2023 Tour of the Alps (2.Pro), Italy & Austria

Formerly Giro del Trentino
46th edition: April 17 - April 21, 2023

Tour of the Alps podium history | 2022 edition | 2024 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Friday, April 21: Fifth & final stage, Cavalese - Bruneck/Brunico, 144.5 km

Stage 5 profile

Simon Carr takes the final stage. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Bruneck/Brunico at 2:40 pm, local: 13C (55F), cloudy, with the wind from the south at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 20% chance of rain.

The race: Aleksander Vlasov (Bora-hansgrohe) did not start. He his traveling to Belgium to ride Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday.

Here’s the race report from stage winner Simon Carr’s Team EF Education EasyPost

Simon Carr won the fifth and final stage of the Tour of the Alps with a beautiful solo attack.

The 24-year-old one-two’d the break with his German teammate Georg Steinhauser at the end of a wet, cold day in the mountains. Hugh Carthy joined them on the podium in Brunico after finishing second on the general classification.

It was a magnificent reward for the courage they showed all week.

In case there had been any doubt, this was a stage in the Tour of the Alps. Sirotti photo.

“I had been in the break on three occasions this week,” Simon said after his win. “I think I spent more time in the break than in the bunch, which has been good fun. This morning, I was really tired, so I was surprised to have those legs in the final, but I’m really happy I finished it off.”

Simon finished it off with style.

After a fast start out of Cavelese in the Italian province of Trentino, the race crossed into Sud Tirol via the Passo Lavazè. Georg had joined an early break but the peloton tore down the descent from top of the 1,808 meter col to the valley floor, taking the wet corners at high-speed and caught them. Simon went with the counter and Georg made it in too.

“This morning, we thought the break would have a chance to go to the line,” Simon said. “The plan was for me and Georg Steinhauser to go in the break, which is what happened. He was really strong in the start and got in the first move, but it was brought back after that first big climb, and then another break formed with both of us and that was exactly what we wanted so we were able to fight for the stage.”

Up the Valle Isarco and Val Pusteria, Simon and Georg just rolled through, but when their group hit the steepest grades of the final climb – the Rimolino – Simon rode away. He time trialled to the summit and down the fast, technical descent over the other side, while Georg marked moves behind him.

Simon had all the time in the world to zip up his jersey and raise his arms aloft to celebrate his second professional victory all the way down the final straight. A minute later, Georg flew into view and won the sprint for second. He celebrated Simon’s win like it was his own. Hugh rolled in with the GC contenders shortly thereafter to secure his second place in the overall competition. Alexander Cepeda was just behind him in fourth on GC.

The final GC podium, from left: Hugh Carthy (2nd), Tao Geoghegan Hart (1st) & Jack Haig (3rd)

Tao Geoghegan Hart wins the 2023 Tour of the Alps. Sirotti photo

Complete results:

144.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.798 km/hr

1	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	3hr 43min 28sec
2	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 53sec
3	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	0:55
5	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X	1:21
6	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:09
7	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	2:40
8	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
9	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	2:50
10	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	3:00
11	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	3:01
12	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	3:42
13	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	4:28
14	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
21	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
22	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	s.t.
23	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
24	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
25	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
26	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
27	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
28	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
29	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
30	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
31	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
32	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
33	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
34	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
35	Lorenzo Milesi	Team DSM	6:03
36	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
37	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	7:03
38	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
39	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
40	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
41	Giulio Pellizzari	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
42	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
43	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
44	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
45	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
46	Finlay Pickering	Trinity Racing	7:52
47	Alexander Hajek	Austria	8:49
48	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
49	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	9:31
50	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
51	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
52	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	11:52
53	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
54	Magnus Brynsrud	Uno-X	s.t.
55	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
56	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
57	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
58	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
59	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
61	Moran Vermeulen	Austria	s.t.
62	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
63	Hugo Rodriguez	Trinity Racing	12:37
64	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
65	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
66	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	13:42
67	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	15:27
68	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
69	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	17:14
70	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
71	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
72	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	17:31
73	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
74	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Tao Geoghegan Hart (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Points classification winner: Tao Geoghegan Hart (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification winner: Sergio Samitier (Movistar)
• Best young rider: Max Poole (Team DSM)
• Teams classification winner: Bora-hansgrohe

752.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.600 km/hr

1	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	19hr 29min 50sec
2	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 22sec
3	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	0:28
4	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	0:36
5	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	0:38
6	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	0:45
7	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	0:56
8	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	0:58
9	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	1:20
10	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	1:34
11	Max Poole	Team DSM	1:46
12	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:22
13	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	2:31
14	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X	3:04
15	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	3:32
16	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	3:34
17	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:42
18	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	4:00
19	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	4:18
20	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	4:24
21	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	6:18
22	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	8:26
23	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	9:34
24	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	10:04
25	Finlay Pickering	Trinity Racing	11:32
26	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	13:18
27	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	14:14
28	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	14:48
29	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	14:53
30	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	16:20
31	Giulio Pellizzari	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	17:29
32	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	20:03
33	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	20:40
34	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	21:30
35	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	21:44
36	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	22:50
37	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	23:39
38	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	25:54
39	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	26:50
40	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	27:37
41	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	27:48
42	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	30:34
43	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	34:19
44	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	34:23
45	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	34:54
46	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
47	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	35:51
48	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	36:20
49	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	36:52
50	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	37:19
51	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	37:43
52	Lorenzo Milesi	Team DSM	37:56
53	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	38:07
54	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	38:22
55	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	42:34
56	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	44:57
57	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	47:15
58	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	48:19
59	Alexander Hajek	Austria	48:20
60	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	53:40
61	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	53:53
62	Magnus Brynsrud	Uno-X	55:21
63	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	55:55
64	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	57:07
65	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	57:32
66	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	58:50
67	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:03:38
68	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:04:03
69	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	1:05:07
70	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:07:43
71	Hugo Rodriguez	Trinity Racing	1:09:07
72	Moran Vermeulen	Austria	1:09:26
73	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	1:10:22
74	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	1:14:48

 

Stage 5 profile:

Stage 5 profile

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Thursday, April 20: Stage 4, Roverato - Predazzo, 152.9 km

Stage 4 profile

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Weather at the finish city of Predazzo at 1:50 PM, local time: 8C (46F), cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 30% chance of rain.

