Giulio Pellizzari wins the fifth and final stage of the 2026 Tour of the Alps , 128.6 km from Trento to Bolzano . The Italian rider put in a powerful performance on the final climb, leaving everyone behind to reach the finish line alone, also taking the overall classification, his first career stage race victory.

The stage began with a breakaway of a small group of riders including yesterday's winner, Lennart Jasch (Tudor), Tom Pidcock with his Pinarello Q 36.5 teammate Mark Donovan, Vicente Rojas (Bardiani), Koen Bouwman (Jayco AlUla), Niccolo Garibbo (Team Ukyo), Sam Oomen (Lidl Trek), Marton Dina (MBH Bank), Juan Felipe Rodriguez (EF).

Then, on the Montoppio climb, Tom Pidcok attacked, followed by Colombian Rodriguez; everyone else lost contact, except Marton Dina, who stayed a few meters behind the two leaders, but then broke away.  

At the breakaway of the Montoppio climb, Pidcock and Rodriguez have a thirty-second advantage over the group led by leader Giulio Pellizzari, which includes Arensman, Bernal, Storer, Vlasov, O'Connor, Rondel, Omrzel, Harper and Cepeda, but not Gaffuri , fifth in the general classification (15” behind Pellizzari), who loses contact.  

On the Cologna climb, Rodriguez remained alone in the lead, but the group came back and caught up with him 4.6 km from the summit, under the pressure of the Red Bull Bora, with Giovanni Aleotti setting the pace.

With 2.3 km to go , Giulio Pellizzari attacked and remained alone in the lead; Arensman and Bernal tried to follow, but were unable to keep up with the Italian.  

Bernal didn't give up and even overtook his Ineos teammate, who was followed by a strong Storer. In the final intermediate sprint, Pellizzari took first, Bernal second, and then Storer third, with Arensman appearing to be struggling more but managing to stay with the other two.  

Pellizzari then charged downhill towards the finish line and won the stage and the overall classification . Bernal then took second place, sprinting ahead of his teammate Arensman and Storer.  

The first four to cross the finish line in Bolzano lead the overall standings, with Rondel taking fifth place.

ORDER OF ARRIVAL:

1Pellizzari Giulio Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe

2 Bernal Egan INEOS Grenadiers 0:30

3 Storer Michael Tudor Pro Cycling Team,,

4 Arensman Thymen INEOS Grenadiers ,,

5 Omrzel Jakob Bahrain - Victorious 1:10

6 Harper Chris Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team,,

7 O'Connor Ben Team Jayco AlUla,,

8 Rondel Mathys Tudor Pro Cycling Team,,

9 Aleotti Giovanni Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 2:20

10 Cepeda Jefferson Alexander EF Education - EasyPost 2:22

GENERAL RANKING:  

1 Pellizzari Giulio Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe

2 Bernal Egan INEOS Grenadiers 0:40

3 Arensman Thymen INEOS Grenadiers 0:50

4 Storer Michael Tudor Pro Cycling Team 1:09

5 Rondel Mathys Tudor Pro Cycling Team 1:45

6 Omrzel Jakob Bahrain - Victorious 1:55

7 Harper Chris Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team ,,

8 O'Connor Ben Team Jayco AlUla 1:59

9 Vlasov Aleksandr Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 2:51

10 Aleotti Giovanni Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 3:11

Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency