2025 Tour of the Alps (2.Pro), Italy & Austria

Formerly Giro del Trentino
48th edition: April 21 - April 25, 2025

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Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Friday, April 25: Stage 5, Lienz - Lienz, 112.2 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Nicolas Prudhomme wins stage five just ahead of teammate Paul Seixas. Sprint Cycling photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Lienz at 2:00 PM, local time: 13C (56F), cloudy, with the wind from the east-northeast at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is just a 4% chance of rain.

The stage: The Tour of the Alps showdown comes in a compact but potentially explosive 112.2 km stage starting and finishing in Lienz. After 37 km of flat racing, riders face a new challenge: an unprecedented approach to the Bannberg featuring 15 hairpins over 4.5 km at a brutal 10% average gradient. A rolling section follows before a second assault on the Bannberg.

The classic descent leads to the valley floor and the day's final challenge: the Stronach climb, which proved decisive in 2022. Its 3 kilometers of narrow roads average a leg-breaking 13% and could once again determine the overall winner. From the summit, just 10 km of racing remain to the finish in Lienz's Hauptplatz.

The final 3 kilometers provide a straight, flat run-in until the last 300 meters, where a right-left combination leads into the Hauptplatz. Here, in the heart of Lienz, the 2025 Tour of the Alps will crown its champion.

The race: Early in the stage Simone Raccani (JCL Team UKYO) abandoned

Here's the stage five report from GC second place Thymen Arensman's Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Thymen Arensman battled to second overall on the final day of the Tour of the Alps after a fantastic GC showdown against Michael Storer.

Arensman fought for second place as he chased the aggressive Storer for the final third of the race after the Tudor Pro Cycling rider attacked on the steep Banneberg climb.

The race leader fought valiantly to limit his losses, but Storer was able to extend his advantage on the final two climbs, with Arensman crossing the line one minute and 30 seconds behind despite a determined performance.

The peloton at kilometer 24.

A break of 11 escaped in the early stages of the 112.7km stage, after good work from the Grenadiers had controlled the break and prevented counter-attacks.

However, Storer attacked from the main bunch with 34km to go after a leadout from his teammate Florian Stork on the second ascent of the Banneberg, forcing Arensman to respond to the increased pace.

The Australian then attacked again, opening up a 20 second gap which he increased to over a minute with help from teammate Lucas Eiksson in the valley before the final climb.

As Nicolas Prodhomme (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) took the stage win, Storer finished eighth to take the GC win, with Arensman a minute and a half back in ninth to finish second overall.

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

Thymen Arensman:
“Chapeau to Michael, his team did a really good job. My team also did a really good job and we tried to create the best scenario possible for me to make it a hard race and get the punch out of the legs. Michael was just so strong when he attacked. I also felt really strong and I’m really proud of my performance. I had a big gap on the other GC riders so I’m just proud of my performance. I think it’s a well deserved second place.”

Complete results:

112.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.212 km/hr

1	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2hr 28min 54sec
2	Paul Seixas	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
3	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 29sec
4	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:08
5	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
6	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
8	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:20
9	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	3:04
10	Max Poole	Team Picnic PostNL	3:23
11	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
12	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
14	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
16	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
17	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
18	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	4:03
19	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
20	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
21	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
22	Romain Bardet	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
23	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
24	Daniel Geismayr	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
25	Martin Messner	Austria	5:28
26	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
27	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	5:38
29	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	5:46
30	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
32	Alessio Martinelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
33	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
34	Alessandro Pinarello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
35	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	6:14
36	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	s.t.
37	Marc Cabedo	JCL Team Ukyo	s.t.
38	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
39	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
40	Nate Pringle	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
41	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
42	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
43	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	7:23
44	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
45	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
46	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	8:40
47	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
48	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
49	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	9:39
51	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	9:56
52	Alex Martin	Team Polti-VisitMalta	11:11
53	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
54	Arno Wallenborn	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
56	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Jannis Peter	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
58	Alexander Konychev	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
59	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
61	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
62	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
63	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	11:50
64	Samuele Zoccarato	Team Polti-VisitMalta	12:02
65	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	12:05
66	Davide Baldaccini	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
67	Jurgen Zomermaand	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
68	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team Ukyo	s.t.
69	Matthias Gusner	Austria	12:12
70	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	14:37
71	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
72	Felix Stehli	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
73	David Paumann	Austria	15:55
74	Vicente Rojas	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
75	Nicolo Garibbo	JCL Team Ukyo	16:33
76	Nahom Zeray	JCL Team Ukyo	16:41
77	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	17:03
78	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	17:05

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling)
• Mountains classification winner: Finlay Pickering (Bahrain Victorious)
• Points classification winner: Paul Seixas (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
• Best young rider: Max Poole (Team Picnic-PostNL)
• Teams classification winner: Israel-Premier Tech

