🏅🇳🇱 Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) gana la Etapa 1 del Giro de Italia 2022 🇮🇹 #Giro #Giroditalia #Giro105 #Ciclismo #Noticiclismo
Mathieu van der Poel takes the pink jersey as he sprints to the win at Giro d'Italia
CyclingFriday, 06 May 2022 at 17:23
The Alpecin-Fenix had clear ambitions coming into the Giro d'Italia, and he fullfiled them in the best way possible. Mathieu van der Poel didn't see the final climb attacked as hard as expected, but had the sprint to take the win in the opening day and takes the first pink jersey of the race.
The 195-kilometer long stage wasn't attractive to a breakaway, however only one team showed interest as Drone Hopper - Androni Giocatolli sent two riders up the road early on. Davide Bais and Filippo Tagliani had the spotlight throughout most of the day, eventually caught by the peloton with 13 kilometers to go.
It was a calm day in the bunch, which slowly ramped up as the peloton surged into the base of the final climb. Several teams took to the head of the peloton so as to have the ideal position into Visegrád. A small crash at the back of the peloton just before the climb started showcased the tension present.
Alpecin-Fenix and Lotto Soudal controlled the first kilometers of the ascent, with Lawrence Naesen attacking in the final four kilometers as INEOS took control of the peloton. Lennard Kämna attacked shortly after and put the peloton under presure as he quickly built a gap, but the German didn't have the power to keep his gap into the final kilometer.
Davide Formolo attacked in the final kilometer, but the peloton went compact into the final meters. Caleb Ewan, Biniam Girmay and Mathieu van der Poel launched the sprint and had a long sprint out ahead. The gruelling ramps to the line were excruciating, and saw the Australian crash in sight of the line.
Van der Poel just barely managed to have the top speed, and beat Girmay to the line, with Pello Bilbao finishing third.
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