2024 Tour of the Alps (2.Pro), Italy & Austria

Formerly Giro del Trentino
47th edition: April 15 - April 19, 2024

Tour of the Alps podium history | 2023 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Friday, April 19: Fifth & Final Stage, Levico Terme - Levico Terme, 118.6 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Aurélien Paret-Peintre wins the final stage.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Levico Terme PM at 2:35 PM, local time: 15C (59F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the wind from the southwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The stage: The closing stage of the 2024 Tour of the Alps is held entirely in Trentino and in Valsugana, with start and finish in Levico Terme. Despite the relatively short distance: 118.6 kilometers, the continuous ups and downs might still be decisive for the race’s final outcome.

The route kicks off with an undulating loop of about 20 kilometers, which crosses the finish line twice in Levico Terme. After that, the peloton tackles a second loop of about 25 kilometers that showcases completely different features as it winds through the Valle dei Mocheni.

The final part of the 2024 #TotA is a long and typical climb toward Palù del Fersina, which will be ridden twice, with a long downhill in the middle. Following the second descent, a flat segment takes the pack to the race’s last climb, the Valico di Tenna, followed by a false flat that ends with about five kilometers to go. The majority of these final five kilometers is downhill, yet the last kilometer in Levico Terme climbs once more to offer a grand finale worthy of the 2024 Tour of the Alps.

The race: Early in the stage Baptiste Huyet (TDT Unibet) abandoned.

Early in the stage Lidl-Trek works to protect Juan Pedro Lopez's GC lead.

Here's is the report from GC winner Juan Pedro Lopez's Team Lidl-Trek:

On Stage 3, Juanpe attacked through the icy rain to take a beautiful solo win 38 seconds ahead of his main GC rivals. A solid margin, but by no means comfortable with two more days in the mountains left to race. The next day, proudly wearing the green jersey as race leader, Juanpe stepped up and doggedly defended his lead. With so many riders dangerously close in the overall standings, he had no choice but to follow every move he could, right to the end of the stage.

The final stage, a loop around Levico Terme, presented two more mountains standing in the way of Juanpe and his first stage-race victory. Fortunately, it wasn’t just Juanpe who stepped up to the challenge, but also his teammates who played a vital role in controlling the peloton throughout the day. When the time came for Juanpe to take matters into his own hands, he did, looking as composed and experienced as his nickname ‘El Patrón’ suggests.

As the group of climbers fought for the stage win, Juanpe crossed the line a few meters behind punching the air with elation to celebrate the first overall race victory of his career.

The winner’s words:
“I feel super happy because I worked really hard in Tenerife with the team, and being with all my teammates there made me really motivated. Last year I had some hard months after the crash, but now I’m really good, especially in the downhill. I really surprised myself, it was super nice for me.

“Today the team did a good job one by one, the young ones – Nils and Liam – were great from the start, and then Fabio and Dario were really important for me, keeping me calm and giving me confidence. Then, if I said Amanuel and Carlos did their job 100%, that wouldn’t be enough praise. They did a f***ing nice job. This victory is for the whole team.

“The green jersey is extra special because it is the color of Real Betis, my team.”

Complete results:

118.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.777 km/hr

1	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2hr 50min 20sec
2	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
3	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
4	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
5	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
6	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
7	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
9	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
10	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
12	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
13	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
14	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Ivan Sosa	Movistar Team	s.t.
16	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	@ 10sec
17	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	0:58
18	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
19	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:23
20	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
21	Alessandro Monaco	Corratec-Vini Fantini	1:37
22	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:41
23	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
24	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
25	Giovanni Carboni	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
26	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
27	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
28	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
29	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	3:46
30	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	6:35
31	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	7:39
34	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
35	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
36	Hermann Pernsteiner	Austria	s.t.
37	Martin Messner	Austria	s.t.
38	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
39	Robbe Dhondt	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
40	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
41	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
42	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
43	Thomas Pesenti	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
44	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
45	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
48	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
49	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
51	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
52	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
53	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
54	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
55	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
56	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
57	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	7:44
58	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	9:11
59	Nils Brun	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10:15
60	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	13:19
61	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	s.t.
62	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
63	Oliver Peace	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
64	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
65	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
67	Charlie Paige	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
68	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
69	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	s.t.
70	Marco Schrettl	Austria	s.t.
71	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
72	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
73	Roberto Gonzalez	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
74	Andrea Garosio	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
75	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
76	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
77	Liam O'Brien	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
78	Matteo Scalco	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
79	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
80	Marco Murgano	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
81	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
82	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
83	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
84	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
85	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
86	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
87	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
88	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	15:14
89	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
90	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	15:46
91	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
92	Matteo Amella	Corratec-Vini Fantini	16:01

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Juan Pedro Lopez (Lidl-Trek)
• Mountains classification winner: Simon Carr (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Points classification winner: Tobias Foss (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Best young rider: Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious)
• Teams classification winner: Bahrain Victorious

