2019 Tirreno - Adriatico (World Tour), Italy

54th edition: March 13 - March 19, 2019

Tirreno-Adriatico podium history | 2018 edition | 2020 edition | Start list | Organizer's race preview
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7

Seven stages

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Tuesday, March 19: 7th & Final Stage, San Benedetto del Tronto 10.1 km individual time trial

Stage 7 map & profile | Stage 7 photos

Primoz Roglic on his way to winning the 2019 Tirreno-Adriatico. Sirotti photo

Weather at San Benedetto del Tronto at 12:30 PM, local time: 10C (50F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the NNW at 23 km/hr (14 mph).There is a small chance of rain during the afternoon.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Victor Campenaerts' Lotto-Soudal team.

Lotto Soudal rider Victor Campenaerts took his first WorldTour victory in San Benedetto del Tronto today! Early in the time trial, the European champion set an impressive time of 11’23”. After more than two nail-biting hours in the hot seat, the Belgian could finally breathe a sigh of relief as no one was able to beat his time. Alberto Bettiol (11’26”) and Jos van Emden (11’27”) finished second and third, respectively. In the battle for the overall victory, it was eventually Primoz Roglič who took the win, beating Adam Yates by only one second.

Around a quarter to two, Victor Campenaerts left the start ramp in the closing time trial of Tirreno-Adriatico. The Belgian Lotto Soudal rider set - with a time of 11’23” - an early mark. Time trial specialists such as Jos van Emden, Rohan Dennis and Stefan Küng were not able to improve the top time set by Campenaerts. Also Tom Dumoulin and Primoz Roglič could not reach out their hand to the stage victory. After two Belgian and two European time trial titles for Campenaerts, it is now his first victory on WorldTour level.

Victor Campenaerts: “It feels amazing to take my first victory in a WorldTour time trial. I was already close last year and also this year, I started the season with the goal of winning in the WorldTour. If that succeeds in the first time trial of the season, that’s of course fantastic! With for example Küng and van Emden - a real short-distance specialist - the world’s best  time triallists were here today. Moreover, I hadn’t been able to beat Tom Dumoulin and Rohan Dennis before. That’s of course a big satisfaction. The team time trial gave me an idea about my shape, but of course you want to confirm that in-race, which also succeeded.”

“It was quite windy today and until the intermediate point, we had a tailwind. So, I tried to save some energy during the first kilometres as I rode just beneath my average wattage. That also explains my time at the intermediate time check. Then, I would try - with some power left in the legs - to make the difference in the second part of the race. That strategy turned out to be the right one. During the final kilometre, I had the feeling that I went a little above my limit, but eventually everything worked out. After I finished, I still had to wait for over two hours in the hot seat. In the end, some really strong guys like Dumoulin and Roglič still had to start but eventually, no one was able to beat my time. Everything I do is in light of the Hour Record, but my victory today is a really good sign.”

Complete Results:

Stage 7 photos

10.1 km raced at an average speed of 53.232 km/hr

1	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto-Soudal	11min 23sec
2	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	@ 3sec
3	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	0:04
4	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF Education First	0:06
5	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:07
6	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	0:08
7	DUMOULIN Tom	Team Sunweb	s.t.
8	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain-Merida	0:09
9	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	0:11
10	GANNA Filippo	Sky	0:12
11	ROGLIC Primoz	Jumbo-Visma	0:13
12	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	0:14
13	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	0:15
14	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	0:16
15	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:17
16	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	0:19
17	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	0:20
18	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
19	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	0:21
20	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	0:24
21	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	0:26
23	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	0:27
24	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	0:28
26	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	0:29
27	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First	s.t.
28	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
29	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
30	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	0:30
31	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
32	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
33	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	0:31
34	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	0:32
35	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
36	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	0:33
37	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
38	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	0:34
39	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
40	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	0:36
41	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
42	BRÄNDLE Matthias	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
43	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
44	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	0:37
45	STYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:38
46	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
47	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	0:39
48	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
49	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
50	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	0:40
51	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
52	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	0:41
53	POELS Wout	Sky	s.t.
54	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain-Merida	0:42
55	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	0:44
56	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
57	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	0:46
58	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	0:47
59	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	0:48
60	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
61	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
62	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
63	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	0:49
64	DUNNE Conor	Israel Cycling Academy	0:50
65	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	0:51
66	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
67	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
68	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	0:52
69	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	0:53
70	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
71	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
72	CATALDO Dario	Astana	0:54
73	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
74	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	s.t.
75	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	0:55
76	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	0:56
77	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	0:59
78	SIMON Julien	Cofidis	1:00
79	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
80	STANNARD Ian	Sky	s.t.
81	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
82	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	1:01
83	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	1:02
84	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
85	PUCCIO Salvatore	Sky	1:03
86	BOOKWALTER Brent	Mitchelton-Scott	1:04
87	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	1:05
88	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
89	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
90	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
91	KREUZIGER Roman	Dimension Data	1:06
92	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:07
93	VELASCO Simone	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
94	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	1:08
95	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
96	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	1:09
97	SKUJIŅS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	1:11
98	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	1:12
99	CARAPAZ Richard	Movistar	s.t.
100	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:13
101	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:15
102	VISCONTI Giovanni	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	1:17
103	KING Ben	Dimension Data	1:18
104	NEILANDS Krists	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
105	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
106	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
107	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	1:19
108	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	s.t.
109	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	1:20
110	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Cycling Academy	1:22
111	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF	1:23
112	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	1:24
113	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
114	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	1:25
115	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
116	ZARDINI Edoardo	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
117	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	1:27
118	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
119	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	1:28
120	BOEV Igor	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:32
121	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:33
122	BERHANE Natnael	Cofidis	1:34
123	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
124	BRESCIANI Michael	Bardiani-CSF	1:35
125	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	1:36
126	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
127	GABBURO Davide	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
128	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain-Merida	1:39
129	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	1:40
130	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Cycling Academy	1:42
131	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	1:43
132	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
133	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	1:45
134	SIMION Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
135	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	1:50
136	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	1:51
137	PACIONI Luca	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	1:55
138	WACKERMANN Luca	Bardiani-CSF	2:02
139	QUINTANA Dayer	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	2:07
140	LEMOINE Cyril	Cofidis	2:41

Final GC after stage 7:

• Final GC leader: Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma)
• Mountains classification winner: Alexey Lutsenko (Astana)
• Points classification winner: Mirco Maestri (Bardiani-CSF)
• Best young rider: Sam Oomen (Team Sunweb)

1,048.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.171 km/hr. Fastest ever Tirreno-Adriatico.

1	ROGLIC Primoz	Jumbo-Visma	25hr 28min 0sec
2	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 1sec
3	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	0:30
4	DUMOULIN Tom	Team Sunweb	1:25
5	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	2:32
6	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:34
7	POELS Wout	Sky	2:42
8	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	3:01
9	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	3:12
10	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	3:18
11	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	3:28
12	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	3:37
13	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	3:43
14	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	4:29
15	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	4:34
16	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	4:57
17	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	5:02
18	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	5:10
19	SKUJIŅS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	5:14
20	CARAPAZ Richard	Movistar	5:21
21	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	5:54
22	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	6:06
23	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	6:45
24	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	8:04
25	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	8:15
26	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	9:28
27	KREUZIGER Roman	Dimension Data	10:44
28	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	14:03
29	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	16:54
30	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	17:01
31	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	17:34
32	SIMON Julien	Cofidis	17:57
33	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	18:22
34	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	18:23
35	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	18:56
36	STYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	18:58
37	VELASCO Simone	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	19:03
38	BOOKWALTER Brent	Mitchelton-Scott	19:20
39	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Cycling Academy	21:01
40	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	21:54
41	ZARDINI Edoardo	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	22:11
42	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	22:47
43	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	23:17
44	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	24:05
45	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	25:34
46	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	25:36
47	CATALDO Dario	Astana	25:57
48	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	26:12
49	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	27:13
50	GABBURO Davide	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	27:19
51	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	27:37
52	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	28:35
53	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	29:03
54	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	29:04
55	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	30:09
56	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	30:43
57	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	30:51
58	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	30:58
59	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	31:13
60	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
61	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
62	VISCONTI Giovanni	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	33:25
63	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	33:30
64	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	33:52
65	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	35:28
66	QUINTANA Dayer	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	35:31
67	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	35:37
68	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	36:23
69	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	36:45
70	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	36:51
71	PUCCIO Salvatore	Sky	37:40
72	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	38:49
73	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
74	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain-Merida	38:50
75	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	41:13
76	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	41:15
77	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	42:38
78	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	42:49
79	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF Education First	44:07
80	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	44:39
81	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	45:11
82	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	45:26
83	BERHANE Natnael	Cofidis	45:43
84	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
85	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	46:06
86	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	46:45
87	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
88	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	46:54
89	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	47:38
90	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	47:54
91	STANNARD Ian	Sky	47:56
92	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	48:56
93	NEILANDS Krists	Israel Cycling Academy	49:00
94	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	49:51
95	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain-Merida	52:55
96	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	54:03
97	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	54:21
98	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	54:32
99	LEMOINE Cyril	Cofidis	56:03
100	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	56:25
101	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	57:16
102	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	58:47
103	GANNA Filippo	Sky	58:58
104	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	58:59
105	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	59:17
106	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	59:56
107	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	1hr 0min 15sec
108	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	1:00:21
109	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	1:00:30
110	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	1:00:47
111	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:00:48
112	DUNNE Conor	Israel Cycling Academy	1:02:05
113	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	1:02:10
114	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	1:04:24
115	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF	1:04:57
116	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	1:05:34
117	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	1:05:54
118	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:06:00
119	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	1:06:02
120	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto-Soudal	1:06:12
121	PACIONI Luca	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	1:06:27
122	KING Ben	Dimension Data	1:06:29
123	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	1:07:29
124	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	1:08:38
125	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	1:09:07
126	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:09:23
127	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:09:24
128	BRESCIANI Michael	Bardiani-CSF	1:09:48
129	SIMION Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	1:10:00
130	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	1:10:28
131	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:10:35
132	WACKERMANN Luca	Bardiani-CSF	1:10:40
133	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First	1:10:47
134	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain-Merida	1:11:11
135	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	1:11:17
136	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	1:12:57
137	BRÄNDLE Matthias	Israel Cycling Academy	1:13:06
138	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Cycling Academy	1:14:11
139	BOEV Igor	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:14:12
140	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain-Merida	1:15:22

Stage 7 map & profile:

Stage 7 map

Stage 7 profile.