The race: Two riders did not start: Max Schachmann (Bora-hansgrohe) & Alessandro Santaromita (Green-Project-Bardiani)

Here's the stage summary from 4th-place Patrick Konrad's Team Bora-hangrohe:

For the first time this year a breakaway was allowed to battle for the stage win. On the first climb of the day 14 riders including Patrick Konrad went clear from the bunch. Their gap increased to more than four minutes before on the final climb the fight for the stage win began. Patrick Konrad was not able to follow a trio at the front and had to settle for 4thplace after taking the sprint from the chasing group. Gregor Mühlberger took the stage while there have been no attacks in the bunch behind and the general classification remained unchanged before the final stage of the race tomorrow.

Again, up into the mountains. Sirotti photo

“I was already part of the first break of the day which was reeled back in. Then, the big breakaway was already gone when I closed 45 seconds on the last three kilometers of the first climb. So, I had to spend a lot of energy early, aside from the effort from yesterday, which I was missing on the last climb, I think. Also, I still miss some race rhythm. I can go a good pace but it’s hard to follow attacks. Basically, I just couldn’t follow in the beginning of the last climb and was then around 20 seconds behind until the top. Anyway, it was not a bad day for us and in general we can be happy with our performance.” – Patrick Konrad

Gregor Muhlberger nails it! Sirotti photo

“We knew that the stage today had the potential for another change in the GC and wanted to put some pressure on Ineos. In the beginning the race was quite hectic and Aleks was after an attack in a group of five riders. But Ineos closed the gap and when the big break went the race started to calm down. There have been no real attacks among the GC favorites in the end as Ineos was really strong today, still, we had Patrick Konrad in the break. Unfortunately, he could climb with first three guys, and we had to settle for 4th place. But it was again a strong ride from the boys and there will be another chance tomorrow, I am sure.” – Christian Pömer, Sports Director

Stage four winner Gregor Muhlberger. Sirotti photo

Complete Results:

152.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 35.713 km/hr

1	Gregor Muhlberger	Movistar	4hr 16min 53sec
2	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	s.t.
3	Giulio Pellizzari	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
4	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 40sec
5	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
6	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
7	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
8	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
9	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
10	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
11	Lorenzo Milesi	Team DSM	3:22
12	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
14	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
17	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
18	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
21	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
22	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
24	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
26	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
27	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
29	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
31	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
34	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
35	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
36	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
37	Finlay Pickering	Trinity Racing	s.t.
38	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
39	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
40	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
41	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
42	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	5:40
43	Marco Schrettl	Austria	s.t.
44	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
45	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
46	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:56
47	Magnus Brynsrud	Uno-X	s.t.
48	Alessio Nieri	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
49	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
51	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
52	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
53	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
55	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
56	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
57	Davide Baldaccini	Team Corratec	9:38
58	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
59	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
60	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	11:11
61	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
62	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
63	Sebastian Putz	Austria	s.t.
64	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	12:16
65	Alexander Hajek	Austria	s.t.
66	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
67	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:18
68	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
69	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
70	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
71	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
72	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
73	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	s.t.
74	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
75	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
76	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
77	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
78	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
79	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
80	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
81	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	16:48
82	Will Smith	Trinity Racing	s.t.
83	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
84	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	s.t.
85	Moran Vermeulen	Austria	s.t.
86	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	s.t.
88	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
89	Matteo Amella	Team Corratec	s.t.
90	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
91	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
92	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
93	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.
94	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
95	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	19:13
96	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
97	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	19:29
98	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
99	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
100	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
101	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
102	Daniil Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
103	Andres Gomez Camilo	Trinity Racing	s.t.
104	Hugo Rodriguez	Trinity Racing	s.t.
105	Adrien Boichis	Trinity Racing	s.t.
106	Samuele Zambelli	Team Corratec	s.t.
107	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	21:19
108	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	24:15

 

GC after stage 4:

608.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.737 km/hr.

1	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	15hr 41min 54sec
2	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 22sec
3	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	0:28
4	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	0:36
5	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	0:38
6	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	0:45
7	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	0:49
8	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	0:56
9	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	1:20
11	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	1:34
12	Max Poole	Team DSM	1:46
13	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:22
14	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	2:31
15	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	2:49
16	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	3:32
17	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	3:34
18	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	3:43
19	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	4:00
20	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	4:18
21	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	5:51
22	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	6:01
23	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X	6:11
24	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	6:50
25	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	6:59
26	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	7:29
27	Finlay Pickering	Trinity Racing	8:08
28	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	9:47
29	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	10:47
30	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	13:18
31	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	14:53
32	Giulio Pellizzari	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	14:54
33	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:23
34	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	15:30
35	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	16:20
36	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	16:41
37	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	17:28
38	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	18:29
39	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	20:13
40	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	20:24
41	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	20:40
42	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	22:25
43	Gregor Muhlberger	Movistar	23:19
44	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	24:40
45	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	25:09
46	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	27:30
47	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	28:05
48	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	28:38
49	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	29:31
50	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	30:43
51	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	31:17
52	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	31:57
53	Alessio Nieri	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	32:01
54	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	32:19
55	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	33:19
56	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	35:33
57	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	36:01
58	Lorenzo Milesi	Team DSM	36:21
59	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	37:52
60	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	38:19
61	Negasi Haylu Abreha	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	39:32
62	Marco Schrettl	Austria	40:24
63	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	40:29
64	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	41:45
65	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	42:25
66	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	42:54
67	Alexander Hajek	Austria	43:59
68	Sebastian Putz	Austria	45:24
69	Davide Baldaccini	Team Corratec	46:13
70	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	46:16
71	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	46:23
72	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	46:25
73	Matteo Amella	Team Corratec	46:37
74	Andres Gomez Camilo	Trinity Racing	47:47
75	Magnus Brynsrud	Uno-X	47:57
76	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	49:55
77	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	50:52
78	Abner González	Movistar	51:02
79	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	51:26
80	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	51:59
81	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	53:53
82	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	53:57
83	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	54:08
84	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	54:13
85	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	54:56
86	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	54:57
87	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	55:46
88	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	56:31
89	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	56:39
90	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	57:43
91	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	57:53
92	Adrien Boichis	Trinity Racing	58:16
93	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	58:51
94	Will Smith	Trinity Racing	59:09
95	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	59:23
96	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	59:32
97	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	1:00:09
98	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:00:19
99	Hugo Rodriguez	Trinity Racing	1:00:58
100	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	1:01:14
101	Moran Vermeulen	Austria	1:02:02
102	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
103	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	1:02:46
104	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:04:43
105	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	1:06:34
106	Daniil Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	1:07:23
107	Samuele Zambelli	Team Corratec	1:09:19
108	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	1:13:13

 

Stage 4 profile:

Stage 4 profile

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Wednesday, April 19: Stage 3, Ritten/Renon - Brentonico San Valentino, 162.5 km

Lennard Kamna takes the third stage.