708.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.631 km/hr

1	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	18hr 20min 43sec
2	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	@ 38sec
3	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	0:42
4	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:44
5	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	0:48
6	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:40
8	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	1:54
9	Ivan Sosa	Movistar Team	2:52
10	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	2:58
11	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:17
12	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	4:48
13	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	5:06
14	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	9:40
15	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	10:42
16	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	12:08
17	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	12:55
18	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	13:17
19	William Barta	Movistar Team	13:32
20	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	14:01
21	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	14:08
22	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	15:31
23	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	16:25
24	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	17:01
25	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	17:24
26	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	17:50
27	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	18:13
28	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	19:33
29	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	19:36
30	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	20:34
31	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	22:32
32	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	23:39
33	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	24:30
34	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	24:39
35	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	26:34
36	Hermann Pernsteiner	Austria	30:14
37	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	31:34
38	Giovanni Carboni	JCL Team UKYO	34:46
39	Thomas Pesenti	JCL Team UKYO	36:22
40	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	37:06
41	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	38:29
42	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	38:58
43	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	39:08
44	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	40:05
45	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	41:11
46	Alessandro Monaco	Corratec-Vini Fantini	43:17
47	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	43:28
48	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	44:10
49	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	44:29
50	Martin Messner	Austria	44:36
51	Robbe Dhondt	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	46:53
52	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	47:27
53	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	47:41
54	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	48:27
55	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	49:30
56	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	52:07
57	Matteo Scalco	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	52:39
58	Roberto Gonzalez	Corratec-Vini Fantini	52:46
59	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	53:52
60	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	54:28
61	Liam O'Brien	Lidl-Trek	55:05
62	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	55:17
63	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	55:59
64	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	56:08
65	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	56:23
66	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	56:40
67	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	57:17
68	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	58:38
69	Marco Schrettl	Austria	59:29
70	Charlie Paige	TdT-Unibet	59:37
71	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	59:56
72	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	1:01:45
73	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:02:06
74	Marco Murgano	Corratec-Vini Fantini	1:03:26
75	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	1:03:36
76	Andrea Garosio	Team Polti Kometa	1:03:43
77	Nils Brun	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:03:45
78	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	1:04:24
79	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:04:27
80	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	1:06:03
81	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Vini Fantini	1:07:49
82	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:08:20
83	Matteo Amella	Corratec-Vini Fantini	1:08:37
84	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	1:09:49
85	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti Kometa	1:10:26
86	Oliver Peace	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:11:01
87	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	1:11:22
88	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	1:13:47
89	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	1:14:32
90	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	1:14:33
91	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	1:18:18
92	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team UKYO	1:18:48

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Thursday, April 18: Stage 4, Leifers/Laives - Borgo Valsugana, 141.3 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Simon Carr has left everyone behind.

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Weather at the finish city of Borgo Valsugana at 2:20 PM, local time: 10C (50F), raining, with the wind from the east at 14 km/hr 6 mph. The rain is forecast to end at 3:30 PM.

The stage: Stage 4 will again start from Leifers/Laives in Südtirol/Alto Adige and end in Borgo Valsugana, in Trentino, following 141.3 kilometers and almost 4000 meters of elevation gain. Without a doubt, these digits make ( the queen stage of the 2024 Tour of the Alps.

After a quick warm up in the first kilometers, the riders will face the ascent toward St. Lugan Pass/Passo San Lugano. Once the racers enter the Val di Cembra, a new climb toward Brusago will prepare the peloton for an even more challenging 4 kilometers up to the Passo Redebus. A long, smooth downhill brings the pack to Pergine Valsugana, right before a new climb to the Passo del Compet KOM: 845 m of elevation gain in about 10 kilometers, featuring steep, double-digit grades.

The route continues descending toward Levico Terme, before a sudden turn skyward to tackle a new and highly demanding climb up the Passo del Vetriolo, the “Strada dei Baiti.” This climb will be followed by a long descent to bring the peloton to the valley floor before taking on the day’s final climb, the Colle San Marco. From its peak, the road features seven kilometers of average descending, and two kilometers of flat riding until the finish in Borgo Valsugana.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Simon Carr's Team EF Education-EasyPost.

Stage 4 of the Tour of the Alps was expected to be truly epic, and Simon Carr delivered a performance that lived up to those expectations.

Back at the race where he took his first pro win just under a year ago, the 25-year old spent the day in the break and put on an incredible display of strength, going solo with 45-kilometers to go, to take his second win of the season.

The peloton early in the stage.

“Today was pretty special also because the first few days were so hard,” said Simon after the finish. “I came here with some pretty legitimate ambitions for the GC and worked really hard for it. But I got here and really struggled with allergies. The team and Juanma – my DS – said they still had confidence in me and those things can go as quick as they come. Today, I found myself again.”

The queen stage of the Tour of the Alps only had two classified climbs on the menu, but virtually no flat roads on the profile; the riders were faced with over 4000 meters of climbing on the 140-kilometer stage.

