Tour of the Alps 2023: Geoghegan Hart celebrates overall victory - Carr wins last stage

After 144.5 kilometres between Cavalese and Bruneck, Simon Carr from (EF Education EasyPost) on stage 5 of the Tour of the Alps 2023. The 24-year-old Brit was part of a leading group of 23 riders from which he broke away on the final climb of the day. 53 seconds after Carr, his German team-mate Georg Steinhauser crossed the finish line in second place, completing the double victory for EF Education EasyPost. Third and fourth place went to the two Bora-Hansgrohe professionals Matteo Fabbro and Florian Lipowitz.

For stage winner Carr, his persistence paid off. "I've been in the breakaway three times this week - so probably more often in leading groups than in the peloton. Today I was still tired in the morning and then surprised how well my legs worked in the finale. I'm very happy that I was able to win the stage," said the Brit.

Geoghegan Hart celebrates overall victory

In the overall standings, Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers), who had won stages one and two, came out on top on the final day of the Tour of the Alps 2023, ahead of Hugh Carthy (EF Education EasyPost) and Jack Haig (Bahrain-Victorious). The winner of the 2020 Giro d'Italia thus celebrated a successful dress rehearsal around two weeks before the start of the Tour of Italy.

"Another exceptional performance from the team today in difficult conditions. I would like to thank my friends, my family and the team. I am very happy. It's been a very good week," said Geoghegan Hart.

Tour of the Alps 2023: Successful Giro endurance test for Lennard Kämna

Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe) is also already in good form. The North German, who is aiming to ride a three-week stage race at the Giro for the first time, decided the mountain arrival in Brentonico San Valentino in his favour on the third day and finished sixth in the final standings, 45 seconds behind the leader. Kämna's team-mate Aleksandr Vlasov, seventh in the overall standings the day before, did not start the fifth stage. The Russian is expected to support the Raubling-based racing team's Classics squad, which has been plagued by cancellations, in Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday.

How the 5th stage of the Tour of the Alps 2023 went

After the start, 15 riders broke away from the peloton. However, this group was brought back by the peloton. A new breakaway group then formed, consisting of 23 riders. On the last climb of the day, the Mühlbach, Simon Carr broke away from his companions around 26 kilometres before the finish. The Brit reached the mountain prize in first place and mastered the rain-soaked descent to the finish in Bruneck with aplomb.

Behind them, Matteo Fabbro, Georg Steinhauser and Florian Lipowitz sprinted for second place. The German from EF Education EasyPost prevailed over Fabbro. Overall winner Tao Geoghegan Hart crossed the finish line 4:28 minutes behind his rivals. There were attacks in the final climb by Matthew Riccitello (Israel-Premier Tech) and Ivan Ramiro Sosa (Movistar), but Ineos Grenadiers remained in control at all times.

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Tour of the Alps 2023: Results 5th stage

1. Simon Carr (EF Education EasyPost) 3:43:28
2. Georg Steinhauser (EF Education EasyPost) +0:53
3. Matteo Fabbro (Bora-Hansgrohe) +0:53
4. Florian Lipowitz (Bora-Hansgrohe) +0:55
5. Johannes Kulset (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) +1:21
6. Luca Covilli (Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizane) +2:09
7. Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R-Citroën Team) +2:40
8. Txomin Juaristi (Euskaltel-Euskadi) +2:40
9. Valentin Paret-Peintre (AG2R-Citroën Team) +2:50
10. Andrea Vendrame (AG2R-Citroën) +3:00

The final standings in the overall standings

1. Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) 19:29:50
2. Hugh Carthy (EF Education EasyPost) +0:22
3. Jack Haig (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:28
4. Jefferson Cepeda (EF Education EasyPost) +0:36
5. Lorenzo Fortunato (Eolo - Kometa) +0:38
6. Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe) +0:45
7. Pavel Sivakov (Ineos Grenadiers) +0:56
8. Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:58
9. Felix Gall (AG2R-Citroën Team) +1:20
10. Torstein Traeen (Uno-X Pro Cycling Tam) +1:34

The Tour of the Alps 2023 points jersey also goes to Tao Geoghegan Hart, Sergio Samitier (Movistar) secures the mountain classification, Max Poole (Team DSM) is best young pro.