Tirreno-Adriatico stage 4 - As it happened live
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Hello anź§d welcome to our live coverage of the fourth stage of Tirreno-Adriatico.
Five minutes to go until the riders head off for the neutral stašørt in Greccio.
A 5.9km neutral start today.
When you have to cycle 6 km uphill to the start of stage 4 @TirrenAdriatico 😅🇮🇹 #TirrenoAdriatico pic.twitter.com/iLe7az5kiE
A look at the map of today's stage.
2,100 metres of climbing on the menu today and after a time trial and twš²o sprint stages we have some actual clź¦imbing in the finale!
Today the riders will take on three laps around Tortoreto including three ascents of a 3.2km, 6.9% climb, plus an earlier 4.6kšm, 4.2% ascent from the other direction before entering the circuit.
The uphill finish today will be a lot different to what we've seen so farš¼.
Filippo Ganna (Iź¦neos Grenadiers) is in the leader's blue jersey once again today. Will he keep it over the hills? His GC lead is currently 28 seconds ꩲover Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe).
A look at the sšŗtage 3 results and GC picture heading into today's sź§tage.
Here's our 168澳擲5ęę°å¼å„ē»ę:stage 3 race report.
Jasper Philipsen took the sprint win after a dull day of racing thanks to a great lead out by Alpecin-Deceuninck teammate 168澳擲5ęę°å¼å„ē»ę:Mathieu van der Poel.
Racing is underway at the start of stage 4!
Who šwill be in the breakaway today? Yesterday š§øsaw Davide Bais take the green KOM jersey for Eolo-Kometa, spending the day in the break with his brother Mattia.
Fratelli Bais 🤝 #TirrenoAdriatico pic.twitter.com/gxWuRjnniW
209km to go
Five riders are up the road from the start.
Davide Bais (Eolo-Komeź§ta) is āin the move again!
He's joined by Filippļ·ŗo Magli (Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè), Mads Würtz Schmidt (Israel-PremierTech), Valerio Conti (Team Corratec) and Lucas Eriksson (Tudor).
The quintet have been let go by the peloton and their advantagį©į©į©į©į©į©ā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤į©ā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤į©ā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤į©š±į©į©į©e is already over two minutes.
202km to go
Four minutes for the breaź¦kaway now. They're over the eašrly unclassified hill at Castelfranco.
Now for the long uphill drag to Amatrice.
196km to go
4:15 for the breakaway.
Eriksson is in the virtual GC l൩ead by over two minutes currently.
There likely isn't āgoing to a whole lot going on until the riders reach the closing circuits in Tortoreto so let's take a look at some recent news from the race...
Tirreno-Adriatico echelon attack inspires Wout van Aert
Belgian back inš¦ the action and promising more on stage 4 to Tortoreto
180km to go
6:30 for the breakaway now.
Ben O’Connor on front foot in crosswinds at Tirreno-Adriatico
'It would have been sweet if I gained some time but that’s how it goes' saꦯys Australian after late split reeled in before line
The riders are heading uphill on the long mš·id-stage drag ā±now. Six minutes is the gap.
Ganna survives Tirreno-Adriatico echelons but fears climb in Apennine mountains
'The climb will be harder than riding a pursuit match' Italian warns bš°efore first hilltop finish
165km to go
No KOM points on offer until the finishing circuitꦦ today. Arš ound four minutes between break and peloton now.
McNulty, Almeida give UAE Team Emirates well-placed duo at Tirreno-Adriatico
'We’re in a good pš¼osition and with different options,' says young US rider
The five breakaway riders are edging closer to the tš·op of this very long uphill run to Amatrice.
We also have 168澳擲5ęę°å¼å„ē»ę:live coverage running from stage 5 of Paris-Nice today.
150km to go
The riders have now reachš§øed the highest point of the stage in Amatrice and will now be heading on a long downhill run towards the finishing circuits.
A shot of the peloton during today's stage.
3:30 from the peloton up to the breakaway five.
125km to go
The gap𦹠between peloton and break keeps coming down as they head down the descent. Three minutes now.
Another thrilling day out at Tirreno-Adriatišøco so far...
The tź¦ime gap is stable at three minutes currently.
111km to go
The riders continue on theܫ descent. Three minutes gap.
Live TV coverage starts soon. Find out 168澳擲5ęę°å¼å„ē»ę:how to watch Tirreno-Adriatico.
100km to go
Not š§too much longer until we hit the climbing on the finishing circuit.
Surely something will happen there. We've been waitinź¦g four days foš°r it.
A look at the breakaway.
44.4kph average so far.
2:30 between break and peloton.
