the guipuzcoan Ion Izagirre prevailed this Saturday at XXIV Miguel Indurain Grand Prixplayed in Estella (Navarra) over 203.2 kilometers, after defeating the Colombian Sergio Higuitathat the Cofidis cyclist was unable to pedal in the last meters of Alto de Ibarra.
Izagirre he was the first to complete the 203.2 kilometers of this grand prix route marked by cold temperatures and intermittent water, especially in the first half.
However, the experience was not even a reflection of what was experienced last year, when cyclists had to deal with snow, even changing their route due to bad weather.
Third place went to the Danish Mattias Skjelmose Jensenque, who managed to get off the hook, but too late, to have a chance to be on top of the Estella podium. His compatriots followed him in a group Andreas Kron and Spanish Roger Adria.
The early stages of the career were marked by an early break from Mikel Bizkarra, Xavi Canellas, the Italian Alessandro Fancellu and the Belgian Matyás Kopecký, the latter a member of Team Novo Nordisk and recognized as the only professional team in the world composed only of diabetic cyclists.
The breakaway managed to maintain a distance of almost 4 minutes from the peloton for a large stretch, but at the beginning of the Guirguillano stop, the second climbing in marking, they started at 2 minutes, gradually reducing the difference until as the breakaway was cancelled. With 60 km to go to the finish line, the peloton led by Kern Pharma struggled.
Although having reached the peloton, Bizarre He was able to take the lead at a crucial moment and score points on Lezaun alto to confirm his leadership on the mountain by adding 6 points after also leading Guirguilano alto, in the 1st category and giving him 10.
The dynamic broke him javier romo around Abárzuza, but the momentum didn’t last until the climb to the penultimate pass at Alto de Ibarra, where he couldn’t keep up with the rhythm of a peloton that crossed the flying finish line with 28 km to go. the city of Ega breaking due to the rhythm led by the duo in between Nelson Oliveira and Álex Aranburufrom Movistar.
Oliveira took some time to attack on his own, but he was hooked Luis Leon Sanchezfrom Astana, who joined him in the lead until they were 12 km away, when they began a dance of uphill jerks that reached the summit of Eraul with Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) and Sergio Higuita (Bora) slightly forward.
Although they were unable to mark a great distance, both in a frantic descent with their sights fixed on Estella, they reached the Alto de Ibarra alone, where they performed several stunning meter of suffering brought by the atmosphere of a dedicated public in the last meter of the ascent he fought against Higuita.
So Izagirre was able to scratch off a few seconds that allowed him to safely enter the final stretch of the Paseo de la Inmaculada de Estella to cross, fists raised, the finish line two seconds behind his fellow traveler in the last kilometer
Source: La Verdad
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