746.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.471 km/hr

1	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	19hr 18min 8sec
2	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 1min 33sec
3	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	4:07
4	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	5:09
5	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	5:13
6	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	5:33
7	Max Poole	Team Picnic PostNL	6:06
8	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6:09
9	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	6:33
10	Romain Bardet	Team Picnic PostNL	6:46
11	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	6:59
12	Paul Seixas	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	8:12
13	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	8:17
14	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	8:20
15	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	13:03
16	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	14:25
17	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	17:08
18	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	20:36
19	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	21:25
20	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	23:17
21	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	26:36
22	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	29:46
23	Alessio Martinelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	29:55
24	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	30:23
25	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	31:40
26	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	33:00
27	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	35:25
28	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	36:39
29	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	39:07
30	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	41:11
31	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	41:30
32	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	41:31
33	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	41:52
34	Martin Messner	Austria	41:53
35	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	43:05
36	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	43:48
37	Vicente Rojas	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	43:57
38	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	44:11
39	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	46:07
40	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	46:27
41	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	47:37
42	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	48:24
43	Nicolo Garibbo	JCL Team Ukyo	49:04
44	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	49:58
45	Alessandro Pinarello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	50:28
46	Alex Martin	Team Polti-VisitMalta	50:39
47	Nahom Zeray	JCL Team Ukyo	51:17
48	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	52:01
49	Nate Pringle	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	52:04
50	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	52:18
51	Jannis Peter	Team Vorarlberg	53:38
52	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	56:06
53	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	57:05
54	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	57:42
55	Marc Cabedo	JCL Team Ukyo	58:19
56	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	1:01:21
57	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	1:02:29
58	Jurgen Zomermaand	Team Picnic PostNL	1:03:04
59	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	1:03:53
60	Davide Baldaccini	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	1:04:43
61	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:05:01
62	Matthias Gusner	Austria	1:08:33
63	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
64	Alexander Konychev	Team Vorarlberg	1:09:28
65	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	1:09:54
66	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:10:05
67	Daniel Geismayr	Team Vorarlberg	1:11:02
68	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	1:12:40
69	Arno Wallenborn	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:13:18
70	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:13:51
71	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:15:17
72	Samuele Zoccarato	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:16:08
73	David Paumann	Austria	1:18:05
74	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team Ukyo	1:18:13
75	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	1:18:15
76	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	1:18:43
77	Felix Stehli	Team Vorarlberg	1:26:02
78	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	1:26:25

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Thursday, April 24: Stage 4, Sillian - Obertilliach, 162.7 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Thymen Arensman wins the stage and takes over the GC lead with one stage to go.

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Weather at the finish city of Obertilliach at 2:15 PM, lcoal time: 9C (49F), cloudy, with the wind from the north at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 25% chance of rain.

The stage: Stage four, a 160 km route starting in Sillian, Tirol, Austria, just a few kilometers from the Italian border, could shake up the standings. After the start, the race immediately returns to Italy to climb to Lake Misurina. A long descent sets up the brutal Passo Sant'Antonio, followed by the more manageable Kreuzbergpass/Passo Monte Croce Comelico.

The route briefly touches Innichen/San Candido before returning to Tirol for a difficult finale. Three climbs come in quick succession: the Anras Oberried KOM, the Tessenberg ascent, and the Kartitscher Sattel KOM - the latter featuring a particularly steep middle section. From its summit, just 7 km remain, mostly downhill to Obertilliach.

The final 3 km follow a wide, gently descending road until the flamme rouge. After the biathlon center, the gradient kicks up again at 4-5% for the uphill finish in Obertilliach's center.

The race: Hugh Carthy (EF Education-EasyPost) did not start. Early on Anton Palzer (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) abandoned and later Geoffrey Bouchard (Decatlon AG2R La Mondiale) did as well.

Here's the stage four report from winner Thymen Arensman's Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Thymen Arensman took an incredible solo win from over 80km out on the fourth stage of the Tour of the Alps, catapulting into the GC lead and taking his first win as a Grenadier.

With one final stage to go, Arensman will ride in the green leader’s jersey tomorrow after gaining an 11 second advantage on the GC.

Stage 4 gets started.

The Grenadiers were active all day, with Kim Heiduk in a six-man break within the first 10km. Heiduk rode strongly, with the group whittling down to four and racking up a four minute lead, before being reeled back by the bunch around the 80km mark.

The peloton immediately counterattacked on the descent, before Arensman made his decisive move and attacked solo.

Tackling two categorised climbs on his own, Arensman continued to keep the lead, showing his strength and determination as the weather conditions worsened.

Early in the stage.

With 20km to go, it looked like Derek Gee (Israel - Premier Tech) was closing in, and GC leader Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling) was less than a minute behind, but Arensman had a second wind and continued to power up the final climb of the day.

Reaching the summit with just 6km remaining, the flying Dutchman descended with ease, before riding up the final kicker to Obertilliach and taking the win by a minute and 18 seconds.

Thymen Arensman:
"The start was super cold, and I was also really cold but I know I go quite well in the cold weather. Straight after the descent, everyone was really cold and Lidl-Trek lit it up and then it was only a small group left. It was quite tactical and I just figured ‘why not, just send it’. I went and I for a moment I thought ‘it’s actually quite far on my own’, but I felt pretty good. I knew everybody was tired from the cold weather. I kept pacing myself and fuelling well. It’s unbelievable.

"I remember the stage from 2022, together with Romain Bardet and actually also Michael Storer from the GC group and we rode away. Romain took the GC and I took the young rider classification, and now the green jersey. Let’s try to hold it tomorrow. It’s going to be hard but I think everybody will feel the legs after today."