Stage 3 profile

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Weather at San Valentino, near the finish at Brentonico San Valentino at 1:25 pm, local time: 11C (51F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 35% chance of rain during the afternoon.

The race: Harm Vanhoucke (Team DSM) did not start today's stage.

Here's is the race organizer's stage three summay:

KÄMNA WINS IN BRENTONICO. GEOGHEGAN HART STILL IN GREEN
Same as in 2022, the German racer from Bora-hansgrohe won the Tour of the Alps’ third stage (162.5 km from Ritten/Renon to Brentonico-San Valentino), ahead of teammate Vlasov and Ecuadorean racer, Jefferson Cepeda. Geoghegan Hart remains leader of a still-open general classification, with Carthy at 22" and Haig at 28".

If he were to bet on a number in roulette, Lennard Kämna would probably bet on the number 3. This seems to be the lucky number for the Bora-hansgrohe rider because last year, the German rider won the Tour of the Alps at the finish in Niederdorf/Villabassa, this year it was again the third stage, 162.5 km from Ritten/Renon to Brentonico San Valentino, that earned him the win.

Stretching from Südtirol/Alto Adige to Trentino on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, the Tour of the Alps delivered another spectacular stage, which was decided on the final climb to the Passo San Valentino. It was there, with 3 km to go, that the day's breakaway got caught and launched the final challenge for victory, which featured Lennard Kämna and Jefferson Cepeda (EF Education-Easypost).

The German rider got the upper hand with a final attack 300 meters from the line that left the Ecuadorean challenger in third behind another Bora-hansgrohe rider, Aleksandr Vlasov. Heading up the pursuit of the leaders was Tao Geoghegan Hart, who retains the Melinda Green Jersey as leader in the General Classification with two stages to go.

The GC still remains wide open. In fact, despite the elevation difficulties of the third stage, the top three remain bunched within just 28". Hugh Carthy (second at 22") and Jack Haig (third at 28") remain formidable opponents for Tao Geoghegan Hart and promise to do battle in the final two stages of the 2023 Tour of the Alps.

The road from Rovereto to Predazzo on Thursday, April 20, 2023, will see another spectacular stage of the Euro-regional race, which will once again deliver unforgettable sensations and scenery. The final verdict of this 2023 Tour of the Alps has yet to be handed down.

A WHITE-HOT PACE BURNS BETWEEN ALTO ADIGE AND TRENTINO
After yesterday's fast stage, today was contested at full speed from the earliest kilometres. Only after 50 kilometres did the day's breakaway get a green light. Jasha Sutterlin (Bahrain Victorious), Juri Hollmann (Movistar Team), Andrea Vendrame (AG2R-Citroën), Lorenzo Milesi (Team DSM), Joe Dombrowski (Astana Qazaqstan), Riccardo Lucca (Green Project-Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè), Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Giovanni Carboni (Equipo Kern Pharma), Mattia Bais (Eolo Kometa), Lukas Pöstelberger (Austria), Alexander Hajek (Austria), and Liam Johnston (Trinity Racing) seized the opportunity to get out in front of the race.

The 12 escapees opened up a gap of 7'18" on the pass from Trento, when EF Education-Easypost took the reins of the peloton and closed the gap on the climb of Lago di Cei. On the subsequent descent a series of attacks were neutralized before Vendrame and Pöstelberger managed to gain a dozen seconds in a break at the foot of the final climb.

As soon as the road began to climb toward the Passo San Valentino, the AG2R-Citroën Italian rider attempted a solo sprint but was caught by Joe Dombrowski after a few kilometres of climbing. The two continued together for a few kilometres more before the U.S. rider pushed on solo.

The 31-year-old American rider from Astana Qazaqstan tried several times to stretch his lead, which became narrower as the kilometres ticked by and the group led by Bora-hansgrohe closed the gap.

With less than four kilometres to go, Lennard Kämna finally broke away from the lead group, trailed by Jefferson Cepeda. The two managed to gain up to 22" on the green jersey group until Tao Geogehgan Hart himself made a move.

By the last kilometre the lead had shrunk to 8" ahead of the small group consisting of the overall leader, Aleksandr Vlasov, Hugh Carthy, Jack Haig, and Lorenzo Fortunato. It was still enough of a gap to allow the Bora-hansgrohe rider to win the stage ahead of teammate Vlasov (+4"), who dominated Cepeda in the sprint for second place.

The Melinda Green Jersey wearer Tao Geoghegan Hart controlled the situation by finishing fourth ahead of Jack Haig and Hugh Carthy. Lorenzo Fortunato paid a few seconds for his seventh-place finish at 10" back from the day's winner. The sprint in the second group was commanded by Matthew Riccitello (Israel-Premier Tech) who managed to control the Würth White Jersey for the Best Young Rider, Max Poole (Team DSM), and Pavel Sivakov (INEOS Grenadiers).

Felix Gall (AG2R-Citroën) paid the highest price, finishing 1'06" behind the day's winner, while Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) lost 32". Also lagging was Ivan Ramiro Sosa (Movistar Team) at 3'36".

However, the GC remains very tight, with nine athletes packed into 58". Behind Tao Geoghehan Hart there’s Carthy and Haig, with a promising Jefferson Cepeda, who also retains the Gruppo Cassa Centrale blue jersey for the best climber, in fourth place. Lorenzo Fortunato ascends to fifth place in the GC, 38" down from the leader but ahead of the Bora-hansroghe duo of Kämna-Vlasov at 45" and 49" respectively. The Manila Grace Red Jersey for the Points standings also remains on Tao Geoghegan Hart's shoulders.