Bad news from Spain, where 168澳擲5ęę°å¼å„ē»ę:Caja Rural-Seguros RGA rider Sergio Martín hasš been hospitalised after he was hit by a driver while out training.
He has suffered multiple rib and vertebrae fractures and will undergo surgā¦ery.
📑 Nuestro corredor @SergioRMartin_ se encuentra hospitalizado tras sufrir un grave accidente entrenando el pasado martes.Más información al respecto en nuestra página web: //t.co/5CaT6rvd0gTodo nuestro apoyo y cariño al bravo corredor madrileño. pic.twitter.com/dRdmw42N43
TotalEnergies rider Mathieu Burgaudeau almost comes a cropper after slipping on the pedals, while the numerous riders in the peloton are wrong-footed by a tš¶raffic-ź¦calming lane divider in the middle of a town. Everyone continues just fine, though.
87km to go
Jumbo-Visma, Jayco-AlUla, Ineos Grenadią¹ers at the head of the pelšoton. 1:40 to the break now.
Alessanādro De Marchi (Jayco-AlUš§øla) has put in an attack from the peloton.
The Australian team was formerly known as BikeExchange before Saudi resort AlUla stepped up to take on title sponsorship duties until 202ź¦5 during tāhe past off-season.
Another quality state sports-washing effort toļ·½ sit alongside UAE, Bahrain and Kazakhstan in the pšro peloton.
Anyway, De Marchi's attack didn't stick but the peloton has sped up as a result. A minute up to the breakš now.
A shot of the peloton during today's stage. Very wš®intry.
Ineos, Jumbo, EF, Bahrain up front.
74km to go
1:30 to the break.
13km until the riders hit the finishing circuit.
63km to go
Still not much going on at Tirreno-Adriatico! That could be the tagline š¤Ŗfor the entire race so far.
35 seconds to the breakaway.
There's so mucšØh going on at the moment that the TV coverage has consisted of several minutes of Fšernando Gaviria delivering bottles to his teammates.
It's almost over for the break now. What ź¦a waste of time for green jersey Bais this has been...
60km to go
The breakawš§ay is caught before any of the day's classišfied climbs.
Now the pace goesź§ up as the riders head towards the hills.
Now the riders start the climbź§ on the waꦯy to the circuit in Tortoreto.
Ineos Grenadiers lead the way over the top of the climb and now dź§oāwn the descent to the circuit.
A shot of the peloton during stage 4.
53km to go
The riders get their first sight of the Adriatiš ·c on the way down in Tortoreto.
Uphilź¦l again now as the peloton hits a section of the closing climb towards the KOM point/staš«ge finish.
Michał Kwiatkowski leads the peloton through the finish line for the first time.
47km to go
Mikkel Honor&eašcute; (EF Education-EasyPost) pushes away off the front on the descent.
Honoré passes through thš±e intermediate sprint alone 13 seconds up on the pelotoš°n.
Samuele Zoccarato (Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) is alsź§o on the move, trying to chase down the Dane.
41km to go
Zoccarato is back with the peloton now. Honor&āeacute; still out front.
The pelošton races along the coastal road by the Adriatic.
No big rush in the peloton to catch Honš¹oré. He's 25 seconds up theš road now.
37km to go
Soudal-QuickStep take tš³o the front of the peloton.
And Honoré is caught.
Riders drop out thź¦e rear of the peloton as the climb begins again.
Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep) attacks!
35km to go
Response from Wout van Aert (Jumbšo-Visma) and Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates).
The pair get across to Alaphilippe and bringā what reš ·mains of the peloton with them.
Around 20-25 riders there as Alaphilippe leads the way across theš° finish line once agaiš¤”n.
Onceą¦š± more over the top and then that'll be it before a final visit for the stage finish.
31km to go
Alš½aphilippe and Quinn Simmons (Trek-Segafredo) at the front on the way down the descent.
Riꦿders get back on the rear of the peloton as they head doš¼wnhill.
29km to go
Jumbo-Visma take it up at the front once again.
Jumbo-Visma now massed on the front of the pelotoną¹ on the flat roads through the town.
22km to go
The peloton has swelled back up on the flat as dropped riders get back on. Mathieu van der Poāel is amongā them.
AG2R, Jumbo, Groupama on the front.
The 3.2km, 7% climb is coming up once more.
Groupama and Trek push the ź§pace on the climb. The dropped riders fall out the baꦯck of the peloton again.
Blue jersey Ganna is right up there.
19km to go
A big pull for Quentin Pachāer at the front for GāØroupama-FDJ.
Tom Pidcock is surprisingly dropped.
Magnus Sheffield is also dropped.