Complete results:

162.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.975 km/hr

1	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	4hr 17min 4sec
2	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 1min 18sec
3	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:23
4	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:44
5	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
6	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	Max Poole	Team Picnic PostNL	4:29
8	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	4:35
9	Romain Bardet	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
10	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
11	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:40
13	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	4:45
14	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	5:03
15	Paul Seixas	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	10:16
16	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
17	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
18	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
19	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	16:04
20	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	16:16
21	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	16:19
22	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	16:43
23	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	17:46
24	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	19:11
25	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	21:16
26	Vicente Rojas	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	21:42
27	Martin Messner	Austria	24:01
28	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	s.t.
29	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	24:09
30	Daniel Geismayr	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
31	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
32	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
33	David Paumann	Austria	s.t.
34	Alexander Konychev	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
35	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	24:11
36	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
37	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
38	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
39	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
40	Nate Pringle	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	24:14
41	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
42	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
44	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
45	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
46	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
47	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
48	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
49	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Davide Baldaccini	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
51	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
52	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
53	Matthias Gusner	Austria	s.t.
54	Felix Stehli	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
55	Ilian Barhoumi	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
56	Alessio Martinelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
57	Simone Raccani	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
58	Alessandro Pinarello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
59	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
60	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
61	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Jurgen Zomermaand	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
63	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
64	Jannis Peter	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
65	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
66	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
67	Samuele Zoccarato	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
68	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
69	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
70	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
71	Nahom Zeray	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
72	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
73	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
74	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
75	Arno Wallenborn	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
76	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
77	Alex Martin	Team Polti-VisitMalta	25:35
78	Nicolo Garibbo	JCL Team UKYO	26:16
79	Marc Cabedo	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
80	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
81	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	26:59

 

GC after stage 4:

1	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	16hr 47min 43sec
2	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	@ 11sec
3	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	2:15
4	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	3:17
5	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:21
6	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	3:41
7	Romain Bardet	Team Picnic PostNL	4:14
8	Max Poole	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
9	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:17
10	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	4:23
11	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	4:27
12	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	4:41
13	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	5:45
14	Paul Seixas	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	9:49
15	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	10:31
16	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	11:53
17	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	12:25
18	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	20:44
19	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	20:59
20	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	23:06
21	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	23:40
22	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	25:31
23	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	25:40
24	Alessio Martinelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
25	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	26:57
26	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	28:45
27	Vicente Rojas	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	29:33
28	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	31:10
29	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	31:51
30	Nicolo Garibbo	JCL Team UKYO	34:02
31	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	34:24
32	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	34:31
33	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	34:43
34	Nahom Zeray	JCL Team UKYO	36:07
35	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	37:45
36	Martin Messner	Austria	37:56
37	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
38	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	38:22
39	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	39:38
40	Alex Martin	Team Polti-VisitMalta	40:59
41	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	41:33
42	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	41:34
43	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	42:10
44	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	43:22
45	Simone Raccani	JCL Team UKYO	43:45
46	Jannis Peter	Team Vorarlberg	43:58
47	Ilian Barhoumi	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	44:06
48	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
49	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	45:52
50	Alessandro Pinarello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	46:13
51	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	46:50
52	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	47:18
53	Nate Pringle	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	47:21
54	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	47:41
55	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	48:11
56	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	49:34
57	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	51:41
58	Jurgen Zomermaand	Team Picnic PostNL	52:30
59	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	52:49
60	Marc Cabedo	JCL Team UKYO	53:36
61	Davide Baldaccini	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	54:09
62	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	55:21
63	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	56:44
64	Matthias Gusner	Austria	57:52
65	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	59:34
66	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	59:35
67	Alexander Konychev	Team Vorarlberg	59:48
68	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	1:01:24
69	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:02:56
70	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:03:17
71	Arno Wallenborn	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:03:38
72	David Paumann	Austria	1:03:41
73	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:05:37
74	Samuele Zoccarato	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
75	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
76	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team UKYO	1:07:39
77	Daniel Geismayr	Team Vorarlberg	1:08:30
78	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	1:08:35
79	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	1:10:51
80	Felix Stehli	Team Vorarlberg	1:12:56
81	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	1:13:02

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Wednesday, April 23: Stage 3, Sterzing/Vipiteno - Innichen/San Candido, 145.5 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Marco Frigo wins stage three.

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Weather at the finish city of Innichen/San Candido at 2:00 PM, local time: 12C (55F), cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 18 km/hr (10 mph). There is a 45% chance of rain.

The stage: Speed should dominate the opening 55 km of Stage 3, as the 145,5 km South Tyrolean route begins with an extended flat section out of Sterzing/Vipiteno-Ratschings/Racines. The race's character changes dramatically at the first-time inclusion of the Untermoi/Antermoia climb. A fast, flowing descent on wide roads leads to the day's major challenge: Furkelpass/Passo Furcia, whose final 4 km feature relentlessly steep, double-digit gradients.

