2026 Tour of the Alps (2.Pro), Italy & Austria

Formerly Giro del Trentino
49th edition: April 20 - April 24, 2026

Tour of the Alps podium history | 2025 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Friday, April 24: 5th & Final Stage, Trento - Bozen/Bolzano, 128.6 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Giulio Pellizzari wins the final stage and the final GC. Sprint Cycling photo

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Weather at the finish city of Bolzano at 2:40 PM, local time: 26C (78F), sunny, with the wind from the south-southwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.

The stage: As is tradition, the Tour of the Alps final stage is compact — 128.6 kilometers from Trento to Bozen/Bolzano — yet holds enough sting to upend the general classification. After only five kilometers, the road kicks up to Palù di Giovo, site of an intermediate sprint, before dropping back to the valley and rising along the Weinstraße/Strada del Vino. At Kaltern/Caldaro, the profile changes again with the ascent to Kalterer Hohe/Alta di Caldaro — a second-category KOM (4.4 km at 6.6%).

A fast, wide-road descent follows, then a flat run to the first passage across the Bozen/Bolzano finish line with 50 kilometers still to go. Leaving the city, the riders head towards Jenesien/San Genesio but, after the opening 3.5 kilometers of climbing, turn left onto a 19-kilometre circuit to be completed twice, featuring the first-category KOM of Nobls/Montoppio (9.2 km at 6.2%). Over the top, three twisty, rolling kilometres lead to the final intermediate sprint with time bonuses on the second passage through Oberglaning/Cologna di Sopra, before a last, very fast descent to the finish in Bozen/Bolzano, where the winner of the 2026 Tour of the Alps will be crowned.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Egan Bernal's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

Egan Bernal and Thymen Arensman put in strong GC performances to secure second and third overall at the Tour of the Alps.

Bernal sprinted to second on the final stage, with Arensman fourth as  Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe) took the stage and race win.

The final GC podium, from left: Egan Bernal (2nd), Giulio Pellizzari (1st), & Thymen Arensman (3rd).

Earlier in the day there had been a fierce fight to get into the breakaway with the INEOS Grenadiers looking to help control the escapees.

When the break did go, the team remained attentive near the front of the peloton, with Nicolas Milesi and Tobais Foss sharing the workload.

As the race reached the Nobis/Montoppio category one climb, Peter Øxenberg and Embret Svestad-Bårdseng were able to increase the pace which started to reduce the size of the peloton. 

This saw the numbers continue to dwindle, but with 20 kilometres remaining Pellizzari attacked and created a small gap to Bernal and Arensman.

The duo pushed hard and worked well behind to try and reduce the gap as they descended into Bozen/Bolzano, but were unable to catch the Italian, sealing second and third overall as they build to their next goal, the Giro d'Italia.

Complete results:

128.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.465 km/hr

1	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	3hr 20min 36sec
2	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 30sec
3	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	1:10
6	Chris Harper	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
8	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:20
10	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	2:22
11	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:29
12	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
13	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	3:55
14	Domenico Pozzovivo	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	4:42
15	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	5:22
16	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Marton Dina	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
18	Juan Rodríguez	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
20	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	6:20
21	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	7:34
22	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
23	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
24	Lennart Jasch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
26	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
27	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Mattia Gaffuri	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
29	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
30	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	7:55
31	Peter Øxenberg	INEOS Grenadiers	8:01
32	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	11:12
33	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	s.t.
34	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	11:52
35	Filip Gruszczynski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
36	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
37	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	13:57
38	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
39	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	15:01
40	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
41	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
43	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
44	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	15:02
45	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
46	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	16:10
47	Gabriele Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
48	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
49	Leonardo Vesco	Italy	16:31
50	Alessandro Cattani	Italy	s.t.
51	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
52	Walter Calzoni	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	16:36
53	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	s.t.
54	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	16:59
55	Finlay Pickering	Team Jayco-AlUla	17:01
56	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	18:17
57	Benedikt Benz	Lidl-Trek	19:10
58	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
59	Tommaso Bambagioni	Italy	s.t.
60	Nicolas Milesi	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
61	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	s.t.
62	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
63	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
64	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	s.t.
65	Kilian Feurstein	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
66	Samuel Bertolli	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
67	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
68	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
69	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
70	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
71	Joshua Golliker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
72	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
73	Tommaso Quaglia	Italy	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• Mountains classification winner: Lennart Jasch (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)
• Points classification winner: Tommaso Dati (Team UKYO)
• Best young rider: Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• Teams classification winner: Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe

762.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.077 km/hr

1	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	19hr 1min 52sec
2	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 40sec
3	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	0:50
4	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:09
5	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:45
6	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	1:55
7	Chris Harper	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:55
8	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:59
9	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:51
10	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	3:11
11	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	3:34
12	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	3:59
13	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	4:56
14	Domenico Pozzovivo	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	5:27
15	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	6:07
16	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	6:32
17	Juan Rodríguez	EF Education-EasyPost	7:07
18	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	7:36
19	Mattia Gaffuri	Team Picnic PostNL	8:05
20	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	8:44
21	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	8:48
22	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	8:49
23	Marton Dina	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	8:52
24	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	9:04
25	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	9:31
26	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	9:35
27	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	14:49
28	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	14:57
29	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	16:31
30	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	17:12
31	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	17:23
32	Filip Gruszczynski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	18:17
33	Lennart Jasch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	20:25
34	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	20:55
35	Peter Øxenberg	INEOS Grenadiers	21:19
36	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	22:33
37	Walter Calzoni	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	23:17
38	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	23:25
39	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	23:55
40	Finlay Pickering	Team Jayco-AlUla	25:18
41	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	27:08
42	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	30:21
43	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	31:37
44	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	32:07
45	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	33:18
46	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	33:26
47	Alessandro Cattani	Italy	34:00
48	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	34:44
49	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	39:00
50	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	39:33
51	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	42:05
52	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	43:02
53	Leonardo Vesco	Italy	44:54
54	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	45:20
55	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	45:24
56	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	47:07
57	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	47:20
58	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	47:28
59	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	53:13
60	Gabriele Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	55:51
61	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	56:11
62	Tommaso Bambagioni	Italy	58:15
63	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	59:32
64	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:03:08
65	Samuel Bertolli	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	1:04:17
66	Joshua Golliker	EF Education-EasyPost	1:07:31
67	Benedikt Benz	Lidl-Trek	1:09:25
68	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	1:09:25
69	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	1:13:26
70	Nicolas Milesi	INEOS Grenadiers	1:18:21
71	Kilian Feurstein	Team Vorarlberg	1:18:21
72	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	1:21:28
73	Tommaso Quaglia	Italy	1:21:28

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Thursday, April 23: Stage 4, Arco - Trento, 167.8 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Lennart Jasch wins stage four.

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Weather at the finish city of Trento at 2:40 PM, local time: 22C (71F), sunny, with the wind from the north-northwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The stage: From the very first kilometers, the fourth stage — 167.8 km from Arco to Trento, with 3,600 meters of elevation gain — presents itself as the queen stage of the 2026 edition. After just eight kilometers, the peloton faces the first-category KOM of Passo Bordala (14.8 km at 6.9%), with the initial sections up to Ronzo-Chienis shared with the Passo di Santa Barbara climb. A fast descent follows into the Adige Valley, after which the road rises again towards Vigolo Vattaro. A short, winding descent then leads into the Valsugana at the foot of Passo del Redebus — another first-category KOM (12.9 km at 6.8%).

The descent from Passo Redebus opens a 37-kilometre circuit consisting of a rolling section to Baselga di Piné, a steep descent, a flat segment, and another rolling approach to the Brusago climb, whose first three kilometers hold stubbornly in double digits. After completing the loop, the race heads for Trento for a technical, nervy finale featuring the climb to Povo — a decisive pivot in the 2021 European Championships. Ten kilometers remain from the summit to the line: first downhill, then flat into the heart of Trento.

The race: Alessandro Verre (MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort) did not start and early in the race Martin Santiago Herreño (Bardiani CSF 7 Saber) & Ignazio Ignazio Cireddu (Team Vorarlberg) abandoned.

Here's the race report from second-place Matteo Sobrero's Team Lidl-Trek:

Matteo Sobrero produced one of the standout rides on stage four of the Tour of the Alps, finishing in second place after an impressive show of strength. On the toughest day of the race with over 4000 meters of elevation gain, Sobrero climbed with the group of general classification favorites, positioning himself well when the race split on major ascents.

Despite the brutality of the Queen stage, the Italian rider approached the final with extreme composure, biding his time and marking key attacks from the peloton. He conserved energy until the final 10-kilometres of racing when he followed a move made by Federico Iacomoni of Team UKYO. The pair built a significant gap on their rivals behind and worked well together to try and catch the lone leader, Lennart Jasch of Tudor Pro Cycling. Sobrero drove hard on the front with power and determination, maintaining a high tempo all the way to the finish.

Inside the closing kilometers, the Italian rider had the gap to Jasch within 10 seconds but unfortunately ran out of road before the catch was made. However, his podium spot means that Sobrero is in the jersey for the best Italian rider at the Tour of the Alps following an intelligent, aggressive race and strong climbing performance.

In Matteo's words:
"It was a tough day, it was the Queen Stage and we started really hard. All day was really fast paced and I tried to take the moment in the last part when the GC guys started to look at each other. I tried to anticipate and close the gap to the guy in front. I gave it my all and I’m satisfied with the day – chapeau to the guy in front, he did a really strong ride. I’m happy."

Complete results:

167.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.553 km/hr

1	Lennart Jasch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4hr 28min 6sec
2	Matteo Sobrero	Lidl-Trek	@ 10sec
3	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	0:11
4	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:20
5	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
12	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
14	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
15	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
16	Juan Rodríguez	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
19	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Chris Harper	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Domenico Pozzovivo	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
24	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	29
25	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
26	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	s.t.
27	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
28	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
29	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
30	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
31	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
33	Marton Dina	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
34	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Peter Øxenberg	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
36	Mattia Gaffuri	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
37	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	1:17
38	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	1:41
39	Filip Gruszczynski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	2:45
40	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	2:59
41	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
42	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
43	Finlay Pickering	Team Jayco-AlUla	4:14
44	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
45	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
46	Leonardo Vesco	Italy	4:46
47	Walter Calzoni	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
49	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	5:23
50	Riccardo Zoidl	Austria	5:41
51	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	6:35
52	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
53	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
54	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	7:37
56	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	8:48
57	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	8:50
58	Simone Raccani	Team UKYO	10:08
59	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	10:28
60	Oliver Stockwell	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
61	Davide De Cassan	Italy	10:40
62	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	14:01
63	Gabriele Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	14:43
64	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	s.t.
65	Alessandro Cattani	Italy	s.t.
66	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	18:28
67	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
68	Joshua Golliker	EF Education-EasyPost	18:45
69	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	25:17
70	Nicolas Milesi	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
71	Ben Granger	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
72	Benedikt Benz	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
73	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
74	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	s.t.
75	Kilian Feurstein	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
76	Valentin Poschacher	Austria	s.t.
77	Josef Dirnbauer	Austria	s.t.
78	Dominik Röber	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
79	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	s.t.
80	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
81	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
82	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
83	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
84	Samuel Bertolli	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
85	Luca Verrando	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
86	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
87	Tommaso Bambagioni	Italy	s.t.
88	Tommaso Quaglia	Italy	s.t.
89	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
90	David Paumann	Austria	s.t.
91	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• Mountains classification leader: Sean Quinn (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Points classification leader: Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
• Best young rider: Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• Teams classification leader: Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe

634.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.409 km/hr.

