Tirreno-Adriatico: Kämna loses blue jersey in mountain finish

Stage 5 of Tirreno-Adriatico 2023 in pictures

The Slovenian from Jumbo-Visma is first in the overall standings at Tirreno-Adriatico 2023 after his second success in a row, Bora-Hansgrohe professional Kämna is four seconds back in second place. "I'm a little disappointed that I lost the jersey," said Kämna. "It was still a good performance. The wind made the race tougher, but also more hectic and tactical, because you had to adapt to the wind. The last kilometre was really tough."

Stage 5 of Tirreno-Adriatico 2023 shortened

The stage had to be shortened by almost three kilometres, with wind speeds of 65 kilometres per hour at the finish in Fonte Lardina. As the wind mainly came from the front, the expected attacks on the final climb failed to materialise. Roglic only took the lead of a large group a few metres before the finish and had the strongest sprint. A top placing in the race between the seas, which ends on Sunday, is now within reach for the hard-fighting Kämna.

>> All stages of Tirreno-Adriatico 2023 at a glance

The sixth stage of the parallel Paris-Nice World Tour race had to be cancelled due to the storm. Previously, the section from Tourves to La Colle-sur-Loup had already been shortened to 80 kilometres.

However, trees had fallen on the route due to the squalls, which meant that the safety of the riders could no longer be guaranteed. The race continues on Saturday with the seventh stage from Nice to the Col de la Couillole.

Tirreno-Adriatico 2023: Results of stage 5

• 1st Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) 4:38:32

• 2nd Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) +0:00

• 3rd Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) +0:00

• 4th Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) +0:00

• 5th Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe) +0:00

• 6th Alexander Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) +0:00

• 7th Mikel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:00

• 8th Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) +0:00

• 9th Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:00

• 10th Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) +0:00

Tirreno-Adriatico 2023: The standings in the overall standings

• 1st Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) 20:17:14

• 2nd Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe) +0:04

• 3rd Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) +0:12

• 4th Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) +0:17

• 5th Wilco Kelderman (Jumbo-Visma) +0:19

• 6th Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) +0:19

• 7th Alexander Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) +0:21

• 8th Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) +0:22

• 9th Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) +0:24

• 10th Enric Mas (Movistar) +0:31

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