After going on the attack on the first incline of the day, Simon Carr was joined by teammate Hugh Carthy in the breakaway. The eleven-man break worked well together over the ensuing climbs and built up a sizable lead over the peloton behind.

"The plan for today was exactly what happened," said sport director Juanma Garate. "We knew that we had to be in the break even if the morale was a bit down in the team after a tough few days. The plan was to have the climbers in the break and have the belief that we could do it."

Sergio Higuita (BOH) was the first to attack the break on the Passo del Compet and Simon was the only rider that was able to follow. The two of them crested the climb and worked together on the descent slowly increasing their lead over the chase behind. They didn’t have much time to rest however as the duo quickly took on the brutally steep Passo del Vetriolo.

Simon made his decisive move on the hardest inclines of the climb and rolled off the front with 45 kilometers to go. He rode hard over the climb and took on the tricky descent a little over a minute in front of the charging group of GC favorites behind.

A crash in the group behind helped him extend his lead and seal the victory for the young rider.

“The gap came down to under a minute at one point so I kept on pushing on the downhill,” said Simon. “On the final climb I was more confident but I was definitely running on fumes. I am really happy with the result.”

DS Juanma Garate knew Simon could do it.

"I told Simon yesterday, 'the work you have done to get here will show somewhere, somehow. Just have confidence.' And that's exactly what happened today.

"He came back to the car in the beginning of the stage and said 'I am feeling super strong today.' So when the opportunity came, Simon took it. He did everything perfectly today."

One last stage to go tomorrow. You can be sure that the team will go all in to try to match Simon’s exploits.

Complete results:

141.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 34.401 km/hr

1	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	4hr 6min 27sec
2	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	@ 1min 19sec
3	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
4	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	1:22
5	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
6	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
8	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:19
10	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
11	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
12	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
14	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	2:55
15	Ivan Sosa	Movistar Team	s.t.
16	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	3:38
17	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	5:38
19	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
20	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	7:38
21	Adrien Maire	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
22	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
23	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
25	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
26	Martin Messner	Austria	9:12
27	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Baptiste Huyet	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
29	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
30	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
31	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
32	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
34	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
35	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
36	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
37	Hermann Pernsteiner	Austria	s.t.
38	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
39	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
40	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
41	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
42	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
43	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
44	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
45	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
46	Robbe Dhondt	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	13:42
47	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	15:21
48	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	15:44
49	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	s.t.
51	Charlie Paige	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
52	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
53	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
54	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
55	Nils Brun	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
56	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
57	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
58	Marco Schrettl	Austria	s.t.
59	Thomas Pesenti	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
60	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
61	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
62	Giovanni Carboni	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
63	Alessandro Monaco	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
64	Liam O'Brien	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
65	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
66	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
67	Matteo Scalco	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
68	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
69	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
70	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
71	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
72	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
73	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
74	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
75	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
76	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
77	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
78	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
79	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	19:48
80	Roberto Gonzalez	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
81	Oliver Peace	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
82	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
83	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
84	Andrea Garosio	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
85	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
86	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	21:33
87	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
88	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
89	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
90	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	s.t.
91	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	s.t.
92	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
93	Marco Murgano	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
94	Matteo Amella	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
95	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
96	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
97	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
98	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
99	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Juan Pedro Lopez (Lidl-Trek)
• Mountains classification leader: Simon Carr (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Points classification leader: Tobias Foss (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Best young rider: Antoni Tiberi (Bahrain Victyorious)
• Teams classification leader: Bahrain Victorious

590.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 35.055 km/hr

1	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	15hr 30min 23sec
2	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	@ 38sec
3	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	0:48
4	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
5	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
6	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
7	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:40
8	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	1:54
9	Ivan Sosa	Movistar Team	2:52
10	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	2:58
11	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	4:08
12	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:17
13	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	4:48
14	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	5:38
15	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	8:46
16	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	9:30
17	William Barta	Movistar Team	9:51
18	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	10:11
19	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	10:20
20	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
21	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	10:27
22	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	10:42
23	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	10:45
24	Adrien Maire	TdT-Unibet	11:31
25	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	11:57
26	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	12:58
27	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	13:20
28	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	14:53
29	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	15:41
30	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:55
31	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	16:01
32	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	16:53
33	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	17:55
34	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	18:13
35	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	18:55
36	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	20:51
37	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	20:53
38	Hermann Pernsteiner	Austria	22:35
39	Baptiste Huyet	TdT-Unibet	22:51
40	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	23:55
41	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	26:00
42	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	26:46
43	Thomas Pesenti	JCL Team UKYO	28:43
44	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	29:27
45	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	30:50
46	Giovanni Carboni	JCL Team UKYO	31:05
47	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	31:19
48	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	31:29
49	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	33:32
50	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	34:22
51	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	35:08
52	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	36:31
53	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	36:50
54	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	36:53
55	Martin Messner	Austria	36:57
56	Robbe Dhondt	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	39:14
57	Matteo Scalco	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	39:20
58	Roberto Gonzalez	Corratec-Vini Fantini	39:27
59	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	39:43
60	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	40:33
61	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	41:09
62	Alessandro Monaco	Corratec-Vini Fantini	41:40
63	Liam O´Brien	Lidl-Trek	41:46
64	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	41:51
65	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	42:40
66	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	42:49
67	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	43:58
68	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	44:28
69	Marco Schrettl	Austria	46:10
70	Charlie Paige	TdT-Unibet	46:18
71	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	46:37
72	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	47:38
73	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	48:44
74	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	48:47
75	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	49:01
76	Marco Murgano	Corratec-Vini Fantini	50:07
77	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	50:23
78	Andrea Garosio	Team Polti Kometa	50:24
79	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	50:59
80	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	51:05
81	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	51:08
82	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	52:34
83	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
84	Matteo Amella	Corratec-Vini Fantini	52:36
85	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	52:44
86	Nils Brun	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	53:30
87	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Vini Fantini	54:30
88	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	55:57
89	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	56:08
90	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	56:30
91	Dario Gómez Germán	Team Polti Kometa	57:07
92	Oliver Peace	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	57:42
93	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	59:15
94	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	59:19
95	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	59:38
96	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	1:00:28
97	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	1:01:13
98	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	1:02:32
99	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team UKYO	1:05:29