1	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	15hr 41min 32sec
2	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 4sec
3	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:06
5	Mattia Gaffuri	Team Picnic PostNL	0:15
6	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:19
7	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	0:29
8	Chris Harper	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
10	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Domenico Pozzovivo	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
12	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:33
13	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:35
14	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	0:45
15	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	0:54
16	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
17	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	0:56
18	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:58
19	Matteo Sobrero	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
20	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	0:59
21	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	1:00
22	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	1:14
23	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
24	Juan Rodríguez	EF Education-EasyPost	1:29
25	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	1:41
26	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:45
27	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:55
28	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	2:41
29	Marton Dina	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	3:14
30	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	5:55
31	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	6:07
32	Filip Gruszczynski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	6:09
33	Walter Calzoni	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:25
34	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:46
35	Finlay Pickering	Team Jayco-AlUla	8:01
36	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	8:07
37	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	8:41
38	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	9:42
39	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10:06
40	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	11:51
41	Davide De Cassan	Italy	12:07
42	Lennart Jasch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	12:35
43	Peter Øxenberg	INEOS Grenadiers	13:02
44	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	14:00
45	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	15:04
46	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	15:17
47	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	16:11
48	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	16:19
49	Alessandro Cattani	Italy	17:13
50	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	18:01
51	Riccardo Zoidl	Austria	19:46
52	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	19:59
53	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	20:07
54	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	20:41
55	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	23:36
56	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	25:13
57	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	27:32
58	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	27:41
59	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	28:02
60	Leonardo Vesco	Italy	28:07
61	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	28:37
62	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	30:05
63	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	31:07
64	Oliver Stockwell	Bahrain Victorious	33:30
65	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	33:47
66	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	34:14
67	Simone Raccani	Team UKYO	34:37
68	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	36:45
69	Tommaso Bambagioni	Italy	38:49
70	Gabriele Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	39:25
71	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	43:06
72	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	44:39
73	Samuel Bertolli	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	44:51
74	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	47:51
75	Joshua Golliker	EF Education-EasyPost	48:05
76	Benedikt Benz	Lidl-Trek	49:59
77	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
78	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	52:29
79	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	52:35
80	Dominik Röber	Team Vorarlberg	53:40
81	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	54:00
82	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	54:09
83	Josef Dirnbauer	Austria	54:12
84	Luca Verrando	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	55:22
85	David Paumann	Austria	57:34
86	Valentin Poschacher	Austria	57:42
87	Nicolas Milesi	INEOS Grenadiers	58:55
88	Kilian Feurstein	Team Vorarlberg	58:55
89	Ben Granger	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	1:01:07
90	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	1:02:02
91	Tommaso Quaglia	Italy	s.t.

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Wednesday, April 22: Stage 3, Latsch/Laces - Arco, 174.5 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Tom Pidcock wins stage three.

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Weather at the finish city of Arco at 2:35 PM, local time: 17C (63F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south-southwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 9% chance of rain.

The stage: The third stage runs 174.5 kilometres from Latsch/Laces in Südtirol/Alto Adige to Arco in Trentino, starting on the lower Vinschgau/Val Venosta valley floor. After 26 flat kilometers, the profile changes at Lana with the long first-category climb to Hofmahdjoch/Passo Castrin (22.2 km at 5.7%), the highest point of this edition at 1,586 meters and the natural border between Südtirol/Alto Adige and Trentino.

After descending into the Val di Non, the route reaches the base of the Andalo climb, a second-category KOM (14.4 km at 5.4%). Both the ascent and ensuing descent are steady, leading to the intermediate sprint in Ponte Arche. From there, the road rises again to Passo del Ballino before dropping to Lake Tenno, where the riders enter a circuit: first the descent via Pranzo, then the return climb to the lake with a passage through Ville del Monte featuring time-bonus seconds.

Once the loop is completed, about 15 kilometers remain. The peloton heads into Garda Trentino, passes through the centre of Riva del Garda, and covers the final kilometers to the finish in Arco.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Tom Pidcock's Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.

The Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team celebrated an emotional and significant victory today, as team leader Tom Pidcock powered to an outstanding win on Stage 3 of the Tour of the Alps.

Returning to racing just three weeks after a knee injury sustained in a crash during Stage 5 of the Volta a Catalunya, Pidcock’s condition coming into the race remained an unknown. However, the Briton has answered any doubts in emphatic fashion. After already showing his intent with a strong second place in the opening stage, today’s victory marks a powerful statement of resilience and class.

On a demanding and high-tempo stage, Pidcock executed a bold and committed race strategy, underlining both his racing instinct and determination to compete at the highest level despite limited preparation.

