A late attack has given
Archie Ryan a brilliant victory on the penultimate stage of the 2024
Settimana Internazionale Coppi e BartaliA 10-man group formed the breakaway, notably including Gianluca Brambilla, who started the day just 23 seconds down in the general classification, with the Italian in the virtual lead of the race for much of the stage. He couldn't hold off the peloton to keep it though.
In fact, the last man standing from the break was German, Marco Brenner. With 5km to go though, Brenner too was caught. A counter-attack from Archie Ryan then saw the Irishman off the front in the finale, and it proved decisive for the
EF Education-EasyPost man, taking the win ahead of
Jenno Berckmoes and Adam Toupalik.