2022 Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 5 Results & Recap
Stage 5 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
Wonderful victory for Warren Barguil in the Tirreno - Adriatico 2022. Starting in the morning escape, the Frenchman makes the difference in the final by detaching all his former adventure companions, a breakaway born after almost 50 kilometers of continuous attacks in the early stages of the race. Behind the Arkéa - Samsic standard bearer, Xandro Meurisse and Simone Velasco complete the podium, while the group ends with a delay of just 28 seconds, slightly anticipated by Richie Porte. Despite a road mistake while on the attack with Remco Evenepoel, Tadej Pogacar retains the leader's jersey in front of the Belgian, while Thymen Arensman climbs to third position, with Filippo Ganna who let himself slip by entering the final circuit. it is proposed fought from the very first kilometers. The first shots arrive, as always, as soon as the race director signals the official start, but that it will be a day of great brawl is evident when you see the number of runners who try, in a succession of shots and counter-shots that are neutralized at each other. Almost all the teams try, even with more than one runner, with the group that quickly finds itself stretched already in the initial plain. If anyone hoped to be able to make a difference in the climb to Cingoli, even the first and longest climb of the day bears no fruit, with all the actions being canceled. In the long list of those who try it stand out Davide Ballerini (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl), author of numerous shots, Xandro Meurisse (Alpecin-Fenix), Romain Bardet (Team DSM), Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), but none of they manage to make the difference within the first 50 kilometers of the race, in which the group ends up breaking up due to the high pace that does not tend to decrease. Samsic) and Valentin Ferron (TotalEnergies) to be able to create a small gap, which for the first time from the start of the race exceeds twenty seconds. Despite the pace behind them remains high, the three continue in their action, managing to accumulate an advantage of 50 seconds over the group, which finally tries to breathe after passing the sign indicating one hundred kilometers to the conclusion. At that point, while some of the riders who have lost contact previously come back from behind, they try to stretch on the counterattack Vincenzo Albanese (Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team), Warren Barguil (Team Arkéa - Samsic), Gianluca Brambilla (Trek - Segafredo), Davide Ballerini (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team), Simone Velasco (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia (Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli) and Francesco Gavazzi (Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team). without any reactions, thus convincing Xandro Meurisse (Alpecin-Fenix) and Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) to set out in pursuit. Despite the good classification of the Frenchman, the group did not react and let it go, allowing a group of twelve riders to quickly form the lead. The fugitives immediately found an agreement, with the teams present with more than one runner who did not spare themselves and the advantage grew accordingly. While behind them are the only Max Richeze and Pascal Ackermann to make the pace, in front everyone makes their contribution, allowing their group to scrape together an advantage of almost four minutes at the foot of Monte Urano, the first GPM of the day, opening the
At the top of the GPM, conquered by Gavazzi over Barguil and Restrepo, the gap remains substantially unchanged, with the group passing 3'53 "after the rider from Brescia. From that moment, however, the pace changes considerably in the group, with the UAE which exploits its passers in the plain that leads to the following climbs. On the wall towards Capodarco, at the brow of which the TV conquered by Thomas is placed, the advantage drops again considerably, with Davide Formolo and Rafal Majka going to recover over a minute during the climb.
The tussle explodes entering Fermo with Barguil in front who tries to stretch followed by Thomas, while behind it is Remco Evenepoel who launches his of defensive in view of the GPM, followed by only Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard. The three gain a few seconds, tackling the descent at a great pace, but before turning to go up again the Belgian takes the wrong road, with the other two noticing just after missing the turn, which the more experienced Brambilla, on the other hand, recently resumed, he had taken. Evenepoel thus finds himself chasing, thus ending up behind the group, being helped, even psychologically by Ballerini, who in turn is taken up again. These vicissitudes obviously help the fugitives, who thus find themselves with the almost certainty of being able to play for success. , Valentin Ferron (TEN), Simone Velasco (AST) and Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia (DRA), it is Barguil who proves he has more than anyone, with an acceleration on the last wall that does not allow replicas. The former polka dot jersey of the Tour de France quickly makes a void on rivals, clearly imposing himself, while the group climbs steadily, without any more jolts, if not an acceleration of Richie Porte within the last kilometer.
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