Giro d'Italia

Stage 9: Avezzano - Napoli

IT Italy Sunday 12 May 2024 214 km

Il Giro: Cracking ride of Alaphilippe

Il Giro: Cracking ride of Alaphilippe

Julian Alaphilippe turned a quiet and rather uneventful stage into a memorable one after going on the attack for the third time in the first week of the race, this time 30 kilometers from the finish of the stage that concluded in Napoli. Having come close to victory in Rapolano Terme, the double World Champion showed he is determined to leave his mark on the Corsa Rosa and continue his pursuit of what would be a well-deserved win.

Arguably the most combative rider of the race since the whole thing got underway in Venaria Reale, Alaphilippe threw caution to the wind on the first of the three small climbs spicing up the last hour of racing on Sunday, launching a stinging acceleration that helped him bridge across to the original breakaway, where he was soon joined by three other men.

Julian produced a brilliant ride, helping the front group take their advantage to almost 30 seconds. Every time the road went up, the Frenchman pulled hard, without looking back and without giving up, his all-or-nothing move putting pressure on the peloton, who couldn’t make the catch despite seeing him up the road. On the final hill, Alaphilippe left his last companion behind and continued to press on, alone against the sprinters’ teams who wanted to bring everything back together before the closing kilometer in Napoli.

It took a late burst of speed of Jhonatan Narvaez (Ineos Grenadiers) for Julian to be caught just 500 meters from the top of the ascent, from where only six kilometers remained. The bunch got its wish, and the winner emerged after a mass gallop, which saw Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) prevail on the line. Jan Hirt concluded with the peloton and retained his place in the top ten of the general classification going into the first rest day of the race.

“The attack wasn’t planned, but I found myself in a good position on the climb, noticed that the bunch was nervous, so I decided to try something. I gave it my all, but in the end, I missed a bit to stay away. I am happy with my shape, I enjoy the race and I am also content with how I feel. Now I’m looking forward to a nice rest day, after which I will keep trying. As I said before, the race is still long”, Julian said at the finish in Napoli.

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images

Race details

1 Olav Kooij
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
4:44:22
2 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
0:00
3 Juan Sebastián Molano Benavides
UAE Team Emirates
0:00
4 Alberto Dainese
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
0:00
5 Danny van Poppel
BORA - hansgrohe
0:00
6 Madis Mihkels
Intermarché - Wanty
0:00
7 Kaden Groves
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:00
8 Andrea Vendrame
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:00
9 Davide Ballerini
Astana Qazaqstan Team
0:00
10 Max Kanter
Astana Qazaqstan Team
0:00
15 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
49 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
50 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
93 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
3:45
108 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
12:04
131 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
12:04
139 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
12:04
150 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
16:00
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
32:59:04
2 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
BORA - hansgrohe
2:40
3 Geraint Thomas
INEOS Grenadiers
2:58
4 Ben O'Connor
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
3:39
5 Cian Uijtdebroeks
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
4:02
6 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
4:23
7 Lorenzo Fortunato
Astana Qazaqstan Team
5:15
8 Einer Rubio Reyes
Movistar Team
5:28
9 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
5:30
10 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
5:53
27 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
21:04
39 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
34:15
99 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
1:23:55
134 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
1:45:13
150 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
1:59:04
154 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
2:02:28
159 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
2:03:55
1 Jonathan Milan
Lidl - Trek
174 pt
2 Kaden Groves
Alpecin - Deceuninck
116 pt
3 Olav Kooij
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
115 pt
4 Tim Merlier
Soudal Quick-Step
100 pt
5 Andrea Pietrobon
Team Polti Kometa
68 pt
6 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
57 pt
7 Benjamin Thomas
Cofidis
56 pt
8 Filippo Fiorelli
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
54 pt
9 Jhonatan Narváez Prado
INEOS Grenadiers
45 pt
10 Michael Valgren Andersen
EF Education - EasyPost
40 pt
16 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
33 pt
62 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
4 pt
74 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
2 pt
75 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
1 pt
991 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
-34 pt
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
104 pt
2 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
BORA - hansgrohe
52 pt
3 Simon Geschke
Cofidis
36 pt
4 Lilian Calmejane
Intermarché - Wanty
32 pt
5 Geraint Thomas
INEOS Grenadiers
22 pt
6 Andrea Piccolo
EF Education - EasyPost
18 pt
7 Ben O'Connor
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
17 pt
8 Georg Steinhauser
EF Education - EasyPost
12 pt
9 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Egerzeigzaarhka
Lidl - Trek
11 pt
10 Filippo Fiorelli
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
10 pt
20 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
4 pt
991 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal Quick-Step
-2 pt
1 Cian Uijtdebroeks
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
33:03:06
2 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
0:21
3 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
1:28
4 Alex Baudin
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
2:32
5 Filippo Zana
Team Jayco AlUla
3:10
6 Davide Piganzoli
Team Polti Kometa
5:27
7 Giovanni Aleotti
BORA - hansgrohe
9:51
8 Georg Steinhauser
EF Education - EasyPost
16:27
9 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
17:02
10 Valentin Paret-Peintre
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
22:10
45 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
1:41:11
1 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 99:16:18
2 INEOS Grenadiers 1:20
3 Astana Qazaqstan Team 9:23
4 BORA - hansgrohe 16:05
5 UAE Team Emirates 18:06
6 EF Education - EasyPost 21:01
7 VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè 21:17
8 Bahrain - Victorious 33:51
9 Soudal Quick-Step 34:56
10 Movistar Team 36:41

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