Finally we arrived to the mountains in this race, with a one-climb mountain stage finishing in La Grita. Intxausti and Pinot are the favourites and will want to prove so from the first day
Breakaway of 5 riders since the start.
Clarke Howes Arvidsson Nsengimana Mäder
Nsengimana beats Clarke for the first intermediate sprint, while we can see the bunch dangerously close to the breakaway already
Lundberg and Mehr-Wenige attacked on the flat trying to bridge the gap, but could never make it, and now the breakaway has splitted, with just Mader, Ssengimana and Clarke left in front
It's breakaway over with around 50 kms to go! We'll see what's the attitude in the bunch now
And Van Emden will finally give up his leader jersey, as the Signal Iduna rider gets dropped at the summit of the first climb of the day, and with no downhill, it's going to be impossible to recover anything.
In the head of the bunch, it's NENT working for Faiers right now, as Piccoli and Durasek lead the 50-rider group over this climb
7 kms to go and it's fireworks time! Tibopino is the first one to make a move, and it's closely followed by Intxausti, Saggiorato, Elissonde and Squire, while Mannion lagged a bit to follow and is struggling to catch up
Cort Nielsen tries to close the gap, followed by Atapuma, Brandt and Faiers, who was caught naping on the attacks despite his team's work earlier. No signs of Kiserlovski yet
Too much pace in the front group for Mannion, who has to drop out of stage winning contention
That was a very long pull by Pinot, esentially no one gave him a relay since he first attacked, and with less than 4 kms to go, Intxausti goes to the front. Still 5 riders in that first group, with the gap to the rest being around 45 seconds now, that it's being led by Atapuma right now.
We can also see the current race situation
Inside of the final 2 kms, and Intxausti's pace is too much for Squire!
Right before the final km it's Saggiorato who can't keep with the high pace any longer! And Pinot and Elissonde aren't looking great compared to Intxausti now...
Intxausti is opening a gap to Pinot and Elissonde. He has surely got this win already. Question now is how much time will he gain on them
Big comeback by Kiserlovski, who has dropped Atapuma's group, and has already caught Squire. Better late than never i guess, and at least he's going to save a Top5 result with this performance, hoping for better legs on the other mountain stages
Celebration time for Beñat Intxausti and his team DK Zalgiris, and the Spaniard takes the win in La Grita, and becomes the new race leader!!
Pinot beats Elissonde for second place, both losing 23 seconds (+ bonus) to Intxausti today
+42 for Saggiorato, with a fantastic fourth place today
+ 1'18 Kiserlovski, + 1'27 Squire, + 1'45 Atapuma
Race isn't over for neither of them, but strategy wasn't the smartest for the Croatian or the Colombian, and Squire while knowing he's not a top climber, he hoped with all-rounder abilities would help him more today
Good day for Brandt, and disappointing for Faiers, after all the work his team did in the early part of the mountains
Beñat Inxausti receives the Yellow Jersey as race leader. Tomorrow he has the mountain time trial test, and after that, just two mountain stages left in the race
Stage
1
Benat Intxausti
DK Zalgiris
4h14'02
2
Thibaut Pinot
GCN ProTeam
+ 23
3
Kenny Elissonde
CYBEX Platinum
s.t.
4
Mirco Saggiorato
Centovalli - Fiat
+ 42
5
Robert Kiserlovski
BNZ Cycling Team
+ 1'18
6
Robbie Squire
Azteca - NBCSN
+ 1'27
7
Darwin Atapuma
Team Europcar
+ 1'45
8
Tyler Brandt
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
+ 2'10
9
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Tryg Insurance Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Thomas Faiers
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
+ 2'31
11
Marko Pavlic
OMV Petrom-albania.al
+ 2'44
12
Tyron Giogieri
OMV Petrom-albania.al
s.t.
13
Gavin Mannion
Azteca - NBCSN
+ 2'53
14
Antton Ibarguren
La Vie Claire
+ 3'06
15
Cyrile Thiery
Centovalli - Fiat
+ 3'14
16
Adrien Niyonshuti
La Vie Claire
+ 3'25
17
Daniel Ricardo Diaz
CYBEX Platinum
s.t.
