Fredrik Dversnes (Uno-X Mobility) pulled off a hard-fought victory on Tirreno Adriatico stage five, hanging on by the skin of his teeth against the chasing pursuers. The Norwegian rider proved the strongest of the day's early break, on a 200km-plus day, from Ascoli Piceno to Pergola. He claimed his first-ever World Tour win beating star riders like Tom Pidcock and Mathieu van der Poel.
"I have two pretty hard days and cold days so with this weather today it turned out to be a pretty good day. On the final climb I got the word from the sports directeur to go all in, and luckily it turned out to be good enough."
-Fredrik Dversnes
Derek Gee finished in the reduced bunch to maintain 4th on GC ahead of tomorrow's big test...
The Queen Stage 6
Look back...
Raymond Poulidor 1962 Paris-Nice ITT... Race in the snow.
Joop Zoetemelk winner of 1985 Tirreno Adriatico in the rain.
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