2022 Tirreno-Adriatico by BikeRaceInfo

Sunday, March 13: 7th & final stage, San Benedetto del Tronto - San Benedetto del Tronto, 159 km

Phil Bauhaus wins the final stage of the 2022 Tirreno-Adriatico. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of San Benedetto del Tronto at 1:30 PM, local time: 10C (50F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 24 km/hr (15 km/hr). No rain is forecast.

The course: A mixed stage in its first part that then becomes entirely flat in the last 80km. The start is slightly uphill with a passage through Offida to reach a height that is then maintained with slight ups and downs through Rotella, Montedinove and Castignano. After the passage from Ripatransone, a long descent to Grottammare follows, where the riders will enter a final circuit of around 15km that is set to be repeated 5 times. The route of the circuit is mainly on straight and wide tarmac roads.

Final Kilometers:
The last 3 kilometers take place on wide and mostly straight roads with some slight bends on medium-width roads in the first part. There is a last double bend about 1km from the finish. The finish line is on a 8m wide roadway with an asphalt surface.

The race: 146 riders began today's stage. There were three on-starters: Jhonatan Restrepo (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli), Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos-Grenadiers) & Enric Mas (Movistar). The latter was in full battle for the final podium yesterday, but a fall on the Carpegna downhill forced him to say goodbye to any hopes of a good classification.

The stage started at 11:12 AM. Just after the stage started there was a crash that forced Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF Education) and Mattia Bais (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli) to abandon.

Here's the stage seven report from winner Phil Bauhaus' Team Bahrain Victorious:

It was a perfect ending at the Tirreno-Adriatico for Bahrain Victorious. The team finished the 7-day Italian stage race with Phil Bauhaus sprinting to victory in San Benedetto del Tronto, confirming 3rd place on the General Classification podium with Mikel Landa and winning the best team ranking.

The race’s final day was a 159km course starting and finishing in San Benedetto del Tronto.

After a first mixed part, the course was entirely flat in the last 80km, with a 14.5km flat circuit repeated five times which was made for a sprint showdown.

The day’s breakaway formed initially by three riders was caught at 15km to go on the last lap, with the sprinters team working on setting up the finale for their fast men. Phil couldn’t count on a lead-out train on the last km with the teammates also focussed on protecting the leader Mikel Landa. But the German sprinter was impressive doing everything perfectly and taking his first success of the season, outsprinting Giacomo Nizzolo (Israel-Premier Tech) and Kaden Groves (BikeExchange-Jayco).

The peloton enjoys beautiful weather for the final stage. RCS photo.

Phil Bauhaus: “It was a fantastic week for the team. Today as a team, we did everything possible for us. The boys did an amazing job in supporting me in the finale. Then on the last km, I was mainly on my own, and I knew I had to do timing perfectly, then I followed other wheels. I’m super happy with this victory. It is a big one, actually.”

Mikel Landa backs up last year’s final result at Tirreno-Adriatico as he finished in 3rd place GC, behind the winner Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo Visma). After the penultimate stage, the Spaniard moved onto the GC podium with an 11" advantage to Richie Porte. The small gap was easily preserved on this final stage for the sprinters.

Mikel Landa: “I’m pleased to be on the podium again after last season. I needed this podium for my confidence. I’m very delighted not only for me but also for my teammates because we did a super good week. We have been on the podium also as the best team, and we took a win with Phil so super good”.

Bahrain Victorious also capped off a great team performance throughout the 7 stages, crowned the best team overall.

Gorazd Stangelj, Team Bahrain Victorious Sports Director: “It’s more than expected. When you try hard, and the guys are ready, and mentally focused for the results. Today, Phil showed his skills and that he’s improving year by year. I’m very happy that he achieved this result today because now also for him it’s going to be easier to go towards the next races. He was incredible. He did everything alone on the last km. The timing was perfect. Everything was done like in the book. I’m delighted to guide in the races these guys”.

Tadej Pogacar has won the 2022 Tirreno Adriatico. Sirotti photo

Complete results:

159 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.370 km/hr

1	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	3hr 39min 58sec
2	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
3	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
4	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
5	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
6	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
7	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	s.t.
8	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
9	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
11	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
12	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
13	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
14	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
15	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
16	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
17	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
18	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
19	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
20	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
21	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
22	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
23	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
24	Alex Edmondson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
25	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
26	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
27	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
28	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
29	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
31	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
32	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
34	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
36	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
37	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
38	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
39	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
40	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
41	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
42	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
43	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
44	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
45	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
46	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
48	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
49	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
50	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
51	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
53	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
54	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
55	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
56	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
57	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
59	Tosh Van der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
60	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
61	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
62	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
63	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
64	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
65	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
66	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
67	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
68	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
69	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
70	Davide Villella	Cofidis	s.t.
71	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
72	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
73	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
74	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
75	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
76	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
77	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
78	Jasha Sutterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
79	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
80	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
81	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
82	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
83	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
84	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
85	Alexander Cepeda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
86	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
87	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
88	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
89	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
90	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
91	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
92	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	@ 24sec
93	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
94	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
95	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
96	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
97	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	0:28
98	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
99	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
100	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	0:31
101	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	0:41
102	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:46
103	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	0:49
104	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:51
105	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	0:58
106	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
107	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
108	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
109	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
110	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
111	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
112	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
113	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
114	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
115	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
116	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
117	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	1:03
118	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
119	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	1:04
120	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
121	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
122	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
123	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
124	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
125	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
126	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
127	Josef Cerny	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:10
128	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
129	Sven Erik Bystrom	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
130	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
131	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	1:12
132	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
133	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
134	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	1:14
135	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
136	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	1:46
137	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	1:58
138	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
139	Mikkel Honore	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:01
140	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	2:13
141	Alexander Konychev	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
142	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	2:17
143	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	2:22

Final GC after stage 7:

GC winner: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
Points classification winner: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
Mountains classification winner: Quinn Simmons (Trek-Segafredo)
Best young rider: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
Team classification winner: Bahrain Victorious

1,133.9 kilometers (704.6 miles) raced at an average speed of 41.336 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	27hr 25min 53sec
2	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	@ 1min 52sec
3	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	2:33
4	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	2:44
5	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	3:05
6	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	3:16
7	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	3:20
8	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	3:37
9	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	3:51
10	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	4:03
11	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:20
12	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	4:29
13	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	5:16
14	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	6:33
15	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	6:42
16	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	6:52
17	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	7:10
18	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	7:28
19	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	7:48
20	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	8:33
21	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	8:34
22	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	9:24
23	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	10:15
24	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	11:48
25	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	12:01
26	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	13:25
27	Davide Villella	Cofidis	14:46
28	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	18:36
29	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	18:42
30	Alexander Cepeda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	19:56
31	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	20:06
32	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	20:08
33	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	21:53
34	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	21:56
35	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	23:55
36	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	25:02
37	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	25:03
38	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	25:18
39	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	26:43
40	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	28:11
41	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	28:28
42	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	29:10
43	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	29:42
44	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	29:59
45	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	30:14
46	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	30:15
47	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	31:13
48	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	31:15
49	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	31:45
50	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	32:24
51	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	33:57
52	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	36:16
53	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	37:20
54	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	37:37
55	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	38:32
56	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	38:58
57	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	40:10
58	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	41:29
59	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	41:39
60	Sven Erik Bystrom	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	43:08
61	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	43:17
62	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	43:18
63	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	43:28
64	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	43:41
65	Tosh Van der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	43:44
66	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	43:50
67	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	44:15
68	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	44:55
69	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	45:44
70	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	46:15
71	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	46:42
72	Einer Rubio	Movistar	47:05
73	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	49:36
74	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	49:42
75	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	50:10
76	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	50:21
77	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	51:08
78	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	51:29
79	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	53:47
80	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	53:54
81	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	54:02
82	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	54:24
83	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	55:34
84	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	55:43
85	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	55:53
86	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	56:01
87	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	57:03
88	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	58:25
89	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	58:31
90	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	58:50
91	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	59:24
92	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:00:12
93	Mikkel Honore	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:00:49
94	Alex Edmondson	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:01:06
95	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	1:03:20
96	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	1:04:33
97	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:05:13
98	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	1:05:37
99	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	1:05:40
100	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	1:05:56
101	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:06:46
102	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	1:07:40
103	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	1:07:44
104	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	1:09:05
105	Alexander Konychev	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:09:22
106	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:10:14
107	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	1:10:24
108	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	1:10:41
109	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	1:10:49
110	Matthias Brandle	Israel-Premier Tech	1:11:41
111	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	1:11:45
112	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	1:11:52
113	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	1:12:01
114	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	1:12:05
115	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	1:12:07
116	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:12:40
117	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:12:47
118	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	1:12:49
119	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	1:12:51
120	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	1:13:06
121	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Fenix	1:13:14
122	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	1:13:52
123	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	1:13:54
124	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	1:13:58
125	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	1:14:03
126	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	1:14:42
127	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	1:14:57
128	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:15:00
129	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	1:15:02
130	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	1:15:17
131	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	1:15:30
132	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:15:55
133	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	1:15:59
134	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	1:16:30
135	Josef Cerny	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:16:35
136	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	1:16:38
137	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:16:46
138	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:17:26
139	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	1:17:39
140	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	1:19:40
141	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:20:25
142	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	1:23:51
143	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:25:11

