganna
INEOS Grenadiers
15 pt
5 Jonas Vingegaard Hansen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
14 pt
6 Axel Zingle
Cofidis
14 pt
7 Kévin Vauquelin
13 pt
8 Phil Bauhaus
Bahrain - Victorious
12 pt
9 Jan Stöckli
Team Corratec - Vini Fantini
10 pt
10 Ethan Vernon
Israel - Premier Tech
10 pt
11 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
10 pt
23 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
6 pt
41 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
2 pt
42 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step
2 pt
1 Jonas Vingegaard Hansen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
15 pt
2 Isaac del Toro Romero
UAE Team Emirates
10 pt
3 Davide Bais
Team Polti Kometa
7 pt
4 Juan Ayuso Pesquera
UAE Team Emirates
7 pt
5 Lorenzo Quartucci
Team Corratec - Vini Fantini
6 pt
6 Richard Carapaz Montenegro
EF Education - EasyPost
5 pt
7 Damien Howson
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
5 pt
8 Alexander Kamp
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
5 pt
9 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
5 pt
10 Ben O'Connor
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
3 pt
15 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step
2 pt
1 Juan Ayuso Pesquera
UAE Team Emirates
18:35:39
2 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
0:35
3 Isaac del Toro Romero
UAE Team Emirates
0:40
4 Cian Uijtdebroeks
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
1:18
5 Kévin Vauquelin
2:00
6 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
2:03
7 Romain Grégoire
Groupama - FDJ
2:08
8 Max Poole
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
2:12
9 Thomas Pidcock
INEOS Grenadiers
2:19
10 Davide Piganzoli
Team Polti Kometa
2:50
1 UAE Team Emirates 55:49:55
2 BORA - hansgrohe 2:05
3 INEOS Grenadiers 2:16
4 Movistar Team 4:08
5 Bahrain - Victorious 4:13
6 EF Education - EasyPost 5:10
7 Astana Qazaqstan Team 8:48
8 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 12:41
9 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 16:40
10 Array 17:41

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