Tirreno-Adriatico stage 7 LIVE – Mathieu Van der Poel finally pulled back as the peloton comes back together again on the finishing circuit

Covi has 10 seconds on the peloton with one minute 51 seconds back to the De Lie group.

Alessandro Covi (Jayco-AlUla)

The Italian rider with the odd coloured shoes launches. Timo Kielich (Visma-Lease a Bike) thought about joining him but he was told to pace on the front of the bunch, instead.

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De Lie is almost two minutes behind the peloton.

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Van der Poel finally pulls off the front with Soudal-QuickStep taking over the pacing.

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The peloton finally makes contact with the back of the lead group with Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) doing the work in the chase so he can support his leader, Del Toro.

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The peloton appears to be about 10 seconds off the back of the lead group now.

Van der Poel is still pushing hard with Lund Andresen in this lead group, Van der Poel is just dragging the winner of stage 3 to the finish here with no other pure sprinters aside from maybe Van Aert.

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Another abandon, Mattia Stenico (Bardiani CSF-7 Saber)

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The race enters the finishing circuit for five laps in San Benedetto del Tronto.

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The descending is done and the flat roads begin. You can immediately tell this as the gap between the lead group and the peloton has shrunk to 18 seconds.

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Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) is waving for the camera motorbike to go further away as he believes that the moto is assisting Van der Poel.

Van der Poel still leads the way with no teammates at all in the group with him. The peloton now 34 seconds down with De Lie’s group now at one and a half minutes.

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Magnier and Milan are in the peloton with Welsford and, we believe, Philipsen who seems to have been distanced by the front group.

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Ineos Grenadiers pushing hard in the peloton just 26 seconds behind the Van der Poel led front group.

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De Lie is over a minute down on the lead group. Pavel Bittner (Picnic-PostNL) is also off the back.

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It appears that Philipsen has been dropped by his teammate, Van der Poel. The former world champion is still riding very hard still, though.

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Pellizzari also right up to the front of the front group.

1. Van der Poel 5pts
2. Del Toro 3pts
3. Roglič 2pts
4. Jorgenson 1pt

Van der Poel continues to lead the front group with still about 25 seconds on the chasing pack.

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Van Aert recovered very well and did manage to get to the front group before the race split.

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Around 20 seconds splitting the lead group and the rest of the peloton led by Ineos Grenadiers.

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Breakaway caught with 92km to go.

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Tobias Lund Andresen (Decathlon-CMA CGM) is still in the lead group who are just about to catch the break.

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De Bondt has recovered well with González and Azparren still out front as a trio. Only by nine seconds, though.

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Van der Poel still obliterating the peloton. Philipsen is still in this front group.

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Ineos Grenadiers have really been caught out with Sam Welsford out the back. Wout Van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) has also lost touch.

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Danny van Poppel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) abandons the race.

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About 30 riders or less are now moving away from the rest of the peloton.

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Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Intermarche), Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), Madis Mihkels (EF Education-EasyPost) and more are really struggling with this pace.

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Philipsen is starting to drop back through the group as Van der Poel is absolutely hammering the tempo on the front.

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Out front, Azparren is pushing hard with González as De Bondt is starting to really hurt.

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Pellizzari has missed the split with race leader Del Toro on the back wheel of Philipsen.

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Ineos Grenadiers having to close the gap to a very select group at the front of the peloton.

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Van der Poel hits the front with Philipsen on the front. They are absolutely flying up the Ripatransone climb. Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor) and Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) right at the front. Multiple riders losing touch.

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Alpecin-Premier Tech seem to be really testing the legs of some of the purer sprinters with almost the entire team on the front. Some gaps are starting to appear in the bunch as well.

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Jasper Philipsen speaking to TV before today… “It is a tough finish with some climbs in the middle but we’ll see. It should be a nice day. We are a week in and legs are tired, I feel good and made a good step and I’m looking forward to today. I am also looking forward to Milan-Sanremo next week.”

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The riders are about to start the final climb of the race, the Ripatransone. Around 9km long at about 5% average gradient.

The very high speed in the peloton has seen the gap drop to under two minutes up to the breakaway.

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Multiple teams are working together at the head of the peloton.

Alpecin-Premier Tech
Lidl-Trek
UAE Team Emirates-XRG
Picnic-PostNL
Soudal-QuickStep

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The riders have started climbing the first ascent of the two on the menu today. This first one is not categorised. Only five, three, two and one points available today. Diego Pablo Sevilla (Polti-Visit Malta) just needs to finish to win the green KOM jersey.

The gap has grown rapidly and now sits at almost four minutes for De Bondt, Azparren and González.

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The chaser was Carlos Samudio (Solution Tech-Nippo-Rali). The rider from Panama wasn’t able to join his fellow Panamanian and teammate, González, in the break and is now in the peloton once more.

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A new move accelerates out of the peloton to try and join the leaders.

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The trio get a gap of 40 seconds over the peloton.

Xabier Azparren(Pinarello-Q36.5)
Dries De Bondt (Jayco-AlUla)
Roberto Carlos González (Solution Tech-Nippo-Rali)

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Andreas Kron (Uno-X Mobility) is the latest rider to fall victim to illness and doesn’t start today.

Racing begins for the final stage at Tirreno-Adriatico 2026!

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Just 4.2km of neutral today.

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The riders are in the neutralised zone.

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Sign on is almost complete and interviews are done, the riders are ready for one final stage at this year’s Tirreno-Adriatico.

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It has been a very difficult few days for local hero, Pellizzari, who feared abandoning due to tendon issues but has pushed through to likely finish second in the final GC…