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Wednesday, April 17: Stage 3, Schwaz - Schwaz, 124.8km

Stage 3 map & profile

Juan Pedro Lopez takes the stage and the GC lead.

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Weather in the start/finish city of Schwaz at 2:05 PM, local time: 7C (44F), rain showers, with the wind from the north at 8 km/hr (5 mph). The rain is forecast to continues through the afternoon.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Juan Pedro Lopez's Team Lidl-Trek.

Juan Pedro López claimed his first win as a professional rider after an impressive attack at 26km from the finish. He joined Giulio Pellizzari as the duo climbed and descended through unabating rain and low temperatures as they gained on the peloton.

Juanpe attacked and dropped Pellizzari on the final climb before descending to the finish in Schwaz. The Spaniard never relented his effort, knowing that every second would count for the general classification. He crossed the line 38 seconds ahead of the chasing group and moves into the race lead by a margin of 31 seconds with two stages left to race.

"It was an amazing day for me, my first pro victory, but it was a really s**t day for everybody. We started with four degrees and rain and it was one of the coldest days on the bike in my life. We started with the objective of not getting cold, but that was impossible, so in the end I changed to the other objective, which was to go for the stage. At the beginning I didn’t feel very good, I didn’t feel my hands, I didn’t feel the rest of my body so good. In the end, I could feel that my legs were good, which was important."

Complete results:

124.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.168 km/hr

1	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	3hr 16min 11sec
2	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	@ 22sec
3	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	0:38
4	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
5	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
6	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
11	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	0: 59
12	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:08
13	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	1:20
14	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
15	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
16	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
17	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:49
18	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
19	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	1:51
21	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	1:59
22	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	2:11
23	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	3:01
24	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	3:14
25	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:24
26	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
27	Adrien Maire	TDT-Unibet	3:30
28	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
29	Hermann Pernsteiner	Austria	4:25
30	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	4:27
31	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	4:34
32	Martin Messner	Austria	4:49
33	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
34	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
35	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	5:00
36	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6:54
37	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	8:22
38	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
39	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	9:23
40	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	9:45
41	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	10:00
42	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	10:59
43	Baptiste Huyet	TDT-Unibet	11:32
44	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	12:01
45	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
46	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	s.t.
47	Liam O´Brien	Lidl-Trek	12:22
48	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
49	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	12:54
50	Roberto Gonzalez	Corratec-Vini Fantini	13:22
51	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
52	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	13:24
53	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
54	Robbe Dhondt	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	13:40
55	Thomas Pesenti	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
56	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	13:54
57	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	14:15
58	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	14:56
59	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	15:22
60	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	16:02
61	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
62	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
63	Giovanni Carboni	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
64	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
65	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	16:35
66	Abram Stockman	TDT-Unibet	16:51
67	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	17:20
68	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	17:36
69	Marco Schrettl	Austria	s.t.
70	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	18:03
71	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
72	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	18:08
73	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	18:11
74	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
76	Marco Murgano	Corratec-Vini Fantini	18:13
77	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
78	Matteo Amella	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
79	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
80	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	18:27
81	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
82	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
83	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	18:29
84	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
85	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
86	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
87	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
88	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	18:33
89	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
90	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
91	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
92	Alessandro Monaco	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
93	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
94	Yuma Koishi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
95	Antoine Debons	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
96	Nils Brun	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
98	Oliver Peace	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	18:41
99	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	19:38
100	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team UKYO	19:45
101	Charlie Paige	TDT-Unibet	20:13
102	Matteo Scalco	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	20:15
103	Andrea Garosio	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
104	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	20:28
105	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	20:41

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Juan Pedro Lopez (Lidl-Trek)
• Mountains classification leader: Mattia Bais (Polti Kometa)
• Points classification leader: Tobias Foss (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Best young rider: Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious)
• Teams classification leader: Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale

448.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.451 km/hr

1	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	11hr 22min 34sec
2	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	0:31
3	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:45
4	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	0:48
5	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
6	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
8	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	0:57
9	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:19
10	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
11	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	1:40
12	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:49
13	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	2:00
14	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:01
15	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
16	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
17	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	2:30
18	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
19	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
20	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	2:32
21	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	2:52
22	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	3:11
23	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	3:55
24	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	4:05
25	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:11
26	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	5:08
27	Adrien Maire	TDT-Unibet	5:15
28	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:30
29	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	5:41
30	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	8:05
31	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	9:03
32	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	9:33
33	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	9:48
34	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	10:05
35	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	11:05
36	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	11:45
37	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	12:42
38	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	13:03
39	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	13:57
40	Thomas Pesenti	JCL Team UKYO	14:21
41	Hermann Pernsteiner	Austria	14:45
42	Baptiste Huyet	TDT-Unibet	15:01
43	Giovanni Carboni	JCL Team UKYO	16:43
44	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	16:57
45	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	17:07
46	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	18:56
47	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	19:10
48	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	19:44
49	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	19:54
50	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	20:46
51	Roberto Gonzalez	Corratec-Vini Fantini	21:01
52	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	21:37
53	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	22:07
54	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	22:09
55	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	23:00
56	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	23:15
57	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	24:14
58	Matteo Scalco	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	24:58
59	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	25:21
60	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	26:32
61	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	26:47
62	Robbe Dhondt	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	26:54
63	Alessandro Monaco	Corratec-Vini Fantini	27:18
64	Liam O´Brien	Lidl-Trek	27:24
65	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	27:29
66	Abram Stockman	TDT-Unibet	28:27
67	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	29:00
68	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	29:03
69	Martin Messner	Austria	29:07
70	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	29:36
71	Marco Murgano	Corratec-Vini Fantini	29:56
72	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	30:06
73	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	30:12
74	Marco Schrettl	Austria	31:48
75	Charlie Paige	TDT-Unibet	31:56
76	Andrea Garosio	Team Polti Kometa	31:58
77	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	32:15
78	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	32:23
79	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
80	Matteo Amella	Corratec-Vini Fantini	32:25
81	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	32:39
82	Antoine Debons	Corratec-Vini Fantini	32:45
83	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	33:16
84	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Vini Fantini	34:19
85	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	34:25
86	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	34:39
87	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	34:45
88	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	35:57
89	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	36:19
90	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	36:37
91	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	36:46
92	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	38:22
93	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
94	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	39:04
95	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	39:08
96	Nils Brun	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Oliver Peace	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	39:16
98	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	39:27
99	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	40:17
100	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	41:35
101	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	42:21
102	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti Kometa	42:45
103	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	42:47
104	Yuma Koishi	JCL Team UKYO	42:51
105	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team UKYO	45:18

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Tuesday, April 16: Stage 2, Salurn/Salorno - Stans, 190.7 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Alessandro De Marchi takes a solo win in Stans. Photo: Sprint Cycling

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Weather at the finish city of Stans, Austria, at 1:50 PM, local time: 13C (55F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is a 9% chance of rain.

The race: Davide Bais (Polti Kometa) did not start.

Here's the report from winner Alessandro De Marchi's Team Jayco AlUla:

Italian Alessandro De Marchi soloed to a memorable and stunning victory on stage two of the Tour of the Alps.

The veteran used all of his experience to outfox his breakaway rivals on the longest stage of this year’s race to take a special first win in Team Jayco AlUla colours for the 37-year-old.

De Marchi initially made up part of a six-man breakaway that opened up a sizeable advantage over the peloton ahead of the first climb of the stage. As the road continued to rise, the numbers in the breakaway started to fall, with just three riders, including De Marchi, remaining ahead of the final obstacle of the day, the category two Gnadenwald ascent.

Patrick Gamper was the first rider to make a bid for glory, but De Marchi refused to panic as he slowly clawed his way back to the head of the race before launching an attack of his own. Simon Pellaud was able to follow the Italian at first, before the three-time Vuelta a España stage winner made his race wining move with 17km to go.

There was no looking back for De Marchi as he raced away over the top of the climb, putting over one minute into his rivals. As the line approached the Team Jayco AlUla man had time to savour the moment and his first victory since 2021.

The stage win sees De Marchi move into the lead of points jersey classification, while teammate Chris Harper maintains his second place overall.

Alessandro De Marchi:
“It took a lot [of courage], but I was confident. Two years ago I found a new, nice, super environment here at Team Jayco AlUla and in the end I knew it was just about the right moment, the right time.

"Already last year in the Giro we were there to play, and this year again, we are there, and with a bit of luck and a bit of courage, sometimes it happens.

"When you are almost 38, in this era of cycling a win like this is one of the most important after so many years, and I repeat, at this age, in this cycling, it means a lot.”