Speaking after the finish, Pidcock reflected candidly on both the physical and mental challenges of his return:

“I think that’s the mentality that we have — we commit 100%, even though I’m really not in the best shape. I gave everything. Maybe I went a bit too early in the final, I thought the finish was closer when the barriers started, and it was quite far. I was a bit worried, but I saw Egan was the first guy on the wheel, so I just kept going.”

After a hot and demanding stage, the significance of the victory was not lost on him:

“With my injury and the time off, it’s been difficult. Coming back is very hard mentally — even the first time I was dropped, it was tough to deal with. So yeah, this win feels really nice.”

Today’s performance highlights not only Pidcock’s natural talent, but also the strength of character required to return to winning form under such circumstances. For the Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, it represents a key milestone early in the season and reinforces the team’s identity: aggressive racing, full commitment, and resilience in the face of adversity.

Complete results:

174.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.749 km/hr

1	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4hr 23min 24sec
2	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	s.t.
3	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
5	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
7	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
8	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
11	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
12	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
13	Alessandro Cattani	Italy	s.t.
14	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
15	Marton Dina	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
16	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Chris Harper	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
19	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
21	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
23	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
24	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
26	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
27	Davide De Cassan	Italy	s.t.
28	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
29	Walter Calzoni	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
30	Mattia Gaffuri	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
31	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
33	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	Domenico Pozzovivo	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
35	Matteo Sobrero	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
36	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Lennart Jasch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Juan Rodríguez	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 56sec
40	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	s.t.
41	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
42	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
43	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
44	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:13
45	Filip Gruszczynski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	1:45
46	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:47
47	Finlay Pickering	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:50
48	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	2:21
49	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	4:11
50	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
51	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
52	Peter Øxenberg	INEOS Grenadiers	5:16
53	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
54	Riccardo Zoidl	Austria	s.t.
55	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
56	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
57	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	6:50
58	Tommaso Bambagioni	Italy	s.t.
59	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
61	Martín Herreño	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	9:14
62	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	13:20
63	Alessandro Verre	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	16:27
64	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	16:39
65	Josef Dirnbauer	Austria	s.t.
66	David Paumann	Austria	s.t.
67	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	s.t.
68	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
69	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
70	Valentin Poschacher	Austria	s.t.
71	Samuel Bertolli	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
72	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
73	Luca Attolini	Italy	s.t.
74	Luca Verrando	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
75	Michele Bicelli	Italy	s.t.
76	Ignazio Cireddu	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
77	Simone Raccani	Team UKYO	s.t.
78	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
79	Nicolas Milesi	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
80	Joshua Golliker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
81	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	s.t.
82	Leonardo Vesco	Italy	s.t.
83	Ben Granger	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
84	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
85	James Knox	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
86	Benedikt Benz	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
87	Tommaso Quaglia	Italy	s.t.
88	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Gabriele Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
90	Nahom Zeray	Team UKYO	s.t.
91	Oliver Stockwell	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
92	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Bálint Feldhoffer	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
94	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
95	Dominik Röber	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
96	Martin Messner	Austria	s.t.
97	Kilian Feurstein	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
98	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
99	Tobias Nolde	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
100	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
101	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• Mountaions classification leader: Emanuel Zangerle (Team Voralberg)
• Points classification leader: Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
• Best young rider: Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• Teams classification leader: Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe

466.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.566 km/hr

1	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	11hr 13min 6sec
2	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 4sec
3	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	0:06
4	Mattia Gaffuri	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
5	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:10
6	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:19
7	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	0:29
8	Chris Harper	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
10	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Domenico Pozzovivo	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
12	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:33
13	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:35
14	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	0:45
15	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	0:50
17	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	51
18	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	0:54
19	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	0:56
20	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:58
21	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	1:14
22	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
23	Matteo Sobrero	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
24	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
25	Juan Rodríguez	EF Education-EasyPost	1:29
26	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	1:32
27	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	1:36
28	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
29	Davide De Cassan	Italy	1:47
30	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:55
31	Walter Calzoni	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:59
32	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	2:32
33	Alessandro Cattani	Italy	2:50
34	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	3:05
35	Marton Dina	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
36	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	3:28
37	Filip Gruszczynski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	3:44
38	Finlay Pickering	Team Jayco-AlUla	4:07
39	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	5:46
40	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	6:02
41	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	6:10
42	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:46
43	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	7:25
44	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:58
45	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	8:49
46	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	9:17
47	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	9:56
48	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	9:57
49	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	10:06
50	Martín Herreño	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	10:28
51	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	10:50
52	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	11:46
53	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	11:48
54	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	12:25
55	Peter Øxenberg	INEOS Grenadiers	12:53
56	Lennart Jasch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	13:11
57	Tommaso Bambagioni	Italy	13:52
58	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
59	Riccardo Zoidl	Austria	14:25
60	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	16:19
61	Alessandro Verre	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	17:23
62	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	18:09
63	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	18:38
64	Michele Bicelli	Italy	s.t.
65	Nahom Zeray	Team UKYO	18:44
66	Martin Messner	Austria	19:02
67	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	19:44
68	Samuel Bertolli	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	19:54
69	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	20:07
70	Oliver Stockwell	Bahrain Victorious	23:22
71	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	23:39
72	Leonardo Vesco	Italy	23:41
73	Luca Attolini	Italy	24:01
74	Simone Raccani	Team UKYO	24:49
75	Gabriele Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	25:02
76	Benedikt Benz	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
77	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
78	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
79	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
80	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	26:31
81	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	27:32
82	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	27:38
83	Bálint Feldhoffer	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
84	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	27:45
85	Dominik Röber	Team Vorarlberg	28:43
86	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	29:03
87	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	29:12
88	Josef Dirnbauer	Austria	29:15
89	Joshua Golliker	EF Education-EasyPost	29:40
90	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	29:43
91	Luca Verrando	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	30:25
92	David Paumann	Austria	32:37
93	Valentin Poschacher	Austria	32:45
94	Nicolas Milesi	INEOS Grenadiers	33:58
95	Kilian Feurstein	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
96	Ignazio Cireddu	Team Vorarlberg	34:59
97	Ben Granger	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	36:10
98	James Knox	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
99	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	37:05
100	Tommaso Quaglia	Italy	s.t.
101	Tobias Nolde	Team Vorarlberg	37:52