Stage 7 map & profile:

Stage 7 map

Stage 7 profile

Saturday, March 12: Stage 6, Apecchio - Carpegna, 215 km

Stage 6 map & profile | Photos

Tadej Pogacar wins in Carpegna. RCS Sport photo

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Weather at the finish city of Carpegna at 1:45 PM, local time: 4C (40F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The course: A stage divided into two parts. The first undulates almost all the way down to the coast with a slight ascent to the first passage to the finish line. The second consists of a challenging final circuit of Cippo di Carpegna, to be repeated twice. The circuit features a climb of 6km with gradients of up to 14% and a subsequent technical descent to the finish line for a second lap.

Final Kilometers
The last 3 kilometers are half downhill at speed and half uphill. The final kilometer follows a gradient of about 3% with a short flat section in the last 400m. Arrival on asphalt, 7m wide.

The race: 215 rider began stage six at 10:55. There were two non-starters: Thibault Guernalec and Daniel McClay, both of Team Arkéa Samsic, have dropped out of the race.

Here's the report from stage winner and GC leader Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates:

A week after the solitary feat at Strade Bianche, Tadej Pogačar struck again, reaching the finish line of the 6th stage of Tirreno-Adriatico solo on the road from Apecchio to Carpegna of 215 km and with the double pass on Monte Carpegna.

The talent from UAE Team Emirates made his move 16 km from the finish, on the second ascent of Monte Carpegna (6.2 km at 9.6% average gradient): responding to a move by Mikel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious), Pogačar sank a single, but decisive attack, gaining about twenty seconds in a short time on a trio of pursuers made up of Landa, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Richie Porte (Ineos Grenadiers).

The advantage widened to almost 2 ‘at the brow (-12.5 km), so that the Slovenian was able to pedal smoothly to the finish to take his sixth victory of the season (+ 1’02 “over Vingegaard ), and the seventeenth win for the Emirati team.

Pogačar: “First of all I would like to thank the team and my team mates, they were once again fantastic all day and allowed me to take the last climb in the best position. I had good legs, Marc Soler was making a good pace, there were some attacks and, at that point, I decided to try to go all the way to the top at my own pace, giving it my all. It was very cold and, in this way, I also kept warm.
I am very happy to have won and to have repaid the work of the whole team during these last days: today my teammates struggled at the head of the group for 200 km, with the headwind, so it’s nice to have conquered the queen stage for them.

"Now only one day remains, we remain calm and serene, hoping that Pascal Ackermann can recover from the efforts made for the team in the recent stages ”.

Complete results:

Photos

215 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.216 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	5hr 28min 57sec
2	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	@ 1min 3sec
3	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
4	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	1:34
5	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	1:49
6	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	2:23
9	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
11	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
12	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:42
13	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:01
14	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	4:19
15	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
16	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	5:00
17	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
18	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	5:02
19	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	5:17
21	Enric Mas	Movistar	5:21
22	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	6:24
23	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
24	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	7:24
26	Miguel López	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
27	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
28	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	7:50
29	Davide Villella	Cofidis	9:01
30	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	9:55
31	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	11:26
32	Alexander Cepeda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	12:14
33	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	14:12
34	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
36	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
37	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	14:50
38	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	15:54
40	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
41	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	15:59
42	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	16:53
43	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	17:09
44	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
45	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	17:11
46	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
47	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
48	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	18:30
49	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	18:45
50	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	18:48
51	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	18:58
52	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	19:09
53	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
54	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	20:08
55	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
56	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	20:08
57	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
58	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	22:07
59	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	22:17
60	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	23:15
61	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	24:01
62	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	24:43
63	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	26:10
64	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
65	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
66	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
67	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
68	Tosh Van der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
69	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
70	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
71	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
72	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
73	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	26:30
74	Alexander Konychev	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
75	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
76	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	28:08
77	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
78	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	28:13
79	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	28:50
80	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
82	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	29:20
83	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	29:36
84	Mikkel Honore	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	30:15
85	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	s.t.
86	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
87	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
89	Jhonatan Restrepo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
90	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
91	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
92	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
93	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
94	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
96	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	30:25
97	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
98	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	31:31
99	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	31:34
100	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	31:50
101	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
102	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
103	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
104	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
105	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
106	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
107	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	31:54
108	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
109	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
110	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
111	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
112	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
113	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
114	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
115	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
116	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
117	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
118	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
119	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
120	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
121	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
122	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
123	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
124	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
125	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
126	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
127	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
128	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
129	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	32:51
130	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	33:10
131	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
132	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
133	Alex Edmondson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
134	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	33:18
135	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	33:34
136	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
137	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	34:41
138	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
139	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
140	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
141	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
142	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
143	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
144	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	35:02
145	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
146	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
147	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
148	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	36:17
149	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	36:58

GC after stage 6:

974.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.022 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	23hr 45min 55sec
2	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	@ 1min 52sec
3	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	2:33
4	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	2:44
5	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	3:05
6	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	3:16
7	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	3:20
8	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	3:37
9	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	3:51
10	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	4:03
11	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:20
12	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	4:29
13	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	5:16
14	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	6:33
15	Enric Mas	Movistar	6:42
16	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
17	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	6:52
18	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	7:10
19	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	7:28
20	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	7:48
21	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	8:33
22	Miguel López	Astana Qazaqstan	8:34
23	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	9:24
24	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	10:15
25	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	11:03
26	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	11:48
27	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	12:38
28	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	13:25
29	Davide Villella	Cofidis	14:46
30	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	17:38
31	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	18:42
32	Alexander Cepeda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	19:56
33	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	20:06
34	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	20:08
35	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	21:02
36	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	21:56
37	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	23:55
38	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	25:02
39	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	25:03
40	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	25:18
41	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	26:19
42	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	27:30
43	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	28:11
44	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	28:12
45	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	29:26
46	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	29:31
47	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	29:42
48	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	30:14
49	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	30:17
50	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	30:47
51	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	31:13
52	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	32:24
53	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	33:02
54	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	33:10
55	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	36:16
56	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	36:39
57	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	36:52
58	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	37:28
59	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	38:58
60	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	40:10
61	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	41:29
62	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	41:39
63	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	41:58
64	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	42:13
65	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	42:14
66	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	42:21
67	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	42:47
68	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	43:41
69	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Tosh Van der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	43:44
71	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	43:51
72	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	45:16
73	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	45:30
74	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	46:15
75	Einer Rubio	Movistar	47:05
76	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	47:44
77	Jhonatan Restrepo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	49:03
78	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	49:17
79	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	49:36
80	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	50:10
81	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	51:05
82	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	51:08
83	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	53:41
84	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	53:47
85	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	53:54
86	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	54:02
87	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	54:24
88	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	54:36
89	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	54:46
90	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	55:43
91	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	55:53
92	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	57:28
93	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	58:25
94	Mikkel Honore	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	58:48
95	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	58:50
96	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	58:52
97	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	59:00
98	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	59:24
99	Alex Edmondson	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:01:06
100	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	1:03:20
101	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	1:03:42
102	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	1:04:33
103	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
104	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	1:04:52
105	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:05:13
106	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:06:46
107	Alexander Konychev	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:07:09
108	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	1:07:40
109	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	1:07:44
110	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	1:07:55
111	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:09:16
112	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	1:10:24
113	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	1:10:41
114	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	1:10:49
115	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	1:11:04
116	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	1:11:21
117	Matthias Brändle	Israel-Premier Tech	1:11:41
118	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	1:11:51
119	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	1:12:01
120	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
121	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	1:12:05
122	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	1:12:07
123	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	1:12:29
124	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:12:46
125	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	1:12:50
126	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
127	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	1:12:51
128	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	1:13:06
129	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	1:13:45
130	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	1:13:52
131	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	1:14:03
132	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	1:14:08
133	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	1:14:55
134	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:15:00
135	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	1:15:02
136	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	1:15:17
137	Josef Cerný	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:15:25
138	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	1:15:30
139	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	1:15:53
140	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:15:59
141	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	1:16:06
142	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	1:16:38
143	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:16:46
144	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:17:26
145	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	1:17:52
146	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	1:18:36
147	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:19:15
148	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	1:23:51
149	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:25:11

Stage 6 map & profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile

Stage 6 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Sprinter Mark Cavendish during the teams presentation ceremony.