Stage 7 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Rohan Dennis was 9 seconds off the winning pace.

Adam Yates just couldn't go quite fast enough.

Primoz Roglic's 11th place was good enough.

Stage winner Victor Campenaerts

Victor Campenaerts enjoys his stage win.

2019 Tirreno-Adriatico winner Primoz Roglic

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Monday, March 18: Stage 6, Matelica - Jesi, 195 km

Stage 6 map & profile | Stage 6 photos

Julian Alaphilppe wins in Jesi.

Weather at the finish city of Jesi at 12:30, local time: 16C (61F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 27 km/hr (17 mph). Rain is likely (90% chance at 3:00 PM) all afternoon.

The race: 144 riders began the stage at 11:42.

Here's the report from winner Julian Alaphilippe's Deceuninck-Quick Step team.

Inside 300 meters to go in Jesi, a small town located not far from the coast of the Adriatic, where the race will conclude on Tuesday. A slightly uphill finish which shouldn’t really put any problems to the sprinters. And Max Richeze doing one of his legendary lead-outs and placing his leader in a prime position with 150 meters left. But coming off his wheel isn’t Italian Champion and stage 3 victor Elia Viviani, but Julian Alaphilippe, who measures his sprint perfectly, takes everyone by surprise and surges to his sixth victory of the year.

That was the main story of 195km-long Tirreno-Adriatico stage 6, which Deceuninck – Quick-Step controlled with Kasper Asgreen and Belgian Champion Yves Lampaert, the latter taking over the reins at the head of the bunch some 20 kilometers from the finish, on the second lap of the Jesi circuit, thus making sure the remnants of the original seven-man breakaway would be brought to heel before the sprinters’ big showdown.

Deceuninck – Quick-Step was all over the front of the pack, dominating the closing kilometres, and it was on the drag to the finish that as soon as Michael Mørkøv peeled off the front, Max Richeze’s brilliant lead-out helped Julian Alaphilippe pull out a small gap on the others and hit the front with 150 meters left, from where the livewire Frenchman put in a huge turn of pace and delivered the team’s 18th victory of the season.

“Wow, it’s such a perfect Tirreno-Adriatico for us. It’s been a successful week for Deceuninck – Quick-Step here in Italy and I am glad I could finish off the squad’s amazing work today. Kasper, Yves Max, everybody contributed to the pace and did a magnificent job on this stage, and for that I am extremely grateful”, said the first Frenchman in three decades to have won a brace of stages at a single Tirreno-Adriatico edition.

Joining 26-year-old Julian on the podium was Elia Viviani, who finished third in Jesi and continued his impressive start to the season, while the experienced Richeze concluded in sixth position, further underlining the team’s dominance in the stage 6 final.

“During the stage, Elia told me it was going to be a hard sprint and that he didn’t feel that good, so I was free to try and go for it. Everybody was tired today, you could see that in the bunch. I told him that we will see, then in the last kilometer I found myself on Max’s wheel and as soon as he dropped me in the front, I went full gas and that was it. I can’t tell you how happy and proud I am of my team, whom I want to thank, because this is also their victory.”

Complete Results:

Stage 6 photos

195 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.462 km/hr

1	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4hr 42min 11sec
2	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
3	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
4	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
5	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
7	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
8	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
9	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
10	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
11	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
12	PACIONI Luca	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
13	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
14	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	s.t.
15	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
16	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	s.t.
17	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	s.t.
18	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
19	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
20	GABBURO Davide	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
21	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	s.t.
22	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
23	WIŚNIOWSKI Lukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
24	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
25	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
26	ROGLIC Primoz	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
27	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
28	POELS Wout	Sky	s.t.
29	DUMOULIN Tom	Team Sunweb	s.t.
30	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
31	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
32	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
33	KREUZIGER Roman	Dimension Data	s.t.
34	CARAPAZ Richard	Movistar	s.t.
35	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	s.t.
36	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
37	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
38	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF Education First	s.t.
39	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
40	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
42	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	s.t.
43	SIMON Julien	Cofidis	s.t.
44	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
45	SKUJIŅS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
46	VELASCO Simone	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
47	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	s.t.
48	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
49	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
50	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	s.t.
52	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
53	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
54	BRESCIANI Michael	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
55	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
56	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
57	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
58	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
59	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
60	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
61	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
62	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	s.t.
63	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
64	DUNNE Conor	Israel Cycling Academy	@ 16sec
65	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
66	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	0:18
67	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
68	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
69	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
70	STANNARD Ian	Sky	0:21
71	PUCCIO Salvatore	Sky	0:23
72	GANNA Filippo	Sky	0:27
73	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	0:43
74	BERHANE Natnael	Cofidis	s.t.
75	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
76	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	s.t.
77	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
78	STYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:50
79	FRAILE Omar	Astana	0:54
80	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
81	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
82	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	0:57
83	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	1:04
84	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
85	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
86	SIMION Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
87	LEMOINE Cyril	Cofidis	s.t.
88	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
89	BOOKWALTER Brent	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
90	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
91	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain-Merida	1:16
92	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	s.t.
93	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	1:21
94	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	1:27
95	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
96	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	1:51
97	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	1:54
98	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	1:56
99	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	1:58
100	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First	2:00
101	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
102	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain-Merida	2:02
103	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
104	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
105	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	2:11
106	BRÄNDLE Matthias	Israel Cycling Academy	2:15
107	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	2:21
108	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	3:14
109	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	3:23
110	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
111	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	s.t.
112	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
113	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
114	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	4:28
115	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
116	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
117	VISCONTI Giovanni	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
118	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
119	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
120	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
121	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
122	QUINTANA Dayer	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
123	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
124	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
125	BOEV Igor	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
126	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
127	NEILANDS Krists	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
128	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	s.t.
129	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
130	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	6:47
131	KING Ben	Dimension Data	7:08
132	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	7:10
133	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
134	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	8:25
135	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
136	ZARDINI Edoardo	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
137	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	s.t.
138	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
139	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
140	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	s.t.
141	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
142	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
143	WACKERMANN Luca	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
144	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.

GC after stage 6:

1	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	25hr 15min 59sec
2	ROGLIC Primoz	Jumbo-Visma	@ 25sec
3	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	0:35
4	DUMOULIN Tom	Team Sunweb	1:55
5	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:24
6	POELS Wout	Sky	2:39
7	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	2:46
8	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	2:58
9	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	3:03
10	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	3:26
11	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	3:35
12	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	3:40
13	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	4:03
14	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	4:18
15	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	4:36
16	SKUJIŅS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	4:41
17	CARAPAZ Richard	Movistar	4:47
18	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	5:06
19	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	5:11
20	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	5:14
21	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	5:39
22	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	5:58
23	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	6:18
24	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	7:41
25	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	7:43
26	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	9:36
27	KREUZIGER Roman	Dimension Data	10:16
28	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	14:09
29	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	17:05
30	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	17:25
31	SIMON Julien	Cofidis	17:35
32	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	17:39
33	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	18:00
34	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	18:22
35	VELASCO Simone	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	18:34
36	BOOKWALTER Brent	Mitchelton-Scott	18:54
37	STYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	18:58
38	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	19:03
39	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Cycling Academy	20:17
40	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	21:07
41	ZARDINI Edoardo	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	21:24
42	WIŚNIOWSKI Lukasz	CCC Team	22:41
43	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	23:07
44	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	23:30
45	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	25:11
46	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	25:30
47	CATALDO Dario	Astana	25:41
48	GABBURO Davide	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	26:21
49	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	26:26
50	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	27:43
51	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	28:00
52	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	28:05
53	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	28:25
54	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	28:55
55	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	29:56
56	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	30:30
57	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	30:31
58	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	31:03
59	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	31:11
60	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck-Quick Step	32:41
61	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	32:43
62	VISCONTI Giovanni	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	32:46
63	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	32:54
64	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
65	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	33:39
66	QUINTANA Dayer	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	34:02
67	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	35:29
68	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	35:55
69	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	36:02
70	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	36:42
71	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	36:44
72	PUCCIO Salvatore	Sky	37:15
73	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	37:53
74	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	37:59
75	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	38:19
76	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain-Merida	38:46
77	FRAILE Omar	Astana	39:33
78	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	40:34
79	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	41:03
80	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	42:22
81	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	42:31
82	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	43:50
83	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF Education First	s.t.
84	BERHANE Natnael	Cofidis	s.t.
85	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
86	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	45:19
87	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	45:43
88	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	45:48
89	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	45:49
90	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	45:50
91	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	46:47
92	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
93	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	46:56
94	STANNARD Ian	Sky	47:34
95	NEILANDS Krists	Israel Cycling Academy	48:20
96	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	48:34
97	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	48:55
98	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	52:50
99	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain-Merida	53:24
100	LEMOINE Cyril	Cofidis	54:00
101	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	54:03
102	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	54:31
103	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	54:52
104	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	55:13
105	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	56:52
106	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	58:23
107	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	59:04
108	GANNA Filippo	Sky	59:24
109	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	59:26
110	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	59:35
111	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	59:40
112	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	59:41
113	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	59:59
114	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	1hr 0min 21sec
115	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	1:00:58
116	DUNNE Conor	Israel Cycling Academy	1:01:53
117	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	1:02:16
118	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF	1:04:12
119	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	1:04:58
120	PACIONI Luca	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	1:05:10
121	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	1:05:38
122	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:05:45
123	KING Ben	Dimension Data	1:05:49
124	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	1:06:02
125	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	1:06:11
126	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto-Soudal	1:06:50
127	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	1:07:02
128	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	1:08:21
129	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:08:28
130	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:08:44
131	BRESCIANI Michael	Bardiani-CSF	1:08:51
132	SIMION Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	1:08:53
133	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	1:08:56
134	WACKERMANN Luca	Bardiani-CSF	1:09:16
135	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	1:09:23
136	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:09:58
137	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain-Merida	1:10:41
138	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First	1:10:56
139	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	1:11:26
140	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	1:12:40
141	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Cycling Academy	1:13:07
142	BRÄNDLE Matthias	Israel Cycling Academy	1:13:08
143	BOEV Igor	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:13:18
144	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain-Merida	1:14:21

Stage 6 map & profile

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile

Stage 6 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Team Jumbo-Visma is presented before the race start.