18
Gian Piero Signorini
Centovalli - Fiat
s.t.
19
Pavel Potocki
GCN ProTeam
s.t.
20
Andrea Manfredi
Centovalli - Fiat
s.t.
21
Adam De Vos
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
s.t.
22
Lawson Craddock
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
s.t.
23
Hossein Alizadeh
CYBEX Platinum
s.t.
24
Johan Fredrik Ziesler
World Cycling Centre
s.t.
25
Essaid Abelouache
Signal Iduna
s.t.
26
Rui Pedro Vinhas
GCN ProTeam
s.t.
27
Joao Gaspar
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
s.t.
28
Christopher Butler
Fox News - Flat Earth Society
s.t.
29
Mirac Kal
Signal Iduna
s.t.
30
Egidijus Juodvalkis
DK Zalgiris
s.t.
31
Johan Le Bon
DK Zalgiris
s.t.
32
Sergio Godoy
World Cycling Centre
s.t.
33
Johannes Heider
CYBEX Platinum
s.t.
34
Michael Cuming
GCN ProTeam
s.t.
35
Kristijan Durasek
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
s.t.
36
Nathan Wilson
Fox News - Flat Earth Society
s.t.
37
Dadi Suryadi
La Vie Claire
s.t.
38
Oleg Berdos
OMV Petrom-albania.al
s.t.
39
Edison Bravo
Azteca - NBCSN
s.t.
40
Ludvig Lundberg
World Cycling Centre
s.t.
41
Patrik Tybor
Team Europcar
s.t.
42
James Piccoli
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
+ 4'37
43
Kamil Zielinski
Team Europcar
s.t.
44
Lorenzo Delco
La Vie Claire
+ 5'57
45
Donald Mukaj
Fox News - Flat Earth Society
s.t.
46
Sergio Ortega
Azteca - NBCSN
s.t.
47
Wolfgang Burmann
Tryg Insurance Cycling Team
s.t.
48
Cesar Rojas Villegas
Fox News - Flat Earth Society
s.t.
49
Oscar Solis
Azteca - NBCSN
s.t.
50
Connor McConvey
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
s.t.
51
Peter Stetina
Azteca - NBCSN
s.t.
52
Alex Howes
Fox News - Flat Earth Society
s.t.
53
Marek Canecky
Team Europcar
s.t.
54
Jairo Agudelo
World Cycling Centre
s.t.
55
Muhammad Abdurrahman
Tryg Insurance Cycling Team
s.t.
56
Juan Osorio
World Cycling Centre
s.t.
57
Paddy Clarke
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
s.t.
58
Travis McCabe
Fox News - Flat Earth Society
s.t.
59
Pascal Eenkhoorn
Centovalli - Fiat
s.t.
60
Martin Mahdar
Team Europcar
s.t.
61
Adrian Honkisz
Team Europcar
s.t.
62
Benjamin Brkic
OMV Petrom-albania.al
s.t.
63
Martin Weiss
OMV Petrom-albania.al
s.t.
64
Jordi Majoral
OMV Petrom-albania.al
s.t.
65
Johannes Schinnagel
CYBEX Platinum
s.t.
66
Samuel Coronel
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
+ 6'53
67
Luis Miguel Mansilla
Signal Iduna
+ 7'48
68
Andriy Khripta
Kofola
s.t.
69
Jan Cully
Kofola
s.t.
70
Maani Altanzul
BNZ Cycling Team
s.t.
71
Elias Abou Rachid
Kofola
s.t.
72
Jean-Francois Camier
BNZ Cycling Team
s.t.
73
Jhonatan Narvaez
DK Zalgiris
s.t.
74
Max Oste-Macdonald
BNZ Cycling Team
s.t.
75
Juraj Bellan
Kofola
s.t.
76
Jelle Wallays
Kofola
s.t.
77
Roman Kreuziger
Kofola
+ 8'30
78
Philip Lindau
La Vie Claire
s.t.
79
Manuel Fumic
CYBEX Platinum
s.t.