David McPartland (Sport Director):
“Alessandro had the opportunity today to go in the break and he certainly took it with open arms, that’s for sure! He’s one of the best in the business at making it to the finish in breakaways and today he was a crucial part of that strong group.

"When it came down to the business end of the stage in the final, basically he was the strongest on that final climb, without doubt. He really deserved the win, he had the legs to make it happen today and to represent Team Jayco AlUla up there on the podium with a stage win, it’s a fantastic day for all involved.”

Complete results:

190.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.782 km/hr

1	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	4hr 47min 37sec
2	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 1min 20sec
3	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:24
4	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	1:47
5	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
6	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Tom Donnenwirth	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
11	Giovanni Carboni	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
12	Robbe Dhondt	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
13	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
14	Thomas Pesenti	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
15	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
16	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
19	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
20	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
21	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
23	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
24	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
25	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
26	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
27	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
28	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
29	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
30	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
31	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
32	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Adrien Maire	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
34	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
35	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
36	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
37	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
38	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
39	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
40	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
41	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
42	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
43	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
44	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	s.t.
45	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
46	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
47	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
48	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
49	Alessandro Pinarello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
50	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
51	Alessandro Monaco	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
52	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
53	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
54	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
55	Sebastian Putz	Austria	s.t.
56	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
57	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:58
58	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
59	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	2:01
60	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:22
61	Hermann Pernsteiner	Austria	s.t.
62	Baptiste Huyet	TdT-Unibet	3:31
63	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
64	Liam O'Brien	Lidl-Trek	3:35
65	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	3:40
66	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
67	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
68	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	4:38
69	Charlie Paige	TdT-Unibet	4:45
70	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Roberto Gonzalez	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
72	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
73	Antoine Debons	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
74	Andrea Garosio	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
75	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
76	Marco Murgano	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
77	Matteo Scalco	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
78	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
79	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	7:14
80	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
81	Matteo Amella	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
82	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
83	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
84	Marco Schrettl	Austria	s.t.
85	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
86	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	9:08
87	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
88	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
89	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
90	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
92	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
93	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
94	Nils Brun	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
96	Oliver Peace	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
97	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10:38
98	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	12:51
99	Hao Tu Chih	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
100	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
101	Martin Messner	Austria	s.t.
102	Nariyuki Masuda	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
103	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
104	Yuma Koishi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
105	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	s.t.
106	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
107	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
108	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
109	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
110	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
111	Aj August	INEOS Grenadiers	14:06
112	Riccardo Lucca	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
113	Atsushi Oka	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
114	Nicklas Pedersen	TdT-Unibet	s.t.
115	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Tobias Foss (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification leader: Mattia Bais (Polti Kometa)
• Points classification leader: Alessandro De Marchi (Jayco AlUla)
• Best young rider: Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious)
• Teams classification leader: Jayco AlUla

324 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.973 km/hr

1	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	8hr 6min 20sec
2	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	@ 4sec
3	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	0:06
4	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:10
5	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	0:13
6	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
8	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
10	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
11	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
12	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:44
13	Thomas Pesenti	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
14	Giovanni Carboni	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
15	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
16	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
17	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
19	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
20	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
21	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
22	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
23	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
24	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
25	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
26	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
27	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
28	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
29	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
30	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
31	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
33	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
34	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
35	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
36	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
38	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	0:58
39	Adrien Maire	TdT-Unibet	1:48
40	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
41	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	2:37
42	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
43	Baptiste Huyet	TdT-Unibet	3:32
44	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
45	Alessandro Pinarello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	4:04
46	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:44
47	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
48	Matteo Scalco	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	4:46
49	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:19
50	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	6:51
51	Roberto Gonzalez	Corratec-Vini Fantini	7:42
52	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	8:15
53	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	8:21
54	Tom Donnenwirth	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	8:48
55	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
56	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
57	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
58	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	s.t.
59	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
61	Alessandro Monaco	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
62	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
63	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	8:59
64	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	8:59
65	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	9:26
66	Hermann Pernsteiner	Austria	10:23
67	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10:39
68	Abram Stockman	TdT-Unibet	11:39
69	Charlie Paige	TdT-Unibet	11:46
70	Andrea Garosio	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
71	Marco Murgano	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
72	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
73	Robbe Dhondt	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	13:17
74	Sebastian Putz	Austria	s.t.
75	Matteo Amella	Corratec-Vini Fantini	14:15
76	Marco Schrettl	Austria	s.t.
77	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
78	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
79	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
80	Antoine Debons	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
81	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
82	Liam O´Brien	Lidl-Trek	15:05
83	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	16:09
84	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
85	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
86	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
87	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	16:15
88	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
89	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
90	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	16:44
91	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	18:38
92	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	19:52
93	Nariyuki Masuda	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
94	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
95	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
96	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
97	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
98	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	20:38
99	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
100	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
101	Nils Brun	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Oliver Peace	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
103	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
104	Atsushi Oka	JCL Team UKYO	21:07
105	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	24:21
106	Hao Tu Chih	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
107	Yuma Koishi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
108	Martin Messner	Austria	s.t.
109	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	s.t.
110	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
111	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
112	Nicklas Pedersen	TdT-Unibet	25:36
113	Riccardo Lucca	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
114	Aj August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
115	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

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Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Monday, April 15: Stage 1, Neumarkt/Egna (Italy)- Kurtinig/Cortina (Italy), 133.3 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Tobias Foss wins the first stage. Photo: Vaishar

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Weather at the finish city of Kurtinig/Cortina at 1:55 PM, local time: 24C (75F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the south-southwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 4% chance of rain.

