Tour of the Alps 2019 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE]

April 22, 2019

Tour of the Alps 2019 – Stage 1 – Kufstein – Kufstein : 144 km

The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino (English: Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of Italy. In 2015, the race merged with the nearby one-day race Trofeo Melinda, and the 2015 edition was called the Giro del Trentino Melinda. In 2017, the event was renamed Tour of the Alps, as it addresses the entire Euroregion of Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino, formed by three different regional authorities in two countries: the Austrian state of Tyrol and the Italian autonomous provinces of South Tyrol and Trentino. It should not be confused with the similarly named Giro al Sas di Trento, an annual road running competition in the city of Trento.

Tao Geoghegan Hart (Team Sky) took his first professional win on stage 1 of the Tour of Alps. The 24-year-old was present in a key move created by Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) on the final climb before powering to the win after a small group of GC contenders had reformed on the descent. Alex Aranburu (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA) finished second, with Roland Thalmann (Team Vorarlberg Santic) taking third. Pre-race favourites Chris Froome and Nibali finished safely in the leading group.

Team Sky had numbers in the final with Pavel Sivakov, Kenny Elissonde and Froome and it was Sivakov who set the pace as the leaders approached the final few hundred metres. Geoghegan Hart came around his teammate, and although Aranburu brought himself back into contention, Geoghegan Hart hung on to take the win. The victory gave Geoghegan Hart the first leader’s jersey of this year’s race.

The key move came when Nibali attacked on the last of two ascents of the Hinterthiersee. The Italian, who came into the race after a block of altitude training, was a relatively lone figure on the climb with few teammates around him when Astana began to increase the pace.

However, the 2018 Milan-San Remo winner used his former team to good effect, allowing them to string the bunch out before attacking with 14km to go with a vicious acceleration. Froome was unable to match the speed of Nibali’s change of speed but Team Sky’s Sivakov, Geoghegan Hart and Bora-hansgrohe’s Rafal Majka were able to make the juncture.

The quartet established a lead of 20 seconds and with a fast descent to the finish it briefly looked as though they might stay away. Bora and Team Sky had been two of the most active teams earlier in the stage. They had caught the day’s break just before the final climb, and with riders now up the road they were obviously unwilling to chase. The responsibility therefore fell on Astana, who at least at the numbers to chase. They brought the leaders to within touching distance and with 5km to go Astana’s work paid off with a group containing a number of riders from the Kazakh team, as well as Froome regaining contact.

Majka made a late solo bid after Nibali had left the door open after misjudging a corner and the Bora climber was still clear with 1.5km to go. However, Astana and then Team Sky forced a successful chase before Geoghegan Hart punched through to take the win.

The British rider joined Team Sky in 2017 and took significant strides last year with fifth in the Tour of California, where he helped Egan Bernal to the overall win, and a string of important cameos in other stage races. Next month he will again ride at Bernal’s side at the Giro d’Italia.

