Tour of the Alps 2023: Carr solos to triumph, Geoghegan Hart seals GC win

Simon Carr attacks from the breakaway on the last climb of the day. The Briton opens up a 1.30 minute lead and he solos to triumph in the last stage of the Tour of the Alps. Tao Geoghegan Hart seals the overall victory ahead of Hugh Carthy and Jack Haig. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 5th stage 2023 Tour of the Alps

1. Simon Carr (gbr)
2. Georg Steinhauser (ger) + 0.53
3. Matteo Fabbro (ita) s.t.
4. Florian Lipowitz (ger) + 0.55
5. Johannes Kulset (ger) + 1.21
6. Luca Covili (ita) + 2.09
7. Geoffrey Bouchard (fra) + 2.40
8. Txomin Juaristi (spa) s.t.
9. Valentin Paret-Peintre (fra) + 2.50
10. Andrea Vendrame (ita) + 3.00

Final GC 2023 Tour of the Alps

1. Tao Geoghegan Hart (gbr)
2. Hugh Carthy (gbr) + 0.22
3. Jack Haig (aus) + 0.28
4. Jefferson Cepeda (ecu) + 0.36
5. Lorenzo Fortunato (ita) + 0.38
6. Lennard Kämna (ger) + 0.45
7. Pavel Sivakov (fra) + 0.56
8. Santiago Buitrago (col) + 0.58
9. Felix Gall (aut) + 1.20
10. Torstein Træen (nor) + 1.34

Race report
After the first big breakaway has been caught, Lipowitz, Prodhomme and Steinhauser give it a go. Edoardo Zamabini, Simon Carr, Juri Hollmann, Matteo Fabbro, Geoffrey Bouchard, Valentin Paret-Peintre, Andrea Vendrae, Luis León Sanchez, Antonio Nibali, Oler Goldstein, Luca Covili, Johannes Kulset, Ådne Holter, Magnus Brynsrud, Damien Howson, Gianlucca Bramblla, Txomin Juaristi, Enekoitz Azparren, José Félix Parra and Moran Vermeulen track them down. The second break of the day opens up a 4 minutes lead.

Carr goes alone in the climb to Riomolino and he solos to victory.

The peloton crosses the line 4.28 minutes later and Geoghegan Hart seals the GC.

Another interesting read: route 5th stage 2023 Tour of the Alps.