Robert Gesink wore the first red jersey with a victory at Jumbo Visma

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The veteran Dutch runner Robert Gesink is in charge of exciting his country’s fans by donning the red jersey of the 77th edition of the Back to Spain after the success of Jumbo Visma in the team time trial held in Utrecht on a 23.3 km route, where his Slovenian teammate primoz roglic he began with a serious warning to his opponents.

Gesink crossed the finish line in first position, courtesy of the team of Roglic, who allowed the Dutch to be prophets in his land. The machinery of Jumbo Visma He excelled in the flat time trial setting an unparalleled time of 24.40 minutes, at an average of 56.666 km/hour, a record that closed the participation of 23 teams in the run.

Jumbo, rolling block in a synchronized manner, without a crack, surpassed in 13 seconds the Edited by Richard Carapaz and Carlos Rodríguezat 14 to Quick Step by Evenepoel and Alaphilippeon 31 to Simon Yates Bike Exchange and at 33 in the UAE by Joao Almeida and Juan Ayuso.

In a good competitive line, the Bahrain Victorious by Mikel Landa kept the type with ninth place in 42 seconds and Movistarwith the Enrique More Y Valverde aboard he came with 5 regulation units to mark the time, he crossed the line in 43, with the tenth place.

A first notice of Jumbo, especially of primoz roglic, touched by the injury in the Tour, but in the moment of truth, in the first change, he already has delicious references about his direct rivals. Generally takes command Gesinka real gift for the cyclist Varsseveldwho won a stage of the Vuelta in 2016 at the top of Aubisque.

SPECIAL ATMOSPHERE, UTRECHT IS PASSIONATE ABOUT LA VUELTA

Wonderful atmosphere in Utrecht on a historic day for the city, because it completed the launch of the big three, after the Turn to 2010 and the tours in 2015. A city that is impossible to understand without the widespread use of bicycles, dedicated to the Vuelta to its fascinating extremes. Its shops, canals, streets, showed the signs “Vamos Vuelta”, there is no shortage of tapas fairs, or costumes of faralaes, or the Eindhoven prickly pear, which aims to revive the outing.

As Rafael Alberti wrote in his “Ballad of a bicycle with wings”, “many have yachts, many more cars, and even many airplanes, but I, at the age of 50, only have one bicycle” , He recalled mentioning the Cervantes Institute of Utrecht in a special guide published on cycling. In the Netherlands, 99 percent of the population has a bicycle, but no wings.

Burgos BH broke the ice from the exit ramp at 6:30 pm, and every 4 minutes the teams launched themselves one by one, with their ambitions, fears and desire for glory. This is the second time the Vuelta has left the Netherlands, and the fourth outside its borders, after Lisbon 1997, Assen 2009 and Nîmes 2017. The party is being held in the city that celebrates 900 years of history this year.

INEOS IS STRONG, BUT JUMBO VISMA IS UNFORGIVING

In a time trial ridden at more than 50 per hour, the first reference time was set by BikeExchange by Simon Yates, with 25.11 minutes, at 55.504 km/hour. A good record for the 2018 Vuelta winner, but the big favorites have a long way to go.

Ineos presented a serious candidacy on the train on which Carapaz, Rodríguez and Sivakov travel. He overtook Bikexchange by 18 seconds and Almeida and Ayuso’s UAE by 20, excited about his debut in a Grand Tour.

Hopes were high in the Quick Step, with Evenepoel eyeing the red jersey of the Vuelta, but by just 1 second Ineos was behind him. Movistar, which set the fourth-fastest time at km 11, fared less, losing three runners along the way and in the quintet just to set the time, they left half a minute with respect to the British squad, which is already ahead. their hands on the hot seat

The Jumbo Visma kept coming. The Dutch team played at home, closely feeling the atmosphere experienced in the crowded streets of Utrecht. Motivation and class in Roglic’s team, ambitious as ever, without giving their opponents a break. It didn’t take long to see that the yellow squad headed straight for victory.

Jumbo warned in the middle, the most technical area, with the best time. He crossed km 11 with 14 seconds on the Quick Step and 17 on the Ineos, a difference he knew how to endure in the second part, where he had to deploy full force. No problem for Roglic’s group, a heavily armored team that included, among others, multiple time trial champion Rohan Dennis.

No surprises, victory for Jumbo Visma, leadership for Gesink and Roglic as the real boss of the Vuelta while waiting for the flat days in the Netherlands and the subsequent jump in Spain. The triple winner of the Vuelta will start to mark the territory. Just a first warning, but when Roglic speaks, he’s not kidding.

This Saturday the second stage will follow a flat route of 175.1 km between Hertogenbosch and Utrecht.

Source: La Verdad

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