Tom Dumoulin heads to the start.

Peter Sagan

Looks like it turned out to be a nice day to race in Le Marche.

Normally a quiet place.

The strung-out peloton in the finish town of Jesi.

Julian Alaphilippe wins the stage.

Winner Alaphilippe just after the stage.

Stage winner Julian Alaphilippe

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Sunday, March 17: Stage 5, Colli Al Metauro - Recanati, 180 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Jakob Fuglsang wins the stage and dedicates his victory to the late Michele Scarponi.

Weather at the finish city of Recanati at 12:50 PM, local time: 16C, (61F) sunny, with the wind from the Northeast at 11 km/hr (7 mph) . No rain is forecast.

The race: 148 riders started stage five at 12:10.

Here's the report from GC leader Adam Yates' Mitchelton-Scott team:

Brit Adam Yates extended his race lead at Tirreno-Adriatico after an attacking display on another punishing day of climbing. The 26-year-old’s advantage at the top of the general classification now sits at 25 seconds with two stages remaining in Italy.

With a potentially decisive stage on the cards, 13 riders were allowed to establish the break and they opened up a maximum advantage of over nine minutes before Australian Michael Hepburn came to the head of the peloton.

An injection of pace in the bunch saw the gap fall rapidly and as the race passed through the finishing line for the first of three finishing loops, the gap was down to just over four minutes. The breakaway was reduced to four riders over the first lap of the finishing circuit, while Astana Pro Team were driving the pace in the bunch behind.

Riders were quickly being shelled out of the reduced peloton and a select group was formed on lap two, with Yates at the fore of the pack.

Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team) made his move out of the group of favourites as the race approached the final lap, attacking on the climb and opening up a gap of around one minute.

Jakob Fuglsang is gone. Sirotti photo

With the gap starting to look dangerous for the overall, Yates attacked with 11km to go and initially distanced rival Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo-Visma). However, with the danger of Fuglsang out front, the pair joined forces in an attempt to bring back the Astana Pro Team rider.

That alliance lasted until two kilometres to go when Yates dropped Roglic on the steep slopes to the finish. The move wasn’t enough to catch Fuglsang who took the stage win, with Yates taking second and increasing his overall lead to 25 seconds over Roglic. 

Jakob Fuglsang enjoys his stage win. Sirotti photo.

Adam Yates:
“I got a little bit of time, but ideally Fuglsang wouldn’t have been in front and I could have won the stage, but again the strongest guy won today. I did what I could on the final climb to drop Roglic and I gained some seconds, I did my best.”

“In the back of my head I would have liked 45 seconds just to be safe, I’m not sure how much time he [Roglic] look out of me last year, but I think he was top 10 [in the time trial]. But we’ll see, I’ll just do my best and where I end up, I end up. It’s not a TT course that suits me, but I’ll try my best and hopefully it’s enough.”

Adam Yates remains the GC leader. Sirotti photo

Matt White (Sports Director):
“It’s going to be all to play for in the time trial, there’s still another day to go but Adam has shown that he’s got some very, very good form at the moment.

"We finally saw a little chink in the armour of Roglic on an incredibly hard day, I think the gradient where Adam dropped him was maybe 20% and after brutal day yesterday Adam backed it up very well."

"The race looks like it’s going to go down to the wire, it’s going to be a matter of seconds that decides this race, 25 seconds on one of the world’s best time trialists is going to be tight."

"Tomorrow’s a day for the sprinters, obviously we’ve got to be vigilant at the start as always, but it’s the second and last opportunity for the sprinters so tomorrow will about trying to conserve energy for a time trial that’s going to decide the race.”

Complete Results:

180 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.636 km/hr

1	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	4hr 39min 32sec
2	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 40sec
3	ROGLIC Primoz	Jumbo-Visma	0:56
4	DUMOULIN Tom	Team Sunweb	1:39
5	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	1:53
6	POELS Wout	Sky	1:57
7	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	2:09
8	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:12
9	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
10	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
11	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
12	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
13	GABBURO Davide	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	2:27
14	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	2:36
15	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	2:43
16	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	3:08
17	SKUJIŅS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	3:12
18	VISCONTI Giovanni	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	3:14
19	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	3:16
20	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	s.t.
21	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	CARAPAZ Richard	Movistar	3:20
23	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	3:31
24	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	3:34
25	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	3:44
26	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
27	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
28	SIMON Julien	Cofidis	s.t.
29	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
31	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
32	VELASCO Simone	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	3:57
33	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
34	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	4:41
35	ZARDINI Edoardo	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	4:46
36	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	5:26
37	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
38	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	5:39
39	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	6:44
40	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
41	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	7:01
42	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	7:56
43	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	8:47
44	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
45	KREUZIGER Roman	Dimension Data	s.t.
46	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	s.t.
47	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	9:34
48	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	11:46
49	BERHANE Natnael	Cofidis	11:49
50	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
52	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
53	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
54	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
55	STYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
56	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
57	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
58	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
59	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	12:46
60	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
61	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
62	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
63	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	s.t.
64	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	13:18
65	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
66	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	13:27
67	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
68	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
69	KING Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
70	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
71	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	s.t.
72	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
73	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
74	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
75	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
76	FRAILE Omar	Astana	14:01
77	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
78	BOOKWALTER Brent	Mitchelton-Scott	14:24
79	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	16:48
80	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	17:41
81	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
82	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
83	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
84	STANNARD Ian	Sky	s.t.
85	PUCCIO Salvatore	Sky	s.t.
86	GANNA Filippo	Sky	s.t.
87	NEILANDS Krists	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
88	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
89	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
90	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
91	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
92	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
93	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
95	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
96	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
97	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF Education First	s.t.
98	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	18:16
99	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
100	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	19:33
101	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	s.t.
102	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	20:08
103	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
104	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	22:17
105	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
106	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	24:30
107	WACKERMANN Luca	Bardiani-CSF	24:59
108	BRESCIANI Michael	Bardiani-CSF	25:26
109	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	26:06
110	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	s.t.
111	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
112	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	s.t.
113	BOEV Igor	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
114	QUINTANA Dayer	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
115	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
116	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
117	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
118	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
119	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
120	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
121	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
122	PACIONI Luca	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
123	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
124	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
125	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
126	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
127	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
128	SIMION Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
129	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
130	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
131	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
132	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
133	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
134	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
135	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
136	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
137	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
138	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	s.t.
139	DUNNE Conor	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
140	BRÄNDLE Matthias	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
141	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
142	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	s.t.
143	LEMOINE Cyril	Cofidis	s.t.
144	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First	s.t.
145	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.

GC after stage 5:

843.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.013 km/hr

1	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	20hr 33min 48sec
2	ROGLIC Primoz	Jumbo-Visma	@ 25sec
3	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	0:35
4	DUMOULIN Tom	Team Sunweb	1:55
5	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:34
6	POELS Wout	Sky	2:39
7	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	2:46
8	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	2:58
9	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	3:03
10	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	3:26
11	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	3:35
12	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	3:40
13	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	4:03
14	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	4:18
15	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	4:36
16	SKUJIŅS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	4:41
17	CARAPAZ Richard	Movistar	4:47
18	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	4:54
19	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	5:06
20	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	5:11
21	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	5:14
22	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	5:39
23	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	6:00
24	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	7:41
25	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	7:43
26	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	9:36
27	KREUZIGER Roman	Dimension Data	10:16
28	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	12:57
29	ZARDINI Edoardo	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	12:59
30	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	13:12
31	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	17:05
32	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	17:17
33	SIMON Julien	Cofidis	17:35
34	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	17:39
35	BOOKWALTER Brent	Mitchelton-Scott	17:50
36	STYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	18:08
37	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	18:22
38	VELASCO Simone	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	18:34
39	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	19:03
40	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	19:11
41	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Cycling Academy	20:17
42	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	20:33
43	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	20:43
44	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	21:02
45	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	21:38
46	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	22:05
47	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	22:41
48	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	23:07
49	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	23:30
50	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	24:29
51	CATALDO Dario	Astana	24:37
52	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	25:58
53	GABBURO Davide	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
54	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	28:02
56	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	28:05
57	VISCONTI Giovanni	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	28:18
58	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	29:04
59	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck-Quick Step	29:18
60	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	29:20
61	QUINTANA Dayer	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	29:34
62	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	29:56
63	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	31:03
64	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	31:11
65	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	32:06
66	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	32:32
67	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	32:35
68	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	32:38
69	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	32:54
70	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	33:25
71	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	33:31
72	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	35:38
73	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	35:52
74	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	36:02
75	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain-Merida	36:44
76	PUCCIO Salvatore	Sky	36:52
77	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	37:36
78	FRAILE Omar	Astana	38:39
79	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	39:22
80	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	40:34
81	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	41:20
82	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	42:22
83	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	42:31
84	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	43:43
85	NEILANDS Krists	Israel Cycling Academy	43:52
86	BERHANE Natnael	Cofidis	44:04
87	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	44:06
88	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	44:14
89	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF Education First	44:39
90	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain-Merida	44:59
91	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	45:07
92	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	45:19
93	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	45:27
94	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	45:31
95	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	46:29
96	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	46:47
97	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	46:56
98	STANNARD Ian	Sky	47:13
99	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	48:27
100	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	48:55
101	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	49:58
102	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	51:15
103	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	52:20
104	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	52:50
105	LEMOINE Cyril	Cofidis	52:56
106	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	53:19
107	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	54:03
108	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	54:58
109	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	55:53
110	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	57:20
111	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	57:59
112	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto-Soudal	58:25
113	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	58:28
114	KING Ben	Dimension Data	58:44
115	GANNA Filippo	Sky	58:57
116	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	59:00
117	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	59:04
118	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	59:35
119	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF	59:50
120	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	59:59
121	WACKERMANN Luca	Bardiani-CSF	1:00:51
122	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	1:01:00
123	DUNNE Conor	Israel Cycling Academy	1:01:37
124	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	1:03:07
125	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	1:03:53
126	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Cycling Academy	1:04:42
127	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	1:04:50
128	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	1:04:58
129	PACIONI Luca	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	1:05:10
130	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:05:45
131	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	1:07:02
132	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	1:07:21
133	SIMION Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	1:07:49
134	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:08:10
135	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	1:08:12
136	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:08:48
137	BOEV Igor	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:08:50
138	BRESCIANI Michael	Bardiani-CSF	1:08:51
139	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	1:08:56
140	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First	s.t.
141	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	1:09:17
142	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain-Merida	1:09:25
143	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:09:42
144	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain-Merida	1:09:53
145	BRÄNDLE Matthias	Israel Cycling Academy	1:10:53