The race: Alessio Martinelli (VF Group-Bardiani CSF) did not start and early in the stage Kevin Inkelaar (TDT-Unibet) abandoned.

Here's the report from stage winner Tobias Foss' Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Tobias Foss sprinted to his first victory for the Grenadiers in emphatic style on stage one of Tour of the Alps. The win sees the Norwegian move into the race lead at the start of the five-day event.

The Grenadiers set the pace for the majority of the day, ensuring a six man move never gained more than four minutes of an advantage on the relatively short run to Cortina. On the final climb, with roughly 20 kilometres to go, the pace was high, with the peloton rapidly shrinking.

Over the top, and the team had Foss and Geraint Thomas in a select lead group, with Filippo Ganna working hard to chase back on behind.

A myriad of attacks came and went in the run-in, with both G and Tobias getting stuck in, before a four man move including Foss went clear with under two kilometres to go.

The move rapidly established a gap, as Geraint worked to slow down the chase. Into the sprint and Foss launched from afar, driving into the slight incline all the way to the line, to claim his maiden victory with the Grenadiers.

Geraint Thomas, after some great teamwork, came home sixth, with Filippo Ganna leading the chasing back in twelfth.

Complete results:

133.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.578 km/hr

1	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	3hr 17min 6sec
2	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
3	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
4	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
5	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	@ 3sec
6	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
10	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
11	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
12	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	0:34
13	Thomas Pesenti	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
14	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
15	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
16	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
17	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
18	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
19	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
21	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
22	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
24	Giovanni Carboni	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
25	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
26	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
27	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
28	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
30	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
31	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
32	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
34	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
35	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
36	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
37	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
38	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
39	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
40	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
41	Adrien Maire	TDT-Unibet	1:38
42	Baptiste Huyet	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
43	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
44	Matteo Scalco	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
45	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
46	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
47	Alessandro Pinarello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	3:54
48	Roberto Gonzalez	Corratec-Vini Fantini	4:34
49	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
51	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
52	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	7:23
53	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	8:38
54	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	s.t.
55	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
56	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
57	Hermann Pernsteiner	Austria	s.t.
58	Abram Stockman	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
59	Marco Schrettl	Austria	s.t.
60	Matteo Amella	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
61	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
62	Tom Donnenwirth	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
63	Davide Bais	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
64	Charlie Paige	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
65	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	Atsushi Oka	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
67	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
68	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
69	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
70	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
71	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
72	Andrea Garosio	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
73	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
74	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
75	Alessandro Monaco	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
76	Marco Murgano	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
77	Nariyuki Masuda	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
78	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
79	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
80	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
81	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
82	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
83	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
84	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
85	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
86	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
88	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
89	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
90	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
91	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	11:07
92	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Antoine Debons	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
94	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	13:07
95	Liam O´Brien	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
96	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	s.t.
97	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
98	Hao Tu Chih	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
99	Nicklas Pedersen	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
100	Yuma Koishi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
101	Sebastian Putz	Austria	s.t.
102	Nils Brun	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Robbe Dhondt	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
104	Oliver Peace	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
105	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
106	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
107	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	s.t.
108	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
109	Riccardo Lucca	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
110	Martin Messner	Austria	s.t.
111	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
112	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
113	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
114	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
115	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
116	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Tobias Foss (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification leader: Mattia Bais (Team Polti Kometa)
• Points classification leader: Tobias Foss (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Best young rider: Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious)
• Teams classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