After descending from Furkelpass/Passo Furcia, riders get their first glimpse of the finish in Innichen/San Candido before embarking on a decisive 21 km circuit. The circuit's main obstacle, Vierschachberg/Monte Versciaco, packs a serious punch over its 5 km length. From its summit, roughly 11 km from the finish, the route traces a twisting path along the ridgeline before plunging down a technical descent into Innichen/San Candido, in the 3 Zinnen Dolomites/3 Cime Dolomiti area.

The descent ends 2.6 km from the finish line, followed by a flat section until reaching the town. The last 1.5 km wind through the historic center, where a pair of cobbled turns lead into the finishing straight.

The race: Yuhi Todome (EF Education-EasyPost) & Alessandro Iacchi (Solution Tech-Vini Fantini) did not start.

Here's the report from stage winner Marco Frigo's Team Israel-Premier Tech:

The wait is over for Marco Frigo: in his third season as a professional, the 25-year-old today claimed his first career victory, producing an unforgettable solo performance of over 70 kilometers to win stage 3 of the Tour of the Alps in Innichen.

Frigo attacked from a 21-rider breakaway group on the approach to the category 1 Furkelpass and impressively never looked like being caught by the peloton despite undulating terrain in the second half of the stage.

The Italian had previously finished third (from a three-rider breakaway) on stage 15 of his Giro d’Italia debut in 2023, before being caught inside the final kilometer of Tour de la Provence stage 2 last year. Today, however, he was not going to be denied.

The peloton early in the stage.

He says: “It has been a great day. We knew it could be a breakaway day today and we paid attention to that. Luckily I entered a big group, but big groups can be chaos. I knew it was probably a good idea to make the selection from distance.

“Actually, the attacks today were me trying to test the legs because I’m here at this race for a bit of preparation. I didn’t believe in the first part [that I could win], but once the gap was increasing I did everything I could.”

In a season of long attacks, it is believed that Frigo’s successful solo effort today is the longest of the lot.

“I remembered what happened at the Vuelta last year [when he was second on stage 6] in the same situation – Ben O’Connor attacked from far and he went to the finish,” he adds. “I had good legs, of course, and it was good to race at my pace.

A great day for IPT was enhanced when Derek Gee finished third in the reduced bunch sprint 19 seconds behind Frigo, capping his strongest performance of the race so far.

GC leader Michael Storer. Sirotti photo

Sports Director Oscar Guerrero says: “It was a very nice day for the team. We knew that a breakaway was an option today, but we also thought that other teams would want to accelerate on the climbs, making it hard for a breakaway.

“Only with the legs that Marco had today was this performance possible. In the end, nobody else from the breakaway could follow him. Marco was amazing – he has tried so many times to win a race like this before, he has been second, third, and even caught on the finish line as he was in Provence last year, but today he was so impressive. A long attack, with big climbs, and he deserves it.

“I think this will be just the start of Marco’s victories. This will give him a lot of motivation and confidence, and he knows how to move in breakaways. He is very smart, and he showed this today with the timing of the attack.

“Of course, it wasn’t just about Marco today. Derek showed that he is getting better each day, and we are all happy to see him finish third. We gave Matthew [Riccitello] a free card on the final climb, and he showed that he is climbing really well, too.”

Complete results:

145.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.430 km/hr

1	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	3hr 47min 10sec
2	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 19sec
3	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
4	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
5	Max Poole	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
6	Paul Seixas	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
7	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Romain Bardet	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
11	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
12	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
13	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
14	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
16	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
17	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
18	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:29
20	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:09
21	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	1:35
22	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:35
23	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
24	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
25	Alessio Martinelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
26	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
28	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	2:18
30	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
31	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Martin Messner	Austria	3:07
33	Mattia Bais	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
34	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	3:33
35	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
36	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:57
37	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
38	Vicente Rojas	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	5:00
39	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	5:44
40	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
41	Nicolo Garibbo	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
42	Nahom Zeray	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
43	Ilian Barhoumi	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	6:33
44	Davide Bais	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
45	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
46	Alex Martin	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
47	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
48	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	7:16
49	Alexander Konychev	Team Vorarlberg	8:17
50	Davide Baldaccini	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	8:36
51	Jurgen Zomermaand	Team Picnic PostNL	8:54
52	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
53	Jannis Peter	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
54	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	9:17
55	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
56	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	9:48
57	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
58	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
59	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
60	Alessandro Fancellu	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
61	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
62	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti VisitMalta	11:41
63	Daniel Geismayr	Team Vorarlberg	12:19
64	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	Lennart Jasch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	Nate Pringle	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
67	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
68	Alessandro Pinarello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
69	Simone Raccani	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
70	Matthias Gusner	Austria	s.t.
71	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
72	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Arno Wallenborn	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
75	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	14:01
76	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
77	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
78	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
79	David Paumann	Austria	s.t.
80	Samuele Zoccarato	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
81	Marc Cabedo	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
82	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
83	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti VisitMalta	s.t.
84	Lukas Meiler	Team Vorarlberg	16:32
85	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
86	Felix Stehli	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
87	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	20:21

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling)
• Mountains classification leader: Finlay Pickering (Bahrain Victorious)
• Points classification leader: Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek)
• Best young rider: Paul Seixas (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
• Teams classification leader: Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale

472.0 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 37.784 km/hr

1	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	12hr 29min 31sec
2	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	@ 41sec
3	Paul Seixas	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
4	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:45
5	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
6	Romain Bardet	Team Picnic PostNL	0:47
7	Max Poole	Team Picnic PostNL	0:53
8	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	0:56
9	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:00
10	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	1:05
11	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	1:14
12	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	1:18
13	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	1:23
14	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	2:08
15	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	2:11
16	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:25
17	Alessio Martinelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:34
18	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:39
19	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	2:45
20	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:58
21	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	3:17
22	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	3:56
23	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:55
24	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	5:33
25	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	5:39
26	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	6:03
27	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	8:45
28	Nicolo Garibbo	JCL Team UKYO	8:54
29	Vicente Rojas	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	8:59
30	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	10:42
31	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	11:18
32	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	11:25
33	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	11:37
34	Nahom Zeray	JCL Team UKYO	13:01
35	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	14:50
36	Martin Messner	Austria	15:03
37	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	15:05
38	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	15:29
39	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	16:02
40	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	16:32
41	Alex Martin	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
42	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	18:27
43	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	18:31
44	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	19:07
45	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	19:45
46	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	20:19
47	Simone Raccani	JCL Team UKYO	20:39
48	Jannis Peter	Team Vorarlberg	20:52
49	Ilian Barhoumi	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	21:00
50	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
51	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	22:10
52	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	22:46
53	Alessandro Pinarello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	23:07
54	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	23:44
55	Nate Pringle	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	24:15
56	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
57	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	24:35
58	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	25:08
59	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	26:28
60	Alessandro Fancellu	JCL Team UKYO	27:42
61	Lennart Jasch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	28:07
62	Marc Cabedo	JCL Team UKYO	28:28
63	Jurgen Zomermaand	Team Picnic PostNL	29:24
64	Davide Baldaccini	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	31:03
65	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	32:15
66	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	33:43
67	Matthias Gusner	Austria	34:46
68	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	35:03
70	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	36:28
71	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	36:29
72	Alexander Konychev	Team Vorarlberg	36:47
73	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	38:18
74	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	39:50
75	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	40:11
76	Arno Wallenborn	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	40:32
77	David Paumann	Austria	40:40
78	Samuele Zoccarato	Team Polti-VisitMalta	42:31
79	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
80	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
81	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
82	Daniel Geismayr	Team Vorarlberg	45:29
83	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
84	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	47:11
85	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	47:45
86	Lukas Meiler	Team Vorarlberg	49:50
87	Felix Stehli	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Tuesday, April 22: Stage 2, Mezzolombardo - Sterzing/Vipiteno, 178 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Michael Storer takes a solo win in Sterzing. His closest chaser is 41 seconds back. Sprint Cycling Phjoto

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Weather at the finish city of Sterzing/Vipiteno at 2:30 PM, local time: 18C (65F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 7% chance of rain.

The stage: Stage 2 from Mezzolombardo to Sterzing/Vipiteno-Ratschings/Racines stands as the race's queen stage, covering 178 km and tackling 3,750 meters of climbing. From the flat start in Mezzolombardo (Trentino), riders face the Petersberg/Monte San Pietro KOM followed by a series of punchy climbs and descents - a combination designed to wear down the peloton before the decisive latter half.

A long false flat leads the race into Südtirol/Alto Adige and the town of Sterzing/Vipiteno, where riders tackle two laps of a 16 km circuit. Each lap features the testing climb to Obertelfes/Telves di Sopra - 4 km averaging 7% with sections over 10% - followed by a technical descent that ends 8 kilometers from the finish.

While the final kilometers are fast, several wide roundabouts demand attention. A sharp right-hander marks the last kilometer, followed by a sweeping left curve. The finish straight in central Sterzing/Vipiteno rises slightly, with the final meters contested on distinctive porphyry cobblestones.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Michael Storer's Tudor Pro Cycling Team.

Tudor Pro Cycling came into the Tour of the Alps with a strong squad built for climbing—and they made their intentions clear right from the start. After a solid showing in Stage 1, where Florian Stork finished 5th and Michael Storer took 7th, the team backed it up with a strong performance on Stage 2.

Stage one winner & GC leader Giulio Ciccone at the rider presentation ceremony before the stage start.

Covering 178 kilometers from Mezzolombardo to Vipiteno and featuring over 4,000 meters of climbing, Stage 2 was a true test of the climbers. With just 11 kilometers remaining and the front group reduced to fewer than 10 riders, the Australian launched his decisive move.

Young rider classification leader Paul Seixas (white jersey) with teammates before the start.

His first attack came at 12km to go, drawing out only three riders. Then, just one kilometer later - 600 meters from the summit — he went all-in. Cresting the final KOM with a 10-second advantage, he held his lead through a 5km descent before extending it further on the flat section to the finish.

Tucked into a full aero position aboard his new Teammachine R Mpc, Storer powered ahead and benefitted by the lack of organization in the chargers group.

He crossed the finish line solo, celebrating his second victory of the season.

Racing by mountains in the South Tyrol. Sprint Cycling photo

Michael Storer: “I was feeling really, really good today. In the second half of the stage, I realized I might be the strongest in the group, so I decided to go for it. I didn’t look back much—I just put my head down and gave it everything.”

