Giro d'Italia

Stage 6: Torre Del Lago Puccini - Rapolano Terme

IT Italy Thursday 09 May 2024 180 km

Il Giro: Alaphilippe second on Tuscany’s white roads

Il Giro: Alaphilippe second on Tuscany’s white roads

Julian Alaphilippe came close to completing his set of stage victories in all three Grand Tours after a fantastic day of racing at the Giro d’Italia. The two-time World Champion, a winner of Strade Bianche five years ago, was incredibly active from the gun, launching several attempts to book a place in the breakaway of the stage that travelled from Viareggio to Rapolano Terme.

Attacks came thick and fast, a host of riders trying to gain ground on the peloton, but the latter reacted each time and shut down all these moves. More riders countered on the flat roads leading to the first classified climb of the day, but it was only once they got on the slopes of the Volterra, where Alaphilippe continued to press on, that a move went clear. The original trio were joined by three more men, and together they took their advantage to a full three minutes by the time they tackled the first of the three gravel sectors.

On the second white roads segment, Julian joined an attack of Luke Plapp (Jayco-AlUla) and Pelayo Sanchez (Movistar), as the others began struggling, and this newly-formed group continued to believe in their chances despite the gap dropping at a fast pace, only one minute separating them from the charging peloton inside 15 kilometers to go. A couple of minutes later, the margin stabilized around the 30-second mark, and the three kept taking turns at the front as they started the final climb to the finish.

Julian got out of the saddle and opened his sprint 150 meters from the line and left everything out there, but he was passed by Pelayo Sanchez in the closing 50 meters and had to settle for second – his first podium at the Giro d’Italia and a result that brought him the most combative rider of the day trophy.

“When I crossed the finish line I was disappointed, because I rode for victory the entire day and it would have been nice to get it. I gave my best and did a strong race, but another rider was faster in the end. On the other hand, I can be happy about the way I felt and the solid effort I could produce on such a hard stage. We’re only six days into the Giro and we’ll keep fighting, and hopefully we will have other opportunities before we reach Rome”, an upbeat Alaphilippe said after his 12th top three finish in a Grand Tour stage.

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images

Race details

1 Pelayo Sánchez Mayo
Movistar Team
4:01:08
2 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
3 Luke Plapp
Team Jayco AlUla
0:01
4 Andrea Piccolo
EF Education - EasyPost
0:24
5 Jhonatan Narváez Prado
INEOS Grenadiers
0:29
6 Luka Mezgec
Team Jayco AlUla
0:29
7 Quinten Hermans
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:29
8 Nick Schultz
Israel - Premier Tech
0:29
9 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
BORA - hansgrohe
0:29
10 Alexey Lutsenko
Astana Qazaqstan Team
0:29
31 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
0:29
35 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
0:29
87 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
13:33
139 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
20:33
141 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
20:33
150 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
20:33
158 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
20:33
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
23:20:52
2 Geraint Thomas
INEOS Grenadiers
0:46
3 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
BORA - hansgrohe
0:47
4 Cian Uijtdebroeks
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:55
5 Einer Rubio Reyes
Movistar Team
0:56
6 Lorenzo Fortunato
Astana Qazaqstan Team
1:07
7 Juan Pedro López Pérez
Lidl - Trek
1:11
8 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
1:13
9 Alexey Lutsenko
Astana Qazaqstan Team
1:26
10 Esteban Chaves Rubio
EF Education - EasyPost
1:26
14 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
1:44
30 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
8:07
111 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
48:51
137 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
59:30
139 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
59:42
142 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
1:00:02
162 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
1:08:02
1 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
134 pt
2 Kaden Groves
Alpecin - Deceuninck
97 pt
3 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
89 pt
4 Olav Kooij
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
61 pt
5 Benjamin Thomas
Cofidis
56 pt
6 Filippo Fiorelli
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
54 pt
7 Andrea Pietrobon
Team Polti Kometa
48 pt
8 Michael Valgren Andersen
EF Education - EasyPost
40 pt
9 Phil Bauhaus
Bahrain - Victorious
37 pt
10 Lilian Calmejane
Intermarché - Wanty
34 pt
13 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
32 pt
53 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
4 pt
62 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
1 pt
66 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
1 pt
991 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
-36 pt
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
51 pt
2 Lilian Calmejane
Intermarché - Wanty
32 pt
3 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
BORA - hansgrohe
26 pt
4 Andrea Piccolo
EF Education - EasyPost
18 pt
5 Geraint Thomas
INEOS Grenadiers
16 pt
6 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Egerzeigzaarhka
Lidl - Trek
11 pt
7 Filippo Fiorelli
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
10 pt
8 Simon Geschke
Cofidis
9 pt
9 Lorenzo Fortunato
Astana Qazaqstan Team
9 pt
10 Giulio Pellizzari
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
8 pt
14 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
4 pt
991 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
-2 pt
1 Cian Uijtdebroeks
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
23:21:47
2 Alex Baudin
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:45
3 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
0:49
4 Luke Plapp
Team Jayco AlUla
1:02
5 Filippo Zana
Team Jayco AlUla
1:12
6 Georg Steinhauser
EF Education - EasyPost
1:54
7 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
1:55
8 Davide Piganzoli
Team Polti Kometa
2:11
9 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
3:14
10 Giovanni Aleotti
BORA - hansgrohe
6:29
47 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
58:47
1 INEOS Grenadiers 70:07:38
2 Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:14
3 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 1:04
4 EF Education - EasyPost 4:44
5 VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè 4:49
6 Team Jayco AlUla 5:14
7 Soudal Quick-Step 5:16
8 Movistar Team 11:03
9 BORA - hansgrohe 15:01
10 UAE Team Emirates 17:55

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