Race leader Tagej Pogacar heads to the start.

A beautiful, cool day in the hills.

Monte Carpegna: Marc Soler, Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar take the point.

Julian Alaphilppe on Monte Carpegna.

Tadej Pogacar has left his nearest chaser more than a minute behind.

Jonas Vingegaard finishes second with Mikel Landa right behind him.

Tadej Pogacar has attracted a little attention after winning the stage.

Damiano Caruso and Mikel Landa just after the stage finish.

Pogacar will start the final stage in the GC leader's blue jersey.

Friday, March 11: Stage 5: Sefro - Fermo, 155 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Warren Barguil has left everyone behind to win stage five. Sirotti photo

Plato's dialogue Crito is available as an audiobook here. For the Kindle eBook version, just click on the Amazon link on the right.

Weather at the finish city of Fermo at 2:10 PM, local time: 8C (47F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is a 10% chance of rain.

The course: This is the stage of the ‘muri’ – short, steep climbs best described as ‘walls’. It is characterised by two distinct parts. The first heads through the Apennines to the gates of the province of Fermo and the second is more rolling, with 5 ‘walls’ between the approach to the finish and the final circuit. The first part touches on Castelraimondo, San Severino Marche in order to climb to the Valico di Pietra Rossa. A descent follows on Cingoli and Treia, to then pass from one valley to another through a series of climbs and descents. After Montegranaro the riders will climb the Muro di Monte Urano (max 15% gradient). They then enter Fermo from Lido to tackle the Capodarco climb (max 18% gradient), and in rapid sequence, the Fermo-Strada Calderari climb with a subsequent passage near the finish line. From here a semi-circuit of about 18km begins, featuring the challenging climbs of Madonnetta d’Ete and a repeat of Fermo-Strada Calderari.

Final Kilometers
The last few kilometres are all substantially uphill. After the ascent of Strada Calderari, which leads to the town of Fermo (with gradients of up to 20%), the climb continues along narrow stone-paved streets, with gradients remaining high. A short descent brings some respite with 750m to go, followed by a climb to the finish line on a ramp of around 10% gradient. The finish line lies on a 6m wide asphalt surface.

The race: 160 riders began stage five at 1:20 PM. There were three non-starters: Simone Consonni (Cofidis), Richard Carapaz (INEOS Grenadiers) & Nacer Bouhanni (Arkéa-Samsic)

Here's the report from GC leader Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates:

Tadej Pogačar approaches the queen stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico as race leader.
The UAE Team Emirates captain boasts a 9 “advantage over his closest rival Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) after the 5th stage, the 155km Sefro-Fermo ending with a jagged circuit finish.

Success on the day went to Warren Barguil (Team Arkéa Samsic), who proved to be the strongest of the 12 cyclists who created the main breakaway of the race.
Pogačar, after UAE Team Emirates had controlled the group during the stage, followed an Evenepoel attack, with Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) quick to join the duo.

The three riders took the wrong road at a curve and thus saw their attack neutralised.

The Slovenian from UAE Team Emirates, quickly found his way and crossed the finish line in 6th position (+28 “from the winner), closely followed by Vingegaard and Evenepoel. Tomorrow the 6th stage, from Apecchio-Carpegna of 215 km with the double passage on Monte Carpegna (6.2 km at an average gradient of 9.6%) will define the general classification.

Pogačar: “There were three of us in the chasing group, but we took the wrong way at a right turn: it was not easy to see the signs of the right direction, it can happen in a race. At that point, it was too difficult to catch the leaders.
Without that accident, the race could have ended differently, but today’s goal was to keep the leader’s jersey and we did it, also thanks to a good team effort to control a breakaway in which strong riders were pedaling. We are happy to still be in the lead in going to tackle the queen stage tomorrow.”

Complete results:

155 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.295 km/hr

1	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	3hr 39min 53sec
2	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	@ 10sec
3	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	0:14
4	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	0:15
5	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	0:26
6	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	0:28
7	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
9	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
10	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
12	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	0:33
13	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:35
15	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
16	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
17	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
18	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
19	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	0:38
20	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
23	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
24	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	0:43
25	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	0:47
26	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	0:51
28	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
29	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
30	Jhonatan Restrepo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	1:07
31	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	1:19
32	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
33	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	1:22
34	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	1:38
35	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	1:39
36	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	1:50
37	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	2:27
38	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	2:29
39	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
40	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
41	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
42	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	3:00
43	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	3:51
44	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
45	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
46	Alexander Cepeda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	3:53
47	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
49	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
50	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
51	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
52	Davide Villella	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	3:58
54	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	4:37
55	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	5:19
56	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
57	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
58	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
59	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	5:56
60	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
61	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	5:57
62	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	7:23
63	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
64	Sven Erik Bystrom	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
65	Mikkel Honore	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
66	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
67	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
68	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
69	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
71	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
72	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
73	Tosh Van der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
74	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
75	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
76	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
77	Alex Edmondson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
78	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
79	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
80	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
81	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	9:28
83	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
84	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
85	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
86	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
87	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
88	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	9:31
89	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	13:09
90	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
91	Lluis Mas	Movistar	s.t.
92	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
93	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	13:34
94	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	15:08
95	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
96	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
97	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
98	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
99	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	15:31
100	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
101	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	15:33
102	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	17:36
103	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
104	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
105	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
106	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
107	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
108	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
109	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	18:04
110	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	19:00
111	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
113	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
114	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
115	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	19:17
116	Alexander Konychev	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
117	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
118	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
119	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
120	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
121	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
122	Jasha Sutterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
123	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
124	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
125	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
126	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
127	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
128	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
129	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
130	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
131	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
132	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
133	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
134	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
135	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
136	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
137	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
138	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
139	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
140	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
141	Matthias Brandle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
142	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
143	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
144	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
145	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
146	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
147	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
148	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
149	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
150	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	19:44
151	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	19:55
152	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	20:11
153	Josef Cerny	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
154	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	20:16
155	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	20:19
156	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
157	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	20:44

GC after stage 5:

759.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.557 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	18hr 17min 8sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	@ 9sec
3	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	0:43
4	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	0:45
5	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	1:00
6	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	1:02
8	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	1:06
9	Enric Mas	Movistar	1:11
10	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	1:14
11	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	1:15
12	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	1:18
13	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	1:21
14	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
15	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	1:24
16	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
17	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	1:30
18	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	1:31
19	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	1:38
20	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	1:42
21	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:43
22	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	1:52
23	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	1:56
24	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	2:15
25	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	2:18
26	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	2:33
27	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	2:38
28	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	2:41
29	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	2:45
30	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	2:50
31	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	3:05
32	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	3:11
33	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	3:21
34	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	4:12
35	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	4:28
36	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	4:45
37	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:58
38	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	5:12
39	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	5:26
40	Davide Villella	Cofidis	5:35
41	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	5:44
42	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
43	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	6:22
44	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	6:34
45	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	6:51
46	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	7:03
47	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	7:12
48	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	7:16
49	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	7:24
50	Alexander Cepeda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	7:32
51	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	7:34
52	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	9:24
53	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	9:45
54	Sven Erik Bystrom	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	9:54
55	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	10:35
56	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	11:09
57	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	11:37
58	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	11:47
59	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
60	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	12:05
61	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	13:16
62	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	13:28
63	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	15:09
64	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	15:14
65	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	15:33
66	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	16:01
67	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	16:21
68	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	17:15
69	Tosh Van der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	17:24
70	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	17:44
71	Lluis Mas	Movistar	18:37
72	Jhonatan Restrepo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	18:38
73	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	18:52
74	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	19:04
75	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	19:10
76	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	19:11
77	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	19:33
78	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	20:05
79	Einer Rubio	Movistar	20:45
80	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	21:43
81	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	21:57
82	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	22:20
83	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	22:47
84	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	22:55
85	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	23:43
86	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	23:49
87	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	23:50
88	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	24:08
89	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	24:21
90	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	24:52
91	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	24:58
92	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	25:08
93	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	25:24:
94	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	25:27
95	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	25:28
96	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	25:36
97	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	26:46
98	Alex Edmondson	BikeExchange-Jayco	27:46
99	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	28:25
100	Mikkel Honore	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
101	Jasha Sutterlin	Bahrain Victorious	30:00
102	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	30:41
103	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	32:05
104	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	32:52
105	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	33:04
106	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	33:09
107	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	34:08
108	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	34:42
109	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	34:49
110	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	35:04
111	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	35:36
112	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	35:37
113	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	35:51
114	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	36:10
115	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	36:44
116	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	36:49
117	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	37:19
118	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	39:04
119	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	39:17
120	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	39:30
121	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
122	Matthias Brandle	Israel-Premier Tech	39:37
123	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	39:51
124	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	39:57
125	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	39:59
126	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	40:01
127	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	40:06
128	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	40:09
129	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	40:11
130	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	40:14
131	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	40:18
132	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	40:25
133	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
134	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	40:26
135	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	40:26
136	Alexander Konychev	BikeExchange-Jayco	40:29
137	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	40:40
138	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	40:42
139	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Fenix	40:46
140	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	40:47
141	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	40:48
142	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	40:59
143	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	41:02
144	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
145	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	41:08
146	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	41:11
147	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
148	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	41:15
149	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	41:47
150	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	41:59
151	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	44:03
152	Josef Cerny	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	44:50
153	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	46:32
154	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	47:17
155	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	50:26
156	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	51:51
157	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	53:11

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

Thursday, March 10: Stage 4, Cascata dell Marmore - Ballante, 202 km

Stage 4 map & profile | Photos

Tadej Pogacar wins the stage and takes over the GC lead. Sirotti photo.

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Weather at the finish city of Bellante at 2:46 PM, local time: 12C (54F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.

The course: A stage that crosses the Apennines. From the Marmore Falls, the route climbs more or less continuously with reasonably gentle gradients to the Torre Fuscello pass before reaching Leonessa and taking the Via Salaria to Posta. After a brief ascent the Via Salaria winds gently downhill until it reaches Ascoli Piceno. A short climb to Maltignano follows, before entering the final circuit to be ridden twice after the first passage of the finish line.

Final Kilometers
The final kilometers take place on the circuit, along two complete laps. After Bellante, the riders will head downhill, with ups and downs to Sant’Onofrio where the road becomes wider and straighter. The road heads first towards the valley then parallel to the river before tackling the climb of about 3.8km that leads to the finish. Gradients here are in the region of 7% with peaks of 11%. Arrival on 7m wide tarmac.

The race: 164 riders began stage 4 at 12:03.

Here's the report from stage winner and new race leader Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates:

A special day for UAE Team Emirates saw a double victory at Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico through Brandon McNulty and Tadej Pogačar respectively.

Tadej Pogačar took charge of affairs at Tirreno Adriatico taking the stage win and leaders jersey on day 4 from Cascata delle Marmore to Bellante (202km).

With 70 km to go, the group pushed by Davide Formolo and the whole UAE Team Emirates started to catch the 10 riders who had animated the breakaway of the day.

Today's stage went into the steep stuff. Here's the peloton about an hour into the stage. RCS photo.

The stage was decided in the final circuit of Bellante, with the ascent of 4k m at 7% which they did three times.

Here, attacks and counter attacks were well managed by Pogačar and his teammates, with the Slovenian reaching the last kilometere in the leading group and accelerating furiously in the last 500 meters of the race, breaking away from all his rivals.

Fifth success of the season for Pogačar, who takes the lead in the General Classification of Tirreno-Adriatico, also leading the points classification and that of best youngster.

Pogačar: “After the great work by the whole team, today I could only try to win and give my best. We worked perfectly and everything went as we hoped. There are still three important stages in where we need to work hard, both tomorrow and especially in the one after which will be the queen stage. We have to stay focused and give our best.”

Tomorrow the fifth stage will see the riders take on 155km from Sefro to Fermo, with the last 50km jagged before another uphill finish.

Earlier in the day Brandon McNulty was the absolute protagonist of the fifth stage of Paris-Nice, a 188.8km day that took the riders from Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert to Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut.

The American was among the breakaway riders already after 10 km of the race, and was never seen again by the peloton. Having reached the final ascent of the Col de La Mure (7.6km at 8.3%), McNulty attacked without looking back, crossing the finish line first after the last 40km alone.

First victory in a World Tour race and third victory of the season for the 23-year-old of UAE Team Emirates, who had already conquered the Faun-Ardèche Classic on this same road on February 26th.

With today’s two victories, the number of wins this season for UAE Team Emirates rises to 15.

McNulty: “I am very happy with my first victory in a World Tour race, especially for how the week started amidst bad luck and various problems. Today everything went according to plan, I got into the breakaway and had good sensations throughout the stage.

Arriving at the penultimate climb, the team gave me the green light if I was feeling good and I decided to attack. This is a victory that definitely gives me morale to keep giving my best and aim to do even better. ”

Tomorrow the sixth and longest stage of the week is scheduled, 213km with the last peak to be climbed 25km from the end.

Complete results:

Photos

202 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.989 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	4hr 48min 39sec
2	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	@ 2sec
3	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
4	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
5	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	0:05
6	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
8	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
12	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
13	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
14	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	0:12
15	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
17	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
18	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
19	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	0:15
20	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
21	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	0:18
23	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
25	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:25
26	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
27	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
28	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
29	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
31	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
32	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
33	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	0:30
34	Davide Villella	Cofidis	0:33
35	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	0:35
36	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
37	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
38	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
39	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	0:45
40	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
41	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
42	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	1:10
43	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
44	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
45	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	1:17
46	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
47	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
48	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	1:25
49	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
50	Alexander Cepeda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	1:34
51	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	1:45
52	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	1:57
53	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
54	Sven Erik Bystrom	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
55	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:25
56	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	2:39
57	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
58	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
59	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	3:06
61	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	3:11
62	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	3:19
63	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	3:37
64	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	5:00
65	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	5:02
66	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	5:09
67	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	5:11
68	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
69	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
71	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
72	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
73	Lluis Mas	Movistar	s.t.
74	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
75	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	s.t.
76	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	5:27
77	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
78	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	5:41
79	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	6:52
80	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	8:46
81	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
82	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
83	Tosh Van der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
84	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
85	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	10:22
86	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
87	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
88	Jasha Sutterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
89	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	15:42
90	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
91	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
92	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
93	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
95	Jhonatan Restrepo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
96	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
97	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
98	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
99	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
100	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
101	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
102	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
103	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
104	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
105	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
106	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
107	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
108	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
109	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
110	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
111	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
112	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
113	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
114	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
115	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	17:05
116	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	19:54
117	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
118	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
119	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
120	Mikkel Honore	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
121	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
122	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
123	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
124	Alexander Konychev	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
125	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
126	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
127	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
128	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
129	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
130	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
131	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
132	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
133	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
134	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
135	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
136	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
137	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
138	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
139	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
140	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
141	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
142	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
143	Matthias Brandle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
144	Alex Edmondson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
145	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
146	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
147	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
148	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
149	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
150	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
151	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
152	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
153	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
154	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
155	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
156	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
157	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
158	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
159	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
160	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
161	Josef Cerny	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
162	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
163	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	21:48

