Julian Alaphilippe won this Thursday March 11 the second stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico race (202 km between Camaiore and Chiusdino). The Bourbonnais beat the Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel, the Belgian Wout Van Aert and the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar and obtained 2nd place in the general classification.
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The rider from Allier Julian Alaphilippe won this Thursday March 11 the second Tirreno-Adriatico stage run between Camaiore and Chiusdino, 202 kilometers long. The world champion beat the Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel, the Belgian Wout Van Aert and the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar in an uphill finish. The Frenchman had already won two stages of the Italian race in 2019.
Alaphillipe 2nd in the general classification
Bourbonnais is now second in the general classification, behind Wout Van Aert who keeps the leader’s jersey. Julian Alaphilippe (Deceunink Quickstep) covered the 202 kilometers of the stage in 5:01:32. On average, it was driven at 40.3 km / h. “ Julian Alaphilippe signs a champion’s sprint and lifts his arms to Chiusdino. The last km! “ can we read on the Twitter account of the competition.
With World Champion action @ alafpolak1 raise your arms to Chiusdino. The last km!
With a sprint of a champion, @ alafpolak1 raises his arms at Chiusdino. The final km!@ alafpolak1 signs a champion sprint and raises his arms to Chiusdino. The last km!#TirrenoAdriatico pic.twitter.com/qAKlcUspNt
– Tirreno Adriatico (@TirrenAdriatico) March 11, 2021
“I knew Joao was going to be sprinting hard in the last mile so I focused on what was going on behind me. At the end, I could see that everyone was reaching their limit so when I saw Joao, I went all out. This victory makes me really happy. It’s always a special feeling, you can never be sure of winning. The team trusted me today and we did a great job ”, said Alaphilippe after the race. He expressed his satisfaction on his Twitter account: “Super happy to have won, even more with this beautiful jersey. Thank you boys for the hard work today.”
Super happy to have won, even more with this beautiful jersey ????
Thanks boys for the big job today ????
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Next step, cross the 219 kilometers that separate Monticiano from Gualdo-Tadino.
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