In the men’s race, the Spanish Alexander Valverde finished second in the race Strade-Bianche (Italy) just behind the slovenian Tadej Pogacar, double Tour de France champion, who imposed his pace in the last 50 kilometers and achieved an advantage of more than half a minute over his two main pursuers.
The classic transalpine already has a new champion. Pogacar signed his name for the first time in this Italian journey and was crowned champion after almost five hours of travel. Pello Bilbao (Bahrain – Victorious)the best Basque cyclist, arrived at 1:09 occupying the fifth place.
In female category the group of favorites arrived together with the last kilometers where only Lotten Kopecky (Team SD Worx) was able to respond to the heavy attack from Annemie Van Vleuten (Movistar) and beat her in a very close sprint.
MALE CLASSIFICATION
1- POGACAR Tadej (UAE Team Emirates) 4:47:49
2- VALVERDE Alejandro (Movistar Team) 0:37
3- ASGREEN Kasper (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 0:46
4- VALTER Attila (Groupama – FDJ) 1:07
5- BILBAO Pello (Bahrain-Victorious) 1:09
6- NARVÁEZ Jhonatan (INEOS Grenadiers) 1:09
7- SIMMONS Quinn (Trek – Segafredo) 1:21
8- WELLENS Tim (Lotto Soudal) 1:25
9- PETILLI Simone (Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux) 1:35
10- HIGUITA Sergio (BORA – hansgrohe 1:53
Victory parade along Santa Caterina for @TamauPogi!
Watch now last km of the 2022 Strade Bianche @eolo_it #StradeBianche pic.twitter.com/4zGA4MaZHz— Strade Bianche (@StradeBianche) March 5, 2022
FEMALE CLASSIFICATION
1- KOPECKY Lotte (Team SD Worx) 3:59:14
2- VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek (Movistar Team) 0:00
3- MOOLMAN Ashleigh (Team SD Worx) 0:10
4- NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna (Canyon//SRAM Racing) 0:19
5- LUDWIG Cecilie Uttrup (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) 0:24
6- CHABBEY Elise (Canyon//SRAM Racing) 0:28
7- VOS Marianne (Team Jumbo-Visma) 0:29
8- LONGO BORGHINI Elisa (Trek – Segafredo) 0:29
9- VAN ANROOIJ Shirin (Trek – Segafredo) 0:34
10- PERSICO Silvia (Valcar – Travel & Service) 0:34
Strategy, heart, strong legs. Here’s the last KM of the 2022 Strade Bianche Women Elite #AEOLUS 2022 with the battle between @LotteKopecky and @AvVleuten
do #StradeBianche do pic.twitter.com/SUGHp1E8Hc
— Strade Bianche (@StradeBianche) March 5, 2022
Source: Eitb
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