Benson Bulletin: Tirreno-Adriatico stage 5, Paris-Nice stage 6 analysis 🇮🇹 🇫🇷
Full gas racing on two screens - the day's action, summarised into five key takeaways
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Just when you think there can’t possibly be any more twists and turns in what’s already been a thrilling and unpredictable week of racing, the pelotons at Tirreno-Adriatico and Paris-Nice deliver yet more surprises.
On paper, you’d be forgiven for thinking that everything played out as expected, with a breakaway winner in Italy, and a fast man winning a sprint in France – dig a little deeper however, and what you find is a very different story.
Tirreno-Adriatico stage 5 🇮🇹
A breakaway day was always on the cards, on today’s 205km ride to Pergola and indeed, the day’s early break clearly believed in their chances. They amassed a big lead that pushed out to six-and-a-half minutes at one point, before the peloton began the business of reeling them in. It seemed nailed on as the fina…