 

Stage 3 map & profile

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Tuesday, April 21: Stage 2, Telfs - Martell/Val Martello, 147.5 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Giulio Pellizzari wins the stage and become the new GC leader. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish town of Martell/Val Martello at 3:05 PM, local time: 12C (54F), fair, with the wind from the west-northwest at 22 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 6% chance of rain.

The stage: Stage 2 covers 147.5 kilometers from Telfs in Tirol to Martell/Val Martello in Südtirol/Alto Adige and is likewise expected to begin at pace. After around twenty flat kilometers, the road rises: first gently through the Pitztal, then more decisively towards the first-category KOM at Pillerhöhe (9.2 km at 6%).

After the summit, the route stays on a high plateau for several kilometers before descending into the Vinschgau/Val Venosta valley. A rolling section of about 25 kilometers leads into the long ascent of the Reschenpass/Passo Resia (15.8 km at 3.4%). Shortly before the top, the race leaves Tirol and enters Südtirol/Alto Adige.

With just over six kilometers remaining, the riders tackle the final climb to Martell/Val Martello, averaging 8%. The effort ends roughly 500 meters before the line, where a short dip and one last kicker lead to the finish — a selective finale, ideal for the first GC skirmishes.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Thymen Arensman's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

Thymen Arensman claimed second on stage two of Tour of the Alps, with a tight sprint finish also seeing Egan Bernal take fourth place.

Thymen Arensman and Egan Bernal sprinted from a five up group, including winner Giulio Pellizzari, Aleksandr Vlasov (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) and Mattia Gaffuri (Team Picnic PostNL) after a decisive hilltop finish.

A nine-rider breakaway animated the early part of the race, while strong work from Nicolas Milesi in the peloton helped position the team ahead of the final kilometres.

Inside the final 6km, Victor Langellotti drove the pace at the front, with Peter Oxenberg taking over to keep the pressure on as the race approached the final kicker to the finish.

Arensman was perfectly placed and made his move at the front of the peloton, launching clear alongside Lorenzo Finn (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) and Pellizzari. As the trio pushed on, Pellizzari accelerated to bridge across to Gaffuri, one of the last remaining riders from the original break.

After being distanced on the climb, Egan Bernal showed strong determination to fight back and rejoin Arensman, forming a select group at the front. With 1.5km remaining, the leaders came together, catching both Gaffuri and Pellizzari to set up a five-rider sprint for the stage win.

Arensman held his composure in the final metres, sprinting to a well-earned second place after a committed and attacking ride, with Bernal following home in fourth.

Giulio Pellizzari will start stage three in the GC leader's green jersey. Sirotti photo

The Dutchman now also sits second on the general classification, with Bernal in fifth ahead of another mountainous stage tomorrow.

Complete results:

147.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.490 km/hr

1	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	3hr 28min 17sec
2	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
3	Mattia Gaffuri	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
4	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Lorenzo Finn	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 3sec
7	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:09
8	Chris Harper	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:19
9	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
10	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
12	Domenico Pozzovivo	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
13	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:25
14	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
15	Juan Rodríguez	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	Finlay Pickering	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:33
18	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	0:35
19	Damien Howson	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
21	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	0:41
22	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	0:44
23	Alessandro Verre	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	0:46
24	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
27	Matteo Sobrero	Lidl-Trek	1:04
28	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
29	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
30	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
31	Martín Herreño	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
32	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:26
33	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
34	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
35	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
36	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Nahom Zeray	Team UKYO	1:31
38	Davide De Cassan	Italy	1:37
39	Walter Calzoni	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:49
40	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
41	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
42	Filip Gruszczynski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
43	Michele Bicelli	Italy	s.t.
44	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Martin Messner	Austria	2:13
46	Alessandro Cattani	Italy	2:40
47	Jack Ward	Lidl-Trek	2:46
48	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	2:55
49	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
50	Marton Dina	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
51	Samuel Bertolli	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	3:05
52	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
53	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
54	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	3:14
55	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	3:18
56	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
57	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
58	Daniel Federspiel	Austria	3:32
59	Luca Verrando	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	4:40
60	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	s.t.
61	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
62	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	4:56
63	Oliver Stockwell	Bahrain Victorious	4:59
64	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	5:35
65	Peter Øxenberg	INEOS Grenadiers	5:53
66	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	6:52
67	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
68	Leonardo Vesco	Italy	s.t.
69	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
70	Tommaso Bambagioni	Italy	s.t.
71	David Paumann	Austria	s.t.
72	Luca Attolini	Italy	s.t.
73	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Valentin Poschacher	Austria	7:02
76	Simone Raccani	Team UKYO	8:00
77	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	8:13
78	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
79	Bálint Feldhoffer	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
80	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
81	Matteo Badilatti	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
82	Nicolas Milesi	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
83	Benedikt Benz	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
84	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Riccardo Zoidl	Austria	s.t.
86	Kilian Feurstein	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
87	Dominik Röber	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
88	Gabriele Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
89	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
90	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
91	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	8:38
92	Joshua Golliker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
93	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
94	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
95	Ignazio Cireddu	Team Vorarlberg	9:14
96	James Knox	Team Picnic PostNL	10:25
97	Ben Granger	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
98	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
99	Ulrik Tvedt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
100	Lennart Jasch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
101	Lorenzo Nespoli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
102	Josef Dirnbauer	Austria	10:56
103	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	s.t.
104	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	s.t.
105	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	11:20
106	Tommaso Nencini	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
107	Tommaso Quaglia	Italy	s.t.
108	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
109	Manabu Ishibashi	Team UKYO	s.t.
110	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	11:47
111	Tobias Nolde	Team Vorarlberg	12:07
112	Andrea Piras	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	12:35
113	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	13:01

