Tirreno-Adriatico arrives in Sovicille

The longest stage of this year’s race (219km) got underway from Camaiore and took the bunch to Sovicille, a small town lying just ten kilometers from Siena, one of Italy’s most charming cities and the place where Kasper Asgreen nabbed his first podium of the season last weekend, at Strade Bianche.
Containing several climbs inside the final 40 kilometers, the stage was controlled by several teams who had an interest in bringing everything back together for a bunch sprint, which eventually happened despite a late attack that forced the bunch to work hard in order to stick to the plan.
Launched by the powerful Asgreen, Davide Ballerini – who is making this week his first outing for the Wolfpack since the Saudi Tour – showed that he is slowly back on track after a bout of illness that forced him to miss several races, and finished seventh in Sovicille, where Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix) got the victory. The white jersey remained in possession of Remco Evenepoel, who pulled it on after his strong opening stage performance in the Lido di Camaiore individual time trial.
Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images
Race details
1 |
Tim Merlier Alpecin-Fenix |
5:25:23 |
2 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
0:00 |
3 |
Kaden Groves Team BikeExchange - Jayco |
0:00 |
4 |
Peter Sagan TotalEnergies |
0:00 |
5 |
Simone Consonni Cofidis |
0:00 |
6 |
Phil Bauhaus Bahrain - Victorious |
0:00 |
7 |
Davide Ballerini
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
8 |
Giacomo Nizzolo Israel - Premier Tech |
0:00 |
9 |
Jacopo Guarnieri Groupama - FDJ |
0:00 |
10 |
Andrea Vendrame AG2R Citroën Team |
0:00 |
13 |
Kasper Asgreen
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
36 |
Julian Alaphilippe
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
37 |
Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
45 |
Josef Černý
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
69 |
Mark Cavendish
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
122 |
Mikkel Frølich Honoré
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
1 |
Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers |
5:40:40 |
2 |
Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:11 |
3 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
0:17 |
4 |
Kasper Asgreen
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:24 |
5 |
Alex Dowsett Israel - Premier Tech |
0:25 |
6 |
Thymen Arensman Team DSM |
0:28 |
7 |
Tobias Ludvigsson Groupama - FDJ |
0:32 |
8 |
Jos van Emden Jumbo-Visma |
0:33 |
9 |
Matteo Sobrero Team BikeExchange - Jayco |
0:39 |
10 |
Lawson Craddock Team BikeExchange - Jayco |
0:39 |
18 |
Josef Černý
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:47 |
29 |
Davide Ballerini
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:55 |
31 |
Julian Alaphilippe
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:58 |
98 |
Mark Cavendish
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
1:30 |
115 |
Mikkel Frølich Honoré
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
1:40 |
1 |
Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers |
12 pt |
2 |
Tim Merlier Alpecin-Fenix |
12 pt |
3 |
Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
10 pt |
4 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
10 pt |
5 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
10 pt |
6 |
Kaden Groves Team BikeExchange - Jayco |
8 pt |
7 |
Kasper Asgreen
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
7 pt |
8 |
Peter Sagan TotalEnergies |
7 pt |
9 |
Alex Dowsett Israel - Premier Tech |
6 pt |
10 |
Simone Consonni Cofidis |
6 pt |
15 |
Davide Ballerini
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
4 pt |
1 |
Davide Bais EOLO-Kometa |
5 pt |
2 |
Francesco Gavazzi EOLO-Kometa |
3 pt |
3 |
Davide Gabburo Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè |
2 pt |
4 |
Umberto Marengo Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli |
1 pt |
1 |
Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
5:40:51 |
2 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
0:06 |
3 |
Thymen Arensman Team DSM |
0:17 |
4 |
Matteo Sobrero Team BikeExchange - Jayco |
0:28 |
5 |
Thibault Guernalec Team Arkéa Samsic |
0:34 |
6 |
Kaden Groves Team BikeExchange - Jayco |
0:51 |
7 |
Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies |
0:52 |
8 |
Quinn Simmons Trek - Segafredo |
0:54 |
9 |
Alan Riou Team Arkéa Samsic |
0:57 |
10 |
Stefano Oldani Alpecin-Fenix |
0:57 |
16 |
Mikkel Frølich Honoré
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
1:29 |
1 | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 17:03:22 |
2 | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:07 |
3 | UAE Team Emirates | 0:22 |
4 | Team BikeExchange - Jayco | 0:47 |
5 | Jumbo-Visma | 0:48 |
6 | Israel - Premier Tech | 1:02 |
7 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 1:11 |
8 | Movistar Team | 1:21 |
9 | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:27 |
10 | Groupama - FDJ | 1:31 |