Tirreno-Adriatico (2021) Photos; Stage 5: Castellalto → Catelfidardo, 205 km |
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| Start scene in Castellalto | share this photo |
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| The rollout from Castellalto | share this photo |
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| The rollout from Castellalto | share this photo |
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| The ominous skies opened up on a day when rain wasn't expected | share this photo |
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| The break in the rain | share this photo |
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| Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) attacks on the downhill | share this photo |
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| Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) attacked with 52 km to go "to stay warm" | share this photo |
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| Davide FORMOLO (UAE TEAM EMIRATES) help his race leader, Tadej POGAČAR by leading the chase for almost 30 km | share this photo |
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| Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) taking on food he would badly need near the finish | share this photo |
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| Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) stretched his lead out to 3 minutes | share this photo |
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| Race leader, Tadej Pogačar (UAE-Team Emirates) dropping Wout Van Aert (BEL - Jumbo - Visma) in pursuit of GC time | share this photo |
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| Wout Van Aert (BEL - Jumbo - Visma) would finish + 49s: “I was aiming for the stage win but you saw how the finale went and Tadej [Pogačar] was stronger than me and everybody else. I expected that Mathieu [van der Poel] would try early. He did an impressive effort. Tadej has definitely showed that he’s the strongest and he’s now too far in front of me on the GC. I’m in good position for getting second place overall. I’ll also try to win another stage but first of all I have to recover from this very hard race.” | share this photo |
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| Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) on his long solo bid | share this photo |
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| Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) pedaling squares | share this photo |
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| Out of gas before the final climb and with his margin plummeting, Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) struggled all the way to the finish | share this photo |
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| Freezing cold Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) survives to win stage 5 in 4:48:17 ahead of Tadej POGAČAR (SLO/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) by just 10s | share this photo |
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| Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) survives to win stage 5 in 4:48:17 ahead of 2nd Tadej POGAČAR (SLO/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) + 10s | share this photo |
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| The stage winner Mathieu van der Poel said: “I got cold and I wanted to race from far out on the lap. We made a front group of twenty good riders but we didn’t work well together. I found myself away alone in a descent while I was eating. I felt good until the last 20km then I was extremely cold and my body was empty. I was too cold to put something on. I didn’t expect to be so cold. For sure this was one of my toughest days on the bike. I’m happy to take the win because I didn’t have much left over Tadej [Pogačar]. I’m really happy to finish it off.” | share this photo |
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| Epic win by Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) | share this photo |
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| Now a common scene when Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) wins... collapsing at the finish | share this photo |
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| Pure exhaustion | share this photo |
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| Your Stage 5 winner, Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) | share this photo |
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| Stage 5 winner, Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) | share this photo |
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| Tadej Pogačar (UAE-Team Emirates) extended his overall win to 1:15 over Wout Van Aert (BEL - Jumbo - Visma): “I attacked at the end when I saw there was a chance to drop Wout van Aert. I had good legs for this freezing weather so I tried. I made a gap and I reached the finish line in a good position with a nice advantage so I’m really happy. Anything can happen in cycling but I hope everything will go smoothly until the end of the Tirreno-Adriatico and I’ll keep my focus until the finish line of the last stage.” | share this photo |
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| Best young rider too, Tadej Pogačar (UAE-Team Emirates), salutes a teammate | share this photo |
Tirreno-Adriatico (2021) Photos; Stage 5: Castellalto → Catelfidardo, 205 km |
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