The time trial was never going to be Niewiadoma's day, and she sits sixth overall at 1:49 after stage 4. As a climber she will pin her hopes on the final mountain stage to claw back time on the GC leaders.

Niewiadoma instigated the decisive selection alongside Reusser, but the pair's navigational error inside the final 3 km cost them the chance to chase Longo Borghini. She finished at 47 seconds and sixth on GC, her overall hopes dented but not extinguished.

• Attacked with Reusser on the first finishing climb
• 3 kmRode off course with Reusser in the finale

Niewiadoma raced aggressively on stage 2 but lost time to her own off-course error, and the time trial pushed her to sixth at 1:49. As a climber she will target the final mountain stage to move up the overall.

• Stage 2: attacked with Reusser, then rode off course

Niewiadoma raced into the front group on the climbs and finished with the other favourites at 48 seconds, staying in contention without expending energy chasing the two-up move ahead.

Eighth overall after a quietly consistent week, never quite at the level of the very best climbers in Asturias but securely inside the GC top 10 for Canyon//SRAM.

Niewiadoma stayed with the lead chase group from La Redoute to the line and took third in the sprint behind Pieterse, a composed and consistent ride for a WorldTour podium on a day defined by Vollering's solo.

Niewiadoma was in the front group on the final Mur and finished fourth at six seconds, marking the key moves on a finish that suits the explosive puncheurs better than her. A consistent ride that set her up for the longer, more selective Liège-Bastogne-Liège to come.

A former Amstel winner, Niewiadoma was the most aggressive of the favourites in the finale, opening the chase on the final Cauberg with Vollering on her wheel. The gap to Blasi was already too big to close, but she had the legs to out-sprint Vollering for second at 27 seconds — the best result available behind the long-range solo, and a marker of strong form for the Ardennes ahead.

• 0.5 kmOpened the chase on the final Cauberg, dragging Vollering along
• Out-sprinted Vollering for second at the line

One of the most aggressive riders on the day, Niewiadoma drove the front on the Cipressa, briefly distancing Wiebes and Kopecky. But her race ended in the heavy crash on the Cipressa descent that also brought down Kim Le Court, ruling her out of a finale she had been animating.

• 30 kmDrove the Cipressa, briefly distancing Wiebes and Kopecky

Crashed earlier in the race but recovered to make every selection. She bridged across to the Longo Borghini move on an uphill drag and was prominent in the late attacking, then led the chasing quartet's regroup. In the sprint she was the rider Chabbey came around, taking second by a hair on the climb to Piazza del Campo.

• 12 kmBridged to the Longo Borghini front move on the final Le Tolfe

Niewiadoma was the only rider able to follow the FDJ-driven selection on the Muur, climbing it fastest of anyone on the day, and made the winning two-up move with Vollering. She did her share of the work to the line but was beaten in the sprint, taking second on a course that favours the pure cobbled-classics riders. A strong, aggressive start to her classics campaign.

• 18 kmMatched Vollering over the Muur to form the leading duo

The only rider able to briefly follow Longo Borghini's decisive 2.5 km attack before being shed on the steeper slopes. Faded to fifth on the stage and fifth overall at +1:09, leading the Canyon-SRAM effort that also won the team classification.

• 2.5 kmBriefly bridged to Longo Borghini's attack before being dropped

The only rider able to briefly follow Longo Borghini's race-winning attack before being shed, finishing fifth overall as the leader of a Canyon-SRAM team that won the team classification.