2022 Tour of the Alps (HC), Italy & Austria

Formerly Giro del Trentino
45th edition: April 18 - April 22, 2022

Tour of the Alps podium history | 2021 edition | 2023 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Friday, April 22: 5th & Final stage, Lienz - Lienz, 114.5 km

Stage 5 profile | Stage 5 photos

Thibaut Pinot wins stage five. Tour of the Alps photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Lienz, Austria at 1:20 PM, local time: 11C (52F), cloudy, with the wind from the east at 6 km/hr (4mph). The chances for rain increase as the afternoon progresses: 60% at 2:00 PM and 80% at 3:00 PM. Early in the race the riders were hit with rain showers.

The race: Here's the report from GC winner Romain Bardet's Team DSM:

Building on strong results and teamwork during the opening stages, Team DSM end Tour of the Alps in style, claiming the GC crown with Romain Bardet, while Thymen Arensman takes third place and the best young rider’s jersey; after riding superbly as a unit over the mountainous terrain and through grizzly conditions.

The team were attentive and sharp from the start of today’s final stage, infiltrating the early breakaway with Marco Brenner and taking the pressure off the rest of the team in the peloton. As the kilometres ticked by and the rain lashed down, the front group broke up and it became clear that the the remnants of the break would fight for the stage win.

Riding cohesively as a unit, the team remained focused on positioning Bardet and Arensman as best as possible for the last steep classified climb. Drilling it from the bottom, the Team DSM duo managed to power clear of all but one rider, Storer, as they crested the ascent. Giving one hundred percent and fully committed to each other, Arensman and Bardet pressed on during the descent and flat valley roads before the final 800 metre long hill.

Bardet then took to the front, pushing all the way to the line before looking over his shoulder to celebrate with a fervently joyous Arensman, as the team lauded a brilliant first and third on GC, plus the white jersey win, after what was an incredible and resolute performance from all of the guys throughout the week.

Complete results:

Photos

114.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.272 km/hr

1	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	3hr 9min 24sec
2	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	@ 7sec
3	Lennard Kamna	BORA-hansgrohe	1:46
4	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:43
5	Torstein Traeen	Uno-X	3:26
6	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	8:09
7	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	8:36
8	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
9	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	8:38
10	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	9:15
11	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
12	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
13	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	9:22
14	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	9:35
15	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	10:14
17	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	10:19
18	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	10:34
19	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	10:35
20	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	10:46
24	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	10:59
25	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	11:03
26	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
27	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
28	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
29	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	11:06
30	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	11:08
31	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	11:34
32	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
33	Jose Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	11:39
34	Felix Engelhardt	Tirol KTM	11:44
35	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	11:46
36	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	11:53
37	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	12:07
38	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	12:41
39	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
40	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
41	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12:57
42	Pepijn Reinderink	Team DSM	13:09
43	Florian Lipowitz	Tirol KTM	s.t.
44	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
45	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
46	Simone Ravanelli	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	13:24
47	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
48	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	13:33
49	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	13:39
50	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	13:53
51	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	14:28
52	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
53	Max Poole	Team DSM	14:36
54	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
55	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
56	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	16:12
57	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	16:44
58	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	17:12
59	Omar El Gouzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	17:52
60	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	17:56
61	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	17:58
62	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	18:01
63	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	18:08
64	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
65	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	19:17
66	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	19:26
67	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	20:11
68	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Marton Dina	EOLO-Kometa	20:13
70	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	20:54
71	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	21:14
72	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	s.t.
73	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	21:47
74	Linus Rosner	Tirol KTM	22:03
75	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	22:47
76	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
77	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	23:37
78	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
79	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	25:22
80	Carl Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	25:47
81	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
82	Moritz Horandtner	Tirol KTM	25:54
83	Karel Vacek	Tirol KTM	s.t.
84	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
85	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	25:56
86	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
87	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Romain Bardet (Team DSM)
• Mountains classification winner: Torstein Traeen (Uno-X)
• Sprint classification winner: Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ)
• Best young rider: Thymen Arensman (Team DSM)
• Team classification winner: Groupama-FDJ

