Tirreno-Adriatico: Alaphilippe on the attack

The lumpy 170km stage 3 got off to a rather uneventful start, six men booking a place in the breakaway as soon as the flag was waved. The attackers worked well together and built a comfortable advantage over the peloton, but as soon as the road went up, the chasers increased the tempo and gradually reduced the difference before putting an end to the escapees’ adventure at the front with 40 kilometers to go.
At the intermediate sprint outside the small town of Amelia, two men – including the defending champion – rode away from the peloton to get the bonus seconds, and were quickly joined by Julian Alaphilippe and one other rider. A short glance over the shoulder convinced the quartet to keep pushing and soon their advantage grew to almost 30 seconds, an unexpected move that sounded the alarm in the peloton.
Several teams keen on having the stage end up in a bunch sprint combined forces and chased hard to reduce the gap to the strong attacking group, which continued to make it difficult for the pack, who reeled them in only on the outskirts of Terni. Alaphilippe decided that his work wasn’t over and stormed to the front at 2km to go, with Kasper Asgreen in his wheel. The Ronde van Vlaanderen winner took over before the flamme rouge and produced one of his trademark long lead-out for Davide Ballerini, who once again contested the sprint and finished just outside the top 10 as Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) grabbed the victory.
Remco Evenepoel enjoyed a quiet day in the bunch and continues to sit second in the overall rankings and top the youth classification, despite his lead having been cut to three seconds consequence of that intermediate sprint.
Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images
Race details
1 |
Caleb Ewan Lotto Soudal |
4:07:24 |
2 |
Arnaud Démare Groupama - FDJ |
0:00 |
3 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
0:00 |
4 |
Nacer Bouhanni Team Arkéa Samsic |
0:00 |
5 |
Tim Merlier Alpecin-Fenix |
0:00 |
6 |
Pascal Ackermann UAE Team Emirates |
0:00 |
7 |
Phil Bauhaus Bahrain - Victorious |
0:00 |
8 |
Simone Consonni Cofidis |
0:00 |
9 |
Elia Viviani INEOS Grenadiers |
0:00 |
10 |
Matteo Moschetti Trek - Segafredo |
0:00 |
12 |
Davide Ballerini
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
27 |
Mark Cavendish
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
39 |
Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
79 |
Julian Alaphilippe
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
120 |
Kasper Asgreen
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
141 |
Mikkel Frølich Honoré
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
159 |
Josef Černý
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
4:30 |
1 |
Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers |
9:48:04 |
2 |
Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:11 |
3 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
0:14 |
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 |
28 |
Davide Ballerini
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:55 |
29 |
Julian Alaphilippe
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:57 |
89 |
Mark Cavendish
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
1:30 |
105 |
Mikkel Frølich Honoré
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
1:40 |
155 |
Josef Černý
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
5:17 |
1 |
Tim Merlier Alpecin-Fenix |
18 pt |
2 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
18 pt |
3 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
15 pt |
4 |
Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers |
12 pt |
5 |
Caleb Ewan Lotto Soudal |
12 pt |
6 |
Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
10 pt |
7 |
Arnaud Démare Groupama - FDJ |
10 pt |
8 |
Simone Consonni Cofidis |
9 pt |
9 |
Phil Bauhaus Bahrain - Victorious |
9 pt |
10 |
Kaden Groves Team BikeExchange - Jayco |
8 pt |
11 |
Kasper Asgreen
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
7 pt |
18 |
Davide Ballerini
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
4 pt |
23 |
Julian Alaphilippe
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
2 pt |
1 |
Davide Bais EOLO-Kometa |
10 pt |
2 |
Luca Rastelli Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè |
3 pt |
3 |
Francesco Gavazzi EOLO-Kometa |
3 pt |
4 |
Mirco Maestri EOLO-Kometa |
2 pt |
5 |
Davide Gabburo Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè |
2 pt |
6 |
Edoardo Zardini Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli |
1 pt |
7 |
Umberto Marengo Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli |
1 pt |
1 |
Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
9:48:15 |
2 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
0:03 |
3 |
Thymen Arensman Team DSM |
0:17 |
4 |
Matteo Sobrero Team BikeExchange - Jayco |
0:40 |
5 |
Thibault Guernalec Team Arkéa Samsic |
0:46 |
6 |
Kaden Groves Team BikeExchange - Jayco |
0:51 |
7 |
Quinn Simmons Trek - Segafredo |
0:54 |
8 |
Stefano Oldani Alpecin-Fenix |
0:57 |
9 |
Robert Stannard Alpecin-Fenix |
1:03 |
10 |
Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies |
1:04 |
19 |
Mikkel Frølich Honoré
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
1:59 |
1 | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 29:25:34 |
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 |