🎥 Alongside Van der Poel, Philipsen and Del Grosso also look in form — teammate has scary moment with motor
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Follow us on GoogleAlpecin-Premier Tech enjoyed another big day on Thursday at Tirreno-Adriatico. Mathieu van der Poel took his second stage win in four days, while Tibor Del Grosso (from the early breakaway) and Jasper Philipsen also made a strong impression. Michael Gogl, meanwhile, experienced a worrying moment after an incident with a race motorbike.
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Van der Poel settled it almost single-handedly in the finale, after being perfectly positioned by his teammates on the key climb. The Dutchman then powered to victory with an impressive acceleration in the sprint, ahead of new race leader Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) and Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X).
In the third group — just 26 seconds behind the front — Jasper Philipsen crossed the line as well. The Belgian sprinter, who already showed strong form in Opening Weekend, appears to have found his legs in time for Milan–San Remo. Philipsen won the sprint for 25th place, beating Wednesday’s stage winner Tobias Lund Andresen (Decathlon CMA CGM).
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Del Grosso also strong, scary moment for Gogl
Tibor Del Grosso (58th) finished in that same group of around thirty riders. That made him the second rider in the results to come from the early breakaway, behind the strong Norwegian Jonas Abrahamsen, who took 22nd.
“It was a shame there was so much poker at the front, because I had good legs,” Abrahamsen said afterwards to CyclingProNet. “My legs felt really good, but because of that cat-and-mouse we didn’t make it over the final climb.”
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For Alpecin-Premier Tech, there was also a nasty moment for Austrian rider Michael Gogl. After finishing his work towards the end of the stage, he crashed following a small incident with a motorbike.
Gogl stayed seated on the asphalt for a while in pain, but ultimately did finish the stage. “This is not exactly how I expected my day to go…,” he wrote on social media. The team later communicated that it was limited to bruises and abrasions, and that Gogl would likely start on Friday.
Video: Gogl makes contact with motorbike
Tom van der Salm (27) comes from the charming town of Zeilberg (Deurne) in the Netherlands and has been working as editor-in-chief & journalist at IDL Pro Cycling's parent site, In de Leiderstrui, since 2019. He travels with the peloton from the Tour de France to the AlUla Tour and from the World Championships in Rwanda or Canada to the Zilvermeercross in Mol. In his spare time he enjoys playing football, mountain biking, running, walking with his Labrador/Stabyhoun, investing, holidays, (specialty) beers, reading, cooking and watching sports & documentaries!
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