The last stage of this year's edition of Tirreno-Adriatico brings us 170 km ideal sprinter terrain. There are a bit of hilly terrain halfway through the stage, but I guess it will only shake a rider such as Theo Bos. So, it's either a sprinters' day or a breakaway day. One thing is for sure: Di Luca has won the Tirreno unless he crashes today.
3 riders went on in the tv-break: Lund, De Haes and Scanlon. The peloton let them go, and later, Scanlon passed the last Mountain Sprint of this tour, meaning that Kevin van Impe of Warner Brothers had now officially won this particular competition.
Anyway, with 100 km to go, the three riders had a gap of 9 minutes. Would the peloton ever start chasing them?
After the hills, we could conclude that zero riders had been dropped. Even my sucky control rider who has 50 in everything was not dropped. Neither was his fellow companion, Thorsen of Magenta, so everything went on in a very relaxed pace. This was also resembled by the gap which kept on increasing. With less than 50 km to go it was up to 15 minutes. It were going to be between the three riders in front with Scanlon being the favourite.
Anyway, we fast forward to the sprint. It's Scanlon leading with Lund second and De Haes third.
As you can see, it's a very close sprint - they are almost one It's still Scanlon in the lead, though.
It's a very surprising win for De Haes! Scanlon is second, and he must be disappointed as he is by far the best sprinter on the paper. Lund completely faded, but takes a third place.
The peloton sprint, however, was much more exciting although it meant nothing. It's between Bettini, Petacchi, McEwen and Bennati. Who won? I'll let you decide
The game decided to crash on the export, so you got to live with these short results.
Stage Result:
Overall Classement:
Points Classement:
Mountain Classement:
Kevin van Impe won. See results on stage 6
It's still Scanlon in the lead, though.
