Cycling: Simon Yates won Tirreno – Adriatico. The Briton did not let his blue jersey be taken off in the final time trial either. Filippo Ganna won the battle against the clock with ease.
Simon Yates wins Tirreno – Adriatico
The pros only had to cover 10,1 kilometers at the 55th edition of Tirreno – Adriatico today. At the individual time trial in San Benedetto del Tronto, the decision in the overall standings should also be made. Of course, the fight against the clock on the flat was mainly for the classic time trial experts. Nevertheless it succeeded Geraint Thomas (Ineos) not, Simon yates (Mitchelton – Scott) to take off the blue jersey. With fourth place and a time of 11:10 he was able to make up 22 seconds, but it was not enough for the overall victory by 17 seconds. The podium completes Rafal Mayka (Bora – hansgrohe).
Filippo Ganna in a different league
Despite well-known competition won Filippo Gana (Ineos) the time trial confidently. The only 24-year-old was able to clearly beat the hour record holder Victor Campenaerts (NTT) and Time Trial World Champion Rohan Dennis (Ineos) prevail. In the end, the two favorites were 18 and 26 seconds behind the day's winner from Italy.
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