726.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.254 km/hr

1	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	18hr 59min 29sec
2	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	@ 14sec
3	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	0:16
4	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:37
5	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	0:49
6	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	0:53
7	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	1:00
8	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	1:57
9	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	2:08
10	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	2:13
11	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	2:17
12	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	2:20
13	Einer Rubio	Movistar	2:41
14	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	3:14
15	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	3:16
16	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	3:45
18	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	4:58
19	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	5:10
20	Lennard Kamna	BORA-hansgrohe	6:15
21	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	7:04
22	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	8:13
23	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	8:52
24	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12:49
25	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	13:33
26	Florian Lipowitz	Tirol KTM	13:56
27	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	14:02
28	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	14:40
29	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	15:24
30	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	16:27
31	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	17:28
32	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	18:47
33	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	19:02
34	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	21:01
35	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	22:13
36	Jose Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	22:21
37	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	22:32
38	Simone Ravanelli	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	22:57
39	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	23:07
40	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	23:48
41	William Barta	Movistar	24:17
42	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	25:39
43	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	27:31
44	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	27:42
45	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	29:39
46	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	31:24
47	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	31:30
48	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	33:36
49	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	33:37
50	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	34:13
51	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	34:38
52	Carl Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	36:03
53	Karel Vacek	Tirol KTM	38:01
54	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	38:23
55	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	38:34
56	Torstein Traeen	Uno-X	39:18
57	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	40:46
58	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	41:33
59	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	41:56
60	Pepijn Reinderink	Team DSM	42:08
61	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	42:38
62	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	42:45
63	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	43:03
64	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	43:33
65	Felix Engelhardt	Tirol KTM	43:36
66	Marton Dina	EOLO-Kometa	43:59
67	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	45:15
68	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	45:34
69	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	45:38
70	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	46:55
71	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	47:49
72	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	47:54
73	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	48:37
74	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	49:03
75	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	49:34
76	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	51:59
77	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	54:05
78	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	54:56
79	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	55:45
80	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	56:24
81	Max Poole	Team DSM	57:47
82	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	59:49
83	Omar El Gouzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:00:45
84	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	1:02:27
85	Linus Rosner	Tirol KTM	1:14:47
86	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	1:17:25
87	Moritz Horandtner	Tirol KTM	1:23:48

 

Stage 5 profile:

Stage five photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Before the stage start, Team Groupama-FDJ is presented. They look ready for a wet day in the Alps.

Torstein Traeen leads Lennard Kamna & Igor Arrieta on a break.

They are gone. David De La Cruz leads Thibaut Pinot on their successful break.

Thibaut Pinot wins the stage. Seven seconds behind him is second-place David De La Cruz.

Romain Bardet came in 8min 36sec after Thibaut Pinot. That was good enough to make him the winner of the 2022 Tour of the Alps.

Thymen Arensman finished just after Romain Bardet, securing the best young rider classification.

Thibaut Pinot just after the stage finish.

Race winner Romain Bardet

The final GC podium, from left: Michael Storer (2nd), Romain Bardet (1st) & Thymen Arensman (3rd)

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Thursday, April 21: Stage 4, Niederdorf/Villabassa -  Kals am Grossglockner, 142.4 km

Stage 4 profile

Miguel Lopez wins stage four. Photo: Getty Sport

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Weather at the finish city of Kals am Grossglockner at 1:25 PM, local time: 11C (52F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain, growing to 12% by 5:00 PM.

The race: Ben Zweihoff (Bora-hansgrohe) did not start.

The race organizer posted this stage four summary:

The Astana-Qazaqstan's climber Miguel Lopez prevailed over Thibaut Pinot in an uncertain and spectacular final by conquering the uphill finish in the Tour of the Alps. Romain Bardet (3rd) takes 2" out of the leader, Bilbao. Tomorrow is the grand finale in Lienz with 12 race rivals spread across 20 seconds

Miguel Angel Lopez said it as soon as he arrived in Cles, “This Tour of the Alps has an uphill finish; I'll have to try and exploit it.” The Colombian racer of Astana-Qazaqstan didn't miss the target. He won the fourth stage of the Euroregional stage race, which started in Niederdorf/Villabassa, in South Tyrol, and finished in East Tyrol (Osttirol), in Kals am Grossglockner after 142.4 kms.

This is the second stage win at the Tour of the Alps for the captain of Astana. The first was in 2018 on another uphill finish, in Trentino on the Alpe di Pampeago.

The "Superman" went on the attack with 3 km to go on the demanding stretch of the final climb. In his first big move, he made contact with Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), who was riding in a breakaway for most of the day.  Lopez’s second big move was to shuck Pinot entering the final kilometer.

Fun fact: Four years ago Lopez won the stage just ahead of the transalpine rider in Pampeago. Third place today, Thursday, April 21, went to an always brilliant Romain Bardet (Team DSM), who, thanks to the bonus he gained at the finish line, moved up to just two seconds down from the Tour of the Alps leader, Pello Bilbao.

The Bahrain-Victorious rider will be at the start of the last stage, which starts and finishes in Lienz, with the symbol of primacy on his shoulders but with a large group of rivals ready to oust him. There are 12 pursuers spread over just 20 seconds – this situation makes this #TotA2022 the most uncertain edition ever.

It took more than 60 km from the start in Niederdorf/Villabassa for the day’s breakaway to show itself. 15 racers emerged at km 65 on the roads of Carinthia. They included Henao and Felline (Astana), Amador and Swift (Ineos), Prodhomme (Ag2r), Fabbro and Palzer (Bora), Caicedo and Kudus (EF), Pinot (Groupama), Goldstein (Israel), Gonzales Rivera (Movistar), Tesfatsion (Drone Hopper-Androni), Arrieta Uzarraga (Equipo Kern Pharma), and Iribar Jauregi (Euskaltel Euskadi).

Another day of climbing. Sirotti photo

The breakaway achieved a maximum lead of 2'18" ahead of the chase group pulled by the Bahrain-Victorious leader, Pello Bilbao. The Basque racer was also involved in a crash without consequences in the stage’s early sections.

Bahrain-Victorious controlled the situation until the bottom of the final climb, when the team succeeded in reducing the gap to 1'20". As soon as the initial ascent of Kals am Grossglockner began, the group sorted itself thanks to the pace set by Caicedo and Goldstein, but it was Pinot who showed the most convincing move with eight km to go.

The Frenchman seemed to have the victory in his pocket, but he hadn't reckoned with the tenacity of Lopez, who accelerated at the head of the group with four kilometers to go and chipped away at Pinot’s lead, meter by meter, before finally breaking free of him in the last kilometer.

Miguel Lopez wins stage four. Sirotti photo

Behind the duelists, Bardet finished ahead of Bilbao in the sprint for third place and a 2-second bonus. Fifth place went to the surprising Tyrolean, Felix Gall (Ag2r Citroen), who will be among the podium contenders tomorrow on his local roads.

An exhausted Thibaut Pinot finishes seven seconds after Miguel Lopez.

"After a long time, I finally came back to victory, and I did it with the Astana jersey, the team that I feel is like my family," said the winner. "At the finish line I thought about that, about my son who is on his way, and also about Michele Scarponi – tomorrow it will be five years since his passing, and we always feel him close to us."

"This morning we put Felline in the breakaway because we knew he had a chance to go to the finish, but my best chance was to wait, shielded in the group along with the best. On the last climb, I didn't attack on the approach because there was a strong wind, but with three km to go on the last demanding stretch, I saw Pinot in front and I realized I could try to catch him; so I accelerated. Today is proof that my form is good, and that the lead-up to the Giro is proceeding in the best way."

Another day in green for leader Bilbao, who is determined to fight to the end in the final stage. "It was a tough, hard-fought day, but at the Tour of the Alps it's always like that, and honestly I like it because of that. Tomorrow will be an all-out stage – we'll have to ride intelligently, but in a short and hard race like Lienz, there will be nowhere to hide. In my opinion, whoever wins tomorrow will take home the green jersey."

Only one change among the #TotA2022 leader jerseys: Geoffrey Bouchard (Ag2r Citroen) is the new leader in the blue Gruppo Cassa Centrale jersey for the best climber. The other leaders are as follows: Pello Bilbao, green Melinda jersey; Miguel Angel Lopez, red PMG Sport jersey for the best sprinter, and Thymen Arensman (Team DSM), white Würth-Modyf jersey for the best young rider.

Pello Bilbao will start the final stage in the green leader's jersy. Sirotti photo.

Friday, April 22nd is the fifth and final stage of the #TotA2022. The stage spans 114.5 km with start and finish in Lienz. The route is short but full of pitfalls – after about thirty flat kilometers, we will climb to the Bannberg for the first time, where racers will ascend the most challenging side (5.5 km at 10%).   

A steep and tortuous descent leads to the attack on another tough climb that goes up the Oberassling ascent for another four km at a consistent 10%. A series of rollers and a short nosedive take the athletes closer to the finish line in Anras, but first they’ll get 15 km of breathing space before a new encounter with the Bannberg, this time from the easier side.

A few flat kilometers lead to the final 25-kilometer circuit marked by the Stronach GPM (3 km with punchy climbs in the double digits). From the top there are 10 km to the finish. The first five km are downhill, followed by four flat kilometers that give way to the 600-meter climb that leads to the finish in Lienz Zettersfeldbahn.

Complete Results:

142.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.867 km/hr

1	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	3hr 29min 4sec
2	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	@ 7sec
3	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	0:15
4	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
5	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
6	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
7	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
10	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
12	Niklas Eg	Uno-X	s.t.
13	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
14	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
16	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:31
18	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	0:39
19	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
21	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
22	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:48
23	Florian Lipowitz	Tirol KTM	0:51
24	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	0:54
25	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	2:14
26	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
27	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
29	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:29
31	Edward Ravasi	EOLO-Kometa	2:38
32	Simone Ravanelli	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
33	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	2:42
34	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	s.t.
35	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
36	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:27
37	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
38	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
39	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
40	Jose Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
41	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
42	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Carl Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
44	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
45	Marton Dina	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
46	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
47	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
48	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	4:07
49	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
50	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
52	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	4:59
53	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	5:12
54	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
55	Karel Vacek	Tirol KTM	s.t.
56	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
57	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
58	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
59	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Lennard Kamna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
61	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
62	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
63	Pepijn Reinderink	Team DSM	5:30
64	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	5:34
65	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
66	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
67	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:43
68	Alessandro Bisolti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	6:39
69	Omar El Gouzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	7:48
70	Logan Mclain	Tirol KTM	s.t.
71	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
72	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
73	Jose Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
74	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	7:50
75	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	8:33
76	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	9:36
77	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	9:38
78	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
79	Felix Engelhardt	Tirol KTM	s.t.
80	Linus Rosner	Tirol KTM	s.t.
81	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
82	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	s.t.
83	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
84	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
85	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
86	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
87	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
88	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
89	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
90	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
91	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
92	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
93	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
94	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
95	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
96	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
97	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
98	Jordi Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
99	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
100	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
101	Torstein Traeen	Uno-X	s.t.
102	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
103	Moritz Horandtner	Tirol KTM	14:48
104	Emanuel Zangerle	Tirol KTM	s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

