Tour of the Alps 2026, April 20-24

[Tim Cahill]

Dati stuffed everyone in Coppi the other week too, overpowered at Conti level

 

[YavorD]

Tommaso Dati for the win today

Great call.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Tommaso Dati for the win today

Good call:

1	Dati Tommaso	Team UKYO	25	30		3:21:35
2	Pidcock Thomas	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	15	18		,,
3	Stork Florian	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10	12		,,
4	Bessega Gabriele	Team Polti VisitMalta	5	7		,,
5	Iacomoni Federico	Team UKYO	3	4		,,
6	Engelhardt Felix	Team Jayco AlUla		3		,,
7	Pietrobon Andrea	Team Polti VisitMalta		2		,,
8	Vesco Leonardo	Italy		1		,,
9	Quinn Sean	EF Education - EasyPost				,,

 

[Brullnux]

Tommaso Dati for the win today

Great call

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

pidders beaten :O

He's supposed to be there and not in FW because he's out of shape.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Random Florien storck appearance

 

[YavorD]

Random Florien storck appearance

He probably gets a boost for this race just like Cepeda.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Suprised Pidcock was even there at the end, read an article saying his injuries are a 2 month off kind of thing

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Pozzovivo beat O'Connor.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Dati, eh? What are his numbers like?

 

[Sciatic]

Why do they have to finish so early?

 

[Potomac]

I missed the stage....72 riders on the same time as the winner? Did they forget to have an Alp along the way?

 

[RedheadDane]

Why do they have to finish so early?

I think there was an explanation a while back.
Something about them having to go along some of the major traffic routes, and people apparently want to get home from work...

 

[Mayomaniac]

I think there was an explanation a while back.
Something about them having to go along some of the major traffic routes, and people apparently want to get home from work...

At least in the small latersl valleys with no other roads, yes.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Cofidis having Dati as a stagiaire last year and then not signing him kind of sums up why they're not a WT team anymore. Yes, it's only Coppi e Bartali and the Tour of the Alps, but how often have they had neopros getting multiple wins in their debut season?

 

[tobydawq]

This Ukyo dominance on the (almost) Italian scene is getting very predictable now. Sport ruined.

 

[Sciatic]

I think there was an explanation a while back.
Something about them having to go along some of the major traffic routes, and people apparently want to get home from work...

Thanks, I have a vague slight memory of that.

 

[Sciatic]

At least in the small latersl valleys with no other roads, yes.

Thanks Mayo.

 

[SorelyBoy]

Suprised Pidcock was even there at the end, read an article saying his injuries are a 2 month off kind of thing

Yeah, there’s a great article in The Athletic where he details his recovery. There’s also an interview with his physio etc. Seems that after they drained the fluid out of the knee he recovered pretty well. Although he did say that while he’s been training well he knows he’ll probably not be in top shape this week. So second in the first stage is an amazing result. All in all, he’s a very lucky boy because it was a pretty nasty crash that could have resulted in far worse injuries if not death.

 

[tobydawq]

Yeah, there’s a great article in The Athletic where he details his recovery. There’s also an interview with his physio etc. Seems that after they drained the fluid out of the knee he recovered pretty well. Although he did say that while he’s been training well he knows he’ll probably not be in top shape this week. So second in the first stage is an amazing result. All in all, he’s a very lucky boy because it was a pretty nasty crash that could have resulted in far worse injuries if not death.

He also said after today's stage that this was his worst day ever on a bike, that there were no positives to take apart from the fact that he can only get better, that he felt as though it was full gas up every climb and that his second place didn't happen through anything else but following wheels as he had no sprint at all and there were no sprinters in the race.

So I surmise that he doesn't really see it happening that he will dethrone Pogi on Sunday.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

With the bunch sprint out of the way, the terrain is looking more challenging on stage 2:

Come on, Bernal, no sandbagging.

 

[Red Rick]

Guys is Pidcock again not going for GC like he was doing in Catalunya?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Guys is Pidcock again not going for GC like he was doing in Catalunya?

Hard miles before Liege.

 

[jmdirt]

I love it when a small $ team wins!

 

[jmdirt]

I missed the stage....72 riders on the same time as the winner? Did they forget to have an Alp along the way?

Lots of beautiful background shots of the Alps!