COMMENTS
“Winning stage 3 again was great for me as well as the whole team – said Lennard Kämna – as here we have many of the same guys headed to the Giro, so it seems we are heading in the right direction. Last year’s win was very special to me, but this one is my first coming out of the leaders’ group, so it’s certainly a confidence boost.”

“I have had a good season so far, and my projection is for the Giro: we will try to defend the title, and we want to try to be on the podium at least. Personally, I hope to go for the GC – I don’t know if it can aim for a top 3 or top 5, sure I want to be up there and show myself for the overall.”

“Sure we will try to do something in the last couple of days to claim the TotA overall: Vlasov and I are both in the top-10, and we will try to play our cards until Bruneck/Brunico.”

“Today we rode more conservatively,” explained GC leader Tao Geoghegan Hart,” the last climb didn’t have huge gradients to make a difference, and having the jersey we tried to stay on the defensive side a little bit rather than forcing the pace. A third stage win would have been nice, but the overall comes first. Tomorrow and Friday we will start with a big climb, and that changes the tactics a bit, but it won’t necessarily make the race harder to control.”

“Early this season I ended a stint of two years without victory, but I don’t think we should validate ourselves exclusively on the results. I think over this span I have done good things both as a person, a rider and a teammate even without winning, and there are incredible riders in the peloton who won little, or even no races, and that does nothing to affect their value, notably in today’s cycling in which the same guy can win many days in a row.”

Enjoying the show of the uphill finish in Brentonico – San Valentino were also Trentino’s Tourism Assessor Roberto Failoni, UEC President and UCI Vice President Enrico Della Casa and Italian Cycling Federation President Cordiano Dagnoni.

“The Tour of the Alps is an amazing showcase for our territory,” stated Assessor Failoni, “on a national and international scale. We are proud of this finish on a very important climb, that offered some stunning views and images. This is the first of many great events in our land, and that shows how much Trentino cares and invests in cycling.”

“The Tour of the Alps are great and perfectly organized races,” said President Della Casa, “that’s an enticing project that brings together two Nations and their populations. To me, the Tour of the Alps is already among the top races in the World, and I think its perspective should be to enter in the World Tour calendar within 2026.”

“We are proud of this race with an Italian soul and a cross-border perspective,” said President Dagnoni. “Events like this shed a light on amazing lands and courses, like the ones we discovered today and in the previous stages. The way great riders are interpreting this race tells volumes about the consideration and stature it has reached on the international scale.”

A FOURTH STAGE TOTALLY IN TRENTINO: FROM ROVERETO TO PREDAZZO
After the spectacular Brentonico San Valentino finish, the Tour of the Alps remains on Trentino soil with a fourth stage that will take the athletes from Rovereto to Predazzo along 152.9 kms with 3610 meters of climbing.

The start will take place in the striking setting of Rovereto's MART, the city's museum of modern art. The day’s first rough patch will come up quickly with the Passo Sommo (Category 1 GPM of 15.7 km with a 7.3 percent average grade). This will only be the first taste because flat terrain is scarce in the fourth stage.

After the Lago di Santa Colomba climb and pass through Val di Cembra, the racers will enter Val di Fiemme to tackle the Pramadiccio Pass (Category 2 GPM of 9.7 km with 6.1 percent average grade), the iconic Marcialonga ascent. Once at the summit, there will be 15 km to the finish, divided between a very fast descent toward Tesero, a flat section toward Predazzo, and a final uphill kilometre.

Complete results:

162.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.993 km/hr

1	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	4hr 6min 13sec
2	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 4sec
3	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
4	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
6	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
7	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	0:10
8	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	0:32
9	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
10	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
12	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	0:51
13	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	1:06
14	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
15	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
16	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
17	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
18	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	1:09
19	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	2:25
20	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:29
21	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
22	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
23	Finlay Pickering	Trinity Racing	2:52
24	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	3:15
25	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
26	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	3:25
27	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	3:36
29	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
30	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	Luis ngel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
32	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
33	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:00
34	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	5:19
35	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	5:22
36	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	6:03
37	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	6:46
38	Alessio Nieri	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
39	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
40	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	8:08
41	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	10:18
42	Giovanni Carboni	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
43	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
44	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
45	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
46	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
47	Giulio Pellizzari	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
48	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
49	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
50	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:53
51	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	11:23
52	Abner González	Movistar	11:23
53	Gregor Muhlberger	Movistar	11:30
54	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
55	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
56	Alexander Hajek	Austria	s.t.
57	Alessandro Santaromita	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
58	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
59	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	s.t.
60	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
61	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
62	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	12:11
63	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	12:41
64	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	13:13
65	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	13:26
66	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
67	Lorenzo Milesi	Team DSM	s.t.
68	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
69	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	14:01
70	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	14:03
71	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	14:43
72	Andres Gomez Camilo	Trinity Racing	15:19
73	Magnus Brynsrud	Uno-X	s.t.
74	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
75	Haylu Abreha Negasi	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
76	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
77	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
78	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
79	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	s.t.
80	Will Smith	Trinity Racing	s.t.
81	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
83	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
84	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
86	Sebastian Putz	Austria	15:32
87	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	15:33
88	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	15:35
89	Davide Baldaccini	Team Corratec	16:00
90	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	16:39
91	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	17:06
92	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
93	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	18:12
94	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	s.t.
95	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
96	Moran Vermeulen	Austria	s.t.
97	Marco Schrettl	Austria	s.t.
98	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
99	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
100	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
101	Hugo Rodriguez	Trinity Racing	s.t.
102	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
103	Adrien Boichis	Trinity Racing	s.t.
104	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
105	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
106	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
107	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
108	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	18:59
109	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
110	Matteo Amella	Team Corratec	s.t.
111	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
112	Daniil Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
113	Samuele Zambelli	Team Corratec	20:41
114	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
115	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	21:07
116	Iversby Hvideberg Jonas	Team DSM	21:12
117	Max Van Der Meulen	Team DSM	22:55
118	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

