Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan) overcame a UAE Team Emirates onslaught on the Giro d’Abruzzo stage 3 summit end to dash to victory and the race lead at Prati di Tivo.
The Kazakhstani rider survived a number of assaults from Adam Yates and Pavel Sivakov inside the ultimate half of the 14.7km, 7% mountain earlier than making it to the ultimate metres in an elite group with Yates and a resurgent Diego Ulissi.
The Briton wanted a two-second benefit to be able to leapfrog Lutsenko and seize the blue jersey and in addition wished to win the stage. But it was Lutsenko who surged first within the remaining dash, leaping from Ulissi’s wheel inside the ultimate 100 metres to attain his first win of the 2024 season. Yates was unable to reply.
Ulissi took second place, two seconds again and simply forward of Yates. Yannis Voisard
(Tudor Pro Cycling) and George Bennett (Israel-Premier Tech) rounded out the highest 5, 21 seconds down, on the queen stage of the four-day race.
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