Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) wins final stage of tour d Alps, Italy.

Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) outsprints  Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing) to win final stage of Tour d Alps, Italy

 Geraint Thomas took the lead on stage 3 after winning in Funes, was left isolated on the two final climbs of stage as Pinot, Pozzovivo and Michele Scarponi (Astana) sensed blood.

A fine ride from Mikel Landa (Team Sky), however, helped to protect Thomas. The Basque rider, who will co-lead Team Sky alongside Thomas in the Giro d'Italia next month, shut down a number of moves before driving the front group towards the final climb inside the last 10 kilometres. A surge from Scarponi split the front group with 7.5 kilometres to go and saw Landa finally lose contact but when Pozzovivo jumped on the pedals moments later only Thomas and then Pinot could follow. Scarponi and then a number of other riders made contact on the descent but with bonus seconds up for grabs at the finish the overall title wasn't sealed until the sprint for the line. Pinot would have to win the stage and also distance Thomas in order to take the title, and the Frenchman took up the reigns with 200 metres to go. Bookwalter was wise to the move and Thomas latched on too, and although the FDJ leader took the stage, Thomas did enough to ensure he kept the leader's jersey.

Top Ten final General classification result

1 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 20:49:37
2 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0:00:07
  3 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:20,
 4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:27  
5 Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky 0:00:42   6 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:52   7 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:54   8 Danilo Celano (Ita) Italy     9 Egan Bernal (Col) Androni Giocattoli 0:01:02   10 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Androni Giocattoli