{"id":53807,"date":"2026-04-22T18:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/53807\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:10:10","slug":"it-was-quite-a-tough-day-giulio-pellizzari-survives-tour-of-the-alps-test-with-leaders-jersey-intact-despite-loss-of-key-domestique-to-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/53807\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt was quite a tough day…\u201d \u2013 Giulio Pellizzari survives Tour of the Alps test with leader\u2019s jersey intact despite loss of key domestique to crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The stage was thrown into disarray almost immediately after the start, with a major crash involving around 30 riders forcing a neutralisation and reshaping the race before the climbing had even begun.<\/p>\n

Among those forced to abandon was Lorenzo Finn<\/a>, a significant blow for Pellizzari and Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe. Finn had started the day sixth overall and second in the youth classification, and his loss removed an important climbing support rider at a crucial point in the race. \u201cIt was quite a tough day, a hard start unfortunately,\u201d Pellizzari said afterwards to Cycling Pro Net<\/a>. \u201cWe lost a team-mate, Lorenzo Finn, who had to abandon. We hope it\u2019s nothing serious. Now we look ahead to tomorrow and focus on the positives.\u201dRed Bull control under pressure<\/p>\n

Despite that setback, Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe once again moved to the front of the peloton and set the tempo on the opening climb, continuing the approach that had delivered victory on Stage 2.<\/p>\n

A strong breakaway featuring Sam Oomen and Darren Rafferty forced the pace behind, with the pair building an advantage of close to two minutes and holding firm deep into the stage. As the kilometres ticked down, however, the peloton gradually increased the pressure, reducing the gap and setting up a tense finale.<\/p>\n

The break was finally caught inside the final five kilometres, at which point the race shifted sharply back towards the general classification contenders. Attacks from Egan Bernal and Ben O’Connor stretched the group, but no decisive move was able to stick.<\/p>\n

\"Giulio<\/p>\n

Pellizzari already has a stage win under his belt this race<\/p>\n

Leader\u2019s jersey remains intact<\/p>\n

In the end, Pellizzari crossed the line safely among the main contenders, preserving his narrow advantage in the general classification after taking the race lead with victory on Stage 2.<\/p>\n

While the time gaps remained minimal, the Italian\u2019s ability to navigate a stage marked by crashes, relentless climbing and late attacks underlined both his composure and the strength of his position in the race. \u201cHopefully he recovers quickly,\u201d Pellizzari added, speaking about Finn. \u201cI don\u2019t know exactly what the issue is yet, but he\u2019s already shown how strong he is. I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll come back even stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The stage was thrown into disarray almost immediately after the start, with a major crash involving around…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[50,88,28943,30294,29544,25686],"class_list":{"0":"post-53807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-alps","8":"tag-alps","9":"tag-cycling","10":"tag-giulio-pellizzari","11":"tag-lorenzo-finn","12":"tag-red-bull-bora-hansgrohe","13":"tag-tour-of-the-alps"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116449707686457589","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}