Tirreno-Adriatico 2022: Solo triumph Barguil, Pogacar still leader

image: Cor VosWarren Barguil wins the 'tappa dei muri' from the breakaway. Tadej Pogacar stays in the overall race lead with Remco Evenepoel still in second, while Thymen Arensman moves up to third. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 5th stage 2022 Tirreno-Adriatico

1. Warren Barguil (fra)
2. Xandro Meurisse (bel) + 0.10
3. Simone Velasco (ita) + 0.14
4. Nelson Oliveira (por) + 0.15
5. Richie Porte (aus) + 0.26
6. Tadej Pogacar (slo) + 0.28
7. Jonas Vingegaard (den) s.t.
8. Enric Mas (spa) s.t.
9. Remco Evenepoel (bel) s.t.
10. Jai Hindley (aus) s.t.

18. Thymen Arensman (nld) + 0.35
19. Miguel Ángel López (col) + 0.38
21. Wilco Kelderman (nld) s.t.
26. Tao Geoghegan Hart (gbr) + 0.47

GC after stage 5
1. Tadej Pogacar (slo)
2. Remco Evenepoel (bel) + 0.09
3. Thymen Arensman (nld) + 0.43
4. Jonas Vingegaard (den) + 0.45
5. Miguel Ángel López (col) + 1.00
6. Richie Porte (aus) s.t.
7. Tao Geoghegan Hart (gbr) + 1.02
8. Jai Hindley (aus) + 1.06
9. Enric Mas (spa) + 1.11
10. Wilco Kelderman (nld) + 1.14

Race report
No attack sticks in the first phase and the peloton is still bunched after 50 kilometres. Then Nelson Oliveira, Valentin Ferron and Clément Russo give it a go. Benjamin Thomas, Warren Barguil, Gianni Vermeersch, Jhonatan Restrepo, Davide Ballerini, Gianlucca Brambilla, Francesco Gavazzi, Vincenzo Albanese and Simone Velasco track them down with 90 kilometres remaining. They carve out a lead of approximately 4 minutes.

Barguil goes solo on the finishing circuit, while Thomas rejoins him. Another seven men come across.

Evenepoel strikes on a climb with 8 kilometres to go. Pogacar and Vingegaard go with him. Moments later they miss a right hand turn, disrupting their chase.

Barguil attacks again inside the last 3 kilometres and he forges on to victory. Meurisse crosses the line in second, Velasco in third.

Pogacar/Evenepoel/Vingegaard maintain the status quo on the double digit gradients into Fermo and they cross the line together.

Ganna disappears from the top 3 and young Arensman takes his place, now sitting in third between Evenepoel en Vingegaard, while Pogacar still leads the Race of the Two Seas.

Another interesting read: route 5th stage 2022 Tirreno-Adriatico.