80
Niklas Larsen
Tryg Insurance Cycling Team
s.t.
81
Jos Van Emden
Signal Iduna
s.t.
82
Paulius Siskevicius
Signal Iduna
+ 9'12
83
Dietmar Mehr-Wenige
Equinor Pro Cycling
+ 10'13
84
Lucas Hamilton
DK Zalgiris
s.t.
85
Georg Zimmermann
Tryg Insurance Cycling Team
s.t.
86
Juan Sebastian Molano
World Cycling Centre
s.t.
87
Dylan Sunderland
BNZ Cycling Team
s.t.
88
Marvin Orlando Angarita
World Cycling Centre
s.t.
89
Xandro Meurisse
La Vie Claire
s.t.
90
Lawrence Naesen
Signal Iduna
s.t.
91
Hannes Forsby
World Cycling Centre
s.t.
92
Daniel Habtemichael
McCormick Pro Cycling
+ 10'33
93
Stepan Kurianov
Equinor Pro Cycling
+ 10'46
94
Gatis Smukulis
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
s.t.
95
Gino Mäder
Centovalli - Fiat
+ 11'36
96
Dario Puccioni
CYBEX Platinum
s.t.
97
Mikkel Honore
Tryg Insurance Cycling Team
+ 11'59
98
Thomas Revard
McCormick Pro Cycling
s.t.
99
Luke Keough
Azteca - NBCSN
s.t.
100
Azzeddine Lagab
Equinor Pro Cycling
+ 12'13
101
Romeo Quicibal
Equinor Pro Cycling
s.t.
102
Bram Welten
GCN ProTeam
+ 12'55
103
Nazir Jaser
Kofola
s.t.
104
Max Kanter
Tryg Insurance Cycling Team
s.t.
105
Alessandro Fedeli
Centovalli - Fiat
s.t.
106
Onur Balkan
OMV Petrom-albania.al
s.t.
107
Darijus Dzervus
DK Zalgiris
s.t.
108
Freddy Cruz
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
s.t.
109
Jean Bosco Nsengimana
Signal Iduna
+ 13'48
110
Madushanka Perera
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
s.t.
111
Ian Richardson
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
+ 14'00
112
Ka Hoo Fung
McCormick Pro Cycling
s.t.
113
Stephan Rabitsch
OMV Petrom-albania.al
+ 14'15
114
Erik Mohs
GCN ProTeam
+ 14'37
115
Issiaka Cisse
Centovalli - Fiat
+ 16'40
116
Luke Mudgway
BNZ Cycling Team
+ 18'56
117
Sulkhan Akhmaevi
DK Zalgiris
s.t.
118
Bilguunjargal Erdenebat
BNZ Cycling Team
s.t.
119
Adrian Babic
Kofola
s.t.
120
Jonas Vingegaard
Tryg Insurance Cycling Team
s.t.
121
Robert Gavenda
Team Europcar
s.t.
122
Patompob Phonarjthan
Fox News - Flat Earth Society
s.t.
123
Munkhtulga Erdenesuren
BNZ Cycling Team
s.t.
124
Connor Brown
McCormick Pro Cycling
s.t.
125
Maris Bogdanovics
CYBEX Platinum
s.t.
126
Staffan Arvidsson
La Vie Claire
s.t.
127
Brendan Rhim
McCormick Pro Cycling
s.t.
128
Alex Hoehn
McCormick Pro Cycling
s.t.
129
Timothy Dupont
Signal Iduna
s.t.
130
Dan McLay
GCN ProTeam
s.t.
131
Jan-Willem van Schip
La Vie Claire
s.t.
132
Pavel Korzh
Fox News - Flat Earth Society
s.t.
133
Syver Waersted
Equinor Pro Cycling
s.t.
134
James Curry
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
+ 21'14
135
Rory Townsend
Equinor Pro Cycling
s.t.
136
Azizulhasni Awang
DK Zalgiris
s.t.
137
Steven Burke
GCN ProTeam
s.t.
138
Noah Granigan
McCormick Pro Cycling
s.t.
139
Alain Quispe
Equinor Pro Cycling
s.t.