612 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.004 km/hr

1	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	15hr 41min 27sec
2	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	@ 2sec
3	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	0:12
4	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	0:16
5	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
7	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
8	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	0:20
12	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	0:44
13	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	0:55
15	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:11
17	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	1:19
18	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	1:20
19	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:49
20	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	2:43
21	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	2:54
22	Niklas Eg	Uno-X	4:18
23	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	5:48
24	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	5:56
25	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	6:04
26	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	9:07
27	Florian Lipowitz	Tirol KTM	9:25
28	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:41
29	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	12:27
30	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	13:11
31	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	13:12
32	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	13:42
33	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	13:43
34	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	13:58
35	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	13:59
36	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	16:28
37	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	16:50
38	Simone Ravanelli	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	18:11
39	Carl Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	18:54
40	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	19:17
41	Jose Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	19:20
42	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	19:45
43	William Barta	Movistar	19:46
44	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	20:08
45	Karel Vacek	Tirol KTM	20:45
46	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	21:05
47	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	21:41
48	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	22:02
49	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	23:21
50	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	23:36
51	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	23:43
52	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	24:02
53	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	24:43
54	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	25:08
55	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	26:44
56	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	26:56
57	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	27:21
58	Jose Rojas	Movistar	27:39
59	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	27:57
60	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	29:06
61	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	29:17
62	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	30:00
63	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
64	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	30:23
65	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	30:33
66	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	30:35
67	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	31:09
68	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	31:19
69	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	31:23
70	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	31:29
71	Edward Ravasi	EOLO-Kometa	31:55
72	Marton Dina	EOLO-Kometa	32:24
73	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	33:43
74	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	34:03
75	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	34:29
76	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	34:54
77	Alessandro Bisolti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	35:56
78	Jordi Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	36:21
79	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	37:05
80	Pepijn Reinderink	Team DSM	37:37
81	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	38:49
82	Logan Mclain	Tirol KTM	40:04
83	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	40:16
84	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	40:20
85	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	40:30
86	Felix Engelhardt	Tirol KTM	s.t.
87	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	40:56
88	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	41:56
89	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	43:29
90	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
91	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	43:48
92	Torstein Traeen	Uno-X	44:30
93	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	44:50
94	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	45:10
95	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	48:30
96	Omar El Gouzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	51:31
97	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	51:39
98	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	51:41
99	Max Poole	Team DSM	51:49
100	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	54:06
101	Emanuel Zangerle	Tirol KTM	59:44
102	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	1:00:41
103	Linus Rosner	Tirol KTM	1:01:22
104	Moritz Horandtner	Tirol KTM	1:06:32

 

Stage 4 profile:

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Wednesday, April 20: Stage 3, Lana - Niederdorf/Villabassa, 154.6 km

Stage 3 profile

Bora-hansgrohe's Lennard Kämna wins stage three. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Niederdorf/Villabassa at 1:40 PM, local time: 9C (49F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 20% chance of rain after 5:00 PM, so the riders should have a dry race.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Lennard Käman's Team Bora-Hansgrohe.

With a long first flat part, today the fight for the break was very intense. It took more than an hour before 12 riders went clear from the bunch. Also, BORA – hansgrohe was active again and finally it was Lennard Kämna who joined the break. The group worked well together until the final climb of the day, but the bunch tried to keep control and never allowed them more than four minutes of advantage.

When attacks in the break started, Kämna first found himself in a chasing group, but was able to come back after the downhill. On the last five kilometers he attacked several times before launching the decisive move with just over one kilometer to go. In the end a small gap was enough to secure his second solo victory of the season and BORA – hansgrohe’s first at this year’s Tour of the Alps. 

