The summary
In the first kilometers, a breakaway of 4 men formed with Filip Maciejuk (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Luca Vergalito (Alpecin-DECEUNINCK), Philippe Jacob et Félix Bouchard (Canada). Behind the training Lotto d’Arnaud de Lie control. Nothing to report during the first laps, but everything is triggered 85 terminals from the line with the first attacks. A group of 5 escapes with Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor), Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates XRG), Xandro Meurisse (Alpecin-DECEUNINCK), Laurence Pithie (Red bull-bora-haansgrohe) et Bastien Tronchon (Decathlon AG2R). And the latter are joined a few kilometers further by Anton charming, Alberto Bettiol (XDs asa), Arthem Schmid (INEOS Grenadiers), Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-trek), Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-DECEUNINCK), Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious) et Pavel Sivakov (UAE Team Emirates XRG). The runners of the morning escape are taken up by this group. And it explodes in all directions, whether in mind or in the peloton.
And it is in the penultimate ascent of the mountain coast, 16 terminals from the line, that Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) launches its attack, only followed by Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility), Paul Lapeira (Decathlon AG2R) and Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty). But this quartet – joined by Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates XRG) et EULALIO AFONSO (Bahrain Victorious) – Has struggling to go on the head of the race, where we only find Alaphilippe, Hermans, Charming, Bettiol, Scold, Mohoric et Sivakov. It looks at the group Pogacar And the peloton returns to them. While in the head group, Alaphilippe, Bettiol et Sivakov manage to extricate 3 kilometers from the finish and arrive at the foot of the last ascent with a few seconds in advance. 1.5 terminals from the line, in the steepest passages, Alaphilippe Go to the attack and no one can follow it. French is impressive, however Sivakov et Bettiol are still there and come closer in the last 500 meters. But Alaphilippe resists and manages to win his first victory under his new colors of the Tudorafter more than a year without success. Pavel Sivakov takes 2nd place, for a magnificent French double, in front Bettiol3E.