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• Mountains classification leader: Emanuel Zangerle (Team Voralberg)
• Points classification leader: Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• Best young rider: Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• Teams classification leader: Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe

291.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.734 km/hr

1	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6hr 49min 42sec
2	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 4sec
3	Mattia Gaffuri	Team Picnic PostNL	0:06
4	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:10
5	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Lorenzo Finn	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:13
7	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:19
8	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	0:29
9	Chris Harper	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
11	Domenico Pozzovivo	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
12	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:33
14	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:35
15	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Juan Rodríguez	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	0:45
18	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
19	Damien Howson	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	0:51
21	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	0:54
22	Alessandro Verre	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	0:56
23	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
24	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:58
26	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	1:14
27	Matteo Sobrero	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
28	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
29	Martín Herreño	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
30	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
31	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:30
32	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	1:36
33	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
34	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
35	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
36	Davide De Cassan	Italy	1:47
37	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:55
38	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:59
39	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
40	Michele Bicelli	Italy	s.t.
41	Walter Calzoni	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Filip Gruszczynski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
43	Nahom Zeray	Team UKYO	2:05
44	Finlay Pickering	Team Jayco-AlUla	2:17
45	Martin Messner	Austria	2:23
46	Alessandro Cattani	Italy	2:50
47	Jack Ward	Lidl-Trek	2:56
48	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	3:05
49	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
50	Marton Dina	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	3:05
51	Samuel Bertolli	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	3:15
52	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	3:28
53	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
54	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	4:01
55	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	4:50
56	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
57	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	5:06
58	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	5:45
59	Oliver Stockwell	Bahrain Victorious	6:43
60	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:56
61	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	7:00
62	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	7:02
63	Leonardo Vesco	Italy	s.t.
64	Tommaso Bambagioni	Italy	s.t.
65	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
66	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
67	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	7:09
69	Luca Attolini	Italy	7:22
70	Daniel Federspiel	Austria	7:27
71	Peter Øxenberg	INEOS Grenadiers	7:37
72	Simone Raccani	Team UKYO	8:10
73	Gabriele Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	8:23
74	Benedikt Benz	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
75	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
76	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
77	Riccardo Zoidl	Austria	9:09
78	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	9:25
79	Matteo Badilatti	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	9:57
80	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
81	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	10:35
82	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	10:53
83	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	10:56
84	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	10:59
85	Bálint Feldhoffer	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
86	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	11:06
87	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	11:57
88	Dominik Röber	Team Vorarlberg	12:04
89	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	12:08
90	Lorenzo Nespoli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	12:09
91	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	12:24
92	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	12:33
93	Josef Dirnbauer	Austria	12:36
94	Joshua Golliker	EF Education-EasyPost	13:01
95	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	13:04
96	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	13:11
97	Lennart Jasch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
98	Luca Verrando	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	13:46
99	David Paumann	Austria	15:58
100	Valentin Poschacher	Austria	16:06
101	Nicolas Milesi	INEOS Grenadiers	17:19
102	Kilian Feurstein	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
103	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	18:12
104	Ignazio Cireddu	Team Vorarlberg	18:20
105	James Knox	Team Picnic PostNL	19:31
106	Ben Granger	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
107	Ulrik Tvedt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
108	Tommaso Quaglia	Italy	20:26
109	Tommaso Nencini	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
110	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	s.t.
111	Manabu Ishibashi	Team UKYO	s.t.
112	Tobias Nolde	Team Vorarlberg	21:13
113	Andrea Piras	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	21:41

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Monday, April 20: Stage 1, Innsbruck - Innsbruck, 144.3 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Tommaso Dati wins the first stage. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Innsbruck at 3:00 PM, local time: 14C (58F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the east-northeast at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is a 7% chance of rain.

The stage: The 144.3 km opening stage of the 2026 Tour of the Alps, starting and finishing in Innsbruck, Tirol, is expected to get off to a fast, lively start. The first 25 kilometres run flat along the Inn Valley, the perfect terrain for an early break. Upon reaching Telfs, the route enters a 24-kilometre circuit to be covered twice, featuring the gentle climb to the Mieminger Plateau. During the second lap of this loop, the riders will find the first KOM.

After leaving the circuit, the course heads back towards Innsbruck and onto a second 18-kilometre loop, also to be ridden twice. This circuit includes the ascent to Götzens: four kilometres at an average gradient of 7%, with a central section exceeding double-digit slopes. Before the fast descent towards Kematen, a short uphill segment leads to Axams, where an intermediate sprint with time bonuses is placed on the second passage. From there, roughly twenty kilometres remain to the finish in Innsbruck, on the classic Rennweg finishing straight.

