Rui Costa stole the purse from Ciccone, Tao and Pello Bilbao and conquered Valencia

the veteran Rui Costa made the bank salty in the fifth and final stage of 74th edition of the Volta a la Comuniat Valenciana93.2 kilometers apart father and Valencia. Before the day started, the Italian was leading the race cicconewith his four immediate pursuers less than ten seconds behind and with Rui Costa sixth, 14 seconds away.

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It is an edition of Volta a la Comuniat Valenciana that has all the numbers to decide the bonuses and whose winner will be known at the last breath. The stage and the race are among the nine cyclists who escaped (Vlasov, Arensman, Tao, McNulty, Soler, Bilbao, Ciccone, Costa and Battistella).

First in the bonus sprint at 9.5 kilometers from the finish line taken Bilbao hairin front of Man Geogheghan Hart and Giulo Cicconewhich added more emotion to the outcome.

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first move vlasov and then arensmanuntil the Portuguese appeared like a rocket coming from behind Rui Costa, who passed the Dutchman at full speed. Later, one of the Ineos he got behind the wheel of intermarchéincreasing the ma difference allowed Rui Costa dreams of success, especially since Ciccone is cut off and unable to cut differences.

In the end, in a painful sprint, the Portuguese Rui Costa took the win and made the double, losing the match against arensmanwith the Marc Soler room and ciccone coming in 5th, 21 seconds from what would become the champion.

Costa’s second victory in eight days of competition in a good start to the campaign for him and his team, intermarché.

RESULT

Stage
1. Rui Costa (Por/Interarché) 2h07’16”
2. Thymen Arensman (PB/Ineos Grenadiers), id.
3. Samuele Battistella (Ita/Astana), 7″
4.Marc Soler (ESP/UAE Team Emirates), id.
5. Giulio Ciccone (Ita/Trek-Segafredo)
final in general
1. Rui Costa (Por/Interarché-Circus-Wanty), 19h10’06”
2. Giulio Ciccone (Ita/Trek-Segafredo), 16″
3.Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR/Ineos Grenadiers), 19″
4.Pello Bilbao (ESP/Bahrain-Victorius), at 21″
5.Aleksandr Vlasov (Russian/Bora-hansgrohe), 25″