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In a reversal of the results of the Tirreno-Adriatico opener final yr, Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) took the victory and the primary blue jersey of the race, beating Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) in Lido di Camaiore.
Setting off because the 154th of 166 runners, Ayuso hit the highest of the timesheets to displace long-time chief Johan Price-Pejtersen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) with a time of 12:40 over the 11.5km out-and-back course.
However, Ganna, the 164th man down the beginning ramp, had eyes on a thirty first profession time trial win, his first because the Italian Championships final June. He trailed Ayuso by two second on the 4.5km checkpoint, however shortly turned issues round to take a commanding lead on the highway.
At the end line, that two-second deficit had was a big 23-second benefit as Ganna secured what turned out to be a dominant victory with a mean velocity of 56.125kph – the one man to common over 55kph.
With Ganna’s time of 12:17 simply on the prime of the ultimate stage end result, it meant Ayuso would take second spot on the rostrum whereas Price-Pejtersen, who had beforehand sat within the sizzling seat for 2 hours, took third place with a time of 12:45.
Behind the rostrum trio, Antonio Tiberi would show the strongest of the GC contenders outdoors of Ayuso. The Bahrain Victorious racer could be simply one in every of 11 riders to go underneath the 13-minute mark, setting a time of 12:46 on the end.
Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech) at 12:51 and Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) at 12:55 had been among the many different spectacular performers among the many GC names on the startlist. Others, together with Simon Yates (Visma-Lease A Bike), Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), and Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep) lay outdoors the 13:10 mark.
How it Unfolded
Tirreno-Adriatico 2025 opened with an 11.5km time trial in Lido di Camaiore, following an out-and-back route up the Tyrrhenian coast. The pan-flat course headed north for 4.5km earlier than an intermediate time examine on the hairpin earlier than the 7km run again south to the end.
Former U23 world time trial champion Johan Price-Pejtersen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) was the strongest of the early runners. Heading out because the nineteenth rider, he was comfortably quickest on the checkpoint and the end, together with his time of 12:45 the primary of the day underneath 13 minutes.
Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) and Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) would come the closest to the Dane among the many the rest of the primary 50 riders. The Frenchman’s time of 12:58 and the Norwegian’s time of 12:54 noticed them spherical out the provisional podium.
Sprinter Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) would come the closest to overhauling Price-Pejtersen. The Italian had a speedy begin to his run to edge out the chief by fractions of a second on the checkpoint. However, he pale on the run to the end, ending up with a time of 12:48 to only miss out on the highest spot.
Along the way in which, a number of riders hoping to make their mark on the overall classification set their occasions. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) recorded a time of 13:13, Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) set a time of 13:26, Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) got here dwelling with a 13:11, whereas Simon Yates (Visma-Lease A Bike) completed with a 13:12.
All could be overwhelmed by Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious), nonetheless. The Italian would be part of his former teammate Price-Pejtersen on the prime of the standings as he crossed the road only one second shy of the Dane with a time of 12:46.
UAE Team Emirates-XRG teen Isaac Del Toro could be one other to document a prime time on the end. The Mexican went fifth on the line with a time of 12:55.
British duo Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) and Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) would comply with alongside shortly afterwards, with the pair recording occasions of 13:24 and 13:20.
Other GC contenders got here and went, setting respectable occasions with out troubling the highest spots, however at that late stage all eyes had been on the third-last starter, the double time trial world champion and double Lido di Camaiore time trial winner Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers).
In the meantime, David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) completed with a 13:32, Ion Izagirre (Bahrain Victorious) with a 13:14, Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep) with a 13:19, Romain Gregoire (Groupama-FDJ) with a 13:09, and Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) with a 13:13.
It would take one other amongst UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s suite of GC riders to problem Price-Pejtersen on the prime of the leaderboards, with Juan Ayuso placing up a time of 15:14 – 9 seconds up on the Dane – on the checkpoint.
The Spaniard, who received the identical stage final March, saved up the tempo on the closing leg of the time trial, ultimately crossing the road six seconds up on Price-Pejtersen at 12:40 to take the recent seat with a mean velocity of 54.426kph.
Ganna, second by a solitary second to Ayuso final yr, was already out on the course at that time, although a number of different main names lay between the pair. Mattia Cattaneo (Soudal-QuickStep) went fifth with a time of 12:53 adopted up by Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech) with a time of 12:51.
Ganna, in the meantime, got here to the checkpoint trailing Ayuso’s greatest time by two seconds, which means the combat for the stage victory would go all the way in which to the road. It turned out to be a dominant win, with the Italian blitzing the remainder of the course to complete with a time of 12:17.
All that was left was for the ultimate man on the startlist to finish his race. Nairo Quintana (Movistar) closed out proceedings with a time of 14 minutes lifeless to place the Colombian in 133rd total.
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