The race: Here's the report from fourth-place Gabriele Bessega's Team Polti-VisitMalta.

The young Italian abriele Bessega had already shown great form at the recent Pays de la Loire Tour, where he finished second on Stage 3, and today, on the first stage of the Tour of the Alps, a stage better suited to his characteristics, he made the most of the opportunity to sprint to fourth place.

The Team Polti VisitMalta stayed in the peloton during the first stage, without joining a breakaway that featured only three riders. After clearing the day’s climbs, and with 10 kilometres to go, all six riders were still in the main group. Despite a late attack from Thymen Arensman (IGD) with three kilometres to go, the stage was decided in a sprint. Gabriele Bessega came from behind to finish a strong fourth, just shy of the podium. Andrea Pietrobon was 7th, Adrián Benito 13th and Davide Bais 15th, while Mattia Bais and Alessandro Tonelli also finished in the main group.

Bessega: “Today was a perfect course for me and we all did an excellent job, I’m really happy with this start to my first Professional season!”

Giovanni Ellena: “It was a great result for Gabriele, but it leaves us with the feeling it could have been even better. He was a bit boxed in at the finish.”

Complete results:

144.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.95 km/hr

1	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	3hr 21min 35sec
2	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Gabriele Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
5	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	s.t.
6	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
7	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
8	Leonardo Vesco	Italy	s.t.
9	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Tommaso Bambagioni	Italy	s.t.
12	Jack Ward	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
13	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
14	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
15	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
16	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
17	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
19	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
20	Matteo Sobrero	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
21	Alessandro Verre	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
22	Alessandro Cattani	Italy	s.t.
23	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
25	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
26	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	s.t.
27	Benedikt Benz	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
28	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
29	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
30	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
31	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
32	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
35	Martín Herreño	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
36	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Samuel Bertolli	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
38	Michele Bicelli	Italy	s.t.
39	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
40	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
41	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
42	Chris Harper	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
43	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
44	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
45	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
46	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
47	Damien Howson	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
49	Mattia Gaffuri	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
50	Lorenzo Finn	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
52	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
53	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
54	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
55	Walter Calzoni	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
56	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
57	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
58	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
59	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Domenico Pozzovivo	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
62	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
63	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
64	Simone Raccani	Team UKYO	s.t.
65	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Filip Gruszczynski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
67	Juan Rodríguez	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
68	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
69	Davide De Cassan	Italy	s.t.
70	Marton Dina	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
71	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
72	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	@ 9sec
73	Luca Attolini	Italy	0:20
74	Martin Messner	Austria	0:24
75	Nahom Zeray	Team UKYO	s.t.
76	Riccardo Zoidl	Austria	0:46
77	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
78	Matteo Badilatti	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:34
79	Finlay Pickering	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
80	Oliver Stockwell	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
81	Lorenzo Nespoli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
82	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
83	Peter Øxenberg	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
84	Josef Dirnbauer	Austria	s.t.
85	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Bálint Feldhoffer	Bahrain Victorious	2:36
87	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
88	Lennart Jasch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
89	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
90	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:45
91	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
92	Dominik Röber	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
93	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
94	Daniel Federspiel	Austria	s.t.
95	Joshua Golliker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
96	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
97	Nicolas Milesi	INEOS Grenadiers	8:56
98	Tommaso Quaglia	Italy	s.t.
99	Luca Verrando	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
100	David Paumann	Austria	s.t.
101	Tommaso Nencini	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
102	Valentin Poschacher	Austria	s.t.
103	Ignazio Cireddu	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
104	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	s.t.
105	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
106	Kilian Feurstein	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
107	James Knox	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
108	Ben Granger	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
109	Andrea Piras	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
110	Ulrik Tvedt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
111	Manabu Ishibashi	Team UKYO	s.t.
112	Tobias Nolde	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
113	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Tommaso Dati (Team UKYO)
• Mountains classification leader: Emanuel Zangerle (Team Vorarlberg)
• Points classification leader: Tommaso Dati (Team UKYO)
• Best young rider: Gabriele Bessega (Team Polti-VisitMalta)
• Teams classification leader: Team Polti-VisitMalta