455.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.067 km/hr

1	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	11hr 21min 39sec
2	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 22sec
3	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	0:28
4	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	0:36
5	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	0:38
6	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	0:45
7	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	0:49
8	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	0:56
9	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	1:20
11	Max Poole	Team DSM	1:46
12	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:22
13	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	2:31
14	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	3:32
15	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	3:34
16	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	3:43
17	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	4:00
18	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	4:18
19	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	5:02
20	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	5:31
21	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	6:01
22	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X	6:11
23	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	6:59
24	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	7:13
25	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	7:29
26	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	7:29
27	Finlay Pickering	Trinity Racing	8:08
28	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	8:33
29	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	9:32
30	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	11:49
31	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	11:56
32	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	12:35
33	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	13:07
34	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	13:18
35	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	14:00
36	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	14:02
37	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	16:51
38	Giulio Pellizzari	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	18:20
39	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	18:29
40	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	18:51
41	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	20:10
42	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	20:13
43	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	20:40
44	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	21:23
45	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	23:06
46	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	23:15
47	Alessandro Santaromita	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	23:38
48	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	24:25
49	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	24:31
50	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	25:05
51	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	25:09
52	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	25:54
53	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	26:39
54	Gregor Muhlberger	Movistar	26:51
55	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	27:03
56	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	27:09
57	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	27:14
58	Alessio Nieri	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	28:27
59	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	29:02
60	Giovanni Carboni	Equipo Kern Pharma	30:12
61	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
62	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	30:30
63	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	31:17
64	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	31:20
65	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	31:29
66	Andres Gomez Camilo	Trinity Racing	31:40
67	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	31:58
68	Matteo Amella	Team Corratec	33:11
69	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	34:18
70	Alexander Hajek	Austria	35:05
71	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	35:13
72	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	35:27
73	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	35:29
74	Haylu Abreha Negasi	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	35:58
75	Lorenzo Milesi	Team DSM	36:21
76	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	37:26
77	Sebastian Putz	Austria	37:35
78	Abner González	Movistar	37:36
79	Marco Schrettl	Austria	38:06
80	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
81	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	38:50
82	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	38:59
83	Davide Baldaccini	Team Corratec	39:57
84	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	40:30
85	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	40:31
86	Adrien Boichis	Trinity Racing	42:09
87	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	42:20
88	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	42:44
89	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	43:12
90	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	44:00
91	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	44:17
92	Magnus Brynsrud	Uno-X	44:23
93	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	44:27
94	Hugo Rodriguez	Trinity Racing	44:51
95	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	45:07
96	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	45:35
97	Will Smith	Trinity Racing	45:43
98	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	45:43
99	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
100	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	45:57
101	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	46:04
102	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	46:16
103	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	46:43
104	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	48:36
105	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
106	Moran Vermeulen	Austria	s.t.
107	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
108	Max Van Der Meulen	Team DSM	48:43
109	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	49:20
110	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	49:23
111	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	49:42
112	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	50:43
113	Daniil Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	51:16
114	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	51:30
115	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	52:15
116	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	52:20
117	Samuele Zambelli	Team Corratec	53:12
118	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	58:56

 

Stage 3 profile:

 

Stage 3 profile

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Tuesday, April 18: Stage 2, Reith im Alpbachtal - Ritten/Renon, 165.2 km

Stage 2 profile | Stage 2 photos

Tao Geoghegan Hart wins the second stage wearing the GC leader's green jeresy. Jack Haig is just behind him. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Ritten at 2:05 PM, local time: 14C (57F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is a 17% chance of rain.

The race: 81 kilometers into the stage the riders are on Italian roads.

Here’s the stage two report from Aleksandr Vlasov’s Team Bora-hansgrohe:

On the second day of the Tour of the Alps, the longest stage of the race was on the program. The course covered 165.2 km, featuring two categorised climbs between the start in Alpbachtal in Austria and the mountain finish in Ritten / Renon, Italy. The last rider of the day's initial breakaway was brought back on the final climb, 7km from the finish. Lennard Kämna and Aleksandr Vlasov were part of the first group until 4 km to go, but then missed the decisive attack.

Both crossed the finish line 29s down on the winner and overall leader Tao Geoghegan Hart; Kämna ended up taking 10th, with Vlasov in 14th. Unfortunately Cian Uijtdebroeks was unable to take on today's stage due to illness.

“With another mountain finish, today was again a day for the GC. The aim was to make up places in the overall classification with Aleksandr Vlasov and Lennard Kämna. Unfortunately neither was able to follow the decisive attack 4km from the finish line. Aleks and Lenni came straight from altitude training camp and are using the race to prepare for the Giro d'Italia, so there is currently a lack of freshness. Still, we can't really be satisfied today and now we have to analyse what went wrong. Although we are disappointed, there are still three hard days to come in which a lot is possible for us!” Christian Pömer, Sports Director

Complete results:

Stage 2 photos

165.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.700 km/hr

1	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	3hr 57min 42sec
2	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
3	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	@ 2sec
4	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
6	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
7	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
8	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
9	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	@ 29sec
10	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
12	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
14	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	s.t.
16	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
18	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
20	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
21	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	@ 2sec
22	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:57
23	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	0:59
24	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
25	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	1:01
26	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
27	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
29	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	1:10
30	Giulio Pellizzari	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:46
31	Finlay Pickering	Trinity Racing	2:05
32	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	2:07
33	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
34	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
35	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
36	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:29
37	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:39
38	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	3:13
39	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	3:26
40	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	4:16
41	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	4:29
42	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
43	Alessandro Santaromita	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
44	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
45	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	5:33
46	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	s.t.
47	Gregor Muhlberger	Movistar	s.t.
48	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	6:07
49	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
50	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
51	Andres Gomez Camilo	Trinity Racing	6:33
52	Alessio Nieri	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
53	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
54	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
55	Matteo Amella	Team Corratec	s.t.
56	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
57	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
58	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	9:11
59	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
60	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
61	Alexander Hajek	Austria	s.t.
62	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
63	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
64	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	Haylu Abreha Negasi	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	9:33
67	Davide Baldaccini	Team Corratec	s.t.
68	Adrien Boichis	Trinity Racing	s.t.
69	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	s.t.
70	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	9:38
71	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	9:50
72	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	11:09
73	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	12:15
74	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
75	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
76	Sebastian Putz	Austria	s.t.
77	Marco Schrettl	Austria	s.t.
78	Giovanni Carboni	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
79	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
80	Hugo Rodriguez	Trinity Racing	s.t.
81	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
82	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
83	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
84	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	12:20
85	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	12:53
86	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
87	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	14:03
88	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
89	Lorenzo Milesi	Team DSM	14:40
90	Magnus Brynsrud	Uno-X	s.t.
91	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
92	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	15:45
93	Max Van Der Meulen	Team DSM	16:00
94	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
95	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
96	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
97	Will Smith	Trinity Racing	s.t.
98	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
99	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	s.t.
100	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	s.t.
101	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
102	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
103	Corey Davis	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
104	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
105	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.
106	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
107	Samuele Zambelli	Team Corratec	s.t.
108	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
109	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
110	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
111	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
112	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
113	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
114	Moran Vermeulen	Austria	s.t.
115	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
116	Daniil Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
117	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	s.t.
118	Simone Olivero	Team Corratec	s.t.
119	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
120	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	s.t.
121	Abner González	Movistar	16:25

