Giro d’Italia: Julian Alaphilippe wins stage 12 thriller from masterclass breakaway

After 12 levels of attempting, Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal Quick-Step) proved that he was actually again to his finest in 2024 and located the Giro d’Italia stage win he was so eagerly trying to find on debut with a surprising efficiency within the breakaway to win solo in Fano.

Ever the embodiment of panache, the two-time World Champion launched the primary of many assaults some 138km from the end earlier than getting right into a two-man transfer ten kilometres later. It appeared too early on the time, however he and break companion Mirco Maestri (Polti-Kometa) would outlast all of the chasers till Alaphilippe went solo 11.5km from the road with an assault on the ultimate climb.

In what was a classic Alaphilippe efficiency, the Frenchman crested the ultimate Monte Giove climb with round a 40-second lead on the chasing group that contained eventual second place Jhonatan Narváez (Ineos Grenadiers) and Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-Deceuninck) who got here third, however they by no means seemed like chasing him down.

Alaphilippe was a part of an enormous breakaway battle that ignited within the partitions of the Marche area, with nearly 1 / 4 of the remaining Giro peloton chancing their hand within the transfer in what was one of many quickest levels in Giro historical past.

A win on the Giro accomplished the Grand Tour stage win set for Alaphilippe, including to his six Tour de France stage victories and singular win from La Vuelta a España. It was additionally his first win since final yr’s Critérium du Dauphiné and his first at a Grand Tour because the opening stage of the 2021 Tour.

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