With a winning gap of 41 seconds and a 10-second time bonus, Storer also pulled on the leader’s jersey.

“It’s great to be leading now, but we know the race is far from over. We know that we still have three hard stages to go and many high quality riders who also want to win this race.”

Cruising by vineyards as the peloton heads north.

Complete results:

178 kilometers raced at an average speed of 35.596 km/hr

1	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5hr 0min 2sec
2	Paul Seixas	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	@ 41sec
3	Romain Bardet	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
4	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
5	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
6	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
8	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Max Poole	Team Picnic PostNL	0:43
11	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:59
12	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
13	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
15	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
16	Alessio Martinelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
17	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
18	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
19	Nahom Zeray	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
20	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
21	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
22	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	1:30
23	Lennart Jasch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
25	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
26	Nicolo Garibbo	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
27	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
28	Vicente Rojas	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:02
29	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
30	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
31	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
32	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
33	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	2:25
34	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	3:33
35	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
36	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:29
37	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	4:50
38	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	5:48
39	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	6:13
40	Alessandro Pinarello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
41	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	7:28
43	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
44	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	7:40
45	Matthias Gusner	Austria	8:09
46	Nate Pringle	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
47	Ilian Barhoumi	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
48	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
49	Alex Martin	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
50	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	s.t.
51	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
52	Jannis Peter	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
53	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
54	Martin Messner	Austria	s.t.
55	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
56	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
57	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
58	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
59	Davide Baldaccini	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
60	Alessandro Fancellu	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
61	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
62	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
63	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
64	Marc Cabedo Hernandez	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
65	Simone Raccani	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
66	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
67	David Paumann	Austria	12:21
68	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	13:13
69	Arno Wallenborn	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
70	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	14:12
71	Alexander Konychev	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
72	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
73	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
74	Samuele Zoccarato	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
75	Daniel Geismayr	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
76	Felix Stehli	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
77	Lukas Meiler	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
78	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
79	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
80	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
81	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
82	Luca Verrando	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
83	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
84	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
85	Jurgen Zomermaand	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
86	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
87	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
88	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
89	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
90	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling)
• Mountains classification leader: Finlay Pickering (Bahrain Victorious)
• Points classification leader: Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek)
• Best young rider: Paul Seixas (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
• Teams classification leader: VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè

326.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 37.526 km/hr

1	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	8hr 42min 2sec
2	Paul Seixas	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	@ 41sec
3	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
4	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:45
5	Romain Bardet	Team Picnic PostNL	0:47
6	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:51
7	Max Poole	Team Picnic PostNL	0:53
8	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	0:56
9	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:00
10	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	1:05
11	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:09
12	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	1:14
13	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:18
14	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
15	Alessio Martinelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
16	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	1:23
18	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
19	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:29
20	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	1:57
21	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	2:15
22	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:58
23	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	3:15
24	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	3:20
25	Nicolo Garibbo	JCL Team UKYO	3:29
26	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:39
27	Vicente Rojas	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	4:18
28	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	4:23
29	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:32
30	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	4:33
31	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	5:17
32	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	6:02
33	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	6:33
34	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	6:47
35	Nahom Zeray	JCL Team UKYO	7:36
36	Simone Raccani	JCL Team UKYO	8:39
37	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	10:01
38	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	10:10
39	Alex Martin	Team Polti-VisitMalta	10:18
40	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	10:21
41	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	10:27
42	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	10:32
43	Alessandro Pinarello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	11:07
44	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	11:08
45	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	11:36
46	Nate Pringle	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	12:15
47	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	s.t.
48	Martin Messner	Austria	s.t.
49	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	12:16
50	Jannis Peter	Team Vorarlberg	12:17
51	Ilian Barhoumi	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	14:46
52	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
53	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
54	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
55	Marc Cabedo Hernandez	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
56	Lennart Jasch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	16:07
57	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	17:30
58	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	18:11
59	Alessandro Fancellu	JCL Team UKYO	18:13
60	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	18:20
61	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	18:25
62	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	18:27
63	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	20:16
64	Jurgen Zomermaand	Team Picnic PostNL	20:49
65	Matthias Gusner	Austria	22:46
66	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
67	Davide Baldaccini	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
68	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
69	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
70	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
71	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	24:08
72	David Paumann	Austria	26:58
73	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	27:50
74	Arno Wallenborn	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	28:32
75	Alexander Konychev	Team Vorarlberg	28:49
76	Samuele Zoccarato	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
77	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
78	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
79	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
80	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
81	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
82	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
83	Luca Verrando	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	33:25
84	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
85	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	33:29
86	Daniel Geismayr	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
87	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
88	Lukas Meiler	Team Vorarlberg	33:36
89	Felix Stehli	Team Vorarlberg	33:37
90	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	34:03

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Monday, April 21: Stage 1, San Lorenzo Dorsino - San Lorenzo Dorsino, 148.5 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Giulio Ciccone wins the first stage.

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Weather at the start/finish city of San Lorenzo Dorsino at 2:00 PM, local time: 12C (54F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the south-southeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 6% chance of rain.

