
The final day at Tirreno Adriatico saw the peloton take on the traditional finish into San Benedetto del Tronto with a mostly flat affair that lends itself to a bunch sprint finale. Rolling out from the start line, a three rider breakaway managed to escape almost immediately, quickly building up an advantage of over three minutes where it plateaued.
Committing to setting up a sprint finish for Alberto Dainese, Martijn Tusveld and Chris Hamilton tirelessly worked at the front of the bunch alongside the other sprint teams to keep things under control. As the kilometres ticked by, the peloton slowly reeled in the breakaway and inside the last ten kilometres the catch was made. Moving up well as a unit, the team fought hard to maintain their position at the front of the bunch, with last-man Nikias Arndt delivering Dainese onto a good wheel at one kilometre to go.
On the hectic run-in the battle for position was fierce though but Dainese followed the wheels well, biding his time into the headwind before launching a really strong sprint, charging past several riders in the kick to the line and ending with a strong fifth place. While with no gaps between the GC favourites today, Thymen Arensman ends the race overall in a brilliant sixth place after a hard week of racing from the team.
Pos. | Rider | Team | Time | Points |
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1 | BAUHAUS Phil | Bahrain - Victorious | 3:39:58 | 60 |
2 | NIZZOLO Giacomo | Israel - Premier Tech | ,, | 25 |
3 | GROVES Kaden | Team BikeExchange - Jayco | ,, | 10 |
5 | DAINESE Alberto | Team DSM | ,, | - |
27 | ARENSMAN Thymen | Team DSM | ,, | - |
56 | ARNDT Nikias | Team DSM | ,, | - |
63 | BARDET Romain | Team DSM | ,, | - |
122 | TUSVELD Martijn | Team DSM | 1:04 | - |
123 | NIEUWENHUIS Joris | Team DSM | ,, | - |
138 | HAMILTON Chris | Team DSM | 1:58 | - |