Ganna is still up therš²e and now Quinn Simļ·½mons takes over at the front.
Still around 30 in the fš¦©ront group. All š¼the GC favourites are in there.
Simmons lāed Ciccone and Hiš ·ndley over the top. Another descent, another stint on the flat, and then it's the climb to the finish.
14km to go
Movistar, Jumbo, Trek at the frą²ont on theš way down.
Alaphilippe during his attack earlier on.
12km to go
Jumbo-Visma take to the front in a line riding for Van Aert and Roglič.
10km to go
No action on the flat hą¹ere as Jumbo-Visma control išt.
They have six men up front.
8km to go
Only a š»few kilometres until the riders hit the clšimb for the final time.
Cofidis and TotalEnergies have moved up frontź¦ now.
6km to go
Jumbo and Alpecin also up there.
Crash in the peloton!
Pidcock touches wheels with Van Aert as he drops back from šŗnear the front of the pelotį£on. The pair both hit the deck.
4km to go
Both are back on theišør feet and Van Aert walks back to Pidcoź¦ck to help him up and make sure he's OK.
The pair roll along ź¦as Alpecin-Deceuninck lead tą²he peloton onto the final climb.
3km to go
Van Aert and Pidcock chat š¦©as they ride alongside eachź¦ other, their shorts torn in the fall.
Gianni Vermeersch (Alpšecin-Deceuniš“nck) makes a move. Valter goes with him.
Vlasov goes štoo, but the peloton is back with theš«m.
2km to go
Race leader Filippo Ganna is dropped.
Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) makes a move now.
The Frenchman has multiple riders on his wheel.
Now Valtš¬er takes it up at the front of the peloton.
We cut back to Van Aert, who gives a thumbs uš¹p to the camera.
Lorenzo Fortunato (Eolo-Kometa) goes now.
1.5km to go
Gširmay is offā the back. Van der Poel was already dropped.
Valter leads the chase.
Damien Howson (Q36.5) is with Fortunato.
The pair are just a few seconds up on the pelotš¦©on.
1km to go
Now Howson goes agaiį©į©į©į©į©į©ā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤į©ā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤į©ā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤į©š±į©į©į©n and puts some distance into Fortunato.
The pair are brought back.
Hugh Carthy tries a move but can't get anywhere.
500m to go
Now Roglič moves up front.
Roglič pushes on.
Lafay and Yates are up there too.
Lafay leads into the closing metres.
Now Roglič and Yates come through again.
Roglič takes it around the outside of the final bend and he wins the stage!
šAlaphilippe snuck through to seācond place behind the Slovenian.
Adam Yates took third.
First win of 2023 for Roglič on his fourth race day of the season.
Wilco Kelderman, Tao Gą¶£ešoghegan Hart, and Enric Mas came home in fourth, fifth, and sixth.
Roglič celebrates his stage 4 victory.
Ganna will be out of the race lead tonight. One from Lennard Kämna, Brandon McNulty, Thymen Arensman or João Almeida should take over, depending on time gaps at āthe line.
Here's what Roglič said after the finish...
"Our plan was to go foź¦r a result today, definitely, bšut I wasn't the first plan. Normally we'd go with Wout but he was unlucky. I just had luck that I was bit more on the left side and avoid the crash. We quickly changed the plan and I went for it at the end.
"It's always nice to win. It's fantastic to see how I recovered. We worked hard, made a lot of āsacrifš§øices, all the people in my family and all the people around. It's just nice to be back and enjoying it."
Roglič celebrates the win.
Bora-Hansgrohe's Lennard Kämꦔna is the new race leaderš.
He's six seconds up on Roglič and eight on Almeida.
Take a look back atā the final kilometre of stage 4 here.
🔥 A Tortoreto è subito battaglia tra i grandi! Guarda l'ultimo emozionante KM della tappa 4 della Tirreno-Adriatico @CA_Ita!.🔥 The battle among the big names is on in Tortoreto! Watch the last exciting km of stage 4 of the Tirreno-Adriatico @CA_Ita!#TirrenoAdriatico pic.twitter.com/lzvoYsUx6i
Here's our stage 4 report.
Tirreno-Adriatico: Primoz Roglic wins stage 4 as Van Aert crashes
Roglič leading the way to the line ahead of Alaphilippe and Yates.
25km to go over in Paris-Nice. 168澳擲5ęę°å¼å„ē»ę:Follow the action live here.
Roglič celebrates his stage win on the podium.
And Lennard Kämna celebrates taking over the rašce lead.
Weš'll have news and reaction coming in from the race throuāgh the afternoon and evening. Check back for more!
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