Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) sealed the overall title at the Tour of the Alps in style, winning the mountainous final stage of the race on Friday.
The Italian, wearing the green leader’s jersey after his stage 2 triumph, attacked a few kilometres shy of the summit of the second of two ascents of the Montoppio climb before soloing for 21km down to the finish in Bolzano.
The Ineos Grenadiers duo of Thymen Arensman and Egan Bernal, both starting the day four seconds down on Pellizzari’s lead, were both distanced and dismantled as the 22-year-old claimed the first GC success of his young and highly promising career.
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Bernal was second across the line alongside Arensman in third, the Ineos duo coming home 30 seconds down in a trio that also featured last year’s winner, Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling).
Ineos dominated the peloton on the first ascent, but Red Bull took control on the second, shredding the bunch, and even shedding their own Alexander Vlasov – fourth on GC – but setting up Pellizzari for a successful launch.
Pellizzari ends the race and caps his first GC title with an advantage of 40 seconds over Bernal, who swapped places with his teammate Arensman on GC. That was due to the bonus seconds he collected on the final climb (four for second place) and the finish line (six for second place), with Arensman rounding out the final podium at 50 seconds.
“For me, it’s crazy. The last climb I knew I had to go full, not for me but the team, because they did an amazing job all week, and they deserve this more than me,” Pellizzari said.
“I have to say it was pretty hard, and super hot, but I had to do it for the team. It’z crazy to be here. I don’t want to say I won the Tour of the Alps, but that Red…
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