GC after stage 4:

604.9 kilometers raced so far at an average spee of 41.395 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	14hr 36min 47sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	@ 9sec
3	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	0:21
4	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	0:36
5	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	0:43
6	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	0:45
7	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	0:50
8	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	0:56
9	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	1:02
10	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	1:04
11	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	1:06
12	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	1:08
13	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:10
14	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	1:11
15	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
16	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
17	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	1:14
18	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	1:16
19	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:17
20	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	1:21
21	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	1:22
22	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	1:23
23	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	1:24
24	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	1:28
25	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:28
26	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	1:32
27	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	1:33
28	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
29	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	1:35
30	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	1:43
31	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:43
32	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	1:47
33	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	1:49
34	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	1:50
35	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	1:51
36	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	1:56
37	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	2:01
38	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	2:03
39	Davide Villella	Cofidis	2:10
40	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	2:11
41	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	2:16
42	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	2:19
43	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	2:27
44	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	2:37
45	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:44
46	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	2:47
47	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	2:50
48	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	2:52
49	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	2:57
50	Sven Erik Bystrom	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:59
51	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	3:12
52	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	3:19
53	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	3:22
54	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	3:28
55	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	3:40
56	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	3:51
57	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	3:59
58	Alexander Cepeda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	4:07
59	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	4:09
60	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	4:21
61	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	4:33
62	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	4:52
63	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	5:25
64	Lluis Mas	Movistar	5:56
65	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	5:58
66	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	6:09
67	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	6:14
68	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	6:20
69	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	6:21
70	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	6:30
71	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	6:33
72	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	6:37
73	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	6:38
74	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	6:39
75	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	6:40
76	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	7:00
77	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	7:01
78	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	7:50
79	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	9:41
80	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	9:53
81	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	10:20
82	Tosh Van der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	10:29
83	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	10:42
84	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	11:11
85	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	11:57
86	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	12:16
87	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	13:20
88	Einer Rubio	Movistar	13:50
89	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	16:10
90	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	16:17
91	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	16:32
92	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	16:40
93	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	16:41
94	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	16:48
95	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	16:51
96	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	16:54
97	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	16:55
98	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	16:58
99	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	17:00
100	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	17:01
101	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	17:02
102	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	17:13
103	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	17:21
104	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	17:25
105	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	17:34
106	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	17:43
107	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	17:56
108	Jhonatan Restrepo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	17:59
109	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	18:03
110	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	18:06
111	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	18:12
112	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	18:13
113	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	18:29
114	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	20:15
115	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	20:23
116	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	20:34
117	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	20:41
118	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	20:45
119	Matthias Brandle	Israel-Premier Tech	20:48
120	Alex Edmondson	BikeExchange-Jayco	20:51
121	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	20:52
122	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	20:56
123	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	20:58
124	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	21:02
125	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	21:08
126	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	21:10
127	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	21:12
128	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	21:17
129	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	21:20
130	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
131	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	21:22
132	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	21:27
133	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	21:29
134	Mikkel Honore	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	21:30
135	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	21:32
136	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	21:36
137	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
138	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	21:37
139	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
140	Alexander Konychev	BikeExchange-Jayco	21:40
141	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	21:51
142	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	21:53
143	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	21:56
144	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Fenix	21:57
145	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	21:58
146	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	22:09
147	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	22:10
148	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	22:13
149	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
150	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	22:22
151	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	22:32
152	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	22:39
153	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	23:06
154	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	23:46
155	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	24:03
156	Josef Cerny	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	25:07
157	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	25:14
158	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	27:43
159	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	28:28
160	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	33:02
161	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	33:18
162	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	36:03
163	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Soudal	44:39

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

Stage 4 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Natnael Tesfazion heads to the start.

The scenery is stunning as the peloton awaits the signal to start the stage.

Another shot of the peloton before the stage start.

On one of the final circuits Jumbo-Visma leads with UAE Team Emirates right there with them.

Tadej Pogacar can sit up and enjoy his win. That's Jonas Vingegaard a couple of seconds behind him.

Jonas Vingegaard finishes second.

Tadej Pogacar just after the stage.

Tadej Pogacar wastes some perfectly good spumante celebrating his win.

Wednesday, March 9: Stage 3, Murlo - Terni, 170 km

Stage 3 map & profile | Photos

Caleb Ewan (left, red jersey) just beats Arnaud Demare (head down) to win stage four. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Terni at 1:35 PM, local time: 13C (55F), fair, with the wind from the northeast at 5 km/hr (3 mph). No rain is forecast.

The course: A slightly undulating stage punctuated by short straights and flat stretches of rest. The first part of the stage features some noteworthy climbs such as the ‘La Foce’ and the road between Fabro and Ficulle. After Orvieto the stage finale begins, which remains challenging both in terms of elevation and terrain. After Amelia the riders face a long descent to enter the Narni and Terni plain. Wide and straight roads follow, with a sometimes well-worn road surface, but without excessive difficulty, leading to the finish line in the city centre of Terni on Corso del Popolo.

Final Kilometers:
The last 3km take place on wide, straight roads, sometimes with a central reservation present, interspersed with large roundabouts. Within the final kilometer, the riders will take a wide bend to the left on the flat. There is then a change from an asphalt surface to stone paving at the entrance to the 350m long finishing straight on a 7.5m wide road

The race: Peter Sagan did not start the race because of stomach troubles. That left a starting peloton of 165 riders.

Here is the report from stage winner Caleb Ewan's Lotto Soudal team:

Caleb Ewan has taken his first stage win at Tirreno-Adriatico. The Australian Lotto Soudal rider was the fastest at the end of stage three, which ended in a bunch sprint in Terni. The peloton had to pull out all the stops to catch an elite four-rider group. In the technical run-in towards the finish, Ewan navigated his way through the bunch, started the sprint in perfect position, launched his typical acceleration on the cobbles in Terni and took his first stage win at Tirreno-Adriatico. For Ewan, it is already his third win of the season after earlier victories at the Saudi Tour and Tour du Var.

“Finally I managed to pull off a win at Tirreno-Adriatico”, Caleb Ewan began. “I’ve been at the start several times before but always something went wrong. Today it was far from easy but this time we got it right in the race where I’ve wanted to win a stage for a long time.”

In Tirreno-Adriatico, the sprinters were given another opportunity today with a 170 kilometres long stage between Murlo and Terni, ridden on rolling roads in Tuscany and Umbria. For a moment there was a bit of a stir in the bunch when Caleb Ewan hit the ground about 90 kilometres from the finish. The Australian came into contact with a staff member of Ineos Grenadiers during the feed zone. Ewan had to change bikes but didn’t suffer from any other consequences.

The sprint teams took no risks as the six-rider breakaway was already reeled in at just under 50 kilometres to go. When after the intermediate sprint in Amelia four riders pushed on, the alarm bells went off in the peloton. Lotto Soudal protected its sprinter Caleb Ewan at the front rows of the bunch but had to spend valuable energy in chasing the four-rider elite group. In the final kilometres, Caleb Ewan found his own way perfectly and began the final straight at the very front. Arnaud Démare launched powerfully but with his typical kick to the line, Caleb Ewan came past the Frenchman to take his first stage win at Tirreno-Adriatico.

“Due to that late attack of the elite group including Alaphilippe and Pogacar, we had to use up our guys earlier than we had hoped. But we knew that we shouldn’t give them much of an advantage so we already lost several guys even before the proper sprint preparation began. As a consequence, I had to find my own way during the finale. I just tried to follow the right wheels and do my own thing at the end. Arnaud Démare looked good and still had a teammate with him so I went for his wheel. I knew that I had to be among the first four riders going into the final corner. Such finishes, slightly uphill and with a drag to the line really suit me. So I am really happy to finish it off today.”

“With three stages already in the pocket, I am really satisfied with how the start of the season is going. My first big goal is next week and this victory gives me a lot of confidence”, concludes Caleb Ewan, who – after the podium ceremony - gave his flowers to the woman he collided with in the feed zone.