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Saturday, March 16: Stage 4, Foligno - Fossombrone, 221 kilometers

Stage 4 map & profile | Stage 4 photos

Alexey Lutsenko wins in Fossombrone

Weather at the finish at Fossombrone at 1:00 PM, local time: 20C (68F), sunny, with the wind from the SW at 24 km/hr (15 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: 156 riders began stage four at 10:54 AM.

Here's the report from GC leader Adam Yates' Mitchelton-Scott team.

A strong ride from race leader Adam Yates saw him retain the leader’s jersey after fighting off attacks on a brutal stage four at Tirreno-Adriatico.

The 26-year-old took third on the day after making it into a select group over the punishing final climb with Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Pro Team) taking the win after crashing twice whilst leading solo.

With bonus seconds up for grabs on the line, it was a fiercely contested sprint finale and despite being beaten by Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo-Visma), Yates still holds onto the race lead by seven seconds after grabbing bonus seconds himself on the penultimate lap. 

With hard day on the cards, 10 riders jumped up the road as soon as the flag dropped, however, as Joey Josskopf (CCC Team) was amongst them, the peloton were keen to keep the time gap manageable with the American at less than two minutes down on the general classification.

The gap began to fall with 85km remaining and it fell below four and a half minutes just 20km later with Astana Pro Team, Lotto Soudal and Team Jumbo-Visma all committing men to the chase. Meanwhile, Mitchelton-SCOTT were happy to let the other teams do the work and focused on keeping Yates safe in the leader’s jersey as the race passed over a number of steep ramps.

A small group of favourites jumped out of the peloton and past the remainder of the breakaway with 40km to go, as the road ramped up to 18% on the second categorised climb of the day.

Race leader Yates was alert to the danger and joined a small group of nine, but a lull in the pace saw Lutsenko try his luck and he opened up a sizeable gap of over 50 seconds while the riders behind struggled to get organised.

As the race hit the finishing loop, the reduced peloton bridged across to the group of eight, but not before Yates stole two bonus seconds on the line.

It was Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo-Visma) who made his move on the final lap and Yates quickly jumped onto his wheel with Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team) making it a trio.

A second crash for Lutsenko out front meant that the finale came down to a four-way sprint for victory, but despite his falls the Kazakh rider proved to be the fastest man in the sprint, taking the win with Yates grabbing third to hold onto the race lead.

Adam Yates:
“It was a hard stage in the end, almost like an Ardennes Classic, up and down all day with steep and twisty roads. But the guys looked after me all day again, we stayed in a good position where we could and I could save a lot of energy for the final. It was a tricky stage, super hard there in the final, Roglic was riding a super high pace and there was only me and Fuglsang who could hang on.”

“We’ll have to look at the time gaps, I’m not sure how far the group was behind us, but obviously we still need to take time and I think now my main rival is Roglic, he’s super strong in the TT and he’ll take a lot of time on the last stage, so we have to try tomorrow.”

Matt White (Sports Director):
“Today was a very, very tough day, it was like an Italian Amstel Gold, but harder! It was an incredibly tough second-half of the stage and the race went to pieces in the final hour of the race."

"It was a great win for Lutsenko, crashing twice and still taking the win, an incredible effort by him. But for us, the guys rode well, Adam showed that he’s one of the strongest guys here and we have one big day ahead of us tomorrow.”

CompleteResults:

Stage 4 photos

221 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.898 km/hr

1	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	5hr 16min 29sec
2	ROGLIC Primoz	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
4	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
5	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 9sec
6	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	0:23
7	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
8	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
9	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
10	POELS Wout	Sky	s.t.
11	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
12	CARAPAZ Richard	Movistar	s.t.
13	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	KREUZIGER Roman	Dimension Data	s.t.
15	QUINTANA Dayer	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
16	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	DUMOULIN Tom	Team Sunweb	s.t.
18	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
19	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	0:28
20	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	0:44
21	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
22	SKUJIŅS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
23	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	0:55
24	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	1:04
25	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
26	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
27	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	2:23
28	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	2:47
29	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:00
30	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
31	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
32	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
33	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	3:14
34	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	0:44
35	ZARDINI Edoardo	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	3:54
36	BOOKWALTER Brent	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
37	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	4:22
38	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	5:31
39	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	5:40
40	STYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
41	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	6:37
42	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	6:39
43	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	8:04
44	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
45	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
46	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
47	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	8:37
48	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	9:28
49	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
50	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	s.t.
51	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	10:41
52	SIMON Julien	Cofidis	11:21
53	VISCONTI Giovanni	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
54	VELASCO Simone	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
55	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
56	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	s.t.
57	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
58	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
60	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
61	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
62	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
63	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
64	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
65	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
66	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	13:30
67	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
68	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
70	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
71	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
72	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
73	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
74	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
75	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
76	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
77	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	s.t.
78	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	15:17
79	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	15:46
80	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
81	PUCCIO Salvatore	Sky	s.t.
82	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
83	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
84	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF Education First	s.t.
85	FRAILE Omar	Astana	17:11
86	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	20:38
87	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	20:11
88	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	29:40
89	GABBURO Davide	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	21:30
90	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	29:55
91	NEILANDS Krists	Israel Cycling Academy	20:11
92	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	21:30
93	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
94	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	29:55
95	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Dimension Data	s.t.
96	BRESCIANI Michael	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
97	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
98	BERHANE Natnael	Cofidis	21:30
99	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	29:55
100	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
101	BOEV Igor	Gazprom-RusVelo	30:23
102	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	20:38
103	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	29:55
104	GANNA Filippo	Sky	s.t.
105	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	29:40
106	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	21:30
107	ARSLANOV Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	42:41
108	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	20:11
109	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	29:55
110	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	21:30
111	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	29:55
112	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
113	KURIANOV Stepan	Gazprom-RusVelo	42:41
114	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	29:55
115	WACKERMANN Luca	Bardiani-CSF	30:23
116	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	29:55
117	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
118	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	30:23
119	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	20:11
120	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Cycling Academy	29:55
121	KING Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
122	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	s.t.
123	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	29:40
124	LEMOINE Cyril	Cofidis	20:38
125	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	29:55
126	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	s.t.
127	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF	21:30
128	MARONESE Marco	Bardiani-CSF	40:03
129	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	30:23
130	STANNARD Ian	Sky	20:11
131	SIMION Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	29:55
132	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
133	PACIONI Luca	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
134	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
135	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	21:30
136	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	29:55
137	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
138	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First	s.t.
139	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	20:11
140	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	20:38
141	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	30:23
142	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	29:55
143	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	30:23
144	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Deceuninck-Quick Step	29:55
145	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	30:23
146	BRÄNDLE Matthias	Israel Cycling Academy	29:55
147	DUNNE Conor	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
148	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
149	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
150	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	s.t.
151	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain-Merida	30:23

GC after stage 4:

663.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.738 km/hr

1	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	15hr 53min 42sec
2	ROGLIC Primoz	Jumbo-Visma	@ 7sec
3	DUMOULIN Tom	Team Sunweb	0:50
4	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:56
5	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
6	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	1:06
7	POELS Wout	Sky	1:16
8	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	1:19
9	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	1:21
10	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	1:25
11	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	1:27
12	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	1:48
13	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	1:54
14	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	1:56
15	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	1:57
16	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
17	CARAPAZ Richard	Movistar	2:01
18	SKUJIŅS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	2:03
19	KREUZIGER Roman	Dimension Data	s.t.
20	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	2:04
21	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	2:09
22	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	2:11
23	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	2:12
24	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	2:29
25	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	2:50
26	BOOKWALTER Brent	Mitchelton-Scott	4:00
27	QUINTANA Dayer	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	4:02
28	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	4:12
29	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	4:31
30	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	4:44
31	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	4:46
32	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	4:58
33	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	6:23
34	STYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:53
35	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	7:50
36	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	7:56
37	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	8:05
38	ZARDINI Edoardo	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	8:48
39	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	9:48
40	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	10:09
41	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	10:23
42	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	11:07
43	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	12:04
44	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	12:14
45	CATALDO Dario	Astana	13:22
46	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	13:32
47	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	13:46
48	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	13:56
49	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	13:58
50	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Cycling Academy	14:07
51	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	14:14
52	SIMON Julien	Cofidis	14:25
53	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	14:35
54	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	15:02
55	VELASCO Simone	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	15:11
56	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	15:25
57	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	15:28
58	MAS Lluís	Movistar	15:54
59	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	16:16
60	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	16:24
61	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	16:59
62	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	17:03
63	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	17:39
64	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	17:49
65	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck-Quick Step	18:03
66	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	18:28
67	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	18:55
68	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	18:59
69	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	19:00
70	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain-Merida	19:37
71	PUCCIO Salvatore	Sky	19:45
72	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	19:55
73	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	19:59
74	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	20:43
75	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	20:51
76	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	21:24
77	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	21:26
78	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	21:39
79	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	22:59
80	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	24:23
81	GABBURO Davide	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	24:34
82	FRAILE Omar	Astana	25:12
83	VISCONTI Giovanni	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	25:38
84	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	25:43
85	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	26:29
86	NEILANDS Krists	Israel Cycling Academy	26:45
87	LEMOINE Cyril	Cofidis	27:24
88	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	27:31
89	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF Education First	27:32
90	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	27:48
91	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	28:12
92	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	28:13
93	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	28:31
94	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	29:08
95	STANNARD Ian	Sky	30:06
96	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	31:20
97	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	31:21
98	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	31:36
99	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	31:47
100	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain-Merida	32:15
101	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	32:16
102	BERHANE Natnael	Cofidis	32:49
103	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto-Soudal	32:53
104	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	33:22
105	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	33:28
106	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	33:32
107	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	33:36
108	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	34:03
109	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF	34:18
110	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	34:56
111	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	35:13
112	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	35:24
113	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	35:28
114	DUNNE Conor	Israel Cycling Academy	36:05
115	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	36:16
116	WACKERMANN Luca	Bardiani-CSF	36:26
117	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	36:54
118	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	37:35
119	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	37:39
120	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	38:21
121	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Cycling Academy	39:10
122	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	39:18
123	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	39:26
124	PACIONI Luca	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	39:38
125	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
126	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Deceuninck-Quick Step	40:13
127	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	40:38
128	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	41:00
129	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	41:21
130	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	41:30
131	GANNA Filippo	Sky	41:50
132	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Dimension Data	41:52
133	SIMION Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	42:17
134	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	42:38
135	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	42:40
136	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	43:00
137	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	43:16
138	BOEV Igor	Gazprom-RusVelo	43:18
139	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	43:24
140	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First	s.t.
141	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	43:25
142	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	43:45
143	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain-Merida	43:53
144	BRESCIANI Michael	Bardiani-CSF	43:59
145	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	44:10
146	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain-Merida	44:21
147	BRÄNDLE Matthias	Israel Cycling Academy	45:21
148	KING Ben	Dimension Data	45:51

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

Stage 4 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Alexei Lutsenko descends to the finish town of Fossombrone.

Others risk their skins as well on the way to the finish.

Oscar Gatto on the way down in a super-tuck position.

Jan Polanc

Here they come...

Alexei Lutsenko wins the stage.

Stage winner Alexei Lutsenko

Adam Yates remains the GC leader.

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Friday, March 15: Stage 3, Pomarance - Foligno, 226 km

Stage 3 map & profile | Stage 3 photos

Elia Viviani wins Tirreno-Adriatico stage three. Sirotti photo.

Weather at the finish city of Foligno at 1:15 PM, local time: 16C (60F), cloudy, with the wind from the south at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: 158 riders began stage 3 at 11:04.

Here's the report from GC leader Adam Yates' Mitchelton-Scott team.

The sprinters had their day on stage three of Tirreno-Adriatico, with Mitchelton-SCOTT content to let the fast-men do battle while ensuring Adam Yates held onto the race lead.

It was an uneventful day for the most part with the goal of the day to keep the Brit safe in the blue jersey and deliver him to the line without any issues. With few chances for a sprint finish over the seven days of racing, the sprinter's teams weren’t going to pass up the chance to go for the win and it was Elia Viviani (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) who took the opportunity and the stage victory.

The third day of racing saw an unchallenging parcours on the longest stage of the race, meaning the peloton were more than happy to see a group of six head down the road and form the day’s breakaway. The gap stretched to a maximum of around five minutes, but that was soon capped to the four-minute mark where it stayed for the majority of the day.

There was a rare chance for the sprinters on offer at the finish in Foligno and it was UAE-Team Emirates and Decenunick – Quick-Step who committed men to the chase while Mitchelton-SCOTT kept Yates safe towards the front of the bunch.

With a more focussed chase, the advantage of the escapees began to fall and the gap was below a minute and a half as the race passed through the 20km to go marker. The four escapees managed to hold the pack at bay until five kilometres to go when the sprint trains began to form with the hope of giving their sprinters a chance of victory.

Yates was being kept safe towards the head of the field while the teams with their eyes on the sprint finale battled for position. It was a technical finish with a number of corners inside the closing kilometre, but in the end it was Italian champion Viviani who came out on top on home soil, with Yates rolling home safely in the bunch to retain the race lead.

Adam Yates:
“It was a long day, but the sprinter's teams controlled it all day, so we just sat behind them and tried to save some energy.”

“In every bunch sprint there’s always the possibility of gaps but the guys guided me really well, especially in the last 20km, we stuck to the left side of the road and we stayed in a good position all the way. So great job by the team and another day in the jersey.”

“Tomorrow’s not as hard as stage five but it could be decisive so we’ll just wait and see.”

Matt White (Sports Director):
“Because of the composition of the breakaway, the highest guy on GC was at six minutes, we didn’t have any direct pressure to do anything today except look after Adam and the boys did a really good job of that.”

“The pressure was on the sprint teams to chase the break today with it being one of only two opportunities for the sprinters, and so our guys had a relatively easy day.”

“The race is going to be decided in the next two days and it will be a real classics style of racing and I’m expecting a very aggressive next two days.”

Complete Results:

Stage 3 photos

226 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.500 km/hr

1	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	5hr 26min 45sec
2	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
4	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Dimension Data	s.t.
5	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
6	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
7	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
8	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
9	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
10	PACIONI Luca	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
11	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
12	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
13	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
14	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	s.t.
15	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
16	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
17	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
18	STYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
19	SKUJIŅS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
20	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	s.t.
21	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
22	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
23	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
24	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
25	SIMION Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
26	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
27	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
28	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
29	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
30	POELS Wout	Sky	s.t.
31	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	s.t.
32	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
33	DUMOULIN Tom	Team Sunweb	s.t.
34	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
35	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
36	BOOKWALTER Brent	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
37	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
38	ROGLIC Primoz	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
39	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
40	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
41	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
42	ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	s.t.
43	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
44	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
45	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
46	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
47	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	s.t.
48	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
49	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
50	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
51	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
52	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
53	WACKERMANN Luca	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
54	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
55	QUINTANA Dayer	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
56	MARONESE Marco	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
57	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
58	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
59	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
60	CARAPAZ Richard	Movistar	s.t.
61	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
63	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	s.t.
64	SIMON Julien	Cofidis	s.t.
65	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
66	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
67	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
68	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
69	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
70	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
71	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	s.t.
72	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
73	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
74	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
75	PUCCIO Salvatore	Sky	s.t.
76	VELASCO Simone	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
77	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
78	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
79	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
80	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	s.t.
81	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	s.t.
82	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
83	KREUZIGER Roman	Dimension Data	s.t.
84	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	s.t.
85	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
86	GABBURO Davide	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
87	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	s.t.
89	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	s.t.
90	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
91	BOEV Igor	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
92	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
93	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
95	STANNARD Ian	Sky	s.t.
96	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 20sec
97	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
98	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
99	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
100	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
101	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
102	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
103	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
104	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
105	BRESCIANI Michael	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
106	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
107	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
108	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	0:34
109	CLAEYS Dimitri	Cofidis	s.t.
110	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:41
111	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	0:48
112	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	s.t.
113	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	0:50
114	FRAILE Omar	Astana	0:52
115	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	0:53
116	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	0:57
117	LEMOINE Cyril	Cofidis	1:04
118	VISCONTI Giovanni	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
119	ZARDINI Edoardo	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
120	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
121	ARSLANOV Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
122	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
123	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
124	NEILANDS Krists	Israel Cycling Academy	1:09
125	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF Education First	s.t.
126	DUNNE Conor	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
127	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	s.t.
128	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	1:27
129	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
130	GANNA Filippo	Sky	s.t.
131	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
132	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
133	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
134	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
135	BOSWELL Ian	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
136	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	s.t.
137	BERHANE Natnael	Cofidis	s.t.
138	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
139	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
140	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	1:35
141	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	1:39
142	BOUWMAN Koen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
143	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	1:43
144	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Cycling Academy	1:49
145	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	1:50
146	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
147	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
148	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	2:19
149	BRÄNDLE Matthias	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
150	KURIANOV Stepan	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:23
151	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	2:35
152	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	2:36
153	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First	2:52
154	KING Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
155	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:50
156	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto-Soudal	5:10

GC after stage 3:

442.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.659 km/hr

1	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	10hr 37min 19sec
2	BOOKWALTER Brent	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
3	ROGLIC Primoz	Jumbo-Visma	@ 7sec
4	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	DUMOULIN Tom	Team Sunweb	0:22
6	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
7	ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	s.t.
8	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:27
9	POELS Wout	Sky	0:47
10	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
11	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	0:52
12	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	0:54
13	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	0:56
14	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	0:58
15	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	1:06
16	STYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:07
17	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	1:10
18	SKUJIŅS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	1:13
19	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
20	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	s.t.
21	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	1:19
22	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
23	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
24	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
25	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	1:25
26	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	1:28
27	CARAPAZ Richard	Movistar	1:32
28	KREUZIGER Roman	Dimension Data	1:34
29	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	1:38
30	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
31	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:40
32	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	1:43
33	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	1:52
34	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	1:57
35	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	1:59
36	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	2:00
37	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:01
38	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	2:10
39	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain-Merida	2:14
40	MAS Lluís	Movistar	2:19
41	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
42	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
43	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	2:29
44	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	2:30
45	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Cycling Academy	2:40
46	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
47	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	2:45
48	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	2:47
49	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
50	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	2:57
51	SIMON Julien	Cofidis	2:58
52	GABBURO Davide	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
53	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	3:03
54	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	3:08
55	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:17
56	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	3:21
57	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	3:23
58	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	3:27
59	QUINTANA Dayer	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	3:33
60	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	3:35
61	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	3:40
62	VELASCO Simone	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	3:44
63	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:50
64	PUCCIO Salvatore	Sky	3:53
65	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	3:58
66	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	4:01
67	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	4:02
68	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	4:03
69	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	4:04
70	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	4:12
71	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4:27
72	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	4:30
73	ZARDINI Edoardo	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	4:48
74	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	4:55
75	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	s.t.
76	BOUWMAN Koen	Jumbo-Visma	5:10
77	CATALDO Dario	Astana	5:12
78	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
79	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	5:26
80	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	5:27
81	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	5:32
82	WACKERMANN Luca	Bardiani-CSF	5:57
83	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain-Merida	6:01
84	DUNNE Conor	Israel Cycling Academy	6:04
85	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	6:12
86	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	6:15
87	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	6:23
88	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	6:25
89	NEILANDS Krists	Israel Cycling Academy	6:28
90	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	6:36
91	LEMOINE Cyril	Cofidis	6:40
92	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	6:55
93	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	7:07
94	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
95	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	7:14
96	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	7:32
97	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	7:33
98	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	7:34
99	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	7:41
100	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	7:50
101	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	7:53
102	FRAILE Omar	Astana	7:55
103	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	7:56
104	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	8:15
105	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	8:20
106	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	8:28
107	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	8:49
108	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Cycling Academy	9:09
109	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	9:25
110	PACIONI Luca	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	9:37
111	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
112	STANNARD Ian	Sky	9:49
113	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Deceuninck-Quick Step	10:12
114	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
115	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	10:31
116	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	10:37
117	BOSWELL Ian	Katusha-Alpecin	10:57
118	BERHANE Natnael	Cofidis	11:13
119	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	11:19
120	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	11:20
121	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	11:29
122	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	11:32
123	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF Education First	11:40
124	GANNA Filippo	Sky	11:49
125	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Dimension Data	11:51
126	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	11:52
127	SIMION Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	12:16
128	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	12:37
129	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	12:39
130	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF	12:45
131	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	12:48
132	BOEV Igor	Gazprom-RusVelo	12:49
133	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	12:50
134	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	12:53
135	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	12:59
136	KURIANOV Stepan	Gazprom-RusVelo	13:11
137	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	13:15
138	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	13:16
139	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	13:23
140	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First	s.t.
141	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	13:24
142	MARONESE Marco	Bardiani-CSF	13:38
143	ARSLANOV Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	13:41
144	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	13:45
145	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain-Merida	13:52
146	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
147	BRESCIANI Michael	Bardiani-CSF	13:58
148	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	14:09
149	VISCONTI Giovanni	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	14:11
150	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	14:29
151	BRÄNDLE Matthias	Israel Cycling Academy	15:20
152	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	15:29
153	KING Ben	Dimension Data	15:50
154	CLAEYS Dimitri	Cofidis	16:54
155	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto-Soudal	17:01
156	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	17:59

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Peter Sagan signs in.

Tejay van Garderen

Sebastian Langeveld

Ben Hermans before the race.

Geraint Thomas gets his bike.

The great Paolo Bettini was at the start.

The peloton waits for the stage to start.

Here they come...

Elia Viviani takes the stage.

Viviani enjoys his stage win.

Adam Yates remains the GC leader.

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Thursday, March 14: Stage 2, Camaiore - Pomarance, 195 km

Stage 2 map & profile | Stage 2 photos

Julian Alaphilippe takes the stage. Sirotti photo

Weather at the finish city of Pomarance at 12:40 PM, local time: 14C (57F), sunny, with the wind from the WNW at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: 160 riders began the second stage at 11:34 AM.

Here's the report from new GC leader Adam Yates' Mitchelton-Scott team.

Brit Adam Yates moved into the race lead at Tirreno-Adriatico after fighting off late attacks to take fifth in the uphill sprint for the line.

Mitchelton-SCOTT controlled the pace for the majority of the day and some strong work from Australian time-trial champion Luke Durbridge and Damien Howson helped deliver Yates into the closing kilometres to contest the finale.

Five riders jumped clear of the peloton as soon as the flag dropped and Mitchelton-SCOTT quickly established themselves on the front of the bunch. It was race leader Michael Hepburn and fellow Australian Alex Edmonson who shared the majority of the pace setting at the head of the pack, while the gap to the escapees reached a maximum of five minutes.

With no help coming from anyone else, the gap held steady at around three and a half minutes until the race rolled through the 40km to go marker and a handful of teams committed men to the chase.

With several teams now working to reel in the five men up the road, the advantage to the breakaway began to shrink dramatically. A minute was quickly shaved off as the race reached 30km to go and the roads started to roll up and down ahead of the climb to the finish.

As the breakaway was brought back, Dane Chris Juul-Jensen took up the reins on the front of the peloton inside the final 10km with the final climb approaching. As Juul-Jensen swung off, Durbridge took up the pace setting, with Howson sat second wheel and Yates just behind.

The attacks began with three kilometres to go with a number of riders trying their luck off the front of the reduced pack. Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo-Visma) opened up the most significant gap and he was joined by a select group of GC hopefuls.

However, the move was short-lived and as the race passed under the flamme rouge it was all set for an uphill sprint for victory. In the end it was Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) who opened up the sprint and the Frenchman held on for the win with Yates taking fifth and the overall race lead.

Adam Yates:
“This kind of finish doesn’t suit me down to the ground, it’s more for the punchier guys like Alaphilippe and Van Avermaet, so I’m happy with my position and we’ll just take it day by day and see what tomorrow brings. It’s good, I’m not sure how long I’ll hold onto it [race lead], but we’ll try our best and see how it goes.”

“After yesterday’s big ride in the TTT, it was another hard stage today, a different kind of stage but I’m happy with my position, happy with my condition. Tomorrow’s a sprint stage then we have a few punchy, tricky stages and like I said yesterday, there’s no real hard, long mountain stage, a lot of hard short stages, so we’ll see how the legs are and take it from there.”

Matt White (Sports Director):
“It was great that Heppy could take the jersey yesterday and we weren’t going to throw it away that’s for sure. The boys rode a nice intelligent race today, we wanted to have a crack at the stage and we did, Adam was fifth on the day and it’s been a low stress day.”

“It was a long day in the office for some of the boys, with Edmo and Heppy who chased, but we wanted to give Adam a good chance of a result today and he did a good job.”

Complete Results:

Stage 2 photos

195 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.604 km/hr

1	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4hr 48min 9sec
2	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
3	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	s.t.
4	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
5	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
6	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
7	ROGLIC Primoz	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	POELS Wout	Sky	s.t.
9	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
10	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
11	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
12	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
14	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
15	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
16	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
17	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	s.t.
18	DUMOULIN Tom	Team Sunweb	s.t.
19	BOOKWALTER Brent	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
20	SKUJIŅS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
21	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	s.t.
22	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
23	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
24	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
25	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
26	CARAPAZ Richard	Movistar	s.t.
27	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
28	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
29	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
30	KREUZIGER Roman	Dimension Data	s.t.
31	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
32	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
33	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
34	CARUSO Damiano	Bahrain Merida	@ 11sec
35	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain Merida	0:15
36	WACKERMANN Luca	Bardiani-CSF	0:20
37	STYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:30
38	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	0:39
39	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	0:47
40	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	s.t.
41	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
42	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
43	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
44	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	s.t.
45	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
46	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
47	GABBURO Davide	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
48	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	0:57
49	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
50	SIMON Julien	Cofidis	1:04
51	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:16
52	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	1:23
53	QUINTANA Dayer	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
54	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
55	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	1:25
56	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
57	VELASCO Simone	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	1:34
58	ZARDINI Edoardo	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
59	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Cycling Academy	1:35
60	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
61	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:49
62	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
63	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
64	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
65	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	s.t.
66	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	s.t.
67	JVAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
68	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
69	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
70	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	s.t.
71	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
72	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	s.t.
73	PUCCIO Salvatore	Sky	s.t.
74	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	1:55
75	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	s.t.
76	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:04
77	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	2:43
78	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	3:22
79	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
80	BOUWMAN Koen	Jumbo-Visma	3:24
81	FRAILE Omar	Astana	3:39
82	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
83	LEMOINE Cyril	Cofidis	3:42
84	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	3:50
85	DUNNE Conor	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
86	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	3:59
87	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	4:14
88	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
89	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
90	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	s.t.
91	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
93	NEILANDS Krists	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
94	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	4:17
95	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	s.t.
96	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
97	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
98	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
99	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
100	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	4:24
101	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
102	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
103	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	4:39
104	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	5:18
105	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	5:32
106	STANNARD Ian	Sky	6:15
107	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
108	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
109	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	6:50
110	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	6:55
111	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	s.t.
112	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	7:27
113	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
114	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
115	PACIONI Luca	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
116	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
117	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
118	KURIANOV Stepan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
119	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
120	WÜRTZ Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	7:52
121	BOSWELL Ian	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
122	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
123	BERHANE Natnael	Cofidis	s.t.
124	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
125	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF	8:47
126	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	9:35
127	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
128	GANNA Filippo	Sky	s.t.
129	SIMION Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
130	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
131	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Dimension Data	s.t.
132	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
133	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
134	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
135	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	s.t.
136	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
137	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	s.t.
138	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First	s.t.
139	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	s.t.
140	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF Education First	s.t.
141	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
142	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
143	VISCONTI Giovanni	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	10:57
144	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
145	ARSLANOV Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
146	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
147	KING Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
148	BRÄNDLE Matthias	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
149	MARONESE Marco	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
150	CLAEYS Dimitri	Cofidis	s.t.
151	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
152	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
153	BOEV Igor	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
154	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
155	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
156	BRESCIANI Michael	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
157	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
158	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
159	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