1	Tommaso Dati	Team UKYO	3hr 21min 25sec
2	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	@ 4sec
3	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:06
4	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:08
5	Gabriele Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:10
6	Federico Iacomoni	Team UKYO	s.t.
7	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
8	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
9	Leonardo Vesco	Italy	s.t.
10	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
11	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Tommaso Bambagioni	Italy	s.t.
13	Jack Ward	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
14	Adrián Benito	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
15	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
16	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
17	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
18	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
20	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
21	Matteo Sobrero	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
22	Alessandro Verre	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
23	Alessandro Cattani	Italy	s.t.
24	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
27	Nicolo Garibbo	Team UKYO	s.t.
28	Benedikt Benz	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
29	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
30	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
31	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
33	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Colin Stüssi	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
36	Martín Herreño	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
37	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
38	Samuel Bertolli	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
39	Michele Bicelli	Italy	s.t.
40	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
41	Mattia Stenico	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
42	Kasper Borremans	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
43	Chris Harper	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
44	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
45	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
46	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
47	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
48	Damien Howson	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
49	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	Mattia Gaffuri	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
51	Lorenzo Finn	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
52	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
53	Alex Tolio	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
54	Matteo Vanhuffel	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
55	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
56	Walter Calzoni	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
58	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
59	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
60	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
61	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Domenico Pozzovivo	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
63	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
64	Simone Raccani	Team UKYO	s.t.
65	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Filip Gruszczynski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
67	Juan Rodríguez	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
68	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
69	Davide De Cassan	Italy	s.t.
70	Marton Dina	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
71	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
72	Philipp Hofbauer	Team Vorarlberg	0:19
73	Luca Attolini	Italy	0:30
74	Martin Messner	Austria	0:34
75	Nahom Zeray	Team UKYO	s.t.
76	Riccardo Zoidl	Austria	0:56
77	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
78	Josef Dirnbauer	Austria	1:40
79	Matteo Badilatti	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:44
80	Finlay Pickering	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
81	Oliver Stockwell	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
82	Lorenzo Nespoli	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
83	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
84	Peter Øxenberg	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
85	Max Bock	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Emanuel Zangerle	Team Vorarlberg	2:40
87	Bálint Feldhoffer	Bahrain Victorious	2:46
88	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
89	Lennart Jasch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
90	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:55
91	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
92	Dominik Röber	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
93	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
94	Daniel Federspiel	Austria	s.t.
95	Joshua Golliker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
96	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
97	Nicolas Milesi	INEOS Grenadiers	9:06
98	Tommaso Quaglia	Italy	s.t.
99	Luca Verrando	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
100	David Paumann	Austria	s.t.
101	Tommaso Nencini	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
102	Valentin Poschacher	Austria	s.t.
103	Ignazio Cireddu	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
104	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	s.t.
105	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
106	Kilian Feurstein	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
107	James Knox	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
108	Ben Granger	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
109	Andrea Piras	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
110	Ulrik Tvedt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
111	Manabu Ishibashi	Team UKYO	s.t.
112	Tobias Nolde	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
113	Andrea D'Amato	Team UKYO	s.t.

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Start list with back numbers, April 19, 2026:

	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
1	Michael Storer
2	Lawrence Warbasse
3	William Barta
4	Mathys Rondel
5	Florian Stork
6	Lennart Jasch
7	Hannes Wilksch
	INEOS Grenadiers
11	Thymen Arensman
12	Egan Bernal
13	Tobias Foss
14	Victor Langellotti
15	Peter Øxenberg
16	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng
17	Nicolas Milesi
	Lidl-Trek
21	Derek Gee-West
22	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
23	Sam Oomen
24	Matteo Sobrero
25	Benedikt Benz
26	Jack Ward
	Bahrain Victorious
31	Jakob Omrzel
32	Max van der Meulen
33	Roman Ermakov
34	Rainer Kepplinger
35	Oliver Stockwell
36	Kasper Borremans
37	Bálint Feldhoffer
	EF Education-EasyPost
41	Sean Quinn
42	Alexander Cepeda
43	Darren Rafferty
44	Alastair Mackellar
45	Juan Rodríguez
46	Joshua Golliker
	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
51	Giulio Pellizzari
52	Emil Herzog
53	Giovanni Aleotti
54	Aleksandr Vlasov
55	Ben Zwiehoff
56	Max Bock
57	Lorenzo Finn
	Team Jayco-AlUla
61	Ben O'Connor
62	Paul Double
63	Felix Engelhardt
64	Christopher Juul-Jensen
65	Koen Bouwman
66	Finlay Pickering
67	Rudy Porter
	Team Picnic PostNL
71	Mattia Gaffuri
72	Chris Hamilton
73	Gijs Leemreize
74	James Knox
75	Ulrik Tvedt
76	Matteo Vanhuffel
	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber
82	Luca Covili
83	Martín Herreño
84	Luca Paletti
85	Vicente Rojas
86	Mattia Stenico
87	Alex Tolio
	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort
91	Alessandro Verre
92	Luca Cretti
93	Marton Dina
94	Filip Gruszczynski
95	Diego Bracalente
96	Lorenzo Nespoli
97	Márk Valent
	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali
101	Tommaso Nencini
102	Andrea Piras
103	Alexandre Balmer
104	Ben Granger
105	Samuel Bertolli
106	Luca Verrando
107	Domenico Pozzovivo
	Team Polti-VisitMalta
111	Davide Bais
112	Mattia Bais
113	Gabriele Bessega
114	Andrea Pietrobon
115	Adrián Benito
116	Alessandro Tonelli
	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
121	Tom Pidcock
122	Walter Calzoni
123	Mark Donovan
124	Matteo Badilatti
125	Chris Harper
127	Damien Howson
	Team UKYO
131	Tommaso Dati
132	Manabu Ishibashi
133	Andrea D'Amato
134	Simone Raccani
135	Nicolo Garibbo
136	Nahom Zeray
137	Federico Iacomoni
	Team Vorarlberg
141	Ignazio Cireddu
142	Kilian Feurstein
143	Philipp Hofbauer
144	Tobias Nolde
145	Dominik Röber
146	Colin Stüssi
147	Emanuel Zangerle
	Austria
151	Josef Dirnbauer
152	Benjamin Eckerstorfer
153	Daniel Federspiel
154	Martin Messner
155	David Paumann
156	Valentin Poschacher
157	Riccardo Zoidl
	Italy
161	Luca Attolini
162	Tommaso Bambagioni
163	Michele Bicelli
164	Alessandro Cattani
165	Davide De Cassan
166	Leonardo Vesco
167	Tommaso Quaglia