Often there is a belief that cycling is an individual sport, but this Tuesday, in the second stage of tour of the alpsproved the importance of teamwork in non-motorized two-wheel sports, to the success of Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorius) who finished with a great job of his team at the finish line, adding a second win of the season and getting the jersey of the leader of the competition.
The day, short and explosive, has been very busy from the start Passo Rolletension the race from the start, even if the stage starts to get serious on Mendelpass/Passo della Mendola (1st category, 15 kilometers of climb and 6.5%), when the great group had just split up and when Bahrain really needed to take it seriously to ruin the break of the day, where they were Pernsteiner, Miguel Ángel Löpez, Sivakov, Gall, Uijdebroeks, Caicedo, FRoome, Piccoli, and Arensman.
Of all of them, in the end they are the only ones to take the lead Michael Storer and Pavel Sivakovbut in the last descent, after being crowned 12.5 kilometers of Palade Pass, was neutralized thanks to the great cooperation of Bahrain, with a Mikel Landa | committed to the goal for the benefit of Pello Bilbao and fully celebrated the success of his partner. Such is the rhythm that marks the bahrain and the Alava on the last ascent and the speed of the descent they ate the two escape survivors as if nothing had happened.
Once hunted, and having lowered the leader Geoffrey Bouchard, Bahrain knew they had to take advantage of Pello’s explosiveness to achieve victory and the short -term overall standing, and so it was. Throwing Pello was a book and he didn’t miss the service of his teammates, leading the BArdet and Valter.
In this way, Pello Bilbao is the new leader of the Tour of the Alps, but with only a six -second margin in French Romain Bardetwho said yesterday that he would dispute the Tour of Italyuntil this year, and twelve on Attila Valterrising after Tuesday’s stage by no more and at least 14 positions.
Source: La Verdad
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