Britain's Tom Pidcock was 15th for Ineos Grenadiers, but led the 299km race with only three kilometres to go. Pidcock, 21, crossed the line just metres behind the first three. In only his fifth World Tour race, Pidcock came to the front of the leading group of riders - including Deceuninck-Quick Step's Julian Alaphilippe, the in-form Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) and Jumbo-Visma's Van Aert. Pidcock led down much of the Poggio descent in the closing stages of the race. As the race