216.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.827 km/hr

1	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	5hr 10min 34sec
2	BOOKWALTER Brent	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
3	ROGLIC Primoz	Jumbo-Visma	@ 7sec
4	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	0:22
6	DUMOULIN Tom	Team Sunweb	s.t.
7	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
8	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:27
9	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:37
10	POELS Wout	Sky	0:47
11	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
12	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	0:52
13	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	0:54
14	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
15	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	0:56
16	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	0:58
17	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	1:06
18	STYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:07
19	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain Merida	1:10
20	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
21	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	1:13
22	SKUJIŅS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
23	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	s.t.
24	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	1:19
25	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
26	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
27	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
28	CARUSO Damiano	Bahrain Merida	1:21
29	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain Merida	1:25
30	CARAPAZ Richard	Movistar	1:32
31	KREUZIGER Roman	Dimension Data	1:34
32	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	1:38
33	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
34	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:40
35	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	1:43
36	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	1:52
37	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	1:57
38	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	1:59
39	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	2:00
40	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:01
41	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	2:10
42	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	2:19
43	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
44	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
45	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	2:29
46	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	2:30
47	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	2:37
48	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Cycling Academy	2:40
49	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
50	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	2:45
51	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	2:47
52	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	2:57
54	GABBURO Davide	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	2:58
55	SIMON Julien	Cofidis	s.t.
56	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	3:01
57	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	3:03
58	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
59	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	3:08
60	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:17
61	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	3:21
62	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	3:22
63	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	3:23
64	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	3:27
65	BOUWMAN Koen	Jumbo-Visma	3:31
66	QUINTANA Dayer	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	3:33
67	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	3:35
68	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	3:40
69	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	3:43
70	VELASCO Simone	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	3:44
71	ZARDINI Edoardo	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
72	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
73	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:50
74	PUCCIO Salvatore	Sky	3:53
75	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	4:02
76	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	4:17
77	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	4:29
78	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	4:39
79	CATALDO Dario	Astana	4:52
80	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	4:55
81	DUNNE Conor	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
82	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	s.t.
83	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	5:12
84	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	5:15
85	NEILANDS Krists	Israel Cycling Academy	5:19
86	LEMOINE Cyril	Cofidis	5:36
87	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
88	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	5:37
89	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	5:41
90	WACKERMANN Luca	Bardiani-CSF	5:57
91	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	6:14
92	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	6:15
93	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	6:21
94	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	6:23
95	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	6:25
96	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
97	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	6:36
98	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	6:55
99	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
100	FRAILE Omar	Astana	7:03
101	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	7:07
102	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
103	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	7:13
104	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Cycling Academy	7:20
105	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	7:32
106	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	7:33
107	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	7:34
108	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	8:28
109	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	8:29
110	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	8:46
111	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	8:49
112	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	9:05
113	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	9:30
114	BOSWELL Ian	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
115	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	9:33
116	PACIONI Luca	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	9:37
117	BERHANE Natnael	Cofidis	9:46
118	STANNARD Ian	Sky	9:49
119	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	9:52
120	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	10:05
121	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	10:12
122	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
123	GANNA Filippo	Sky	10:22
124	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	10:31
125	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First	s.t.
126	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF Education First	s.t.
127	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	10:48
128	KURIANOV Stepan	Gazprom-RusVelo	10:54
129	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	11:00
130	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	11:04
131	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	11:09
132	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF	11:22
133	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	11:26
134	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	11:29
135	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	11:32
136	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Dimension Data	11:51
137	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
138	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	11:56
139	SIMION Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	12:16
140	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	12:37
141	ARSLANOV Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
142	BOEV Igor	Gazprom-RusVelo	12:49
143	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	12:54
144	KING Ben	Dimension Data	12:58
145	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	12:59
146	BRÄNDLE Matthias	Israel Cycling Academy	13:01
147	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	13:04
148	VISCONTI Giovanni	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	13:07
149	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	13:16
150	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	13:25
151	MARONESE Marco	Bardiani-CSF	13:38
152	BRESCIANI Michael	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
153	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	13:48
154	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	13:50
155	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	13:52
156	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
157	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	14:09
158	CLAEYS Dimitri	Cofidis	16:20
159	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	16:32

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Stage 2 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Team Cofidis without their ace sprinter Nacer Bouhanni, who probably let himself get eliminated in the stage one team time trial by finishing after the time cutoff.

Overnight race leader Michael Hepburn gets ready to start the stage.

The pelton in Pomarance. But this could be almost any Italian town.

A small break tries to make good its escape in the town of Pomarance. It didn't.

The peloton in Pomarance

The stage is Julian Alaphilippe's

Stage winner Julian Alaphilippe. He's been getting a lot of practice wasting chanpagne lately.

New GC leader Adam Yates

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Wednesday, March 13: Stage 1, Lido di Camaiore Team Time Trial, 21.5 km

Stage 1 map & profile | Stage 1 photos

A wet day in Tuscany as the Movistar team warms up (?) in the rain.

Weather at Lido di Camaiore at 12:17 PM, local time: 8C (47F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the SE at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 40% chance of rain.

The race: The TTT route comprises two virtually straight sectors, rolling along the two lanes of the same road, on the Camaiore-Forte dei Marmi seafront. Halfway, the route takes a “square turn” around a block. For the fifth consecutive year Lido di Camaiore will host the start of the Tirreno-Adriatico.

After the stage the organizer posted this update:

Mitchelton – Scott has won the first stage of the 54th edition of the Race of the Two Seas, a 21.5km Team Time Trial, ahead of Team Jumbo – Visma and Team Sunweb, recording an average speed of 57.546 kph. The Australian rider Michael Hepburn is the first leader of the GC and was awarded the Maglia Azzurra.

Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the first Maglia Azzurra winner, Michael Hepburn, said: “I didn’t expect to be in this position when I woke up this morning. We obviously had a great squad here for the opening stage. We were not targeting just the stage but also supporting Adam Yates on GC. Today we also got luck on our side. We’re pleased with this result. Tirreno-Adriatico is one of my favorite races of the year. But I don’t deserve the jersey any more than anyone else in the squad. I’m just really happy for the whole team.”

Flash Results:

Stage 1 photos

21.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 57.546 km/hr

1	MITCHELTON - SCOTT	22min 25sec
2	TEAM JUMBO - VISMA	@ 7sec
3	TEAM SUNWEB	0:22
4	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	0:37
5	TEAM SKY	0:47
6	LOTTO SOUDAL	0:54
7	EF EDUCATION FIRST	0:56
8	GROUPAMA - FDJ	0:58
9	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	1:05
10	BAHRAIN - MERIDA	1:10
11	CCC TEAM	1:12
12	TREK - SEGAFREDO	1:13
13	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1:13
14	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1:19
15	MOVISTAR TEAM	1:32
16	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	1:34
17	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN	1:38
18	GAZPROM - RUSVELO	1:40
19	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	1:54
20	BORA - HANSGROHE	1:57
21	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2:01
22	NERI SOTTOLI SELLE ITALIA KTM	2:10
23	BARDIANI CSF	2:41

GC after stage 1:

