Last appointment before Tour of Lombardythe Piedmont Tour (Great Piedmont in original version) took place this Thursday at 48 hours of the last Monument of the season. Less difficult than Classic of dead leavesthis Italian semi-classic contested over 182 kilometers between Valdengo and Borgomanero nevertheless offered a great spectacle in the last 60 miles, with the superb number and solo victory of Neilson Powless on this 108th edition! After a big skimming in the long climb of the Passo della Colma (8.6 km at 5.5%), the main difficulty of the day located around sixty miles from the goal, the American came out of a very thin “peloton” just over 40 km from the finish and narrowly resisted the return of his pursuers after a breathtaking finale.
Video – Neilson Powless’ number on Gran Piemonte 2024
Neilson Powless hadn’t won in over a year
A superb raid which allows him to raise his arms for the first time since February 2023 and The Star of Bessèges ! The adventurer ofEF Education-EasyPost initially gained an advantage of 45 seconds before seeing the chase gradually claw back its gap in the finale. The pursuers finally failed by seven seconds, Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech) regulating the sprint of a platoon of around thirty units in front Alex Aranburu (Movistar). The top 5 is completed by the Italian Filippo Magli (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) and the Belgian Xandro Meurisse (Alpecin-Deceuninck).
Tour of Piedmont – General classification
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