The 2021 Tour of the Alps was the 44th edition of the Tour of the Alps road cycling stage race and the fifth edition since its renaming from the Giro del Trentino. It was held from 19 to 23 April 2021 in the Austrian state of Tyrol and in the Italian provinces of Trentino and South Tyrol, which all make up the Euroregion of Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino.[2] The 2.Pro-category race was initially scheduled to be a part of the inaugural edition of the UCI ProSeries, but after the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it made its UCI ProSeries debut in 2021, while also still being a part of the 2021 UCI Europe Tour.[3]
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| Dates | 19–23 April 2021[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 713.6 km (443.4 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 18h 36' 06" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams edit
Thirteen of the nineteen UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI ProTeams, and one UCI Continental team made up the twenty-one teams that participated in the race.[4] UCI ProTeam Vini Zabù was originally invited to participate, but they imposed a self-suspension on racing after one of their riders received a positive anti-doping test.[5] Teams were allowed to field up a maximum of seven riders each, but four teams (Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec, Caja Rural–Seguros RGA, Trek–Segafredo, and UAE Team Emirates) each decided to only field six, for a total of 143 riders.[6] Of this number, there were 116 finishers.[7]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
Route edit
The five-day stage race started on 19 April and finished on 23 April, covering 713.6 km (443.4 mi) and around 13,650 m (44,780 ft) of elevation. The race began in Brixen in South Tyrol, Italy and traveled north to cross the border into Tyrol, Austria for the remainder of stage 1 and the entirety of stage 2. On stage 3, the race once again crossed the border to head back down south into South Tyrol. Stage 4 saw the race continue to head south into Trentino, where the race finished in Riva del Garda on stage 5.[8]
| Stage | Date | Route | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1 | 19 April | Brixen/Bressanone  to Innsbruck 
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140.6 km (87.4 mi) | 
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Hilly stage | Gianni Moscon (ITA)
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| 2 | 20 April | Innsbruck to Feichten im Kaunertal
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121.5 km (75.5 mi) | 
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Mountain stage |  Simon Yates (GBR)
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| 3 | 21 April | Imst to Naturns/Naturno
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162 km (101 mi) |
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Mountain stage | Gianni Moscon (ITA)
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| 4 | 22 April | Naturns/Naturno to Valle del Chiese (Pieve di Bono)
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168.6 km (104.8 mi) |
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Mountain stage |  Pello Bilbao (ESP)
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| 5 | 23 April | Valle del Chiese (Idroland) to Riva del Garda
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120.9 km (75.1 mi) | 
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Medium mountain stage | Felix Großschartner (AUT)
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| Total | 713.6 km (443.4 mi) | |||||
Stages edit
Stage 1 edit
- 19 April 2021 — Brixen/Bressanone to Innsbruck, 140.6 km (87.4 mi)[8][9][10]
Stage 2 edit
- 20 April 2021 — Innsbruck to Feichten im Kaunertal, 121.5 km (75.5 mi)[8][13][14]
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Stage 3 edit
- 21 April 2021 — Imst to Naturns/Naturno, 162 km (101 mi)[8][17][18]
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Stage 4 edit
- 22 April 2021 — Naturns/Naturno to Valle del Chiese (Pieve di Bono), 168.6 km (104.8 mi)[8][21][22]
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Stage 5 edit
- 23 April 2021 — Valle del Chiese (Idroland) to Riva del Garda, 120.9 km (75.1 mi)[8][25][26]
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Classification leadership table edit
In the 2021 Tour of the Alps, there were five classifications, of which four had jerseys awarded to the leaders and winners; the colors of each jersey were derived from the company that sponsored each jersey. The general classification (GC) ultimately decided which rider won the overall race, and was calculated by adding up each rider's finishing time on each stage and deducting any bonus seconds accrued. For each stage, the top three finishers got ten, six, and four bonus seconds, respectively, taken off their GC time. The rider with the fastest time after each stage and at the end of the race wore the yellow jersey, sponsored by Italian apple-producing consortium Melinda.[28]
| Type | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Points for  Category
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10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Points for  Category
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
Points for  Category
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
The second classification was the mountains classification. Points were accumulated by being one of the first riders to summit certain climbs, which were marked as either third, second, and first-category climbs, in order of increasing difficulty. Each of the five stages had two designated climbs with points on offer; of these ten climbs, three were first-category, five were second-category, and two were third-category, for a maximum of 66 points that could be obtained by any one rider. The rider who accumulated the most mountains classification points after each stage and at the end of the race wore the light blue jersey, sponsored by Italian bank Gruppo Cassa Centrale.[30]
The young rider classification was based on and calculated the same way as the general classification, although only under-23 riders, born on or after 1 January 1998, were eligible to contest this ranking. The highest placed under-23 rider in the GC after each stage and at the end of the race wore the white jersey, sponsored by the Austrian branch of the safety and workwear clothing manufacturer Würth Modyf.[28]
The other points-based classification was the sprints classification. Each of the five stages featured one intermediate sprint, which offered six, four, and two points, respectively, to the first three riders to cross the sprint line, for a maximum of 30 points that could be obtained by any one rider. The rider who accumulated the most sprints classification points after each stage and at the end of the race wore the red jersey, sponsored by Italian sports news company PMG Sport.[28][31]
The fifth and last classification was the team classification. For this classification, the times of the first three finishers for each team were added together, and the leading team after each stage and at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time. No special jerseys or jersey numbers were awarded to the leaders and winners of this classification.[32]
| Stage | Winner | General classification
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Mountains classification
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Young rider classification
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Sprints classification
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Team classification |
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| 1 | Gianni Moscon | Gianni Moscon | Alessandro De Marchi | Idar Andersen | Felix Engelhardt | Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè |
| 2 | Simon Yates | Simon Yates | Simon Yates | Jefferson Alexander Cepeda | Team BikeExchange | |
| 3 | Gianni Moscon | Alessandro De Marchi | Ineos Grenadiers | |||
| 4 | Pello Bilbao | Márton Dina | ||||
| 5 | Felix Großschartner | Alessandro De Marchi | ||||
| Final | Simon Yates | Alessandro De Marchi | Jefferson Alexander Cepeda | Felix Engelhardt | Ineos Grenadiers | |
- On stage 3, Alessandro De Marchi, who was second in the mountains classification, wore the light blue jersey, because first-placed Simon Yates wore the green jersey as the leader of the general classification.
Final classification standings edit
| Legend | |||
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Denotes the winner of the general classification |
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Denotes the winner of the young rider classification |
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Denotes the winner of the mountains classification |
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Denotes the winner of the sprints classification |
General classification edit
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Simon Yates (GBR)
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Team BikeExchange | 18h 36' 06" |
| 2 | Pello Bilbao (ESP)
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Team Bahrain Victorious | + 58" |
| 3 |  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)
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Astana–Premier Tech | + 1' 06" |
| 4 |  Jefferson Alexander Cepeda (ECU)
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Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec | + 2' 25" |
| 5 | Hugh Carthy (GBR)
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EF Education–Nippo | + 2' 37" |
| 6 | Pavel Sivakov (RUS)
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Ineos Grenadiers | + 2' 44" |
| 7 |  Nairo Quintana (COL)
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Arkéa–Samsic | + 2' 54" |
| 8 |  Ruben Guerreiro (POR)
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EF Education–Nippo | + 3' 12" |
| 9 |  Romain Bardet (FRA)
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Team DSM | + 3' 12" |
| 10 |  Nick Schultz (AUS)
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Team BikeExchange | + 3' 36" |
Mountains classification edit
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Alessandro De Marchi (ITA)
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Israel Start-Up Nation | 25 |
| 2 |  Márton Dina (HUN)
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Eolo–Kometa | 16 |
| 3 | Simon Yates (GBR)
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Team BikeExchange | 14 |
| 4 |  Reuben Thompson (NZL)
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Groupama–FDJ | 10 |
| 5 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA)
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Groupama–FDJ | 10 |
| 6 | Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)
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Astana–Premier Tech | 8 |
| 7 | Pavel Sivakov (RUS)
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Ineos Grenadiers | 8 |
| 8 | Chris Froome (GBR)
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Israel Start-Up Nation | 8 |
| 9 |  Georg Steinhauser (GER)
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Tirol KTM Cycling Team | 6 |
| 10 | Nairo Quintana (COL)
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Arkéa–Samsic | 6 |
Young rider classification edit
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Jefferson Alexander Cepeda (ECU)
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Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec | 18h 38' 31" |
| 2 | Alejandro Osorio (COL)
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Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 2' 00" |
| 3 | Florian Lipowitz (GER)
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Tirol KTM Cycling Team | + 4' 03" |
| 4 | Erik Fetter (HUN)
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Eolo–Kometa | + 8' 03" |
| 5 | Attila Valter (HUN)
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Groupama–FDJ | + 9' 13" |
| 6 |  Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ)
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Astana–Premier Tech | + 9' 36" |
| 7 |  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN)
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Trek–Segafredo | + 14' 07" |
| 8 | Andrés Ardila (COL)
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UAE Team Emirates | + 14' 07" |
| 9 |  Michel Ries (LUX)
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Trek–Segafredo | + 14' 30" |
| 10 | Georg Steinhauser (GER)
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Tirol KTM Cycling Team | + 15' 03" |
Sprints classification edit
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Felix Engelhardt (GER)
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Tirol KTM Cycling Team | 12 |
| 2 | Alessandro De Marchi (ITA)
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Israel Start-Up Nation | 8 |
| 3 | Gianni Moscon (ITA)
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Ineos Grenadiers | 6 |
| 4 | Luis León Sánchez (ESP)
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Astana–Premier Tech | 6 |
| 5 | Márton Dina (HUN)
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Eolo–Kometa | 6 |
| 6 | Tony Gallopin (FRA)
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AG2R Citroën Team | 4 |
| 7 | Attila Valter (HUN)
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Groupama–FDJ | 4 |
| 8 |  Nicolas Roche (IRL)
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Team DSM | 4 |
| 9 | Davide Bais (ITA)
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Eolo–Kometa | 4 |
| 10 | Matteo Fabbro (ITA)
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Bora–Hansgrohe | 2 |
Team classification edit
| Rank | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Ineos Grenadiers | 56h 01' 17" |
| 2 | Team DSM | + 1' 49" |
| 3 | Astana–Premier Tech | + 7' 26" |
| 4 | AG2R Citroën Team | + 9' 18" |
| 5 | Team BikeExchange | + 9' 21" |
| 6 | EF Education–Nippo | + 11' 51" |
| 7 | Bora–Hansgrohe | + 14' 56" |
| 8 | Israel Start-Up Nation | + 15' 19" |
| 9 | Trek–Segafredo | + 15' 52" |
| 10 | Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec | + 16' 49" |
References edit
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Sources edit
- Tour of the Alps 2021 Roadbook. Gruppo Sportivo Alto Garda A.S.D. 2021.
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