140
Nipuna Shira Manamalage
McCormick Pro Cycling
+ 23'40
GC
1
Benat Intxausti
DK Zalgiris
21h46'01
2
Thibaut Pinot
GCN ProTeam
+ 31
3
Kenny Elissonde
CYBEX Platinum
+ 35
4
Mirco Saggiorato
Centovalli - Fiat
+ 1'02
5
Robbie Squire
Azteca - NBCSN
+ 1'35
6
Robert Kiserlovski
BNZ Cycling Team
+ 1'38
7
Darwin Atapuma
Team Europcar
+ 2'05
8
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Tryg Insurance Cycling Team
+ 2'30
9
Tyler Brandt
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
s.t.
10
Thomas Faiers
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
+ 2'51
11
Tyron Giogieri
OMV Petrom-albania.al
+ 3'04
12
Marko Pavlic
OMV Petrom-albania.al
s.t.
13
Gavin Mannion
Azteca - NBCSN
+ 3'13
14
Antton Ibarguren
La Vie Claire
+ 3'26
15
Cyrile Thiery
Centovalli - Fiat
+ 3'34
16
Daniel Ricardo Diaz
CYBEX Platinum
+ 3'45
17
Andrea Manfredi
Centovalli - Fiat
s.t.
18
Joao Gaspar
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
s.t.
19
Hossein Alizadeh
CYBEX Platinum
s.t.
20
Pavel Potocki
GCN ProTeam
s.t.
21
Adam De Vos
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
s.t.
22
Rui Pedro Vinhas
GCN ProTeam
s.t.
23
Johannes Heider
CYBEX Platinum
s.t.
24
Kristijan Durasek
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
s.t.
25
Michael Cuming
GCN ProTeam
s.t.
26
Johan Le Bon
DK Zalgiris
s.t.
27
Christopher Butler
Fox News - Flat Earth Society
s.t.
28
Ludvig Lundberg
World Cycling Centre
s.t.
29
Adrien Niyonshuti
La Vie Claire
s.t.
30
Sergio Godoy
World Cycling Centre
s.t.
31
Mirac Kal
Signal Iduna
s.t.
32
Lawson Craddock
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
s.t.
33
Essaid Abelouache
Signal Iduna
s.t.
34
Egidijus Juodvalkis
DK Zalgiris
s.t.
35
Johan Fredrik Ziesler
World Cycling Centre
s.t.
36
Patrik Tybor
Team Europcar
s.t.
37
Dadi Suryadi
La Vie Claire
s.t.
38
Kamil Zielinski
Team Europcar
+ 4'57
39
Pascal Eenkhoorn
Centovalli - Fiat
+ 5'59
40
Lorenzo Delco
La Vie Claire
+ 6'01
41
Paddy Clarke
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
+ 6'13
42
Jairo Agudelo
World Cycling Centre
+ 6'17
43
Peter Stetina
Azteca - NBCSN
s.t.
44
Travis McCabe
Fox News - Flat Earth Society
s.t.
45
Alex Howes
Fox News - Flat Earth Society
s.t.
46
Muhammad Abdurrahman
Tryg Insurance Cycling Team
s.t.
47
Wolfgang Burmann
Tryg Insurance Cycling Team
s.t.
48
Connor McConvey
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
s.t.
49
Adrian Honkisz
Team Europcar
s.t.
50
Donald Mukaj
Fox News - Flat Earth Society
s.t.
51
Juan Osorio
World Cycling Centre
s.t.
52
Martin Mahdar
Team Europcar
s.t.
53
Marek Canecky
Team Europcar
s.t.
54
Cesar Rojas Villegas
Fox News - Flat Earth Society
s.t.
55
Samuel Coronel
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
+ 7'13
56
Edison Bravo
Azteca - NBCSN
+ 7'22
57
Nathan Wilson
Fox News - Flat Earth Society
+ 7'27
58
Maani Altanzul
BNZ Cycling Team
+ 7'44
59
Juraj Bellan
Kofola
+ 7'56
60
Luis Miguel Mansilla
Signal Iduna
+ 8'08
61
Andriy Khripta
Kofola
s.t.
