2022 Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 4 Results & Recap
Stage 4 of the 2022 Tirreno-Adriatico is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Stage and jersey for Tadej Pogacar at Tirreno - Adriatico 2022. The captain of the UAE Team Emirates conquers the finish line in Bellante with a peremptory sprint in the last kilometer, after having checked everyone during the climb. Second position for Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), who in comeback overtook a perky Victor Lafay (Cofidis), with Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) right behind, closing the trio two seconds behind the winner. First of the rest of the big names is Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), who crosses the finish line with a delay of five seconds from the winner and new leader of the race, overtaking Evenepoel and a still positive Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers). lived at very high speed despite the immediately challenging road, the escape is formed suddenly, with the barrage of the group that allows ten men to quickly take off. Lilian Calmejane (Ag2r Citroën Team), Jasha Sütterlin (Bahrain Victorious), Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia (Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli), Jonathan Caicedo (EF Education - EasyPost), Diego Rosa (Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team), Einer Rubio (Movistar Team ), Warren Barguil (Team Arkéa - Samsic), Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Team BikeExchange - Jayco), Christopher Hamilton (Team DSM) and Quinn Simmons (Trek - Segafredo) don't worry the Ineos Grenadiers of leader Filippo Ganna, who prefers to climb regular and without forcing the long ascent in stages towards the first GPM of the day. The gap thus reaches 5'30 ", with the UAE Team Emirates deciding at that point to control the situation, to avoid having to work harder later.
From that moment the gap remains around five minutes, but after being passing the flying finish line, conquered by a stomping Quinn Simmons, the fugitives see their margin drop quickly. At the entrance to the final circuit the advantage has dropped to three minutes, which become two at the beginning of the first climb towards Bellante. it is the Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl that sets the pace, Sutterlin, Calmejane and Rubio immediately leave the lead, with Simmons confirming his excellent leg with a peremptory shot. Caicedo tries to follow him, but must surrender to the American, who climbs with an advantage of twenty seconds over the other veterans of the breakaway. Behind them the Belgian team further increases the pace in view of the brow, with Julian Alaphilippe launching the off ensiva by Remco Evenepoel going to take back Sutterlin and Rubio. Tadej Pogacar promptly responded to the action of the young Belgian, with Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) and Jai Hindley (Bora-hansgrohe) also responding to this offensive. , quickly returning to Calmejane and Grmay, who join. However, evenepoel and Pogacar are the only ones to pull, while behind the other teams they organize, forcing the two enfant prodiges to give up. Meanwhile Simmons continues his action with good speed, definitively distancing his former adventure companions, who end up being filmed by a group shaken by new, but fruitless shots. At that point it was Bora - hansgrohe and Jumbo - Visma who took the lead, with the Dutch team dictating its pace during the second ascent of Bellante, halving the gap from Simmons on the second crossing at the finish line. of advantage quickly run out during the descent and the subsequent slight slope, where the shots of Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-hansgrohe) and Andrea Vendrame (Ag2r Citroën) are recorded, causing a further acceleration. Simmons thus had to surrender 15 kilometers from the finish, immediately putting himself at the service of his teammates at the head of the group, from which Valentin Ferron (TotalEnergies) comes out. The Frenchman gains a maximum of 15 seconds, but behind him everyone is organizing for the final climb and has no escape, being caught right at the approach of the last climb to the finish line, immediately faced with great determination by the group. is Romain Bardet (Team DSM), who inaugurates a series of shots that fail to make a difference. While the selection takes place from behind, Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana Qazaqstan), Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis), Natnael Tesfazion (Drone Hopper-Androni), Wilco Kelderman (Bora-hansgrohe), Mikel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious) also try the lead. ), Victor Lafay (Cofidis) and Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, but they are all short-lived actions, which cancel themselves out. The common denominator is the permanent presence of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) among the very first to react , with the Slovenian ready to close then also at the click of Richie Porte (Ineos Grenadiers) in view of the last kilometer and that of Lafay shortly after passing the flamme rouge. At that point the Slovenian decides to relaunch, breaking the French with a deadly change of pace, which leaves no way out for anyone.
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