The 5 chasers group (Attila Valter,
Tiesj Benoot, Valentin Madouas, Matej Mohoric, and Rui Costa) were able to reduce the difference to
Tom Pidcock to 9 seconds. But they never fully cooperated, and due to that Tom Pidcock was able to celebrate alone in Siena.
"This was the maximum I could do with these legs because I was empty in the final. I didn't have the legs to do more. Pidcock was very strong, and fortunately for him, it didn't turn around so well with us.", he concluded. The Slovenian rode to sixth on the day, with teammate Pello Bilbao resisting into 7th place right behind.