 

GC after stage 2:

292.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.338 km/hr

1	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	7hr 15min 22sec
2	Felix Gall	Ag2r-Citroën	@ 18sec
3	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:22
4	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	0:28
5	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
6	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	0:32
9	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	0:40
10	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	0:55
11	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	0:59
12	Max Poole	Team DSM	1:18
13	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:20
14	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	1:29
15	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	2:27
16	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	2:41
17	Torstein Træen	Uno-X	2:41
18	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	2:50
19	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	3:06
20	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
21	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	3:16
22	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:36
23	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	3:38
24	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:41
25	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X	3:46
26	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	3:48
27	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	3:57
28	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	4:44
29	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	5:01
30	Finlay Pickering	Trinity Racing	5:20
31	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	5:57
32	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	6:42
33	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6:53
34	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	7:03
35	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	7:17
36	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	7:26
37	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	7:51
38	Giulio Pellizzari	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	8:06
39	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	8:44
40	Angel Mate Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:35
41	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	9:59
42	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	10:07
43	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
44	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	10:39
45	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	10:49
46	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	11:48
47	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	11:49
48	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	12:09
49	Alessandro Santaromita	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	12:12
50	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	13:05
51	Matteo Amella	Team Corratec	14:16
52	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	14:51
53	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	14:55
54	Gregor Muhlberger	Movistar	15:25
55	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	16:21
56	Andres Gomez Camilo	Trinity Racing	16:25
57	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
58	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
60	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X	16:43
61	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	17:03
62	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	17:19
63	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	17:42
64	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	19:03
65	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	19:58
66	Marco Schrettl	Austria	s.t.
67	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
68	Giovanni Carboni	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
69	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
70	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	20:03
71	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	20:42
72	Haylu Abreha Negasi	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	20:43
73	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	21:06
74	Alessio Nieri	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	21:45
75	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	22:07
76	Sebastian Putz	Austria	22:07
77	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	22:11
78	Lorenzo Milesi	Team DSM	22:32
79	Alexander Hajek	Austria	23:39
80	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	23:55
81	Adrien Boichis	Trinity Racing	24:01
82	Davide Baldaccini	Team Corratec	s.t.
83	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	s.t.
84	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	25:15
85	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
86	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	25:37
87	Max Van Der Meulen	Team DSM	25:52
88	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
89	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
90	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	26:10
91	Abner González	Movistar	26:17
92	Hugo Rodriguez	Trinity Racing	26:43
93	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	27:21
94	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	27:27
95	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	27:56
96	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	28:31
97	Magnus Brynsrud	Uno-X	29:08
98	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	29:52
99	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	30:28
100	Will Smith	Trinity Racing	s.t.
101	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
102	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
103	Ådne Holter	Uno-X	s.t.
104	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
105	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
106	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
107	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
108	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
109	Moran Vermeulen	Austria	s.t.
110	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	31:12
111	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	s.t.
112	Corey Davis	Q36.5 Pro Cycling	s.t.
113	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
114	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	s.t.
115	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X	31:34
116	Daniil Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	32:21
117	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	32:35
118	Samuele Zambelli	Team Corratec	32:35
119	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
120	Simone Olivero	Team Corratec	35:05
121	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.

 

Stage 2 profile:

Stage 2 profile

Stage 2 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

It's about time for Max Schachmann to race.

Tao Geoghegan Hart and his INEOS Grenadiers at the openeing team's presentation ceremony.

The Tour of the Alps offers such lovely panoramas.

Ouch! Time to go up.

And more up...

Into the woods...

INEOS rider Salvatore Puccio

Tao Geoghegan Hart got the jump on everyone else.

Tao Geoghegan Hart will start stage three in green.

Tao Geoghegan Hart on the podium after the race.

Monday, April 17: Stage 1, Rattenberg - Alpbach, 127.5 km/hr

Stage 1 profile | Stage 1 photos

Tao Geoghegan Hart draws the first blood.

Les Woodland's book Tour de France: The Inside Story - Making the World's Greatest Bicycle Race is available in print, Kindle eBook and audiobook versions. To get your copy, just click on the Amazon link on the right.

Weather at the finish city of Alpbach at 2:30 PM, local time: 7C (44F), cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 14% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from winner Tao Geoghegan Hart's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

Tao Geoghegan Hart capped off a superb team effort to make it the perfect start at the Tour of the Alps, with victory on the opening stage.

The Brit timed his late burst to perfection to overhaul the move of Hugh Carthy on the final climb in Alpbach, taking a two-second stage victory and moving into the early race lead.

Geoghegan Hart was able to put the finishing touches to a brilliant team performance, which saw the Grenadiers on the front foot from the very start of the day.

Salvatore Puccio and Ben Swift got through a lot of work on the front of the peloton, keeping tabs on the day's breakaway. After Swift drove into the bottom of the climb, Laurens De Plus then took it up from the bottom of Kerschbaumer Sattel.

That pace significantly thinned out the bunch, but the work wasn't done, as Geraint Thomas arrived to help shut down a dangerous move from Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious). Carthy launched his move in the final kilometre, but Geoghegan Hart stayed calm and measured his efforts brilliantly to take the win. Teammate Pavel Sivakov finished sixth on the day, just six seconds back, and occupies the same position overall.