“When I finally made it into the group, I was already dead for the first time. It did cost a lot of energy to be there, and I knew I had to save as much as possible from there on. To me it was also clear that the last climb won’t be decisive, therefore I was happy in the chasing group because the gap was not too big. We came back after the downhill and at that point I knew that I did everything perfectly so far. From then on it was all in as I knew that I wouldn’t have a chance in the sprint. They brought me back two times, but I saw everybody was on the limit, therefore I tried it a third time. I am really happy that it worked out in the end and this win also means a lot to me ahead of the Giro.” – Lennard Kämna

“It was a really tough fight for the group, and we had to invest a lot more than we hoped to be in. But Lennard showed all his experience and understanding of race situations to be finally up there, which was our plan today. The group then worked well together, and we knew that it won’t be only about the final climb as there was also a flat part afterwards. Lenni judged his effort well and didn’t over pace, therefore he was able to close the gap with his group to the leaders. In the final you could once again see his pure class. He knows exactly when to attack in these kinds of situations. Even he needed a few attempts, he went once again on the last point to attack we defined this morning. The last roundabout was a perfect launchpad for his move and we are super happy with this win and proud how Lenni achieved it.” – Christian Pömer, sports director

Complete results:

154.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.183 km/hr

1	Lennard Kamna	BORA-hansgrohe	4hr 2min 56sec
2	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 3sec
3	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:04
4	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
5	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
6	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
8	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	0:57
9	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
10	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
12	Niklas Eg	Uno-X	s.t.
13	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
14	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
15	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
16	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
18	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
19	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
20	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
22	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
23	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
24	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
26	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
27	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Florian Lipowitz	Tirol KTM	s.t.
29	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
31	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
34	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
36	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
37	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
38	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	2:33
39	Simone Ravanelli	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
40	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
41	Jose Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
42	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
43	Carl Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
44	Karel Vacek	Tirol KTM	s.t.
45	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
46	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	s.t.
47	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
48	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
49	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
51	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	6:31
52	Jordi Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
53	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
54	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
55	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
56	Alessandro Bisolti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
57	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
58	Jose Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
59	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
60	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
61	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
62	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
63	Edward Ravasi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
64	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
65	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
66	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
67	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
68	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
69	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
71	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
72	Logan Mclain	Tirol KTM	s.t.
73	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
74	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
75	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
76	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	8:06
77	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
78	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
79	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	s.t.
80	Pepijn Reinderink	Team DSM	s.t.
81	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
82	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
83	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
84	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
85	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
86	Felix Engelhardt	Tirol KTM	s.t.
87	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
88	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
89	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
90	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
91	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
92	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
93	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
94	Torstein Traeen	Uno-X	s.t.
95	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	12:06
96	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
97	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
98	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	s.t.
99	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
100	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
101	Marton Dina	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
102	Omar El Gouzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
103	Emanuel Zangerle	Tirol KTM	s.t.
104	Adne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.
105	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	14:31
106	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
107	Linus Rosner	Tirol KTM	15:12
108	Moritz Horandtner	Tirol KTM	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

469.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.485 km/hr

1	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	12hr 12min 8sec
2	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	@ 6sec
3	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	0:12
4	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	0:16
5	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
7	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
9	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
12	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
13	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	0:20
14	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
15	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
16	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
17	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	0:55
18	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
19	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:25
22	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	2:12
23	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	3:49
24	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	3:57
25	Niklas Eg	Uno-X	4:18
26	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	4:23
27	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	6:44
28	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:27
29	Lennard Kamna	BORA-hansgrohe	8:14
30	Florian Lipowitz	Tirol KTM	8:49
31	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	8:53
32	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	10:00
33	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
34	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	10:30
35	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	10:47
36	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	13:38
37	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	13:58
38	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	14:08
39	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	14:12
40	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	14:39
41	William Barta	Movistar	14:49
42	Carl Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	15:42
43	Simone Ravanelli	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	15:48
44	Karel Vacek	Tirol KTM	s.t.
45	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	15:53
46	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	16:08
47	Jose Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
48	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	16:56
49	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	17:18
50	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	18:10
51	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	19:42
52	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	19:46
53	Jose Rojas	Movistar	20:06
54	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	20:11
55	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	20:24
56	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	20:31
57	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	21:10
58	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	21:46
59	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	22:06
60	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	23:00
61	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	23:05
62	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	23:29
63	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	23:32
64	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	23:44
65	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	23:46
66	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	23:58
67	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	24:20
68	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	24:40
69	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
70	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	24:41
71	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
72	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	25:07
73	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	26:22
74	Jordi Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	26:58
75	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	27:56
76	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	28:33
77	Marton Dina	EOLO-Kometa	29:12
78	Alessandro Bisolti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	29:32
79	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
80	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
81	Edward Ravasi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
82	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	29:57
83	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	30:53
84	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	30:57
85	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	31:07
86	Felix Engelhardt	Tirol KTM	s.t.
87	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	31:33
88	Pepijn Reinderink	Team DSM	32:22
89	Logan Mclain	Tirol KTM	32:31
90	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	32:33
91	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	33:52
92	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	34:06
93	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
94	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	34:25
95	Torstein Traeen	Uno-X	35:07
96	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	35:27
97	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	35:47
98	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	39:07
99	Adne Holter	Uno-X	39:19
100	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	42:18
101	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	s.t.
102	Max Poole	Team DSM	42:26
103	Omar El Gouzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	43:58
104	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	44:43
105	Emanuel Zangerle	Tirol KTM	45:11
106	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	51:18
107	Linus Rosner	Tirol KTM	51:59
108	Moritz Horandtner	Tirol KTM	s.t.