1	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	22min 25sec
2	BOOKWALTER Brent	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
3	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
4	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
5	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 3sec
6	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	0:07
7	ROGLIC Primoz	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	BOUWMAN Koen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
9	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	DE PLUS Laurens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
11	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	0:22
12	DUMOULIN Tom	Team Sunweb	s.t.
13	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	s.t.
14	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
15	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:37
16	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
17	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
18	STYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
19	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
20	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	0:41
21	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	s.t.
22	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	0:47
23	POELS Wout	Sky	s.t.
24	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
25	GANNA Filippo	Sky	s.t.
26	MOSCON Gianni	Sky	s.t.
27	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto-Soudal	0:54
28	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
29	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
30	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
31	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	0:56
32	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	s.t.
33	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First	s.t.
34	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	s.t.
35	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF Education First	s.t.
36	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
37	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	s.t.
38	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	0:58
39	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
40	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
42	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	1:02
43	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Cycling Academy	1:05
44	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
45	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
46	DUNNE Conor	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
47	NEILANDS Krists	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
48	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
49	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	1:07
50	CARUSO Damiano	Bahrain-Merida	1:10
51	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
52	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
53	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
54	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	1:12
55	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
56	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	s.t.
57	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
58	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	1:13
59	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
60	SKUJIŅS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
61	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
62	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
63	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	s.t.
64	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
65	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
66	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
67	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	1:14
68	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	1:19
69	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
70	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
71	CONTI Valerio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
72	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
73	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
74	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain-Merida	1:24
75	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	1:32
76	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
77	CARAPAZ Richard	Movistar	s.t.
78	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
79	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	s.t.
80	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
81	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	1:34
82	CUMMINGS Steve	Dimension Data	s.t.
83	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
84	KREUZIGER Roman	Dimension Data	s.t.
85	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	1:38
86	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
87	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
88	BOSWELL Ian	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
89	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
90	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
91	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
92	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:40
93	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
94	ARSLANOV Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
95	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
96	BOEV Igor	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:52
97	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	1:53
98	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	1:54
99	SIMON Julien	Cofidis	s.t.
100	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
101	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	s.t.
102	LEMOINE Cyril	Cofidis	s.t.
103	BERHANE Natnael	Cofidis	s.t.
104	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	1:57
105	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
106	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
107	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
108	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
109	KING Ben	Dimension Data	2:01
110	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
111	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
112	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
113	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
114	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
115	CHERKASOV Nikolay	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:02
116	BRÄNDLE Matthias	Israel Cycling Academy	2:04
117	PUCCIO Salvatore	Sky	s.t.
118	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	2:10
119	VELASCO Simone	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
120	QUINTANA Dayer	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
121	PACIONI Luca	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
122	VISCONTI Giovanni	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
123	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
124	ZARDINI Edoardo	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	s.t.
125	GABBURO Davide	Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia	2:11
126	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	2:16
127	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
128	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Dimension Data	s.t.
129	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	2:22
130	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
131	MAESTRI Mirco	Bardiani-CSF	2:41
132	SIMION Paolo	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
133	BRESCIANI Michael	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
134	MARONESE Marco	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
135	TONELLI Alessandro	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
136	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	2:49
137	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:51
138	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	2:53
139	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
140	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
141	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
142	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	3:10
143	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	3:15
144	FRAILE Omar	Astana	3:24
145	KURIANOV Stepan	Gazprom-RusVelo	3:29
146	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	3:32
147	STANNARD Ian	Sky	3:34
148	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	3:41
149	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:50
150	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	3:59
151	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain-Merida	4:17
152	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
153	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	4:29
154	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4:34
155	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
156	CLAEYS Dimitri	Cofidis	5:23
157	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	5:35
158	MAJKA Rafał	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
159	WACKERMANN Luca	Bardiani-CSF	5:37
160	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map, out and back.

Stage 1 profile. No climbing here.

Stage 1 pictures by Fotoreport Sirotti:

Deceuninck-Quick Step rolls off.

Ag2r

Bora-hansgrohe

Movistar

Israel Cycling Academy

Team Sky

Sunweb was third.

Jumbo-Visma was a close second

The fastest men of the day: Mitchelton-Scott

The stage winners on the podium

The first GC leader: Michael Hepburn

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Start list with back numbers, March 12, 2019:

	SKY
DS:	Matteo Tosatto
1	THOMAS Geraint
2	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
3	MOSCON Gianni
4	POELS Wouter
5	PUCCIO Salvatore
6	GANNA Filippo
7	STANNARD Ian
	AG2R LA MONDIALE
DS:	Didier Jannel
11	DENZ Nico
12	DILLIER Silvan
13	DUVAL Julien
14	GODON Dorian
15	PETERS Nans
16	VENTURINI Clément
17	VUILLERMOZ Alexis
	ASTANA
DS:	Alexandr Shefer
21	FUGLSANG Jakob
22	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos
23	BALLERINI Davide
24	CATALDO Dario
25	FRAILE Omar
26	GRUZDEV Dmitriy
27	LUTSENKO Alexey
	BAHRAIN-MERIDA
DS:	Vladimir Miholjevic
31	NIBALI Vincenzo
32	BAUHAUS Phil
33	CARUSO Damiano
34	DENNIS Rohan
35	MOHORIC Matej
36	SIEBERG Marcel
37	TRATNIK Jan
	BARDIANI-CSF
DS:	Roberto Reverberi
41	BARBIN Enrico
42	BRESCIANI Michael
43	MAESTRI Mirco
44	MARONESE Marco
45	SIMION Paolo
46	TONELLI Alessandro
47	WACKERMANN Luca
	BORA-HANSGROHE
DS:	Jan Valach
51	SAGAN Peter
52	BODNAR Maciej
53	BURGHARDT Marcus
54	FORMOLO Davide
55	GATTO Oscar
56	MAJKA Rafal
57	OSS Daniel
	CCC TEAM
DS:	Valerio Piva
61	VAN AVERMAET Greg
62	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
63	ROSSKOPF Joey
64	SCHÄR Michael
65	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan
66	VAN HOECKE Gijs
67	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz
	COFIDIS
DS:	Francis Van Londersele
71	BOUHANNI Nacer
72	BERHANE Natnael
73	CLAEYS Dimitri
74	PEREZ Anthony
75	SIMON Julien
76	VANBILSEN Kenneth
77	LEMOINE Cyril
	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP
DS:	Davide Bramati
81	ALAPHILIPPE Julian
82	ASGREEN Kasper
83	LAMPAERT Yves
84	MORKOV Michael
85	RICHEZE Ariel
86	STYBAR Zdenek
87	VIVIANI Elia
	EF EDUCATION FIRST
DS:	Fabrizio Guidi
91	VANMARCKE Sep
92	BETTIOL Alberto
93	DOCKER Mitchell
94	KANGERT Tanel
95	LANGEVELD Sebastian
96	MODOLO Sacha
97	PHINNEY Taylor
	GAZPROM-RUSVELO
DS:	Renat Khamidulin
101	ARSLANOV Ildar
102	KURIANOV Stepan
103	BOEV Igor
104	PORSEV Alexander
105	ROVNY Ivan
106	SHALUNOV Evgeny
107	CHERKASOV Nikolay
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
DS:	Philippe Mauduit
111	PINOT Thibaut
112	KÜNG Stefan
113	LADAGNOUS Matthieu
114	MORABITO Steve
115	SCOTSON Miles
116	ROUX Anthony
117	THOMAS Benjamin
	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY
DS:	Kjell Carlstrom
121	HERMANS Ben
122	BRANDLE Matthias
123	CIMOLAI Davide
124	CATAFORD Alexander
125	NEILANDS Krists
126	DUNNE Conor
127	VAN ASBROECK Tom
	LOTTO SOUDAL
DS:	Mario Aerts
131	WELLENS Tim
132	BENOOT Tiesj
133	CAMPENAERTS Victor
134	HAGEN Carl Fredrik
135	KEUKELEIRE Jens
136	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz
137	VAN DER SANDE Tosh
	MITCHELTON-SCOTT
DS:	Gene Bates
141	YATES Adam
142	EDMONDSON Alexander
143	BOOKWALTER Brent
144	DURBRIDGE Luke
145	HEPBURN Michael
146	JUUL JENSEN Christopher
147	HOWSON Damien
	MOVISTAR
DS:	Maximilian Sciandri
151	LANDA Mikel
152	PRADES Eduard
153	CARAPAZ Richard
154	MAS BONET Lluis
155	OLIVEIRA Nelson
156	ROJAS Jose
157	SÜTTERLIN Jasha
	NERI SOTTOLI-SELLE ITALIA-KTM
DS:	Luca Scinto
161	VISCONTI Giovanni
162	PACIONI Luca
163	GABBURO Davide
164	QUINTANA Dayer
165	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian
166	VELASCO Simone
167	ZARDINI Edoardo
	DIMENSION DATA
DS:	Bingen Fernandez
171	KREUZIGER Roman
172	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael
173	CUMMINGS Stephen
174	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
175	KING Benjamin
176	SLAGTER Tom Jelte
177	NIZZOLO Giacomo
	JUMBO-VISMA
DS:	Addy Engels
181	ROGLIC Primoz
182	BOUWMAN Koen
183	DE PLUS Laurens
184	GESINK Robert
185	MARTIN Tony
186	MARTENS Paul
187	VAN EMDEN Jos
	KATUSHA-ALPECIN
DS:	Claudio Cozzi
191	BATTAGLIN Enrico
192	BOSWELL Ian
193	BIERMANS Jenthe
194	GONCALVES Jose
195	GUERREIRO Ruben
196	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav
197	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads
	TEAM SUNWEB
DS:	Aike Visbeek
201	DUMOULIN Tom
202	HAGA Chad
203	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
204	ARNDT Nikias
205	OOMEN Sam
206	POWER Robert
207	ROCHE Nicholas
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
DS:	Adriano Baffi
211	BRAMBILLA Gianluca
212	CONCI Nicola
213	FELLINE Fabio
214	IRIZAR Markel
215	PEDERSEN Mads
216	SKUJINS Toms
217	STUYVEN Jasper
	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES
DS:	Marco Marzano
221	GAVIRIA Fernando
222	BOHLI Tom
223	CONSONNI Simone
224	CONTI Valerio
225	FARIA Rui
226	POLANC Jan
227	TROIA Oliviero

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Organizer's race preview:

In the Aula Magna of Recanati city council – birthplace of the poet Giacomo Leopardi which will host one of the most spectacular stages of the 2019 Race of the Two Seas, on Sunday 17 March – the 54th edition of the Tirreno-Adriatico NamedSport has been unveiled today. The race, scheduled from 13 to 19 March 2019, is organized by RCS Sport / La Gazzetta dello Sport.

The 2019 course is slightly different from recent editions, reminiscent of traditional Tirreno-Adriatico editions rich in muri – literally ‘walls’; very steep and short climbs. Muri feature throughout the 2019 course, with some gradients hitting 18% and above. There are hard climbs leading to Fossombrone, with the Cappuccini wall to be faced twice in the finale, plus walls in Recanati (the hardest one close to the finish line), and longer climbs in Pomarance from as early as Stage 2. A new addition is the dedication of a stage to wine: Stage 6, Matelica-Jesi, will be the Wine Stage, celebrating Verdicchio, the world-famous white wine produced in Le Marche. Unchanged from the last editions are the two Time Trials, the opening one for Teams in Lido di Camaiore and the final one for Individuals in San Benedetto del Tronto. The two stages dedicated to the fastest wheels in the peloton are those finishing in Foligno and Jesi.