Thibaut Pinot wins final stage of the Tour of the Alps as Romain Bardet snatches overall win

After a heartbreak yesterday, Groupama's - FDJ Thibaut Pinot has gotten his revenge and his first win since 2019, by taking the win in the final stage of the Tour of the Alps in a complicated rainy day.

The final day was one suited to a breakaway. Despite the small distances, the gaps grew immensely as early on in the day a large group went up the road. In the opening climb of the day. From that, Thibaut Pinot (Groupama - FDJ), David de la Cruz (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Igor Arrieta (Equipo Kern Pharma), Lennard Kämna (BORA - hansgrohe) and Torstein Traeen (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) took a gap. With the rainy roads, the gaps settled with Pinot and De la Cruz getting a gap that would eventually sustain itself throughout the day, as the peloton let the gap grow without intentions of going for the stage win.

The duo stuck together until the final ascent of the day in Stronach, and there - despite a mechanical - Pinot dropped the Spaniard in the ascent. Despite de la Cruz returning in the descent, in the uphill sprint into Lienz Pinot took the best out of the Astana rider. Lennard Kämna finished third.

In the peloton, Pello Bilbao struggled in the final ascent after a badly timed mechanical, with Romain Bardet gapping the race leader on the ascent. Together with teammate and Thymen Arensman and Michael Storer they built a gap over the rivals, leading DSM into conquering the overall classification as Bilbao shedded 39 seconds. The trio also took over the final podium of the final classification.