After three shots on pole, Mads Pedersen achieved a great victory in La Vuelta

crazy petersen (26 years old) where the eye puts the bullet. They asked the Dane before the start if, looking at the profile of the 13th stage, he saw any option that a breakaway could develop and the former Danish world champion (2019) responded with a resounding “an escape?” . It is true that the corridor of Trek-Segafredo he also said on stage that the acquisition will end Jesus Herradgoing to Water storage and he was wrong, but after learning the lesson last August 27, this Friday Pedersen was not wrong.

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And he did not disappoint in a more complicated finish than it seemed a priori, with the last kilometer uphill and the last 700 meters at 5%. An outcome that seemed to have more meters than what was written in the road book and more than one runner found especially long, there was also a sharp left-hander a few meters from the finish. Especially long German UAE Team Emirates rider Pascal Ackermann. He was the first to try to win, but he launched his attack too far and in the end his strength failed him. His bike’s handlebars suffered a miscalculation after the German hit as he crossed the finish line. And he miscalculated that not only did he clear the starting spring for Pedersen to accelerate and take his first La Vuelta victory after coming in second through three times, but the Frenchman also overtook him. Bryan Coquard.

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Jesus Ezquerra (Burgos-BH) was the best Spanish at the finish line, 7th, incl Urko Berrade (Kern Pharma)10th, in a final than at other times Alexander Valverde I won’t let it go. The team Movistar appeared at the head of the peloton with 2.7 kilometers to go, incl red Y Verona, but it was seen and not seen. In favorites, only primoz roglic tried to invent something, when 1.3 km from the finish line he advanced to the right of the peloton with two other colleagues from the wasp formation, although in the end his act remained an attempt, even though he was the first of the favorite to cross the finish line (9th).

A sprint possible afterwards Joan Bou (Euskaltel-Euskadi) Y Ander Okamika (Burgos-BH) will star in the escape of the sun, along with EF Education runner Julius Van Den Berg. As expected, they did not achieve their goal, with Bou and Okamika being chased by the peloton 9 kilometers from the finish line, but at least they were seen.

And after this day of what is usually called ‘transition’, this weekend the landscape changes completely, with the arrival of the mountain again and with two hard stages, especially on Sunday, with finish in the Sierra Nevadaat 2,500 meters, which could be decisive for the fate of the return.