Refresh
The break are about to crest the Sassotetto climb.
The gap has dropped a touch to three minutes and 22 seconds.
5km to the top of the climb.
The riders have almost 4000 metres of elevation gain today.
The riders are just about to start the all category climb to the highest point of the entire week, the Sassotetto.
Just 5km to the intermediate sprint in Sarnano with the break pulling away with a gap onf one minute 24 seconds.
Attack
Gregor Mühlberger (Decathlon-CMA CGM)
Vincenzo Albanese (EF Education-EasyPost)
Clement Braz Afonso (Groupama-FDJ United)
Walter Calzoni (Pinarello-Q36.5)
Timo Kielich (Visma-Lease a Bike)
Guillermo Thomas Silva (XDS-Astana)
Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers)
Puncture for Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Premier Tech).
Ineos Grenadiers currently lead the peloton.
Tiberi doesn’t get away though. He was chase down after getting a small gap solo.
Van der Poel and Bettiol were, indeed, caught.
Just 20km to the intermediate sprint in Sarnano at the base of the Sassotetto climb.
Van der Poel and Bettiol may still be ahead of the bunch. Awaiting confirmation on that one.
Van der Poel and Bettiol caught.
Van der Poel and Bettiol have just 10 seconds on the peloton.
Van der Poel sat up on the final climb yesterday as he may have thought he didn’t have the legs to compete with the likes of Del Toro. It also meant he lost enough time to allow him to go into breaks as he is now almost eight minutes down in the GC.
Peloton all back together with two riders out front. The bunch is being pulled along by Visma-Lease a Bike.
Riders who are definitely in the front split are race leader Del Toro as well as Van der Poel and Van Aert. No suggestion that other big GC names are in the group.
Once again, there are 30 points max up for grabs in the KOM classification. Diego Pablo Sevilla (Polti-Visit Malta) seems pretty empty after multiple days in the break, he has 12 points over Joan Bou (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and 15 points over Remy Rochas (Groupama-FDJ United) going into today.
Van Aert is really pushing in these early kilometres as he tries to force the break of the day with pure power alone, seemingly.
The move by Van der Poel and Van Aert didn’t stick and the peloton is, currently, all together.
Corbin Strong (NSN) didn’t start today due to coming down with an illness.
A puncture for Gianni Moscon (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) delays the start.
The riders have started the neutralised zone.
Sign on is almost complete at the beautiful square in San Severino Marche.
The neutral start is in about 10 minutes.
Jerseys:
The start town of San Severino Marche is also the hometown of second overall, Pellizzari. He would’ve hoped to still be in the leader’s jersey going into today for his homecoming, but it wasn’t to be. He does still wear the white best young riders jersey on Del Toro’s behalf, though.
If it wasn’t for his crash on stage two when he was following eventual stage winner, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech), on the gravel climb to San Gimignanon, Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) would’ve probably have been right in the fight with Del Toro and Pellizzari. He still could be as the rider from the USA shows good form way before main goals in the Ardennes…
It is all about today for Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and the other GC contenders with a pretty flat day tomorrow in San Benedetto del Tronto…
The riders are due to start racing in around 45 minutes.
Today’s stage is yet another cracker in the offing. Several brutally steep climbs as well as the highest point of the race, the Sassotetto. This time, the famous climb will be climbed much earlier in the stage as is the norm with this usual summit finish ascent.
Plus some reaction from the 34-year-old, Valgren, after taking the stage in dramatic fashion from the break that included Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor)…
It was a memorable day yesterday with a big GC day shaping what these last two days will look like but also an emotional first victory in five years for former Danish champion, Michael Valgren (EF Education-EasyPost). Relive the action with our full post race report…
Buongiorno and welcome to Cyclingnews’ live report on stage 6 of Tirreno-Adriatico 2026
You must confirm your public display name before commenting
Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name.