Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Filippo Ganna received the fourth stage of the Tour of Austria on Saturday afternoon, however on reflection it was a stage that now not mattered. After the race, André Drege had died. The Coop-Repsol rider had fallen on a descent.
On day 5 of the Tour of Austria, the riders had been offered with one other robust stage. The primary a part of the stage was notably robust, as a result of Fuscher Törl: 17.5 kilometres of climbing at 8.8%. The finale was not of that order, nevertheless it was additionally price it. The end was in Kals am Grossglockner, after a climb of 12.4 kilometres at a mean of 4 %.
Kopecký and Riesebeek within the main group
Within the forty kilometre run-up to the foot of the Fuscher Törl, a number one group of twelve emerged. This included André Drege, prologue winner Cameron Rogers (Lidl-Trek Future Racing), Michiel Coppens (BEAT Biking), Tomáš Kopecký (TDT-Unibet) and Oscar Riesebeek (Alpecin-Deceuninck). The perfect-ranked rider on the entrance was Samuele Zoccarato. The Italian from VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè was slightly below two and a half minutes behind chief Diego Ulissi. UAE Emirates subsequently didn’t enable the attackers to get greater than two minutes away.
On the Fuscher Törl the main group instantly cut up up. Riesebeek remained on the entrance together with his Austrian teammate Michael Gogl, the aforementioned Zoccarato and the Norwegian André Drege (Coop-Repsol). From the peloton riders then tried to make the crossing. Jonas Rapp succeeded. The German from the modest Hrinkow Advarics clearly had good climbing legs, as a result of along with Zoccarato he shortly left his fellow escapees behind.
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The 2 attacked one another briefly on prime of the Fuscher Törl, however as soon as down, they began to work properly collectively. They pushed onerous and initially misplaced solely a little bit floor in comparison with the peloton. With twenty kilometers to go, they nonetheless had a margin of three minutes. After that, nonetheless, the distinction shortly began to lower: on the foot of the ultimate climb to Kals am Grossglockner, the lead of Zoccarato and Rapps was lower than a minute and a half.
As a result of excessive tempo of Jayco AlUla, the journey of the 2 was already over ten kilometers from the end. The Australian formation then stored on going for some time, till UAE Emirates took over. The peloton thinned out, however nonetheless about twenty riders had been capable of comply with. It was not steep sufficient to trip all the things on bumps.
Ganna superior within the dash
An assault by Giulio Pellizzari initially of the ultimate kilometre additionally did not separate the group. So we obtained a dash for the win. Fillipo Ganna began the dash from a really lengthy distance. For a second it appeared that Diego Ulissi would meet up with him, however the INEOS Grenadiers powerhouse nonetheless had an additional barrel of vitality. He pushed on to the end and convincingly received the stage. Ulissi, who crossed the road in second place, stays the chief.
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The group of the Tour of Austria has introduced that André Drege has died. The 25-year-old rider of the continental Coop-Repsol, who was within the main group, fell on the descent of the Fuscher Törl. He suffered deadly accidents, in line with a number of Austrian media. Medical help couldn’t save Drege’s life.
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