Michael Valgren (EF Education EasyPost) won stage 5 of Tirreno-Adriatico. The Danish classic specialist took off out of the breakaway with one lap of the finishing circuit left to ride in the hilly 187km stage from Marotta-Mondolfo to Mombaroccio. Only Julian Alaphilippe could stay with him. On the final climb, Valgren attacked opened up a gap, grinding up horrendous slopes to the summit at the Santuario Beato Sante, no one was going to stop him. He took his first victory since 2021. “It was a really hard start with a lot of attacks, and I bridged across and we worked really well together. In the end, I thought I had good legs all day and Julian came with me, and we worked well together. In the end, it was such a hard day. We were pushing all day and I just had amazing legs and luck.” -Michael Valgren Look back… Tirreno-Adriatico 1986: Luciano Rabbottini (Vini Ricordi Pinarello), the unexpected winner of the 1986 Tirreno-Adriatico escaping alongside Palmiro Masciarelli (GIS) duri...
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