 

Stage 3 profile:

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Tuesday, April 19: Stage 2, Primiero/San Martino di Castrozza - Lana, 154.1 km

Stage 2 profile

Pello Bilbao wins stage two. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Lana at 1:30 PM, local time: 22C (71F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Romain Bardet's Team DSM:

A 154-kilometre long stage from Primiero to Lana awaited the riders today at the Tour of the Alps. It would be all-action from the start because as soon as the riders left the neutralised zone they were faced with the 20 kilometre long Passo Rolle ascent, where the team looked to shake things up. Rolling attacks with Chris Hamilton, Romain Bardet and Thymen Arensman, it would be Arensman who eventually broke the shackles of the peloton; dragging clear a strong ten rider group.

The peloton tackles the Passo Rolle. Sirotti photo

Riding well together, Arensman’s breakaway extended their lead over the peloton to three minutes and 30 seconds, but with several riders close on GC it ensured a fast pace and chase all day. Going over the Mendelpass and Gampenpass, Arensman forged on alongside three others, distancing the rest of the breakaway as the peloton continued their charge behind. Digging deep, Arensman crested the climb around 25 seconds in arrears of Storer and Sivakov, while back in the bunch Hamilton pushed the pace on to thin out the group further; dropping the race leader.

Romain Bardet in Lana. Sirotti photo

Coming off of the descent and on the valley roads towards the finish, the front of the race came together with Arensman and Bardet in the lead group of 16 that would fight it out for the stage win. Arensman brought Bardet into the wheel of Bilbao as the flamme rouge approached, before the Frenchman produced a good turn of speed to sprint to a strong second place at the line; the team’s second stage podium in the two days of racing so far.

Pello Bilbao will start stage three in the GC leader's green jersey. Sirotti photo

“It was a very good day,” explained Bardet. “There was a strong breakaway with Thymen and some other guys who were up there on the GC. Thymen was there to control it and try to also go for the stage win. In the peloton we could sit back and protect him a bit out front. The guys looked after me well and in the end I was then able to sprint for second place, so it was a good day for the team.”
Team DSM coach Matt Winston added: “It was a good stage. We had Thymen in the break which was great, as it was a strong breakaway so it was good to have him there. It was a nice situation for us, it kept us in the fight and in the race. The peloton was pulling really hard though so it was always going to be a big ask for it to stay away but Thymen did a really good job. Coming into the final Romain was really well supported by the team and was in a good position and sprinted for second place. It’s nice to get two top three’s so far in the race and we can keep building on this for the last three stages.”

Complete results:

154.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.167 km/hr

1	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	3hr 56min 4sec
2	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
3	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
4	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
5	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
8	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
11	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
12	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
13	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
14	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
16	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 35sec
18	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
19	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
20	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
21	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
22	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
23	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:50
24	Clement Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	1:04
25	Niklas Eg	Uno-X	3:38
26	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
27	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	3:41
29	Carl Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	4:00
30	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	4:26
31	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	6:50
32	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	7:44
33	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:04
34	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
35	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
36	Florian Lipowitz	Tirol KTM	s.t.
37	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
38	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
39	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
40	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
41	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
42	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
43	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
44	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	s.t.
45	Marton Dina	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
46	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
47	Lennard Kamna	BORA-hansgrohe	9:01
48	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	13:52
49	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
50	Pepijn Reinderink	Team DSM	s.t.
51	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
52	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
53	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
55	Alessandro Bisolti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
56	Jose Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
57	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
58	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
59	Jordi Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
60	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
61	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
62	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
63	Simone Ravanelli	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
64	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
65	Edward Ravasi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
66	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
67	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
68	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
69	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
71	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
72	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
73	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
74	Jose Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
75	Adne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.
76	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
77	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
78	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
79	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
80	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
81	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
82	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
83	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
84	Karel Vacek	Tirol KTM	s.t.
85	Felix Engelhardt	Tirol KTM	s.t.
86	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
87	Jaakko Hanninen	Ag2r-Citroën	16:51
88	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
89	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
90	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
91	Omar El Gouzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
92	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
93	Logan Mclain	Tirol KTM	s.t.
94	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
95	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
96	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
97	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
98	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	s.t.
99	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
100	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
101	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
102	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
103	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
104	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
105	Torstein Traeen	Uno-X	s.t.
106	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	16:51
107	Linus Rosner	Tirol KTM	19:44
108	Moritz Horandtner	Tirol KTM	s.t.
109	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
110	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	s.t.
111	Emanuel Zangerle	Tirol KTM	s.t.
112	Daniel Mendez	Equipo Kern Pharma	20:15

