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2022 Edition - Stage 4

ARCHIVE 58th EDITION

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Pont-Saint-Martin > Fontainemore (Coumarial)

  • 16/07/2022
  • Stage 4
  • 167,4 km

The highlights of the stage

The fourth stage of the 58th Giro Ciclistico Internazionale della Valle d'Aosta Mont Blanc, from Pont Saint Martin to Coumarial (Fontainemore), set the race hierarchies of the race.

The start was really fast. A small group of escapees won the first Sprint Catch of Montjovet (Sean Flynn of Tudor Cycling) and the second of Saint Vincent (won by Robin Skivild of Uno X Dare). Skivil, the Danish rider, led the race in the next phases, taking the lead on the ramps of the Col d'Arlaz where he won the KOM, then the KOM of Col d'Arlaz, then KOM Col Tsecore and the KOM Col de Joux.

The yellow jersey's teammates were in control of the race leading the peloton. Skivild's feat ended at Pont Saint Martin, however, where the peloton caught up with him at the foot of the Perloz climb. Here, Groupama immediately took the lead, with Reuben Thompson and yellow jersey Martinez in the sprint, joined by Welay Berhe Hagos (EF) and Oscar Onley (DSM). Thompson, Martinez and Berhe Hagos went through the terrifyingly short climb of KOM Perloz and again in the same order on KOM Fabiole, getting rid of fellow rider Onley. But the Groupama FDJ duo continued to force the pace all the way to Fontainemore and were leading alone on the final climb to Coumarial. The two overall leaders continued at a steady pace and their gap grew on Marco Frigo (Israel) and on Simone Raccani (Italian national team).

At the finish in Coumarial, Thompson and Martinez finally came in hand-in-hand, with Raccani third at 43", Onley fourth at 1' 40" and Frigo fifth at 2' 05". In the GC, Lenny Martinez (Groupama FDJ) reconfirmed his position in the yellow Eaux Valdotaines and white Vallée d'Aoste jersey. Reuben Thompson (Groupama FDJ) is second, while Simone Raccani is third and opens the way to Marco Frigo (4th) and Riccardo Ciuccarelli (5th). The red and white Haute Savoie Sprint Catch jersey goes to Sean Flynn (Tudor Pro Cycling) while the CVA Energie KOM jersey is taken by Reuben Thompson.

Stage winner

THOMPSON Reuben
GROUPAMA FDJ CONTINENTAL TEAM

Jersey wearers

OVERALL
MARTINEZ Lenny
GROUPAMA FDJ CONTINENTAL TEAM
KOM
THOMPSON Reuben
GROUPAMA FDJ CONTINENTAL TEAM
POINTS
MARTINEZ Lenny
GROUPAMA FDJ CONTINENTAL TEAM
UNDER 20
MARTINEZ Lenny
GROUPAMA FDJ CONTINENTAL TEAM
SPRINT CATCH
FLYNN Sean
TUDOR PRO CYCLING

Teams

ITALIA NATIONAL TEAM

Stage Classification

Km. 167,400 - average 32,982km/h
Runner / Team
Time
1

THOMPSON Reuben

GROUPAMA FDJ CONTINENTAL TEAM
 05:04:32"
2

MARTINEZ Lenny

GROUPAMA FDJ CONTINENTAL TEAM
a  0"
3

RACCANI Simone

ITALIA NATIONAL TEAM
a  43"
4

ONLEY Oscar

DEVELOPMENT TEAM DSM
a 01'40"
5

FRIGO Marco

ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY
a 02'05"
6

CIUCCARELLI Riccardo

ITALIA NATIONAL TEAM
a 02'19"
7

STOCKWELL Thomas Oliver

CYCLING TEAM FRIULI
a 02'36"
8

POOLE Max

DEVELOPMENT TEAM DSM
a 02'41"
9

PIGANZOLI Davide

EOLO-KOMETA CYCLING TEAM
a 02'46"
10

DE CASSAN Davide

CYCLING TEAM FRIULI
a 02'57"

Overall Classification

Km. 510,800 - average 35,444km/h
Runner / Team
Time
1

MARTINEZ Lenny

GROUPAMA FDJ CONTINENTAL TEAM
 14:24:41"
2

THOMPSON Reuben

GROUPAMA FDJ CONTINENTAL TEAM
a  25"
3

RACCANI Simone

ITALIA NATIONAL TEAM
a 01'12"
4

FRIGO Marco

ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY
a 02'55"
5

CIUCCARELLI Riccardo

ITALIA NATIONAL TEAM
a 03'33"
6

BERHE Hagos Welay

EF EDUCATION – NIPPO DEVELOP
a 03'45"
7

STOCKWELL Thomas Oliver

CYCLING TEAM FRIULI
a 05'01"
8

DE CASSAN Davide

CYCLING TEAM FRIULI
a 05'06"
9

POOLE Max

DEVELOPMENT TEAM DSM
a 05'16"
10

REES Oliver

TRINITY RACING
a 05'49"

The stage in videos

Technical Info

Saturday July 16, it will be the turn of Pont-Saint-Martin - Fontainemore (Pian Coumarial) which, due to the mileage (173.8 kilometers) and the demanding drop, promises to be the key stage of the Giro della Valle d ' Aosta 2022 After a fast start towards Montjovet, the competitors will have to tackle the dry slopes of Col d'Arlaz, Col Tsecore and Col de Joux in quick succession. To decide the final, the shorter but certainly not simpler climbs of Perloz, Fabiole and the final climb to 1445 meters of Pian Coumarial.


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Tourist info

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Pont-Saint-Martin is the first municipality you come across when arriving in the Aosta Valley from Piedmont and owes its name to the most famous monument, located right in the heart of the town: the spectacular stone bridge built by the Romans in the 1st century BC which, due to its size, is a very rare example of a single-span bridge.

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Fontainemore is the second municipality you come across in the Lys valley, at an altitude of 760 metres. Its various villages still preserves traces of the local rural culture, as evidenced by stone and wood buildings, frescoed chapels and ancient mule tracks.

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