{"id":540669,"date":"2026-03-14T21:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T21:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/540669\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T21:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T21:17:16","slug":"michael-valgren-wins-stage-5-of-tirreno-adriatico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/540669\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Valgren wins stage 5 of Tirreno-Adriatico"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dane took off out of the breakaway with just over a lap of the finishing circuit left to ride in the hilly 187-kilometer stage from Marotta-Mondolfo to Mombaroccio. Only Julian Alaphilippe could follow him. When the two hit the base of the final climb, Michael <\/a>attacked again and immediately opened up a gap. As the GC favorites launched their attacks from the peloton behind, Michael hung tough, grinding up horrendous slopes to the summit at the Santuario Beato Sante, which he cleared with a slight advantage. Michael was on a mission. After a winter at home in Denmark with his family and new son, no one was going to stop him. He hurtled down the descent to take his first victory since 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable,\u201d Michael said after celebrating with his teammates at the finish line. \u201cWe all worked so hard for this. I had a really good winter at home with all my family and they supported me and the team supported me. We just had a baby one month ago so it\u2019s for them, it\u2019s for the team. For me, I\u2019m speechless.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is Michael\u2019s first win since his comeback<\/a> from a career threatening injury in 2022. It\u2019s taken years of hard work and determination. Now, the former Amstel Gold Race and Omloop Nieuwsblad winner has well and truly proved that he is back to his best.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt I had good legs all day so I wanted to make an early attack,\u201d Michael said. \u201cJulian came with me. We worked well together and in the end. It was such a hard day, pushing all day. I just had amazing legs and the luck.\u201d<\/p>\n

You made your own luck, Michael. Congratulations. The whole team is so proud of you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dane took off out of the breakaway with just over a lap of the finishing circuit left…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-540669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}