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Friday, April 22: 5th & Final stage, Lienz - Lienz, 114.5 km
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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:
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:
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)
Thursday, April 21: Stage 4, Niederdorf/Villabassa - Kals am Grossglockner, 142.4 km
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:
Wednesday, April 20: Stage 3, Lana - Niederdorf/Villabassa, 154.6 km
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:
Tuesday, April 19: Stage 2, Primiero/San Martino di Castrozza - Lana, 154.1 km
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
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. |
Stage 1 profile:
Stage 1 profile
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