Clément Champoussin (Arkéa-B&B Resorts) beat Michael Storer (Tudor Professional Biking) to win the Giro della Toscana after the 2 obtained away on the second testing climb of Monte Serra overlooking Pisa.
Champoussin and Storer went shoulder to shoulder within the dash however the Frenchman gained it with a motorcycle throw.
Jordan Jegat (TotalEnergies) gained the dash for third place, 17 seconds down on Champoussin and Storer, main in a small chase group that fashioned on Monte Serra.
The 182.7km race coated a number of loops close to Pisa after which climbed Monte Serra twice within the second half of the course. Monte Serra is known as a testing climb for a lot of Italian riders and purchasers of locally-based coaches Michele Bartoli and Luigi Cecchini, who coached Bjarne Riis, Jan Ullrich and others through the nineties.
EF Schooling–EasyPost and UAE Staff Emirates took management of the race on the primary climb of Monte Serra and closed the hole on the early break.
Sjoerd Bax, Diego Ulissi (UAE Staff Emirates), Jean Loup Fayolle (Arkea B&B Resorts), Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis), Johan Esteban Chaves (EF Schooling–EasyPost), Emanuel Buchmann (Pink Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Jose Manuel Diaz (Burgos-BH), Julen Arriola (Caja Rural–RGA), Walter Calzoni, David De La Cruz (Q36.5 Professional Biking) and Charles Paige (TDT Unibet) fashioned a chase group and caught the breakaway as they handed by the end space.
On the second climb of Monte Serra, Georg Steinhauser (EF Schooling-Easypost), Clément Champoussin (Arkéa-B&B Resorts), Antonio Pedrero, Javier Romo (Movistar), Michael Storer (Tudor Professional Biking) and Domenico Pozzovivo (VF Group Bardiani-CSF Faizanè).
UAE Staff Emirates missed the transfer and chased on the entrance of the peloton however Champoussin and Storer managed to increase their lead over the summit to twenty seconds.
The chase group swelled in numbers on the technical descent and flat street however Champoussin and Storer held off the chase on the flat 15 km to the end in Pontedera, because the chasers squabbled.
Champoussin and Storer slowed and studied one another earlier than the dash however Champoussin proved to be barely quicker and gained the duel to safe his first win of 2024 and a few valuable UCI banking factors for Arkéa-B&B Resorts.
On Thursday lots of the identical riders will compete within the Coppa Sabatini race in Tuscany. Marc Hirschi gained in 2023 and returns to the UAE Staff Emirates line-up seeking one other win.
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