Greig Leach

The peloton hit the final climb of the Poggio all together so it was time to try and give it a go. As expected it was Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step) who was the first to launch an attack. The World Champion was quickly covered by Wout Van Aert (Jumbo Visma) and Mathieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix). These were the three that started the day as the favorites to win the day, two having one the race in the recent past. However, it didn't look like they were getting enough of a gap to hold off the peloton on the technical descent in just a few minutes.