Tour of Piedmont 2024 – Neilson Powless’ number

Neilson Powless's number on the Tour of Piedmont 2024

Neilson Powless solo on the Tour du Piedmont 2024. Photo: Cor Vos

Ultimately, it was the punchers who had the last in the Tour of Piedmont 2024. If the sprinters were present to try to compete for victory, the movement race was fatal to them. In the end, it was Neilson Powless who won after a solo 40 kilometer run.

Neilson Powless (28 years old) won the Tour of Piedmont 2024 (1.Pro) this Thursday. HAS Borgomaneroat the end of the day’s 182 kilometers, the American runner of the team EF Education-EasyPost presented himself as the winner after a solo number of 40 kilometers. Despite an increasingly pressing peloton in the last 5 kilometers, he resisted the return of Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech) and Alex Aranburu (Movistar) who took the runners-up just behind.

Four riders in the lead, the sprinter teams in control

At the start of the Tour du Piedmont 2024 (1.Pro) at Valdengofour riders took the lead with Andrii Ponomar (Corratec-Vini Fantini), Nickolas Zukowsky (Q36.5), Francisco Muñoz (Polti Kometa) et Luca Colnaghi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè). The peloton then let slip a lead of up to 6 minutes. Then the teams of sprinters began to control the gap, notably Alpecin-Deceuninck who relied on Kaden Groves.

dsm-firmenich PostNL lasted the course in the Colma Pass

As expected, the Colma Pass (8.6 Km at 5.5%) saw the teams without sprinters set out to break the peloton. The team dsm-company PostNL of Romain Bardet took charge of the race from the start. Over the kilometers, a few sprinters showed signs of weakness. Kevin Vermaerke then attacked after the work of his teammates. But it is a cons of Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) which created the difference to form a group in the descent with in particular Julien Bernard (Lidl-Trek), Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers) or Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost).

Neilson Powless goes all out

But the group at the front was too large to hear each other. If Julien Bernard tried, it’s finally Neilson Powless who managed to isolate himself 40 kilometers from the finish. And in a part of the race not necessarily favorable to a single man, the American managed to take a good thirty seconds lead. As the group of pursuers pressed on, the team’s runner EF Education-EasyPost resisted until the finish line to win with a few lengths in advance.