1	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	3hr 16min 56sec
2	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	@ 4sec
3	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	0:06
4	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:10
5	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	0:13
6	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
10	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
11	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
12	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	0:44
13	Thomas Pesenti	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
14	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
15	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
16	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
17	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
18	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
19	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
21	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
22	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
24	Giovanni Carboni	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
25	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
26	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
27	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
28	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
30	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
31	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
32	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
34	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
35	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
36	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
37	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
38	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
39	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
40	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
41	Adrien Maire	TDT-Unibet	1:48
42	Baptiste Huyet	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
43	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
44	Matteo Scalco	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
45	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
46	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
47	Alessandro Pinarello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	4:04
48	Roberto Gonzalez	Corratec-Vini Fantini	4:44
49	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
51	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
52	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	7:33
53	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	8:48
54	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	s.t.
55	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
56	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
57	Hermann Pernsteiner	Austria	s.t.
58	Abram Stockman	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
59	Marco Schrettl	Austria	s.t.
60	Matteo Amella	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
61	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
62	Tom Donnenwirth	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
63	Davide Bais	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
64	Charlie Paige	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
65	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	Atsushi Oka	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
67	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
68	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
69	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
70	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
71	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
72	Andrea Garosio	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
73	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
74	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
75	Alessandro Monaco	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
76	Marco Murgano	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
77	Nariyuki Masuda	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
78	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
79	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
80	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
81	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
82	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
83	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
84	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
85	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
86	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
88	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
89	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
90	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
91	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	11:17
92	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Antoine Debons	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
94	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	13:17
95	Liam O´Brien	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
96	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	s.t.
97	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
98	Hao Tu Chih	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
99	Nicklas Pedersen	TDT-Unibet	s.t.
100	Yuma Koishi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
101	Sebastian Putz	Austria	s.t.
102	Nils Brun	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Robbe Dhondt	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
104	Oliver Peace	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
105	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
106	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
107	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	s.t.
108	Romain Combaud	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
109	Riccardo Lucca	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
110	Martin Messner	Austria	s.t.
111	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
112	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
113	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
114	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
115	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
116	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

 

Start list with back numbers, coming April 14, 2024:

	INEOS Grenadiers
1	Geraint Thomas
2	Andrew August
3	Tobias Foss
4	Filippo Ganna
5	Salvatore Puccio
6	Óscar Rodríguez
7	Ben Swift
	Bora-hansgrohe
11	Emil Herzog
12	Anton Palzer
13	Cesare Benedetti
14	Jonas Koch
15	Patrick Gamper
16	Sergio Higuita
	Bahrain Victorious
21	Antonio Tiberi
22	Alberto Bruttomesso
23	Finlay Pickering
24	Wout Poels
25	Torstein Træen
26	Hao Tu Chih
	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale
31	Ben O'Connor
32	Valentin Paret-Peintre
33	Aurélien Paret-Peintre
34	Bastien Tronchon
35	Lawrence Warbasse
36	Tom Donnenwirth
37	Killian Verschuren
	EF Education-EasyPost
41	Markel Beloki
42	Simon Carr
43	Hugh Carthy
44	Alexander Cepeda
45	Esteban Chaves
46	Georg Steinhauser
47	Jardi Van Der Lee
	Lidl-Trek
51	Nils Aebersold
52	Dario Cataldo
53	Fabio Felline
54	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
55	Juan Pedro Lopez
56	Liam O´Brien
57	Carlos Verona
	Movistar Team
61	William Barta
62	Gregor Mühlberger
63	Antonio Pedrero
65	Sergio Samitier
66	Mathias Norsgaard
67	Ivan Sosa
	Team Jayco-AlUla
71	Welay Berhe
72	Alessandro De Marchi
73	Lucas Hamilton
74	Chris Harper
75	Rudy Porter
76	Callum Scotson
77	Filippo Zana
	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
81	Romain Bardet
82	Romain Combaud
83	Chris Hamilton
84	Gijs Leemreize
85	Robbe Dhondt
86	Oliver Peace
	Corratec-Vini Fantini
91	Matteo Amella
92	Antoine Debons
93	Davide Baldaccini
94	Marco Murgano
95	Alessandro Monaco
96	Roberto Gonzalez
97	Kyrylo Tsarenko
	Equipo Kern Pharma
101	Urko Berrade
102	José Félix Parra
103	Jon Agirre
104	Jorge Gutiérrez
105	Carlos Garcia
106	Eugenio Sanchez
107	Martí Márquez
	Euskaltel-Euskadi
111	Mikel Bizkarra
112	Joan Bou
113	Mikel Iturria
114	Luis Angel Mate
115	Unai Cuadrado
116	Nicolas Alustiza
117	Asier Etxeberria
	TDT-Unibet
121	Charlie Paige
122	Adrien Maire
123	Baptiste Huyet
124	Kevin Inkelaar
125	Abram Stockman
126	Nicklas Pedersen
	Team Polti Kometa
131	Mattia Bais
132	Davide Bais
133	Germán Dario Gómez
134	Matteo Fabbro
135	Andrea Garosio
136	Francisco Muñoz
137	Davide Piganzoli
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
141	Nils Brun
142	Simon Pellaud
143	Michael Storer
144	Florian Stork
145	Mathys Rondel
146	Roland Thalmann
147	Hannes Wilksch
	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè
151	Luca Covili
152	Riccardo Lucca
153	Alessio Martinelli
154	Giulio Pellizzari
155	Alessandro Pinarello
156	Matteo Scalco
157	Alex Tolio
	JCL Team UKYO
161	Nariyuki Masuda
162	Giovanni Carboni
163	Manabu Ishibashi
164	Yuma Koishi
165	Atsushi Oka
166	Thomas Pesenti
167	Masaki Yamamoto
	Austria
171	Hermann Pernsteiner
172	Martin Messner
173	Marco Schrettl
174	Sebastian Schönberger
175	Lukas Pöstlberger
176	Sebastian Putz
177	Benjamin Eckerstorfer