Roglic is a cousin completed its sensational debut in the 2023 season this Sunday by conquering the General of Tirreno-Adriatico. The Slovenian cyclist, who already won this test in 2019, achieved his second victory in the ‘race of the two seas’ after holding on to his blue jersey without incident on the final day that decided the sprint.
The Alpecin-Deceuninck cyclist Jasper Phillipsen He took the last partial victory of the week after taking advantage of the work done by his partner Mathieu van der Poel at the finish line. So, without distinguishing between the general’s men, roglic (Jumbo-Visma) maintained its 18 second lead João Almeida (UAE Emirates) and the 23 with him Tao Geoghegan Hart (INEOS Grenadiers). enric mas (Movistar) ended in sixth position and Michael Landa (Bahrain Victorious) has been seventh.
It was a day in which the goal of Roglic and Jumbo-Visma did not suffer in the fight for the lead, something that could happen in the first half of the stage, with a more favorable second with a flat profile to find resolution. in the sprint. They waited on seventh stage 154 kilometers with a start and finish in San Benedetto del Trontowith several ramps in the first sixty-five kilometers of the stage, including the wall of Cossignano and a continuous inclination that the road dips upwards.
It was, in other words, favorable terrain to build the breakaway of the day and the men who wanted to build it jumped out of the peloton. Lorenzo Fortunato (EOLO-Kometa), Samuele Zoccarato (Bardiani), Nans Peters (AG2R), Mikkel Honoré (EF Education-EasyPost), Arthur Kluckers (Tudor), Valentin Ferron (TotalEnergies) and Bruno Armirail (Groupama-FDJ) they made a difference of around two minutes on a peloton controlled by Jumbo-Visma.
With perfectly controlled rents, andThe leader’s team received support from the platoon from other structures that let the flight have little to no money three kilometers for the end. It is the turn then for the sprinters, with a Mathieu van der Poel who threw his companion in the last meters Jasper Phillipsenthat ended him twenty-fifth victory as a professional after losing Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco AlUla) already Alberto Dainese (TeamDSM).
From behind, on a peaceful day, Roglic is a cousin He entered the peloton with no problems to secure his second Tirreno-Adriatico and continue building his legendary record. is adding up 69 victories as a professional, four of them achieved this week with his general and won the three stages. Slovenian, in addition, is already accumulating eight wins in grand tours in one-week stages: two Tirrenos, two Itzulias, two Romandies, a Paris-Nice and a Dauphiné, in a list in which only the Volta a Catalunya and a Tour of Switzerland in which he has not yet participated are against him. His preparation for the Giro d’Italia started in the best possible way.
classifications
7th stage, San Benedetto del Tronto-San Benedetto del Tronto, 154 km
1. Jasper Philipsen (Belgium/Alpecin-Deceuninck) 3h32’36” (10″ bonus)
2. Dylan Groenewegen (Netherlands/Jayco AlUla) id. (6″ bonus)
3. Alberto Dainese (Italy/Team DSM) id. (4″ bonus)
4. Phil Bauhaus (Germany/Bahrain Victorious) id.
5. Simone Consonni (Italy/Cofidis) id.
General
1. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia/Jumbo-Visma) 28h38’57”
2. Joao Almeida (Portugal/UAE Emirates) at 18″
3. Tao Geoghegan Hart (Great Britain/INEOS Grenadiers) at 23″
4. Lennard Kamna (Germany/Bora-hansgrohe) at 34″
5. Giulio Ciccone (Italy/Trek-Segafredo) at 37″
6. Enric Mas (Spain/Movistar) at 41″
7. Mikel Landa (Spain/Bahrain Victorious) at 56″
Source: La Verdad
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