Alaphilippe strengthens grip on Itzulia points standings

For the third consecutive day, a reduced group contested the victory at the Spanish stage race, and Julian Alaphilippe was present again for Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, coming agonisingly close to another victory. The World Champion, already victorious in Viana and sporting the green jersey on his shoulders instead of the rainbow one, was beaten by the smallest of margins on the uphill finish in Zamudio, which got to welcome an Itzulia stage for the first time.
After Mauri Vansevenant’s spell in a large breakaway group that stayed off the front until the final classified climb of the day came to an end, Julian Alaphilippe and Remco Evenepoel went on the attack on the Vivero ascent, constantly applying pressure on the yellow jersey group, which resulted in several riders being shed out the back inside the last 20 kilometers of Thursday’s frantic stage.
When it became clear that the small peloton would remain as one despite the numerous moves that involved also other riders, Vansevenant and Evenepoel contributed to the pace-setting to make sure the last remaining member of the breakaway would be pulled back, which happened in sight of the flamme rouge. Remco, the best young rider of the race, piloted Alaphilippe through the tricky corners of the last kilometer, and the World Champion finished second for a hair’s breadth behind Dani Martinez (Ineos Grenadiers), a result that cemented his position atop the points classification with two stages to go.
Photo credit: ©Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno / Getty Images
Race details
1 |
Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda INEOS Grenadiers |
4:15:23 |
2 |
Julian Alaphilippe
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
3 |
Diego Ulissi UAE Team Emirates |
0:00 |
4 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
0:00 |
5 |
Pello Bilbao López de Armentia Bahrain - Victorious |
0:00 |
6 |
Orluis Aular Sanabria Caja Rural - Seguros RGA |
0:00 |
7 |
Ruben Guerreiro EF Education-EasyPost |
0:00 |
8 |
Rudy Molard Groupama - FDJ |
0:00 |
9 |
Aleksandr Vlasov BORA - hansgrohe |
0:00 |
10 |
Gianluca Brambilla Trek - Segafredo |
0:00 |
34 |
Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
64 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
3:36 |
116 |
Dries Devenyns
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
13:03 |
121 |
Rémi Cavagna
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
13:03 |
130 |
James Knox
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
16:01 |
1 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
14:05:10 |
2 |
Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:05 |
3 |
Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda INEOS Grenadiers |
0:11 |
4 |
Aleksandr Vlasov BORA - hansgrohe |
0:14 |
5 |
Adam Yates INEOS Grenadiers |
0:18 |
6 |
Pello Bilbao López de Armentia Bahrain - Victorious |
0:19 |
7 |
Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen Jumbo-Visma |
0:19 |
8 |
Ion Izagirre Insausti Cofidis |
0:20 |
9 |
Julian Alaphilippe
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:22 |
10 |
David Gaudu Groupama - FDJ |
0:32 |
48 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
11:34 |
87 |
Dries Devenyns
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
26:12 |
114 |
Rémi Cavagna
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
32:28 |
137 |
James Knox
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
43:51 |
1 |
Julian Alaphilippe
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
65 pt |
2 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
51 pt |
3 |
Pello Bilbao López de Armentia Bahrain - Victorious |
37 pt |
4 |
Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda INEOS Grenadiers |
34 pt |
5 |
Aleksandr Vlasov BORA - hansgrohe |
33 pt |
6 |
Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
30 pt |
7 |
Bruno Armirail Groupama - FDJ |
29 pt |
8 |
David Gaudu Groupama - FDJ |
22 pt |
9 |
Orluis Aular Sanabria Caja Rural - Seguros RGA |
22 pt |
10 |
Adam Yates INEOS Grenadiers |
21 pt |
19 |
Rémi Cavagna
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
16 pt |
45 |
Dries Devenyns
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
1 pt |
1 |
Cristián Rodríguez Martín TotalEnergies |
23 pt |
2 |
Ibon Ruiz Sedano Equipo Kern Pharma |
12 pt |
3 |
Ander Okamika Burgos-BH |
9 pt |
4 |
Geraint Thomas INEOS Grenadiers |
9 pt |
5 |
Victor Lafay Cofidis |
7 pt |
6 |
Jan Polanc UAE Team Emirates |
7 pt |
7 |
Bruno Armirail Groupama - FDJ |
6 pt |
8 |
Davide Formolo UAE Team Emirates |
6 pt |
9 |
Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
5 pt |
10 |
Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen Jumbo-Visma |
5 pt |
1 |
Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
14:05:15 |
2 |
Ben Tulett INEOS Grenadiers |
2:41 |
3 |
Andreas Leknessund Team DSM |
3:00 |
4 |
Juan Pedro López Pérez Trek - Segafredo |
3:10 |
5 |
Felix Gall AG2R Citroën Team |
3:11 |
6 |
Sylvain Moniquet Lotto Soudal |
5:56 |
7 |
Carlos Rodríguez Cano INEOS Grenadiers |
6:26 |
8 |
Igor Arrieta Lizarraga Equipo Kern Pharma |
10:27 |
9 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
11:29 |
10 |
Nicolas Prodhomme AG2R Citroën Team |
12:04 |
1 | INEOS Grenadiers | 42:18:52 |
2 | Groupama - FDJ | 2:42 |
3 | Jumbo-Visma | 3:24 |
4 | Movistar Team | 7:00 |
5 | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 8:29 |
6 | Trek - Segafredo | 11:01 |
7 | UAE Team Emirates | 12:25 |
8 | Bahrain - Victorious | 12:52 |
9 | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 15:06 |
10 | Lotto Soudal | 15:50 |