Sunday 11 March 2018

Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) wins stage Tirrreno adriatico, Italy.





Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) attacks to nap his first win of the season in a memorial stage 5 of Filottrano, Tirreno Adriatico. Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) came second while (Team Sky) Michal Kwiatkowski wrap up third and move into race leaders blue jersey. Seven seconds later.

The Polish man taking over the race lead. Yates' solo victory is the second in two days for the family, with his twin brother Simon having won in Paris-Nice on Saturday before falling just short of overall victory earlier today.

             How stage 5 happen

A tribute to Michele Scarponi, the Astana rider who was killed while out training last April, stage 5 was another hilly one - this time ending with a hilltop finish in Scarponi's home town of Filot-trano. Four classified climbs - all third category - dotted the stage before the finale.

First up was Mon-telupone at 49.9km, then Ossimo at 117.8km, before two initial climbs of Filottrano at 142.7km and 158.8km. At the finish came another ride up the Muro di Filottrano (a 1.8km climb featuring gradients of up to 16 per cent) before a short descent and another ramp to the line. The day's intermediate sprints came at Morrovalle (58.5km) and Porto Recanati (84.9km).

 Top Ten General Classification from stage 5

 1, Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland) Team Sky 21:31:28,  
2, Damiano Caruso (Italy) BMC Racing Team 0:00:03,   3, Mikel Landa (Spain) Movistar Team 0:00:23,
4, Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:29,
5, Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:34,
6, Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:36,
7, Davide Formolo (Italy) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:37,
8, Tiesj Benoot (Belgium) Lotto Soudal 0:00:39,
9, George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:41,
10, Jaime Roson (Spain) Movistar Team



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