Tao Geoghegan Hart:
"It was a good stage and we stayed calm in the final. Haigy was pretty strong but we saw the final yesterday, so I was pretty confident that we’d stick together. We made a nice race in the end.

"You don’t see too many climbs much steeper for five or six kilometres than we’ve just done there. So it’s not surprising that there wasn’t a big group at the front. There’s a lot of hard days to come here but it’s nice punchy stage to open up. I enjoyed it a lot, it was good weather in the end and beautiful roads, so it was nice."

Complete results:

Stage 1 photos

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

1	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	3hr 18min 0sec
2	Felix Gall	AG2R Citroën Team	@ 2sec
3	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:04
4	Ivan Sosa	Movistar Team	0:06
5	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	0:10
8	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	0:14
11	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	0:18
12	Max Poole	Team DSM	0:29
13	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:31
14	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	AG2R Citroën Team	0:40
15	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	1:38
16	Torstein Træen	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	1:52
17	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
18	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
19	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	2:01
20	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	2:17
21	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
22	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
23	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani CSF	s.t.
25	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
26	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar Team	s.t.
27	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:24
28	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan Team	2:27
29	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
30	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Finlay Pickering	Trinity Racing	2:55
34	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani CSF	2:58
35	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:40
36	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
39	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:04
40	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan Team	4:15
41	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	4:46
42	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
43	Geoffrey Bouchard	AG2R Citroën Team	s.t.
44	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	4:50
45	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	4:52
46	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:56
47	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani CSF	5:10
48	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	5:24
49	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
51	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:00
52	Giulio Pellizzari	Green Project-Bardiani CSF	s.t.
53	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:16
54	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	6:45
55	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	6:50
56	Marco Schrettl	Austria	7:23
57	Alessandro Santaromita	Green Project-Bardiani CSF	s.t.
58	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
59	Matteo Amella	Team Corratec	s.t.
60	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
61	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
62	Giovanni Carboni	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
63	Lorenzo Milesi	Team DSM	7:32
64	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
65	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	s.t.
66	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	7:48
67	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	9:32
68	Max Van Der Meulen	Team DSM	s.t.
69	Gregor Muhlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
70	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
71	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
72	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
73	Andres Camilo Gomez	Trinity Racing	s.t.
74	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
75	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
76	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
77	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
78	Sebastian Putz	Austria	s.t.
79	Abner González	Movistar Team	s.t.
80	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
81	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
82	Haylu Abreha Negasi	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	10:50
83	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	11:11
84	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	11:36
85	Andrea Vendrame	AG2R Citroën Team	12:40
86	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
87	Juri Hollmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
88	Valentin Paret-Peintre	AG2R Citroën Team	13:30
89	Nicolas Prodhomme	AG2R Citroën Team	s.t.
90	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	14:08
91	Hugo Rodriguez	Trinity Racing	s.t.
92	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
93	Adrien Boichis	Trinity Racing	s.t.
94	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	s.t.
95	Davide Baldaccini	Team Corratec	s.t.
96	Will Smith	Trinity Racing	s.t.
97	Alexander Hajek	Austria	s.t.
98	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
99	Magnus Brynsrud	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani CSF	s.t.
101	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
103	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
104	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
105	Sergio Samitier	Movistar Team	s.t.
106	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
107	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
108	Moran Vermeulen	Austria	14:08
109	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	14:52
110	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	s.t.
111	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
112	Alessio Nieri	Green Project-Bardiani CSF	s.t.
113	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
114	Corey Davis	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
115	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
116	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	s.t.
117	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	15:14
118	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:01
119	Daniil Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
120	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	16:15
121	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
122	Samuele Zambelli	Team Corratec	s.t.
123	Fergus Browning	Trinity Racing	17:45
124	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	17:54
125	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan Team	18:07
126	Simone Olivero	Team Corratec	18:45
127	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	19:45

GC after stage 1:

1	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	3hr 18min 0 sec
2	Felix Gall	AG2R Citroën Team	@ 2sec
3	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:04
4	Ivan Sosa	Movistar Team	0:06
5	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	0:10
8	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	0:14
11	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	0:18
12	Max Poole	Team DSM	0:29
13	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:31
14	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	AG2R Citroën Team	0:40
15	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	1:38
16	Torstein Træen	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	1:52
17	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
18	Cian Uijtdebroeks	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
19	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	2:01
20	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	2:17
21	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
22	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
23	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani CSF	s.t.
25	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
26	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar Team	s.t.
27	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:24
28	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan Team	2:27
29	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
30	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Finlay Pickering	Trinity Racing	2:55
34	Alex Tolio	Green Project-Bardiani CSF	2:58
35	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:40
36	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
39	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:04
40	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan Team	4:15
41	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	4:46
42	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
43	Geoffrey Bouchard	AG2R Citroën Team	s.t.
44	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	4:50
45	Karel Vacek	Team Corratec	4:52
46	Jordi Lopez Caravaca	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:56
47	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani CSF	5:10
48	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	5:24
49	Matteo Fabbro	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
51	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:00
52	Giulio Pellizzari	Green Project-Bardiani CSF	s.t.
53	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:16
54	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	6:45
55	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	6:50
56	Marco Schrettl	Austria	7:23
57	Alessandro Santaromita	Green Project-Bardiani CSF	s.t.
58	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
59	Matteo Amella	Team Corratec	s.t.
60	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
61	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
62	Giovanni Carboni	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
63	Lorenzo Milesi	Team DSM	7:32
64	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
65	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	s.t.
66	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	7:48
67	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	9:32
68	Max Van Der Meulen	Team DSM	s.t.
69	Gregor Muhlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
70	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
71	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
72	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
73	Andres Camilo Gomez	Trinity Racing	s.t.
74	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
75	Andrea Garosio	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
76	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
77	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
78	Sebastian Putz	Austria	s.t.
79	Abner González	Movistar Team	s.t.
80	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
81	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
82	Haylu Abreha Negasi	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	10:50
83	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	11:11
84	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	11:36
85	Andrea Vendrame	AG2R Citroën Team	12:40
86	Asier Etxeberria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
87	Juri Hollmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
88	Valentin Paret-Peintre	AG2R Citroën Team	13:30
89	Nicolas Prodhomme	AG2R Citroën Team	s.t.
90	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	14:08
91	Hugo Rodriguez	Trinity Racing	s.t.
92	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
93	Adrien Boichis	Trinity Racing	s.t.
94	Liam Johnston	Trinity Racing	s.t.
95	Davide Baldaccini	Team Corratec	s.t.
96	Will Smith	Trinity Racing	s.t.
97	Alexander Hajek	Austria	s.t.
98	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
99	Magnus Brynsrud	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani CSF	s.t.
101	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
103	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
104	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
105	Sergio Samitier	Movistar Team	s.t.
106	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
107	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
108	Moran Vermeulen	Austria	s.t.
109	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	14:52
110	Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	s.t.
111	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
112	Alessio Nieri	Green Project-Bardiani CSF	s.t.
113	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
114	Corey Davis	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
115	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
116	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	s.t.
117	Sindre Kulset	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	15:14
118	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:01
119	Daniil Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
120	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	16:15
121	Guy Sagiv	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
122	Samuele Zambelli	Team Corratec	s.t.
123	Fergus Browning	Trinity Racing	17:45
124	Samuele Rivi	EOLO-Kometa	17:54
125	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan Team	18:07
126	Simone Olivero	Team Corratec	18:45
127	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	19:45

 

Stage 1 profile:

Stage 1 profile:

Stage one photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Hugh Carthy before the stage start.

A serious-looking Aleksandr Vlasov

Team Israel-Premier Tech is presented during the starting ceremonies.

The race is neutralized as it gets rolling through Rattenberg.

Some adventurers attempt a break.

Let there be no doubt. This is the Tour of the Alps.

Tao Geoghegan Hart takes the stage.

Felix Gall finishes second.

Hugh Carthy finishes third.

Tao Geoghegan Hart will start stage 2 in the GC leader's green jersey.

Start list with back numbers, April 16, 2023:

	INEOS GRENADIERS
1	Thymen Arensman
2	Laurens De Plus
3	Tao Geoghegan Hart
4	Salvatore Puccio
5	Pavel Sivakov
6	Ben Swift
7	Geraint Thomas
	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
11	Santiago Buitrago
12	Nicolo Buratti
13	Jack Haig
14	Hermann Pernsteiner
15	Edoardo Zambanini
16	Jasha Sütterlin
	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST
21	Hugh Carthy
22	Simon Carr
24	Alexander Cepeda
25	Stefan De Bod
26	Merhawi Kudus
27	Georg Steinhauser
	MOVISTAR
31	Abner González
32	Juri Hollmann
33	Gregor Muhlberger
34	Antonio Pedrero
35	Óscar Rodríguez
36	Sergio Samitier
37	Ivan Sosa
	BORA-HANSGROHE
41	Matteo Fabbro
42	Florian Lipowitz
43	Lennard Kämna
44	Patrick Konrad
45	Cian Uijtdebroeks
46	Aleksandr Vlasov
47	Maximilian Schachmann
	AG2R-CITROËN
51	Geoffrey Bouchard
52	Felix Gall
54	Nicolas Prodhomme
55	Aurélien Paret-Peintre
56	Valentin Paret-Peintre
57	Andrea Vendrame
	TEAM DSM
61	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg
62	Lorenzo Milesi
63	Harm Vanhoucke
64	Max Van Der Meulen
65	Alberto Dainese
66	Max Poole
	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN
71	Luis León Sánchez
72	Leonardo Basso
73	Joe Dombrowski
74	Vadim Pronskiy
75	Daniil Pronskiy
76	Antonio Nibali
77	Igor Chzhan
	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH
81	Sebastian Berwick
82	Marco Frigo
83	Omer Goldstein
84	Ben Hermans
85	Domenico Pozzovivo
86	Matthew Riccitello
87	Guy Sagiv
	GREEN PROJECT-BARDIANI CSF-FAIZANÈ
91	Luca Covili
92	Riccardo Lucca
93	Alessio Nieri
94	Giulio Pellizzari
95	Alessandro Santaromita
96	Henok Mulubrhan
97	Alex Tolio
	UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM
101	Torstein Træen
102	Jonas Abrahamsen
103	Ådne Holter
104	Magnus Kulset
105	Sindre Kulset
106	Johannes Kulset
107	Magnus Brynsrud
	Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM
111	Fredrik Hagen Carl
112	Damien Howson
113	Gianluca Brambilla
114	Mark Donovan
115	Matteo Badilatti
116	Negasi Haylu Abreha
117	Corey Davis
	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
121	Mikel Bizkarra
122	Unai Cuadrado
123	Txomin Juaristi
124	Ibai Azurmendi
125	Asier Etxeberria
126	Enekoitz Azparren
127	Luis Angel Mate
	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA
131	Jon Agirre
132	Eugenio Sanchez
133	Giovanni Carboni
134	Jordi Lopez Caravaca
135	Carlos Garcia
136	José Félix Parra
137	Martí Márquez
	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA
141	Julen Amezqueta
142	Joseba Lopez
143	Calum Johnston
144	Jhojan Garcia
145	Mulu Hailemichael
146	Jokin Murguialday
147	Fernando Barceló
	EOLO-KOMETA CYCLING TEAM
151	Lorenzo Fortunato
152	Davide Bais
153	Mattia Bais
154	Andrea Garosio
155	Samuele Rivi
156	Alex Martin
157	Fernando Tercero
	TEAM CORRATEC
161	Samuele Zambelli
162	Matteo Amella
163	Davide Baldaccini
164	Etienne Van Empel
165	Karel Vacek
166	Simone Olivero
	AUSTRIA
171	Lukas Pöstlberger
172	Sebastian Schönberger
173	Moran Vermeulen
174	Alexander Hajek
175	Marco Schrettl
176	Sebastian Putz
177	Philipp Hofbauer
	TRINITY RACING
181	Finlay Pickering
182	Will Smith
183	Fergus Browning
184	Liam Johnston
185	Adrien Boichis
186	Andres Camilo Gomez
187	Hugo Rodriguez