 

GC after stage 2:

315 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.710 km/hr

1	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	8hr 8min 15sec
2	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	@ 6sec
3	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	0:12
4	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	0:16
5	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
8	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
10	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
11	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
12	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
13	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	0:20
14	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
15	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	0:24
16	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	0:36
18	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:55
19	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
20	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
21	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	1:14
23	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	1:24
24	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:25
25	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	3:57
26	Niklas Eg	Uno-X	4:18
27	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	4:23
28	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	4:42
29	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	7:30
30	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	8:08
31	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	8:20
32	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	8:24
33	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	s.t.
34	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
35	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:28
36	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	8:44
37	Florian Lipowitz	Tirol KTM	8:49
38	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	8:53
39	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:54
40	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	9:11
41	Lennard Kamna	BORA-hansgrohe	9:25
42	Carl Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	14:06
43	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	14:08
44	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
45	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:12
46	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
47	Simone Ravanelli	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	14:16
48	Karel Vacek	Tirol KTM	s.t.
49	Jose Rojas	Movistar	14:32
50	Jose Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
51	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
52	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	14:37
53	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
54	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	14:57
55	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:20
56	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	15:36
57	William Barta	Movistar	15:42
58	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
59	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	17:11
60	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	17:31
61	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
62	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	17:55
63	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	17:58
64	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
65	Marton Dina	EOLO-Kometa	18:03
66	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	18:10
67	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
68	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	18:12
69	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	19:07
70	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
71	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	19:13
72	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	20:24
73	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	21:24
74	Jordi Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
75	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
76	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
77	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
78	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
79	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	22:22
80	Alessandro Bisolti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	23:58
81	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
83	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
84	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
85	Edward Ravasi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
86	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
87	Felix Engelhardt	Tirol KTM	s.t.
88	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	24:23
89	Pepijn Reinderink	Team DSM	25:13
90	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	25:19
91	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	25:23
92	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	26:57
93	Jaakko Hanninen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
94	Logan Mclain	Tirol KTM	s.t.
95	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
96	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	27:16
97	Torstein Traeen	Uno-X	27:58
98	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
99	Adne Holter	Uno-X	28:10
100	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	28:18
101	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
102	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	28:38
103	Daniel Mendez	Equipo Kern Pharma	30:21
104	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	31:09
105	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
106	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	s.t.
107	Max Poole	Team DSM	31:17
108	Omar El Gouzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	32:49
109	Emanuel Zangerle	Tirol KTM	34:02
110	Linus Rosner	Tirol KTM	37:44
111	Moritz Horandtner	Tirol KTM	s.t.
112	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.

 

Stage 2 profile:

Stage 2 profile

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Monday, April 18: Stage 1, Cles - Premiero/San Martino di Castrozza, 160.9 km

Stage 1 profile

Geoffrey Bouchard takes the first stage. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of San Martino di Castrozza at 3:30 PM, local time: 7C (44F), fair, with the wind from the southeast at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from thrid-place Romain Bardet's Team DSM.

This morning saw the riders roll out of Cles for the opening stage at the Tour of the Alps, faced with over 3000 metres of climbing throughout the 131 kilometre long route as they made their way to San Martino di Castrozza. Rolling roads in the opening part of the day made for a fast start and after 40 kilometres a break of six eventually formed out front, with all Team DSM riders in the bunch.

Those ahead managed to quickly build up a lead that almost peaked at eight minutes, before the peloton slowly began to close the gap. Heading onto the major climb of the day Marco Brenner, Max Poole and Pepijn Reinderink did well to position Thymen Arensman, Romain Bardet and Chris Hamilton; with the latter trio making it over the top in the reduced bunch of around 55 riders. Out front, now lone leader Bouchard put up a valiant fight and ultimately holding on for the win, ensuring that the pace in the peloton remained high for the closing 30 kilometres as they looked to chase him down.

He's gone. Geoffrey Bouchard is away and alone, heading for the finish. Sirotti photo.

Coming into the final few kilometres, Hamilton helped to close down some attacks before Arensman dragged the peloton over the last wall, leading out Bardet through the last corner. Kicking all the way to the line, Bardet sprinted to a fine third place from the bunch, with Arensman finishing on the same time as the peloton split on the run-in to the line.

Bardet said: “It’s nice to be back racing after a good camp with the guys. We did a good job as a team during the stage to keep a good position, and in the final, it was a sprint that suited me well so we went for it and I managed to come third. We have four hard stages to come where we will look for new opportunities to go for nice results.”