62
Jan Cully
Kofola
s.t.
63
Jelle Wallays
Kofola
s.t.
64
Jhonatan Narvaez
DK Zalgiris
s.t.
65
Max Oste-Macdonald
BNZ Cycling Team
s.t.
66
Elias Abou Rachid
Kofola
s.t.
67
Jos Van Emden
Signal Iduna
+ 8'20
68
Gian Piero Signorini
Centovalli - Fiat
+ 8'22
69
Philip Lindau
La Vie Claire
+ 8'40
70
Roman Kreuziger
Kofola
+ 8'44
71
Manuel Fumic
CYBEX Platinum
+ 8'50
72
Paulius Siskevicius
Signal Iduna
+ 9'30
73
James Piccoli
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
+ 10'03
74
Lawrence Naesen
Signal Iduna
+ 10'19
75
Dylan Sunderland
BNZ Cycling Team
+ 10'33
76
Lucas Hamilton
DK Zalgiris
s.t.
77
Georg Zimmermann
Tryg Insurance Cycling Team
s.t.
78
Xandro Meurisse
La Vie Claire
s.t.
79
Juan Sebastian Molano
World Cycling Centre
s.t.
80
Sergio Ortega
Azteca - NBCSN
+ 10'54
81
Johannes Schinnagel
CYBEX Platinum
s.t.
82
Jordi Majoral
OMV Petrom-albania.al
s.t.
83
Oscar Solis
Azteca - NBCSN
s.t.
84
Gatis Smukulis
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
+ 11'06
85
Oleg Berdos
OMV Petrom-albania.al
+ 12'11
86
Mikkel Honore
Tryg Insurance Cycling Team
+ 12'19
87
Thomas Revard
McCormick Pro Cycling
s.t.
88
Azzeddine Lagab
Equinor Pro Cycling
+ 12'33
89
Darijus Dzervus
DK Zalgiris
+ 13'07
90
Nazir Jaser
Kofola
+ 13'15
91
Bram Welten
GCN ProTeam
s.t.
92
Max Kanter
Tryg Insurance Cycling Team
s.t.
93
Freddy Cruz
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
s.t.
94
Niklas Larsen
Tryg Insurance Cycling Team
+ 13'27
95
Jean Bosco Nsengimana
Signal Iduna
+ 13'56
96
Ka Hoo Fung
McCormick Pro Cycling
+ 14'20
97
Ian Richardson
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
s.t.
98
Erik Mohs
GCN ProTeam
+ 14'37
99
Martin Weiss
OMV Petrom-albania.al
+ 14'43
100
Benjamin Brkic
OMV Petrom-albania.al
s.t.
101
Romeo Quicibal
Equinor Pro Cycling
+ 14'54
102
Marvin Orlando Angarita
World Cycling Centre
+ 15'02
103
Daniel Habtemichael
McCormick Pro Cycling
+ 15'24
104
Stepan Kurianov
Equinor Pro Cycling
+ 15'43
105
Luke Keough
Azteca - NBCSN
+ 16'08
106
Issiaka Cisse
Centovalli - Fiat
+ 16'40
107
Gino Mäder
Centovalli - Fiat
+ 17'23
108
Hannes Forsby
World Cycling Centre
+ 17'27
109
Alessandro Fedeli
Centovalli - Fiat
+ 17'52
110
Dario Puccioni
CYBEX Platinum
+ 18'50
111
Staffan Arvidsson
La Vie Claire
+ 19'08
112
Dan McLay
GCN ProTeam
+ 19'16
113
Pavel Korzh
Fox News - Flat Earth Society
s.t.
114
Jonas Vingegaard
Tryg Insurance Cycling Team
s.t.
115
Alex Hoehn
McCormick Pro Cycling
s.t.
116
Dietmar Mehr-Wenige
Equinor Pro Cycling
+ 20'46
117
Brendan Rhim
McCormick Pro Cycling
+ 21'46
118
Jean-Francois Camier
BNZ Cycling Team
+ 22'26
119
Timothy Dupont
Signal Iduna
+ 22'41
120
Jan-Willem van Schip
La Vie Claire
s.t.
