
Lenny Martinez confirms himself as a stage hunter and - after a stage in Paris-Nice and one in the Tour of Romandy - conquers the eighth and final stage, the Val-d'Arc - Plateau du Mont-Cenis of 133.8 km.
The Bahrain Victorious French rider entered the day's breakaway which involved Maxim Van Gils (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike), Tobias Foss (Ineos Grenadiers), Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step), Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost), Enric Mas, Ivan Romeo (Movistar), Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Jake Stewart and Alexey Lutsenko (Israel Premier Tech) and was the only one to remain alone at the front
Martinez resisted the solo attack by Mathieu Van der Poel, held on with Enric Mas and then dropped him three kilometers from the Moncenisio GPM and in the finale managed to resist the comeback attempt by Vingegaard and Pogacar.
On the final climb, among the big names, Evenepoel was the first to move to respond to Johannessen's moves, who was following him in the general classification. But when Vingegaard accelerated with Pogacar on his wheel, new difficulties began for the Belgian. Second place at the finish for Vingegaard, then Pogacar and a few seconds later Jorgenson and Evenepoel. Misfortune for the eighteen-year-old Paul Saixas who crashed, arrived at the finish line with an obviously crooked handlebar and lost two positions in the general classification. Final triumph for the world champion who adds the 99th victory of his career.
FINISH ORDER
1. LENNY MARTINEZ - BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS in 3h 34' 18''
2. JONAS VINGEGAARD - TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE at 34''
3. TADEJ POGACAR - UAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG
4. MATTEO JORGENSON - TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE at 40'' - -
5. REMCO EVENEPOEL - SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
6. ENRIC MAS - MOVISTAR TEAM at 45''
7. FLORIAN LIPOWITZ - RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE at 47''
8. TOBIAS JOHANNESSEN - UNO-X MOBILITY
9. BEN HEALY - EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST at 1' 01''
10. SEPP KUSS - TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE.
FINAL CLASSIFICATION
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