Will the sprinters prevail on the longest day of the race?
"We'll see," he noted, referring to designs on adding to his win total at the race. In the end it was just the guys of the team bringing me in a good position and it was all for myself – I needed to sprint to the finish. The first goal of the day was to survive the mountains. That's all from our live coverage of today's second stage. First win of the season for him. Or maybe he's in top shape and they're just making it a hard climb for some of the other sprinters. The riders are still working their way across the flat section to begin the stage. Today's finale is quite different to the Coppa Sabatini's uphill finish, though. Tadej Pogačar put in a strong ride to finish on the podium of yesterday's time trial. If they're sending men on the attack here then maybe not too great. Cavendish said at the start that a stage like this would've been a nailed-on sprint a decade ago. They come after 151 and 190 kilometres of racing.
Filippo Ganna took the opening stage of Tirreno-Adriatico for Ineos Grenadiers, winning the individual time trial in 15'18'' to beat Remco Evenepoel.
Ganna will be in the leader's jersey, and is expected to hold onto it for a few days, with the sprinters looking to make their mark from tomorrow. Wearing the rainbow jersey, Ganna crossed the line and destroyed Asgreen’s marker by 24 seconds to go top with a 15’18’’. But would that last? Alex Dowsett (Israel–Premier Tech) was another rider out early, but he looked comfortable throughout and his 15’42’’ looked a very decent time for the favourites to beat. The Ineos Grenadiers rider had previous in this race, not to mention a stellar CV when it comes to time trials. Michael Matthews set the early marker for BikeExchange–Jayco with a time of 16’08’’, but with plenty of talent still to come. Defending champion and pre-race favourite Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) didn’t have last year’s rival Wout van Aert to contend with, the Belgian having opted for Paris-Nice this week with a quirk of the scheduling meaning these two races overlapped almost entirely.
The Alpecin-Fenix rider rode confidently to win the first bunch sprint of the race.
Both Ganna and Daryl Impey (Israel-Premier Tech) made their attempts to pull along their quick men, but it was Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl making the most concerted surge with Davide Ballerini waiting in the wings to pounce. Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) came in ten seconds behind Ganna in second-place, while Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) only lost seven seconds to Evenepoel when he crossed the line. However, Peter Sagan sent an early attack of his own as the course swept round to the right, only for Tim Merlier to come off his tail. 9. Matteo Sobrero (Ita) BikeExchange-Jayco, at 39s In fact, Soler pushed the pace solo up the final climb of the race, trying to create a gap between himself and the initial breakaway group and peloton. 9. Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
The Australian sprinter is intent on finally being first across the line down the Via Roma, and that means he won't be taking any chances this week.
“I don’t go there too often, but I know the climbs quite well,” he said of the San Remo finale. There are more and more guys who are able to compete for the sprint wins,” Ewan said. “I’ve lived in Monaco now eight years, so I’ve done them a lot of times. “You really have to gauge your effort all and not go too deep.” “It’s the last preparation week for Milan-San Remo. So the sensations are the most important thing.” On Tuesday, the stars did not align for Ewan. He was out of position on the fast, narrow run into Sovicille after a lumpy finale.
After the short opening period, the peloton in Tirreno-Adriatico awaits a long day of at least 219 kilometers today. There are hardly any obstacles in the ...
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20-year-old Olav Kooij powers to runner-up honors on stage 2 of Tirreno-Adriatico with 23-year-old Kaden Groves taking third. Tim Merlier sprints to ...
As of yet, neither Groves nor Kooij has appeared in a Grand Tour, but with three three-week races on the calendar, those chances could be on the horizon. Groves joined Mitchelton-Scott as a stagiaire in 2019 and then joined the team as a full-time pro in 2020. At Tirreno-Adriatico in particular, the youth movement was on display on Tuesday’s stage 2, with 20-year-old Dutchman Olav Kooij powering to second behind Merlier and 23-year-old Australian Kaden Groves nabbing third. So far, he has made good progress, which is hardly a surprise considering his talent and the system in which he finds himself, riding for a Jumbo-Visma team that has helped Jonas Vingegaard emerge as one of cycling’s brightest young stars over the past year. His third-place finish on Tuesday was his best ever result in a WorldTour event. Kooij was still a teenager this time last year, but since then he has given his Jumbo-Visma plenty of reasons to be optimistic about his future.
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The most important thing was to be up front in the final three kilometres and we were. He was unable to produce much of a sprint, but his positioning was impressive. When QuickStep-AlphaVinyl dragged Davide Ballerini to the front and led out the sprint, Sagan was quick to jump on the Italian’s wheel and then kick past him in the final hundred metres. That’s why I was able to be up there and in the mix.” For a second, Sagan could see the finish line and victory ahead of him. Sagan had excellent support from his new TotalEnergies teammates and he then surfed his way through the peloton in the slightly descending final three kilometres as other sprint teams lined out left and right.
2020 Tirreno-Adriatico stage winner Tim Merlier has wasted no time in opening his 2022 account by taking the victory on Stage 2 on Tuesday.
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“When we started it was a lot of headwind, and I think 'ah, today is hard' but then after the turn, you see the speed improve, stayed at 55kph. “For sure I'll support the team like Richie [Porte] and Richard [Carapaz]. Then we'll see if my legs are ready to arrive in more stages. I planned to be at the front in the finale,” said Barguil. “It was a good stage for me and I felt it would be a good day for the breakaway. It's an important result for me and the team and now we think about tomorrow. We have to stay focused and give our best.” I got a great help from my team-mate, friend and room-mate Clément Russo. I gave everything up the 'wall'. I'm wrecked but I've made it.”