Tour of the Alps: Tao Geoghegan Hart powers up final uphill metres to win opening stage

A blistering uphill acceleration gave Tao Geoghegan Hart the win on stage 1 of the Tour of the Alps and the first race lead. The Ineos Grenadiers rider stormed past late attacker Hugh Carthy (EF Education-EasyPost) to claim his second win of the season.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.

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