Evenepoel rocks La Vuelta, victory for Vine over a brilliant Mas and an outclassed Roglic

The light and heat of the sun is over, the rain, the cold and the fog and the decoration of the return Complete change. It was announced at the start of the stage that Thursday, with the first two first-class ports and the first high-altitude finish, in an unprecedented Janus Peak This could be a dangerous scenario for some runners, although no one suspected that one of the favorites could see their clothes so clearly, especially primoz roglic. The Slovenian, triple winner of the returnwillingly surrendered four minutes with the French Molard on Wednesday’s stage, but on the hardest ramp of Janus Peak (12.6 kilometers of climbing at 6.7%, but with several rest sections) he did not look comfortable, could not keep up with the pace of Evenepoel and More, to leave them 1’21”.

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Product of the Cantabrian jolt on the run, the young Belgian cannibal is the new leader of La Vueltawith a margin of 21 seconds on the former leader Rudy Molard and 28 margins in a Enrique More who moves up twelve positions on the table to get on the podium; just before a primoz roglic which is 1’01” from Remco. These are not differences, much less insurmountable at this stage of the career, but they serve to appreciate, for the moment, that Mas is on the right track, that Juan Ayuso still homeless, and primoz roglic it may not be as strong as it seems.

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This sixth chapter of La Vuelta, of 181.1 kilometers, and 3,600 meters of difference in altitude, began with the magical Esplanade of San Mamesthe stadium of athletic club, to address the Cantabrian lands. A day when there was the first breakout of ten runners (including the Spanish AZparren and Fernandez) and that, as expected, gets emotional as the kilometers go by. the ukrainian Mark Padum He was one of the active riders at the front of the race and was the first to climb the second mountainous difficulty of the day, Collada de Brenes (elevation that has been climbed to Besaya International Tour), in front of Ruben Fernandez.

At this point in the race, the race conditions had deteriorated and the cyclists had to descend carefully on the way to the special sprint of Santa Cruz de Iguna before facing the final climb to Janus Peak.

Alaphilippe opened the can

Julian Alaphilippepartner of Remco Evenepoel in Quick step, gave all his pull to the group in the approach and in the first kilometers of the final climb, until he exploded and went sideways, where it was a statement of purpose. Ahead of a port of the first category, 12.6 kilometers long, with an average gradient of 6.7%, where the conditions will be Dantesque and where the first decisive pages of the race will begin to be written .

to go He tried everything, but the Australian came to his height Jay Vine of Alpine that after the demarrar of the discipline of the group put the directly in the middle of the fog. From the back, first try Simon Yatewhich intensified the race. Then Evenepoel, stuck to his wheel primoz roglic, but the Slovenian could do little as 7.4 km from the finish Remco picked up the pace and pulled away. stuck to his wheel Enrique More. The Spaniard had enough power to keep up with Evenepoel’s constant and devastating pace, and always glued to his wheel they gained meters and seconds from the favorites who remained more active, such as Roglic, Yates or Sivakov, there is a fight John Ayuso Coming from behind, he caught up with them and then left them alone towards the finish line.

Evenepoel and More They opened a gap in the Roglic. From 11 seconds to 22, to the end primoz se left 1’21” of them. More and Evenepoel they were unable to catch a great rider like Australian Vine, who premiered his professional record this Thursday at La Vuelta. Too bad the fog and rain weren’t fair to him. alpecin corridor and made it possible to get clear pictures of their great success. The arrival at the finish line of Evenepoel Y morebut, as is often said, time does not lie and shows that this Thursday they took a step forward.