The stage: The Tour of the Alps kicks off with its traditional challenging opener - a 148.5 km stage through Trentino packed with notable climbs. Rolling out from San Lorenzo Dorsino, riders tackle a gentle ascent towards Andalo before enjoying a smooth, sweeping descent.

Then, the route winds through Val di Non and Val di Sole, gradually gaining altitude before the day's main challenge: the Campo Carlo Magno climb. This steady ascent gains 900 meters in elevation before riders sweep through Madonna di Campiglio and down to Pinzolo via a series of wide hairpins.

A 27-kilometer stretch of favorable terrain follows along the valley floor until the race hits the Passo del Durone. These twisting switchbacks could see an initial selection, which is likely to continue in the final 9 km, a steady but irregular climb to the finish line in San Lorenzo Dorsino. With 2 km to go, the gradient steepens, with inclines between 7% and 8%.

The race: Oscar Chamberlain (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) & Moritz Kretschy (Israel-Premier tech) did not start.

Stage winner Giulio Ciccone's Team Lidl-Trek posted this report:

Giulio Ciccone claimed the 15th victory of the season for Lidl-Trek in an uphill sprint battle between climbers. The stage, starting and finishing in San Lorenzo Dorsino, was perfect on paper for the Italian – a first category mountain punctuated a hilly stage, which finished with a three-kilometer climb to the finish. It was also the most challenging stage of the race, although the parcours did not prove difficult enough to make a real selection.

Pre-race ceremonies, Team Lidl-Trek is presented.

After a committed team-effort by Lidl-Trek to control the race, Cicco launched an attack shortly before cresting the penultimate climb of Passo Durone, however it wasn’t enough to break away from the group of favorites. In the end, it came down some savvy positioning by Ciccone ahead of the sprint, and a powerful kick to the line which earned the Italian his first victory in close to two years. Cicco celebrated in trademark fashion, tossing his 100% sunglasses to the cheering crowd in a moment of passion. His victory comes after a successful Lidl-Trek altitude training camp, and is a clear indication that Ciccone is in excellent form ahead of the Giro d’Italia.

Early in the stage.

“I think we did a great job today, I really need to say thanks to all my teammates. We had a plan and I think we did it in the perfect way. Honestly it was a long time without victory for me and I really needed it today. I think it’s even more special being in Italy in this race that I really like. After a long time at altitude it’s always nice to restart the racing with a victory. It was honestly really hard. We went super-fast from the start, and the parcours was hard. I’m really happy.”

The peloton early in the stage amid beautiful scenery.

Complete results:

148.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.105 km/hr

1	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	3hr 42min 10sec
2	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
3	Paul Seixas	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
4	Romain Bardet	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
5	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Max Poole	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
9	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 5sec
10	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
11	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:09
12	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
13	Alessio Martinelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
14	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
15	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	0:14
17	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
18	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
20	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	0:17
21	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
22	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:20
23	Simone Raccani	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
24	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	0:35
25	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:49
26	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:03
27	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	1:08
28	Nicolo Garibbo	JCL Team UKYO	1:49
29	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
30	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:59
31	Alex Martin	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
32	Vicente Rojas	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:06
33	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:08
34	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	2:11
36	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
37	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	2:13
38	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	2:19
39	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	2:21
40	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	3:47
41	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	3:56
42	Martin Messner	Austria	s.t.
43	Nate Pringle	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
44	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	3:58
45	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
46	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
47	Jannis Peter	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
48	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
49	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	4:07
51	Alessandro Pinarello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	4:44
52	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	5:54
53	Jurgen Zomermaand	Team Picnic PostNL	6:27
54	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
55	Andrea Piras	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
56	Marc Cabedo Hernandez	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
57	Ilian Barhoumi	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
58	Nahom Zeray	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
59	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
60	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
61	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	9:28
62	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	9:52
63	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
65	Alessandro Fancellu	JCL Team UKYO	9:54
66	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	12:29
67	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	14:27
68	Samuele Zoccarato	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
69	Alexander Konychev	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
70	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
71	Matthias Gusner	Austria	s.t.
72	David Paumann	Austria	s.t.
73	Lennart Jasch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
74	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
75	Davide Baldaccini	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
76	Andrew August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
77	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
78	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
79	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
80	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
81	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
82	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
83	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
84	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
85	Arno Wallenborn	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	15:09
86	Tommaso Nencini	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	19:03
87	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
88	Luca Verrando	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
89	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	19:07
90	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
91	Daniel Geismayr	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
92	Lukas Meiler	Team Vorarlberg	19:15
93	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
94	Felix Stehli	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
95	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	19:41

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek)
• Mountains classification leader: Finley Pickering (Bahrain Victorious)
• Points classification leader: Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek)
• Best young rider: Paul Seixas (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
• Teams classification leader: VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè

1	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	3hr 42min 0dsec
2	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	@ 4sec
3	Paul Seixas	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:06
4	Romain Bardet	Team Picnic PostNL	0:10
5	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Max Poole	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
9	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	0:15
10	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
11	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:19
12	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
13	Alessio Martinelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
14	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
15	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Alex Tolio	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	0:24
17	Pedro Lopez Juan	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
18	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
20	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	0:27
21	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
22	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:30
23	Simone Raccani	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
24	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	0:45
25	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:59
26	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:13
27	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	1:18
28	Nicolo Garibbo	JCL Team UKYO	1:59
29	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
30	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:09
31	Alex Martin	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
32	Vicente Rojas	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:16
33	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:18
34	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	2:21
36	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
37	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	2:23
38	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	2:29
39	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	2:31
40	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	3:57
41	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	4:06
42	Martin Messner	Austria	s.t.
43	Nate Pringle	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
44	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	4:08
45	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
46	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
47	Jannis Peter	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
48	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
49	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	4:17
51	Alessandro Pinarello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	4:54
52	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	6:04
53	Jurgen Zomermaand	Team Picnic PostNL	6:37
54	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
55	Andrea Piras	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
56	Marc Cabedo Hernandez	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
57	Ilian Barhoumi	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
58	Nahom Zeray	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
59	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
60	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
61	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	9:38
62	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	10:02
63	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
65	Alessandro Fancellu	JCL Team UKYO	10:04
66	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	12:39
67	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	14:37
68	Samuele Zoccarato	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
69	Alexander Konychev	Team Vorarlberg	14:37
70	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	15:37
71	Matthias Gusner	Austria	16:37
72	David Paumann	Austria	17:37
73	Lennart Jasch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	18:37
74	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	19:37
75	Davide Baldaccini	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	20:37
76	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	21:37
77	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	22:37
78	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	23:37
79	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	0:37
80	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:37
81	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	2:37
82	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	3:37
83	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	4:37
84	Manabu Ishibashi	JCL Team UKYO	5:37
85	Arno Wallenborn	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	15:19
86	Tommaso Nencini	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	19:13
87	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
88	Luca Verrando	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	19:13
89	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	19:17
90	Nils Aebersold	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
91	Daniel Geismayr	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
92	Lukas Meiler	Team Vorarlberg	19:25
93	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
94	Felix Stehli	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
95	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	19:51

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Start list with back numbers, April 20, 2025:

	Lidl-Trek
1	Juan Pedro Lopez
2	Giulio Ciccone
3	Tao Geoghegan Hart
4	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
5	Lennard Kämna
6	Sam Oomen
7	Nils Aebersold
	Bahrain Victorious
11	Antonio Tiberi
12	Kasper Borremans
13	Damiano Caruso
14	Afonso Eulalio
15	Fran Miholjevic
16	Finlay Pickering
	Team Picnic-PostNL
21	Romain Bardet
22	Robbe Dhondt
23	Chris Hamilton
24	Max Poole
25	Matteo Vanhuffel
26	Jurgen Zomermaand
	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
31	Jai Hindley
32	Emil Herzog
33	Anton Palzer
34	Frederik Wandahl
35	Ben Zwiehoff
36	Lennart Jasch
37	Nate Pringle
	Team Jayco-AlUla
41	Koen Bouwman
42	Alessandro De Marchi
43	Paul Double
44	Edward Dunbar
45	Felix Engelhardt
	INEOS Grenadiers
51	Thymen Arensman
52	AJ August
53	Jonathan Castroviejo
54	Lucas Hamilton
55	Salvatore Puccio
56	Óscar Rodríguez
57	Kim Heiduk
	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
61	Felix Gall
62	Geoffrey Bouchard
63	Oscar Chamberlain
64	Ilian Barhoumi
65	Nicolas Prodhomme
66	Paul Seixas
	EF Education-EasyPost
71	Hugh Carthy
72	Alexander Cepeda
73	Jardi Van Der Lee
74	Michael Valgren
75	Yuhi Todome
	Israel-Premier Tech
81	Marco Frigo
82	Chris Froome
83	Jakob Fuglsang
84	Derek Gee
85	Matthew Riccitello
86	Moritz Kretschy
87	Luke Valenti
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
91	Michael Storer
92	Lucas Eriksson
93	Florian Stork
94	Lawrence Warbasse
95	Robin Donzé
96	Arno Wallenborn
	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè
101	Luca Covili
102	Alessio Martinelli
103	Alessandro Pinarello
104	Vicente Rojas
106	Manuele Tarozzi
107	Alex Tolio
	Team Polti-VisitMalta
111	Davide Piganzoli
112	Davide Bais
113	Mattia Bais
114	Alex Martin
115	Andrea Pietrobon
116	Francisco Muñoz
117	Samuele Zoccarato
	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini
121	Yukiya Arashiro
122	Davide Baldaccini
123	Tommaso Nencini
124	Alessandro Iacchi
125	Andrea Piras
126	Joann Rolando
127	Luca Verrando
	Team Vorarlberg
131	Daniel Geismayr
132	Alexander Konychev
133	Lukas Meiler
134	Jannis Peter
135	Felix Stehli
136	Colin Stüssi
137	Emanuel Zangerle
	JCL Team UKYO
141	Alessandro Fancellu
142	Manabu Ishibashi
143	Marc Cabedo Hernandez
144	Nicolo Garibbo
145	Simone Raccani
146	Nahom Zeray
147	Marino Kobayashi
	Austria
151	Josef Dirnbauer
152	Matthias Gusner
153	Philipp Hofbauer
154	Martin Messner
155	David Paumann
156	Valentin Poschacher