Joan Barreda saves the day after crashing at the end of the special. The Torreblanca rider, who has been competing since the end of stage 2 with a broken left leg, had the difficult task of opening the track on stage 5 this Thursday, with the aim of reducing his losses without any trace. in front of you. Opening the way for everyone in a 100% dune stage, his favorite terrain. It’s a real acid test to stay attached to the group of favorites. He pushed everything and those risks ended up playing against him: he suffered a fall shortly after passing the last checkpoint, the one at kilometer 326, 47 kilometers from the end of a special total of 373 km. He lost a few golden minutes with that blow, but the most important thing for him was that he was able to continue, and he did so by going back to full throttle to make up for some lost time.
That’s how Joan Barreda entered the finish line, giving 14 minutes of the provisional winner of the stage, and we have to wait to know the final winner because up to three riders should receive a refund in time for stopping to help Joan. They are Price, Quintanilla and Howes. Joan saw that she lost about 17 minutes compared to the best at the point of km 326, that with the bonus given to her by the organization for the opening of the track, they were left with 12’29” lost. After the crash, he stepped on the gas with Price, Howes and Quintanilla to finish 14′ behind the provisional leader, with a total bonus of 4’25” for the opening track. So Joan, with her usual pride and ability to fight when the things get ugly, was able to save the day by only giving one and a half minutes after the fall.
Source: La Verdad
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