Michael Valgren (EF Education-EasyPost) sealed victory on stage 5 of Tirreno-Adriatico, after forming part of the day’s early break and slowly whittling down his rivals, and then holding off a charging Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) in the final kilometres.
Though the chasing pair couldn’t quite catch Valgren and go for the win, instead finishing 11 seconds down, Del Toro’s second place after attacking in the finale sees him grab the race lead.
After an eight-man group went away in the first 40km of the hilly stage in Marche, Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor) and Valgren were the final survivors and aggressors, attacking in the final 25km to go away as a pair.
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