Team DSM coach Matt Winston added: “I’m really satisfied with the start to the week. The guys looked after Romain in a good way. When it was clear that it looked like the break might not come back; we looked to set up as best as possible for the finish, which we did in a really good way. Thymen did a really good lead out and brought Romain around the last corner right at the front of the peloton, after good support from Chris. Romain was then able to sprint for third place so I think it’s a really nice start to the race.”

Geoffrey Bouchard will start stage two in the GC leader's green jersey. Sirotti photo

Complete results:

160.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.254 km/hr

1	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	4hr 12min 22sec
2	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	@ 5sec
3	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
4	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
5	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
6	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
7	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
11	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
12	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
13	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
14	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
15	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:09
20	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
21	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	s.t.
23	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
24	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
26	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
27	Niklas Eg	Uno-X	s.t.
28	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
29	Clement Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
31	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
32	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:13
34	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
35	Karel Vacek	Tirol KTM	s.t.
36	Lennard Kamna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
37	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	Simone Ravanelli	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
39	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
40	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
41	Jose Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:29
42	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
43	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
44	Jose Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
45	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
46	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
47	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
48	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	0:34
49	Florian Lipowitz	Tirol KTM	s.t.
50	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
51	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
52	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:39
53	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
54	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	0:54
55	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	0:56
56	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:17
57	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	1:39
58	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
59	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:53
60	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	3:22
61	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	3:52
62	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	3:55
63	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
64	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	4:09
65	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	5:04
66	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
67	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	5:10
69	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	7:21
70	Jordi Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
71	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
72	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	s.t.
73	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
74	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
75	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
76	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
77	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
78	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	8:21
79	Marton Dina	EOLO-Kometa	9:48
80	Alessandro Bisolti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	9:55
81	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
82	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
83	Felix Engelhardt	Tirol KTM	s.t.
84	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
85	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
88	Jaakko Hanninen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
89	Logan Mclain	Tirol KTM	s.t.
90	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
91	Daniel Munoz	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
92	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Edward Ravasi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
94	Daniel Mendez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
95	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
96	Carl Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
97	Torstein Traeen	Uno-X	10:56
98	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
99	Pepijn Reinderink	Team DSM	11:10
100	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	11:16
101	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
102	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
103	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
104	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	14:07
105	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
106	Emanuel Zangerle	Tirol KTM	s.t.
107	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	s.t.
108	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
109	Adne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.
110	Max Poole	Team DSM	14:15
111	Omar El Gouzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	15:47
112	Linus Rosner	Tirol KTM	17:49
113	Moritz Horandtner	Tirol KTM	s.t.
114	Alejandro Ropero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
115	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	4hr 12min 12sec
2	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	@ 9sec
3	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	0:11
4	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	0:15
5	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
6	Natnael Tesfazion	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
7	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
11	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
12	Miguel Lopez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
13	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
14	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
15	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:19
20	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
21	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	s.t.
23	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
24	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
26	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
27	Niklas Eg	Uno-X	s.t.
28	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
29	Clement Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
31	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
32	Giacomo Nizzolo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:23
34	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
35	Karel Vacek	Tirol KTM	s.t.
36	Lennard Kamna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
37	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	Simone Ravanelli	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
39	Lenny Martinez	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
40	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
41	Jose Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:39
42	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
43	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
44	Jose Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
45	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
46	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
47	Lilian Calmejane	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
48	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	0:44
49	Florian Lipowitz	Tirol KTM	s.t.
50	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
51	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
52	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:49
53	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
54	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	1:04
55	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	1:06
56	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:27
57	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	1:49
58	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
59	Sergio Martin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:03
60	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	3:32
61	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	4:02
62	Mattia Bais	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	4:05
63	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
64	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	4:19
65	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	5:14
66	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
67	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Ben Zwiehoff	BORA-hansgrohe	5:20
69	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	7:31
70	Jordi Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
71	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
72	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	s.t.
73	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
74	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
75	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
76	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
77	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
78	Edoardo Zardini	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	8:31
79	Marton Dina	EOLO-Kometa	9:58
80	Alessandro Bisolti	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	10:05
81	James Piccoli	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
82	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
83	Felix Engelhardt	Tirol KTM	s.t.
84	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
85	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
88	Jaakko Hanninen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
89	Logan Mclain	Tirol KTM	s.t.
90	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
91	Daniel Munoz	Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
92	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Edward Ravasi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
94	Daniel A Mendez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
95	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
96	Carl Hagen	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
97	Torstein Traeen	Uno-X	11:06
98	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
99	Pepijn Reinderink	Team DSM	11:20
100	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	11:26
101	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
102	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
103	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
104	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	14:17
105	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
106	Emanuel Zangerle	Tirol KTM	s.t.
107	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	s.t.
108	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
109	Adne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.
110	Max Poole	Team DSM	14:25
111	Omar El Gouzi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	15:57
112	Linus Rosner	Tirol KTM	17:59
113	Moritz Horandtner	Tirol KTM	s.t.
114	Alejandro Ropero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
115	Daniel Viegas	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.

 

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