Complete results:

Photos

170 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.229 km/hr

1	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	4hr 7min 24sec
2	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
3	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
4	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
5	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
6	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
11	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
12	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
13	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
15	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
16	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
17	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	s.t.
18	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
19	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
21	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
22	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
23	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
24	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
25	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
26	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
27	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
28	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
30	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
31	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
32	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
33	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
34	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
35	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
36	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
37	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
38	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
39	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
40	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
41	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
42	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
44	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
45	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
46	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
47	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
48	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
49	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
50	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
51	Miguell Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
52	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
53	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
54	Davide Villella	Cofidis	@ 12sec
55	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
56	Jhonatan Restrepo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
57	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
58	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
59	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
61	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
62	Tosh Van der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
63	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
64	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
65	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
66	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
67	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
68	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
69	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
70	Lluis Mas	Movistar	s.t.
71	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
72	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
73	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
74	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
75	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
76	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
77	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
78	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
79	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
80	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
81	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
82	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
83	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
84	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
85	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
86	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
87	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
88	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
89	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
90	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
91	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
92	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
93	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
94	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
95	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
96	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
97	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
98	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
99	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
100	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
101	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
102	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
103	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
104	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
105	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
106	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
107	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
108	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
109	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
110	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
111	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
112	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
113	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
114	Alexander Cepeda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
115	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
116	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
117	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
118	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
119	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
120	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
121	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
122	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
123	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
124	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
125	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
126	Jasha Sutterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
127	Sven Erik Bystrom	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
128	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
129	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
130	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
131	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
132	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
133	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
134	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
135	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
136	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	0:26
137	Alexander Konychev	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
138	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
139	Alex Edmondson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
140	Matthias Brandle	Israel-Premier Tech	0:30
141	Mikkel Honore	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
142	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
143	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	0:33
144	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
145	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	0:50
146	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	0:52
147	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	0:56
148	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
149	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
150	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	1:09
151	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
152	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
153	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
154	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	1:20
155	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:31
156	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
157	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	2:54
158	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	3:13
159	Josef Cerny	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:30
160	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	5:51
161	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	6:38
162	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
163	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	11:23
164	Rudiger Selig	Lotto Soudal	s.t.

GC after stage 3:

402.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.108 km/hr

1	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	9hr 48min 4sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	@ 11sec
3	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	0:14
4	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	0:25
5	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	0:28
6	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	0:32
7	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:36
8	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	0:42
9	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
10	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	0:45
11	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	0:47
12	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	0:51
13	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
14	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	0:53
16	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	0:54
17	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:55
18	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	0:56
19	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	0:57
20	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
21	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	1:00
22	Lluis Mas	Movistar	1:01
23	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:02
24	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	1:03
25	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
26	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
27	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
28	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	1:05
30	Jasha Sutterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
31	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	1:06
32	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
34	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	1:08
35	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:09
36	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	1:10
37	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
38	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	1:11
39	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	1:12
40	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	1:13
41	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	1:14
42	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
44	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
45	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	1:15
46	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
47	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:16
48	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
49	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	1:17
50	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	1:18
52	Sven Erik Bystrom	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
53	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
54	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	1:19
55	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
56	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	1:20
57	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
58	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	1:21
59	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	1:22
60	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
61	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
62	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	1:23
63	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	s.t.
65	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	1:24
66	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	1:25
67	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
68	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	1:26
69	Alex Edmondson	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:27
70	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
71	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:28
72	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
73	Matthias Brandle	Israel-Premier Tech	1:28
74	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	1:29
75	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
76	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	1:30
77	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
78	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
79	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
80	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:31
81	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	1:32
82	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	1:34
83	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
84	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	1:35
85	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
86	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
87	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	1:36
88	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	1:37
89	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	1:38
90	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	1:39
91	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	1:41
92	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	1:42
93	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	1:43
94	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
95	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:44
96	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
97	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	1:45
98	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	1:46
99	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
100	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
101	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	1:47
102	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
103	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	1:49
104	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
105	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:50
106	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
107	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
108	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	1:51
109	Davide Villella	Cofidis	1:53
110	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	1:54
111	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
112	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	1:55
113	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	1:58
114	Tosh Van der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	1:59
115	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
116	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	2:00
117	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	2:01
118	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	2:02
119	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	2:03
120	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	2:07
121	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:08
122	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
123	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	2:10
124	Mikkel Honore	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
125	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	2:11
126	Alexander Konychev	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:16
127	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	2:18
128	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
129	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Fenix	2:19
130	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
131	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:20
132	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	2:22
133	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:25
134	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:27
135	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:30
136	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	2:32
137	Jhonatan Restrepo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:33
138	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	2:34
139	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	2:35
140	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
141	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	2:38
142	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:40
143	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	2:41
144	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	2:42
145	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	2:44
146	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:47
147	Alexander Cepeda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:49
148	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
149	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	2:51
150	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	3:16
151	Einer Rubio	Movistar	3:32
152	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	3:56
153	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	4:13
154	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	4:36
155	Josef Cerny	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	5:17
156	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	5:24
157	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	5:44
158	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	6:44
159	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	7:53
160	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	7:57
161	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	13:12
162	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	13:28
163	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	20:25
164	Rudiger Selig	Lotto Soudal	24:49

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Greg Van Avermaet at the start

Richie Porte at the start

Lotto Sodal gets ready to race.

The peloton rides through the beautiful countryside of Umbria.

It looks like they've just left a small village.

Here they come...

Caleb Ewan wins the stage.

Caleb Ewan sits up to celebrate his win.

Julian Alaphilippe and Maximiliano Richeze have just finished the stage.

Stage winner Caleb Ewan

Filippo Ganna remains the GC leader.

Tuesday, March 8: Stage 2, Camaiore - Sovicille, 219 km

Stage 2 map & profile | Photos

Tim Merlier takes the second stage. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Sovicille at 1:45 PM, local time: 9C (48F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain is forecast.

The course: A mixed-terrain stage, undulating particularly in its second part. A departure from Camaiore leads the riders across the Pisan plain to Volterra, touching on Pisa, Ponsacco and Lajatico. The group will then enter the surroundings of Siena, with a series of ups and downs of varying degrees of difficulty until the riders reach Colonna di Montarrenti where a circuit of sorts begins. The race will pass through Rosia and, after a short stretch on the ss.223, will climb the hill of La Pineta before passing through Monticiano and reaching the San Galgano plain. Another climb to Chiusdino follows and then a short climb (Frosini) back to Colonna di Montarrenti. The riders pass through Rosia once more to reach a flat finish.

Final Kilometers:
The last few kilometres are virtually flat. There is a slight descent initially, followed by a slight ascent up to the finish. The last bend is situated about 3km from the finish. Arrival on asphalt, 7m wide roadway.

The race: 167 riders began stage two at 11:56 AM.

Here's the race report from GC second-place Remco Evenepoel's Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team:

The longest stage of this year’s race (219km) got underway from Camaiore and took the bunch to Sovicille, a small town lying just ten kilometers from Siena, one of Italy’s most charming cities and the place where Kasper Asgreen nabbed his first podium of the season last weekend, at Strade Bianche.

Containing several climbs inside the final 40 kilometers, the stage was controlled by several teams who had an interest in bringing everything back together for a bunch sprint, which eventually happened despite a late attack that forced the bunch to work hard in order to stick to the plan.

Launched by the powerful Asgreen, Davide Ballerini – who is making this week his first outing for the Wolfpack since the Saudi Tour – showed that he is slowly back on track after a bout of illness that forced him to miss several races, and finished seventh in Sovicille, where Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix) got the victory. The white jersey remained in possession of Remco Evenepoel, who pulled it on after his strong opening stage performance in the Lido di Camaiore individual time trial.

Complete results:

Photos

219 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.383 km/hr

1	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	5hr 25min 23sec
2	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
4	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
5	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
8	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
9	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
11	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
12	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
13	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
14	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
15	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
16	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
17	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
19	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
20	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
21	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
23	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
24	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
25	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
26	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
27	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
28	Jhonatan Restrepo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
29	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
33	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
34	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
35	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
36	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
37	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
38	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
39	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
40	Lluis Mas	Movistar	s.t.
41	Tosh Van der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
42	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
43	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
44	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
45	Josef Cerny	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
46	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
47	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
49	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
50	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
52	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	s.t.
53	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
54	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
55	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
56	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
57	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
58	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
59	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
60	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
61	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
62	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
63	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
64	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
66	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
67	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
68	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
69	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
70	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
71	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
72	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
73	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
74	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
75	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
76	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
77	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
78	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
79	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
80	Jasha Sutterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
81	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
82	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
83	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
84	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
85	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
87	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
88	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
89	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
90	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
91	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
92	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
93	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
95	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
96	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
97	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
98	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
99	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
100	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
101	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
102	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
103	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
104	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
105	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
106	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
107	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
108	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
109	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
110	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
111	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
112	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
113	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
114	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
115	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
116	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
117	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
118	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
119	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
120	Davide Villella	Cofidis	s.t.
121	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
122	Mikkel Honore	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
123	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
124	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
125	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
126	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
127	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
128	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
129	Alexander Cepeda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
130	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
131	Matthias Brandle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
132	Alex Edmondson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
133	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
134	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
135	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
136	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
137	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
138	Alexander Konychev	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
139	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
140	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
141	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
142	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
143	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
144	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
145	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
146	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
147	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
148	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
149	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
150	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
151	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
152	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
153	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
154	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
155	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
156	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
157	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 38sec
158	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	1:01
159	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	1:44
160	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
161	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:59
162	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	3:12
163	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	3:23
164	Rudiger Selig	Lotto Soudal	11:06
165	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
166	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

232.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.020 km/hr

1	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	5hr 40min 40sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	@ 11sec
3	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	0:17
4	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:24
5	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	0:25
6	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	0:28
7	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	0:32
8	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	0:33
9	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	0:39
10	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	0:39
11	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	0:42
12	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
13	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
14	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	0:44
15	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
16	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	0:45
17	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	0:47
18	Josef Cerny	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
19	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	0:48
21	Lluis Mas	Movistar	0:49
22	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	0:51
23	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
24	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
25	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	0:53
26	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
27	Jasha Sutterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	0:54
29	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:55
30	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	0:57
31	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:58
32	Matthias Brandle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	0:59
34	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	1:00
35	Alex Edmondson	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:01
36	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	1:02
37	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
38	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
39	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
40	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	1:03
41	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
43	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
44	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	1:05
45	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
46	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	1:06
47	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
48	Sven Erik Bystrom	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
49	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
50	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	1:07
51	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
52	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:08
53	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
54	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	1:10
55	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
56	Clément Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
57	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
58	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	1:11
59	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
60	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	1:12
61	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	1:13
62	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
63	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	1:14
64	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
65	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	1:15
66	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:16
67	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
68	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
69	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
70	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
71	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	1:17
72	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	1:18
73	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
74	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:19
75	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
76	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	1:20
77	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
78	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	1:21
79	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	1:22
80	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
81	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
82	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	1:23
83	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
84	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
85	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
86	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	s.t.
87	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	1:24
88	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	1:25
89	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
90	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
91	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	1:26
92	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	1:27
93	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	1:29
94	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
95	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
96	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	1:30
97	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
98	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
99	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
100	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	1:31
101	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
102	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	1:32
103	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
104	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
105	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	1:33
106	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	1:34
107	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:35
108	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	1:36
109	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	1:37
110	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
111	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:38
112	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
113	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	1:39
114	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
115	Mikkel Honore	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:40
116	Davide Villella	Cofidis	1:41
117	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	1:42
118	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
119	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
120	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	1:43
121	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	1:45
122	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	1:46
123	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
124	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
125	Tosh Van der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	1:47
126	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
127	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
128	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	1:49
129	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:50
130	Alexander Konychev	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
131	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	1:51
132	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	1:54
133	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	1:55
134	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:56
135	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	1:57
136	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	1:58
137	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	2:00
138	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	2:01
139	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	2:03
140	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	2:05
141	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	2:06
142	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
143	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Fenix	2:07
144	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	2:08
145	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	2:10
146	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:15
147	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	2:18
148	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:20
149	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
150	Jhonatan Restrepo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:21
151	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	2:23
152	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	2:23
153	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:28
154	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:30
155	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:35
156	Einer Rubio	Movistar	2:36
157	Alexander Cepeda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:37
158	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	2:47
159	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	2:51
160	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	2:53
161	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:53
162	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	4:44
163	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	5:32
164	Rudiger Selig	Lotto Soudal	13:26
165	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	13:28
166	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	13:47

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Stage 2 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Peter Sagan and his TotalEnergies team are presented before the start of the stage.

Tall Tim Wellens picks up his bike to start the stage.

Before the stage starts, race leader Filippo Ganna and Mark Padun.

Here they come and Tim Merlier looks to have timed things perfectly.

Tim Merlier wins the stage.

Tim Merlier just after winning the stage.

Stage winner Tim Merlier

Filippo Ganna will start stage three in the race leader's blue jersey,

UAD	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	BOH	BORA - HANSGROHE
N°	NAME	N°	NAME
1	POGACAR Tadej	61	KELDERMAN Wilco
2	ACKERMANN Pascal	62	BENEDETTI Cesare
3	BJERG Mikkel	63	BUCHMANN Emanuel
4	FORMOLO Davide	64	FABBRO Matteo
5	MAJKA Rafal	65	HALLER Marco
6	RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel	66	HINDLEY Jai
7	SOLER Marc	67	MEEUS Jordi
D.S.	HAUPTMAN Andrej	D.S.	GASPAROTTO Enrico
D.S.	MORI Manuele	D.S.	ALDAG Rolf

ACT	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	COF	COFIDIS
N°	NAME	N°	NAME
11	VAN AVERMAET Greg	71	THOMAS Benjamin
12	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	72
13	CALMEJANE Lilian	73	CIMOLAI Davide
14	COSNEFROY Benoit	74	CONSONNI Simone
15	JUNGELS Bob	75	LAFAY Victor
16	SCHÄR Michael	76	PEREZ Anthony
17	VENDRAME Andrea	77	VILLELLA Davide
D.S.	JANNEL Didier	D.S.	DAMIANI Roberto
D.S.	DESSEL Cyril	D.S.	GERRICAGOITIA Gorka

AFC	ALPECIN-FENIX	DRA	DRONE HOPPER - ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
N°	NAME	N°	NAME
21	MERLIER Tim	81	BAIS Mattia
22	GOGL Michael	82	CEPEDA Jefferson
23	MEURISSE Xandro	83	MARENGO Umberto
24	OLDANI Stefano	84	RESTREPO VALENCIA Jhonatan
25	PLANCKAERT Edward	85	SEPULVEDA Eduardo
26	STANNARD Robert	86	TESFAZION Natnael
27	VERMEERSCH Gianni	87	ZARDINI Edoardo
D.S.	ROODHOOFT Christophe	D.S.	ELLENA Giovanni
D.S.	LEYSEN Bart	D.S.	SPEZIALETTI Alessandro

AST	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	EFE	EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST
N°	NAME	N°	NAME
31	LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel	91	URAN Rigoberto
32	BASSO Leonardo	92	GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio
33	BOARO Manuele	93	HUNDAHL Michael Valgren
34	MARTINELLI Davide	94	NIELSEN Magnus Cort
35	MOSCON Gianni	95	PADUN Mark
36	TEJADA CANACUE Harold Alfonso	96	CAICEDO Jonathan
37	VELASCO Simone	97	SCULLY Tom
D.S.	ZANINI Stefano	D.S.	BRESCHEL Matti
D.S.	MARTINELLI Giuseppe	D.S.	VANMARCKE Ken

TBV	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	EOK	EOLO-Kometa
N°	NAME	N°	NAME
41	CARUSO Damiano	101	ROSA Diego
42	BAUHAUS Phil	102	ALBANESE Vincenzo
43	BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	103	BAIS Davide
44	HAUSSLER Heinrich	104	FORTUNATO Lorenzo
45	LANDA MEANA Mikel	105	GAVAZZI Francesco
46	TRATNIK Jan	106	LONARDI Giovanni
47	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	107	MAESTRI Mirco
D.S.	ŠTANGELJ Gorazd	D.S.	ZANATTA Stefano
D.S.	VOLPI Alberto	D.S.	HERNANDEZ Jesus

BCF	BARDIANI CSF FAIZANE'	GFC	GROUPAMA - FDJ
N°	NAME	N°	NAME
51	VISCONTI Giovanni	111	PINOT Thibaut
52	CAÑAVERAL VARGAS Johnatan	112	DEMARE Arnaud
53	FIORELLI Filippo	113	DUCHESNE Antoine
54	GABBURO Davide	114	GUARNIERI Jacopo
55	MODOLO Sacha	115	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas
56	RASTELLI Luca	116	LUDVIGSSON Tobias
57	TONELLI Alessandro	117	SINKELDAM Ramon
D.S.	REVERBERI Roberto	D.S.	JOLY Sebastien
D.S.	DONATI Alessandro	D.S.	VEIKKANEN Jussi

IGD	INEOS GRENADIERS	QST	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM
N°	NAME	N°	NAME
121	CARAPAZ Richard	181	ALAPHILIPPE Julian
122	GANNA Filippo	182	ASGREEN Kasper
123	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	183	BALLERINI Davide
124	NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel	184	CAVENDISH Mark
125	PORTE Richie	185	CERNÝ Josef
126	SWIFT Ben	186	EVENEPOEL Remco
127	VIVIANI Elia	187	HONORÉ Mikkel
D.S.	TOSATTO Matteo	D.S.	BRAMATI Davide
D.S.	COOKSON Oliver	D.S.	LODEWYCK Klaas

IWG	INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY - GOBERT MATÉRIAUX	ARK	TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC
N°	NAME	N°	NAME
131	KRISTOFF Alexander	191	BARGUIL Warren
132	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	192	BOUET Maxime
133	PASQUALON Andrea	193	BOUHANNI Nacer
134	PETIT Adrien	194	GUERNALEC Thibault
135	POZZOVIVO Domenico	195	MCLAY Daniel
136	ROTA Lorenzo	196	RIOU Alan
137	VAN DER HOORN Taco	197	RUSSO Clément
D.S.	PIVA Valerio	D.S.	HINAULT Sebastien
D.S.	VISBEEK Aike	D.S.	TREHIN Roger

IPT	ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH	BEX	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE - JAYCO
N°	NAME	N°	NAME
141	FUGLSANG Jakob	201	MATTHEWS Michael
142	BRÄNDLE Matthias	202	CRADDOCK G Lawson
143	DOWSETT Alex	203	EDMONDSON Alexander
144	IMPEY Daryl	204	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam
145	NEILANDS Krists	205	GROVES Kaden
146	NIZZOLO Giacomo	206	KONYCHEV Alexander
147	ZABEL Rick	207	SOBRERO Matteo
D.S.	SØRENSEN Nicki	D.S.	BATES Gene
D.S.	COZZI Claudio	D.S.	ALGERI Vittorio

TJV	JUMBO-VISMA	DSM	TEAM DSM
N°	NAME	N°	NAME
151	VINGEGAARD Jonas	211	BARDET Romain
152	AFFINI Edoardo	212	ARENSMAN Thymen
153	BOUWMAN Koen	213	ARNDT Nikias
154	KOOIJ Olav	214	DAINESE Alberto
155	KUSS Sepp	215	HAMILTON Christopher
156	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	216	NIEUWENHUIS Joris
157	VAN EMDEN Jos	217	TUSVELD Martijn
D.S.	VAN DONGEN Arthur	D.S.	WINSTON Matthew
D.S.	WYNANTS Maarten	D.S.	SIEBERG Mercel

LTS	LOTTO SOUDAL	TEN	TOTALENERGIES
N°	NAME	N°	NAME
161	WELLENS Tim	221	SAGAN Peter
162	EWAN Caleb	222	BOASSON-HAGEN Edvald
163	KLUGE Roger	223	BODNAR Maciej
164	SCHWARZMANN Michael	224	FERRON Valentin
165	SELIG Rüdiger	225	OSS Daniel
166	SWEENY Harrison	226	RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian
167	VAN GILS Maxim	227	SIMON Julien
D.S.	DAVIS Allan	D.S.	LEBRETON Lylian
D.S.	LELANGUE John	D.S.	VALACH Jan

MOV	MOVISTAR TEAM	TFS	TREK - SEGAFREDO
N°	NAME	N°	NAME
171	MAS NICOLAU Enric	231	CICCONE Giulio
172	ARANBURU DEBA Alex	232	BRAMBILLA Gianluca
173	ARCAS Jorge	233	CATALDO Dario
174	JØRGENSEN Mathias	234	MOSCHETTI Matteo
175	MAS BONET Luis Guillermo	235	SIMMONS Quinn
176	OLIVEIRA Nelson	236	SKUJINS Toms
177	RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	237	THEUNS Edward
D.S.	SCIANDRI Maximilian	D.S.	RAST Gregory

2022 Tirreno - Adriatico (World Tour), Italy

57th edition: March 7 - 13, 2022
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1	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	15min 17sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	@ 11sec
3	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	0:18
4	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:24
5	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	0:25
6	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	0:28
7	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	0:32
8	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	0:33
9	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	0:39
10	Matteo Sobrero	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
11	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
12	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	0:42
13	Miguel Angel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
14	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	0:44
16	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
17	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	0:45
18	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	0:47
19	Josef Cerny	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
20	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
21	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	0:48
22	Lluis Mas	Movistar	0:49
23	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	0:51
24	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
25	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	0:53
27	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
28	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
29	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	0:54
30	Davide Ballerini	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:55
31	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	0:57
32	Julian Alaphilippe	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:58
33	Matthias Brandle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
34	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	0:59
35	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	1:00
36	Alex Edmondson	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:01
37	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
38	Mark Padun	EF Education-EasyPost	1:02
39	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
40	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
41	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	1:03
42	Wilco Kelderman	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
43	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
44	Harry Sweeny	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
45	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
46	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	1:05
47	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
48	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	1:06
49	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
50	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
51	Sven Erik Bystrom	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
52	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
53	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	1:07
54	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
55	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:08
56	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
57	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	1:10
58	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
59	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
60	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
61	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	1:11
62	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	1:12
64	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	1:13
65	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	1:14
67	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
68	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	1:15
69	Tsgabu Grmay	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:16
70	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
71	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
72	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
73	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
74	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	1:17
75	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	1:18
76	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
77	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:19
78	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
79	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	1:20
80	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
81	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	1:21
82	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
83	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	1:22
84	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
85	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	1:23
86	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
87	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
88	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
89	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	s.t.
90	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	1:24
91	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	1:25
92	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
93	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
94	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	1:26
95	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	1:27
96	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	1:29
97	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
98	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	s.t.
99	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	1:30
100	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
101	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
102	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
103	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	1:31
104	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
105	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	1:32
106	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
107	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
108	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
109	Emanuel Buchmann	BORA-hansgrohe	1:33
110	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	1:34
111	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:35
112	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	1:36
113	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	1:37
114	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
115	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:38
116	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
117	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	1:39
118	Mikkel Honore	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:40
119	Davide Villella	Cofidis	1:41
120	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	1:42
121	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
122	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
123	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	1:43
124	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	1:45
125	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	1:46
126	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
127	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
128	Tosh Van der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	1:47
129	Jordi Meeus	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
130	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
131	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	1:49
132	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:50
133	Alexander Konychev	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
134	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:54
135	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
136	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
137	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	1:55
138	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:56
139	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	1:57
140	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
141	Diego Rosa	EOLO-Kometa	1:58
142	Nacer Bouhanni	Arkéa-Samsic	2:00
143	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	2:01
144	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	2:03
145	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	2:05
146	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	2:06
147	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
148	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Fenix	2:07
149	Giovanni Lonardi	EOLO-Kometa	2:08
150	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	2:13
151	Eduardo Sepulveda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:15
152	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	2:18
153	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Soudal	2:20
154	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
155	Umberto Marengo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
156	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
157	Jhonatan Restrepo	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:21
158	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:22
159	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	2:23
160	Giovanni Visconti	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:24
161	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:28
162	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:30
163	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:35
164	Einer Rubio	Movistar	2:36
165	Alexander Cepeda	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	2:37
166	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:41
167	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	2:51

2022 Tirreno - Adriatico (World Tour), Italy

57th edition: March 7 - 13, 2022 Complete results

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57th edition: March 7 - 13, 2022
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