Championships After two-time Astana is the rich back to Deceuninck-Quick.Step in the Tirreno-Adriatico. Julian Alaphilippe was in the penultimate stage to Jesi is surprisingly the fastest in a bunch sprint. The Frenchman won for Cimolai and Viviani. Adam Yates leaves tomorrow as the leader in the closing time trial in San Benedetto del Tronto.
there Is still life after Deceuninck-Quick.Step and Astana at the Tirreno-Adriatico? After Julian Alaphilippe, Elia Viviani, Alexey Lutsenko and Jakob Fuglsang was kind of the question at the start of the sixth stage in Matelica. 195 kilometres away would be the arrival in Jesi follow.
The final was close, so we could advance a mass sprint to expect. With the individual time trial tomorrow in mind it was the last chance for Viviani, Sagan and Gaviria on ritsucces. In principle, the three fastest sprinters were earlier in this Tirreno-Adriatico on stage in the stage to Foligno.
Go free geschiedenisloos happen. In the flight of the day was, however, one countryman: Gijs Van Hoecke loved the glory of Team CCC high. There were also Maestri, Ballerini, Bojev, Rojas, Dayer Quintana and King front. In the last local round in Jesi was their attack is over.
The sprintersploegen had their catching up to the good habit perfectly timed. In the run-up to the finale were Yves Lampaet and Zdenek Stybar to see itself in the service of Viviani. Deceuninck-Quick.Step piloteerde his Italian veelwinnaar in pole position to the last straight line.
But that is slightly ascending arrival came faster than expected. With Richeze and Alaphilippe, there were still two team mates for Viviani and they pulled the sprint until late. The other spurters had to sleep have a nap and there were not more about. Cimolai and Sagan reason to place two and three. Viviani was a bit angry for fourth. The first Belgian was again Jens Keukeleire on a seventh place. Greg Van Avermaet was the eighth.
For Alaphilippe, it was his sixth victory of the season. He bring the total of Deceuninck Quick.Step on 18 pieces. That is one less than the might of Astana. On six race days will be oddly in the Tirreno-Adriatico is also the third time that the victory to a rider of the team of Patrick Lefevere. The other rides went to Astana (Fuglsang, Lutsenko) and Mitchelton-SCOTT (team time trial).