121
Munkhtulga Erdenesuren
BNZ Cycling Team
s.t.
122
Stephan Rabitsch
OMV Petrom-albania.al
+ 23'01
123
Connor Brown
McCormick Pro Cycling
+ 23'53
124
Bilguunjargal Erdenebat
BNZ Cycling Team
s.t.
125
Steven Burke
GCN ProTeam
+ 24'59
126
Madushanka Perera
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
+ 25'31
127
Robert Gavenda
Team Europcar
+ 26'10
128
Luke Mudgway
BNZ Cycling Team
s.t.
129
Syver Waersted
Equinor Pro Cycling
s.t.
130
Patompob Phonarjthan
Fox News - Flat Earth Society
+ 26'16
131
Nipuna Shira Manamalage
McCormick Pro Cycling
+ 27'11
132
Onur Balkan
OMV Petrom-albania.al
+ 29'41
133
Adrian Babic
Kofola
+ 30'05
134
Alain Quispe
Equinor Pro Cycling
+ 31'19
135
Rory Townsend
Equinor Pro Cycling
+ 32'57
136
Azizulhasni Awang
DK Zalgiris
+ 34'12
137
Sulkhan Akhmaevi
DK Zalgiris
+ 34'48
138
James Curry
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
+ 35'22
139
Maris Bogdanovics
CYBEX Platinum
+ 36'17
140
Noah Granigan
McCormick Pro Cycling
+ 44'31
Points
1
Maani Altanzul
BNZ Cycling Team
76
2
Luke Keough
Azteca - NBCSN
67
3
Erik Mohs
GCN ProTeam
58
4
Issiaka Cisse
Centovalli - Fiat
50
5
Pavel Korzh
Fox News - Flat Earth Society
47
6
Romeo Quicibal
Equinor Pro Cycling
42
7
Marvin Orlando Angarita
World Cycling Centre
41
8
Jos Van Emden
Signal Iduna
39
9
Edison Bravo
Azteca - NBCSN
37
10
Benat Intxausti
DK Zalgiris
34
11
Robbie Squire
Azteca - NBCSN
30
12
Azizulhasni Awang
DK Zalgiris
30
13
Darijus Dzervus
DK Zalgiris
29
14
Nazir Jaser
Kofola
29
15
Martin Weiss
OMV Petrom-albania.al
28
16
Thibaut Pinot
GCN ProTeam
27
17
Luis Miguel Mansilla
Signal Iduna
25
18
Maris Bogdanovics
CYBEX Platinum
25
19
Robert Kiserlovski
BNZ Cycling Team
22
20
Nipuna Shira Manamalage
McCormick Pro Cycling
22
KoM
1
Edison Bravo
Azteca - NBCSN
28
2
Benat Intxausti
DK Zalgiris
15
3
Robbie Squire
Azteca - NBCSN
14
4
Darijus Dzervus
DK Zalgiris
14
5
Romeo Quicibal
Equinor Pro Cycling
12
6
Thibaut Pinot
GCN ProTeam
11
7
Maani Altanzul
BNZ Cycling Team
10
8
Thomas Faiers
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
8
9
Robert Kiserlovski
BNZ Cycling Team
8
10
Roman Kreuziger
Kofola
6
11
Kenny Elissonde
CYBEX Platinum
6
12
Azzeddine Lagab
Equinor Pro Cycling
6
13
James Piccoli
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
6
14
Lawrence Naesen
Signal Iduna
4
15
Mirco Saggiorato
Centovalli - Fiat
4
16
Joao Gaspar
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
4
17
Kristijan Durasek
NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite
4
18
Ludvig Lundberg
World Cycling Centre
4
19
Gino Mäder
Centovalli - Fiat
4
20
Patrik Tybor
Team Europcar
2
Cort Nielsen isn't actually eligible for the U25 standings, but a "bug" on the DB, that was still set to 2018 when i started reporting the race, makes him appear in the standings. He won't receive any points for it, so real leader is Pavlic