Tirreno-Adriatico 2024: Philipsen powers to triumph, Ayuso still leader

fotobureau Cor VosJasper Philipsen sprints to his first triumph of 2024 in the 2nd stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico. He outguns Tim Merlier and Axel Zingle, while Juan Ayuso stays in the lead of the general classification. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 2nd stage 2024 Tirreno-Adriatico

1. Jasper Philipsen (bel)
2. Tim Merlier (bel) s.t.
3. Axel Zingle (fra) s.t.
4. Amaury Capiot (bel) s.t.
5. Casper van Uden (nld) s.t.
6. Søren Wærenskjold (nor) s.t.
7. Giovanni Lonardi (ita) s.t.
8. Ethan Vernon (gbr) s.t.
9. Jonathan Milan (ita) s.t.
10. Fabian Lienhard (swi) s.t.

GC after stage 2
1. Juan Ayuso (spa) 11.24
2. Filippo Ganna (ita) + 0.01
3. Jonathan Milan (ita) + 0.12
4. Ethan Vernon (gbr) + 0.13
5. Josef Cerny (cze) + 0.14
6. Søren Wærenskjold (nor) + 0.15
7. Antonio Tiberi (ita) + 0.17
8. Kevin Vauquelin (fra) + 0.18
9. Jonas Vingegaard (den) + 0.22
10. Romain Grégoire (fra) s.t.

Koersverloop
Lorenzo Quartucci, Jan Stöckli, Davide Bais and Filippo Magli attack from the gun. The peloton agrees and the quartet races to a lead of more than 6 minutes. At the summit of the only climb of the day, the gap has been halved.

Jan Stöckli is the last attacker to be reeled in with 37 kilometres remaining.

Tim Merlier opens his sprint way too early and hence he is a perfect lead-out man for Jasper Philipsen, who powers to the win.

Juan Ayuso stays in the lead of the general classification.

Another interesting read: route 2nd stage 2024 Tirreno-Adriatico.