Results :
1 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky 3:30:48
2 Alexander Aranburu Deba (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
3 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Team Vorarlberg Santic
4 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
5 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
6 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky
7 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
8 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
9 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
10 Dayer Quintana (Col) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
11 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
12 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
13 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
14 Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
15 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
16 Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Italy
17 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
18 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky
19 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida
20 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky
21 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team
22 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:01:06
23 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
24 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:16
25 Alejandro Osorio Carvajal (Col) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:01:18
26 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
27 Jérémy Maison (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
28 Carlos Julian Quintero Noreña (Col) Manzana Postobon
29 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
30 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
31 Sergei Shilov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
32 Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
33 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
34 Simone Velasco (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
35 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
36 Francesco Romano (Ita) Bardiani CSF
37 Paul Double (GBr) Team Colpack
38 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
39 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Pro Team
40 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
41 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
42 Aldemar Reyes Ortega (Col) Manzana Postobon
43 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
44 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
45 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
46 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
47 Matteo Busato (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
48 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
49 Aleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
50 Jhojan Orlando Garcia Sosa (Col) Manzana Postobon
51 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
52 Stephan Rabitsch (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:01:44
53 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Tirol KTM Cycling Team
54 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Giotti Victoria 0:01:46
55 Nicolas Dalla Valle (Ita) Tirol KTM Cycling Team
56 Benjamin Brkic (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:01:49
57 Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego (Spa) Team Vorarlberg Santic
58 Amael Moinard (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
59 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
60 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
61 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
62 Luca Raggio (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
63 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
64 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:06
65 Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:15
66 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF
67 Gordian Banzer (Swi) Team Vorarlberg Santic 0:04:05
68 Colin Chris Stüssi (Swi) Team Vorarlberg Santic
69 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
70 Filippo Rocchetti (Ita) Team Colpack
71 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels
72 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:05:00
73 Markus Wildauer (Aut) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:05:34
74 Bernardo Albeiro Suaza Arango (Col) Manzana Postobon
75 Andrea Cacciotti (Ita) Italy
76 Cezary Grodzicki (Ita) Italy
77 Juan Felipe Osorio Arboleda (Col) Manzana Postobon
78 Andi Bajc (Slo) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels
79 Daniel Lehner (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels
80 Patrick Schelling (Swi) Team Vorarlberg Santic
81 Davide Botta (Ita) Team Colpack
82 Maximilian Kuen (Aut) Team Vorarlberg Santic
83 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Den) Astana Pro Team
84 Michele Corradini (Ita) Italy
85 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
86 Ruben Dario Acosta Ospina (Col) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
87 Marco Tizza (Ita) Italy
88 Denis Marian Vulcan (Rom) Giotti Victoria 0:06:26
89 Emil Dima (Rom) Giotti Victoria
90 Fernando Barcelo Aragon (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:07:43
91 Brice Feillu (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
92 Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
93 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
94 Romain Le Roux (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
95 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
96 Andrea Toniatti (Ita) Team Colpack
97 Manuele Tarozzi (Ita) Italy
98 Evgeny Kobernyak (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
99 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
100 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:08:08
101 David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
102 Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
103 Damiano Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
104 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
105 Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) Team Colpack
106 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
107 Juan Jose Amador Castaño (Col) Manzana Postobon
108 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
109 Tobias Bayer (Aut) Tirol KTM Cycling Team
110 Samuele Rivi (Ita) Tirol KTM Cycling Team
111 Daniel Geismayr (Aut) Team Vorarlberg Santic
112 Jalel Duranti (Ita) Team Colpack
113 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
114 Omar El Gouzi (Ita) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:11:58
115 Matthias Mangertseder (Ger) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels
116 Florian Kierner (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels
117 Emanuele Onesti (Ita) Giotti Victoria
118 Simone Sterbini (Ita) Giotti Victoria
119 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
120 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
121 Gotzon Udondo Santamaria (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
122 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain-Merida
123 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) Manzana Postobon
124 Manuel Senni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
125 Antonio Santoro (Ita) Italy
126 Ciprian Jitaru (Rom) Giotti Victoria 0:15:40
127 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky
128 Vlad-Nicolae Dobre (Rom) Giotti Victoria
129 Moreno Moser (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
DNF Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Daniel Muñoz Giraldo (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
DNF Alan Banaszek (Pol) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky 3:30:38
2 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Team Vorarlberg Santic 0:00:06
3 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:10
4 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
5 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky
6 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
7 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
8 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
9 Dayer Quintana (Col) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
10 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
11 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
12 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
13 Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
14 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
15 Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Italy
16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
17 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky
18 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida
19 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky
20 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team
21 Alexander Aranburu Deba (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:00:14
22 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:01:16
23 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
24 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:26
25 Alejandro Osorio Carvajal (Col) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:01:28
26 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
27 Jérémy Maison (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
28 Carlos Julian Quintero Noreña (Col) Manzana Postobon
29 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
30 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
31 Sergei Shilov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
32 Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
33 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
34 Simone Velasco (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
35 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
36 Francesco Romano (Ita) Bardiani CSF
37 Paul Double (GBr) Team Colpack
38 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
39 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Pro Team
40 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
41 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
42 Aldemar Reyes Ortega (Col) Manzana Postobon
43 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
44 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
45 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
46 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
47 Matteo Busato (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
48 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
49 Aleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
50 Jhojan Orlando Garcia Sosa (Col) Manzana Postobon
51 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
52 Stephan Rabitsch (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:01:54
53 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Tirol KTM Cycling Team
54 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Giotti Victoria 0:01:56
55 Nicolas Dalla Valle (Ita) Tirol KTM Cycling Team
56 Benjamin Brkic (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:01:59
57 Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego (Spa) Team Vorarlberg Santic
58 Amael Moinard (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
59 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
60 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
61 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
62 Luca Raggio (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
63 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
64 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:16
65 Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:25
66 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF
67 Gordian Banzer (Swi) Team Vorarlberg Santic 0:04:15
68 Colin Chris Stüssi (Swi) Team Vorarlberg Santic
69 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
70 Filippo Rocchetti (Ita) Team Colpack
71 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels
72 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:05:10
73 Markus Wildauer (Aut) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:05:44
74 Bernardo Albeiro Suaza Arango (Col) Manzana Postobon
75 Andrea Cacciotti (Ita) Italy
76 Cezary Grodzicki (Ita) Italy
77 Juan Felipe Osorio Arboleda (Col) Manzana Postobon
78 Andi Bajc (Slo) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels
79 Daniel Lehner (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels
80 Patrick Schelling (Swi) Team Vorarlberg Santic
81 Davide Botta (Ita) Team Colpack
82 Maximilian Kuen (Aut) Team Vorarlberg Santic
83 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Den) Astana Pro Team
84 Michele Corradini (Ita) Italy
85 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
86 Ruben Dario Acosta Ospina (Col) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
87 Marco Tizza (Ita) Italy
88 Denis Marian Vulcan (Rom) Giotti Victoria 0:06:36
89 Emil Dima (Rom) Giotti Victoria
90 Fernando Barcelo Aragon (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:07:53
91 Brice Feillu (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
92 Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
93 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
94 Romain Le Roux (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
95 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
96 Andrea Toniatti (Ita) Team Colpack
97 Manuele Tarozzi (Ita) Italy
98 Evgeny Kobernyak (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
99 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
100 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:08:18
101 David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
102 Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
103 Damiano Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
104 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
105 Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) Team Colpack
106 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
107 Juan Jose Amador Castaño (Col) Manzana Postobon
108 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
109 Tobias Bayer (Aut) Tirol KTM Cycling Team
110 Samuele Rivi (Ita) Tirol KTM Cycling Team
111 Daniel Geismayr (Aut) Team Vorarlberg Santic
112 Jalel Duranti (Ita) Team Colpack
113 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
114 Omar El Gouzi (Ita) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:12:08
115 Florian Kierner (Aut) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels
116 Emanuele Onesti (Ita) Giotti Victoria
117 Simone Sterbini (Ita) Giotti Victoria
118 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
119 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
120 Gotzon Udondo Santamaria (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
121 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain-Merida
122 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) Manzana Postobon
123 Manuel Senni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
124 Antonio Santoro (Ita) Italy
125 Matthias Mangertseder (Ger) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:12:18
126 Ciprian Jitaru (Rom) Giotti Victoria 0:15:50
127 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky
128 Vlad-Nicolae Dobre (Rom) Giotti Victoria
129 Moreno Moser (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane